84 200x questions

[Nick762]

Sorry for all the questions lately, trying to learn as much as possible.

I recently bought a 1984 200x and the fenders were cut completely off, is there any reason to do that? Does it benifits besides weight savings? (haha)

Is there a way to check if the suspention is good, like how you would on a car?

There's a little canister on the left side under the seat, is that my break booster?

And last but not least, this didn't come with a manual, do what kin of gas should I put in this? It came with the repair manual but I can't find anything about the gas.

I'll post pictures when I get on my computer

It's a pain in the butt to get this damn thing in the bed of my truck,

[JJMF1979]

ok so the benifit of cutting the fender is to get rid of the cracked parts lol, to test the shock push the back end down and see if it slowly comes back up, the canister is the rear shock resevoir, click on the blue words to download a service manual anything else pm me I just finished rebuilding one and have another one I am gonna start on soon

[JJMF1979]

yours looks to be in pretty good shape compared to the ones I get lol and they clean up nice you just need a new tank and some fenders from what I can see but i'm sure it will need other stuff it is 30 years old basically, check the bearings and make sure they are good easier to replace them now then when they fail and mess up your carriers, and axles

[Nick762]

That's what i was thinkin, i was hopping it was different answer, haha. Yea its in a lot better shape then my 185s thats for sure, luckily the top end was just rebuild so that's pretty cool.

[yamaha driver]

you run diesel.

naa im just joking with you.... i always ran 87 gas in mine. always will. and since all the gas around here is like half water i pour a little iso-heet in my tank.

[Nick762]

Now THAT would be cool!

I've been running 87 too and I havnt heard knocks but I'm not sure if it calls for something else

[Nick762]

Another question, is the twist throttle factory?

[yaegerb]

Nope, thumb throttle is factory. Ever ridden a three wheeler with a twist? Not fun in my opinion.

[Nick762]

Damn, ya my 200x has twist. I'd prefer thumb.

[rdlsz24]

You can switch it out easy enough. My TRX250R came with a twist which I can't stand so I switched it back to thumb. Look on eBay or post a wanted ad in the classfieds on here

Rob

[Nick762]

Would the thumb from my 185s work?

[JJMF1979]

I just put a twist on my 200x rebuild and am not sure if I like it or not as I feel I don't have the control I am used too, but I am gonna give it a bit and see what happens, and since this is my trail trike maybe take it off and put it on my drag trike I am gonna start on shortly

[Nick762]

The only think I don't like about it is when I gun it I twist it on accident, thank god for working brakes

[JJMF1979]

The only think I don't like about it is when I gun it I twist it on accident, thank god for working brakes

Yep I find that working brakes come in hand at times lol

[Nick762]

Yea the 185s had very bad brakes, found that out the hard way.