Got some more done on the bike like fresh oil and plug plus got the brakes bleed and working. I still have a ways to go like painting some things and different bars but you get the idea:
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Got some more done on the bike like fresh oil and plug plus got the brakes bleed and working. I still have a ways to go like painting some things and different bars but you get the idea:
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No problem. I can add to that as well...Originally Posted by Snowmaker10
83-round tubing swingarm, flat bladed kicker, orange and red wing logo, black seat, black forks.
84-square tubing swingarm, round peg kicker, orange and red wing logo, black seat, black forks.
85-square tubing swingarm, round peg kicker, red white and blue wing logo, blue seat, silver forks.
Also, the tenth digit of the vin is the ultimate indication. D=83....E=84......F=85.
There are many more differences between these years, even differences in the frames, pegs, etc. Without a vin i.d. it takes a trained eye to see the differences on a bare frame.
Remember that all of these parts can be swapped year to year, and you'll see bikes that break all these I.D. guidlines. That's why the V.I.N. is the final word.
Your X is looking fantastic!
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Thank you!! I'm guessing being a honda it's similar to the trx250rs where they had slight year tweaks but for the most part it's all interchangeable. I am pretty excited to get this thing looking really trick! Oh, and I got it running and it purrs like a kitten! Took a lot of doing but she is runnin great. It has a very odd mikuni 29mm carb. Can't find any info on it, it looks like a VM but it has a bolt flange like all the smaller carbs. Thinking it was part of a bank of 4 and someone did some work to make it run on this setup. I'll keep more coming as I get time to get to it.
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Your picture also shows a black seat which indicates an 83 or 84 200X. Honda changed to blue in 85.
If you can not read the frame number, you can also get the VIN from the motor case on these machines. Check VIN for year as DohcBikes indicated above.
Very nice looking field find. I have two of these awesome little machines and run them hard in Sand Dunes (great fun).
If this machine has been sitting as you mentioned, I recommend you pull the side case and clean the oil filter. This is a funny little "belled" rotating filter in the clutch side case. This is not the simple little mesh strainer at the oil drain plug. Get a Honda OEM service manual for your 200x and it will explain this procedure. Keep your oil fresh and clean, and these little machines will run forever.
Another note. While you have the carburetor off, record the carb part number and part numbers of the main jet and slow jet. If this bike has been raced in the past, these jets and the carb (as you mentioned) may have been changed for larger sizes. This sounds good and works for high RPM's, but will result in lower power at low RPM's on these machines. Jets are cheap, learn your riding preferences and re-jet accordingly.
Have fun. These 200X's are great machines for kids and full sized adults alike.
Please save that ATC70 from the weeds, these are awesome machines also.
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It has a mikuni 29mm carb on it right now and sadly, at 5000ft bottom end power is a unicorn. Lol. It has a 120 main in it now and I do have a manual and I have pulled and cleaned the filters, strainer, screen dealies. I need to get a valve cover gasket for it. She runs very good with the larger carb at the altitude surprisingly. It's no 250r but it is a very fun little bike. Here is a little more I have gotten done. Still need to get the tank sanded and painted but it's coming along.
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Nice rear plastics to be sitting in the weeeds by the way. Is the bike running just yet??
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Lol. Just realized there was another page. Wow what a bike its coming to be!!
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Lol, thanks! She is slowly coming together. Still need to redo the seat cover as well but I think it's looking pretty sweet!
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Looking great just needs some black plastics lol
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Hahaha! Dohc, I wish! If I didn't like being married if already have sent the money.
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I couldnt help but realize our bikes are the same year. Would yu happen to know what the make is of your extended arm? Or is it stock i cant tell.. thanks.
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It's a stock swinger that's lengthened.
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Oh alright thanks. Nice job again by the way
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