Just bought an 86 125m. And I gotta ask... What does M stand for?

[Manns50]

Its a fixer up er all there with good plastic but needs the typical rope seat and will not start. Bought it so the wife could have something to ride...just getting the 81 200 i bought to fix up going so might as well add another to work on lol.
Do the 125's have decent power and what does the M stand for? Sure its been answered countless times but a search didnt reveal anything.

[Itrike]

Its a fixer up er all there with good plastic but needs the typical rope seat and will not start. Bought it so the wife could have something to ride...just getting the 81 200 i bought to fix up going so might as well add another to work on lol.
Do the 125's have decent power and what does the M stand for? Sure its been answered countless times but a search didnt reveal anything.

The M is for MMMMMMMMMM

[Dirtcrasher]

M is for magician, you better know your crap!!

we have fee manuals here on the board.......................

[Jon Boy]

i was told the M stands for Manual shift.

[Motorious]

Your avatar and screen name made me LOL Jon Boy.

Don't take any crap now!

[tri again]

Manuals are great, free is good
and the original owners manuals are fun to read.

I think they're posted on the front page here.

I just got my first m and it sure seems like
the 90/110 types but with front brake and electric start.

It's got some sort of aux trans on the side like an 84 bigred
but but a safe assumption is I know nothing more about it.

I do know the 110's are plenty power.
They'll pull my full sized truck across the driveway.

I wonder if the 125 has any special issues.
Yupp, get a real rope from a bike shop, go thru the carb and there's a good chance it will
go

[jb2wheels]

I thought the "M" trikes were electric start so maybe M = motorized?

[Jon Boy]

i think they all have motors though right? then again they basicly all have manual shift too. only other option i see would be it stands for Medium then, but can't see why?

yeah you got it drjoe, they're they same as 90/110, but basicly a bigger piston, hi/low sub trans and elec. start.

don't worry Motorious, i usually don't.

[bigworm626]

On the 125M atc's, do you need a battery hooked up to the bike in order for the front headlight to turn on?

[Jon Boy]

nope, if wiring is good then all you need to do is start it to have power to the lights. they won't be regulated though without the battery, so you'll get the low rev dimming. you only need the battery for elec start and lights when not running.

[jb2wheels]

i think they all have motors though right?

I always thought they all have "engines" but that's just me being a smart###

[RIDE-RED 250r]

i think they all have motors though right? then again they basicly all have manual shift too. only other option i see would be it stands for Medium then, but can't see why?

yeah you got it drjoe, they're they same as 90/110, but basicly a bigger piston, hi/low sub trans and elec. start.

don't worry Motorious, i usually don't.

One difference I know of between the 125m and ATC110 other than the obvious, is that the 110 has a 4-up shift pattern and the 125m has the 4-down pattern like a 185s.....cant remember what the 200s had....

[bigworm626]

Thx jon boy.

[atc350xer]

The M is for MMMMMMMMMM

LOL! That's what those in the know say!
By the way... the sweet thing about '86/'87 MMMM's.... they have reverse! Works off the left brake lever, just like a 250es. M is a designation for electric start, as in 125m, 200m. Don't know that the "m" actually means anything though...

[Jon Boy]

One difference I know of between the 125m and ATC110 other than the obvious, is that the 110 has a 4-up shift pattern and the 125m has the 4-down pattern....

my 85 is 4 up, not sure about the 84's. 86-87? 5 up.

hmm, M for Electric. who knows, i had a thread asking about those kinds of designations for the differant makes/models, but nothing really became of it.