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[3wheel_life]

After being out of the 3 wheeling world for about 5 years I finally got another. An 85 200x. Picked it up cheap, although it needs a good bit of work. Excited to get started on it, more excited to be riding one again. It will be my first x, so I'm sure I'll have questions, but I know the search function is my friend. First order of business will be replacing the (already damaged) swinger bolt and needle bearings. Fun times. Good thing is I've already moved the bolt, by accident so it should come out easy! Anybody know where to buy another? (Can't view classifieds here yet). Anywho, just wanted to say "hey" to the rest of you fellow crazy trikers.



She's ugly, but it's a start. Came with a few goodies on it as well, supertrapp silencer, uni filter, and the motor had been bored and carb rejetted. It was done right at one point.

[JacobMonster]

Welcome back.
Best place for bolts is hondapartshouse.com
Unsure if they still make them, but thats where I buy all mine.
What else does it need bud?
Sounds like a good score.

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[3wheel_life]

Thanks for the welcome. Other than the obvious (cosmetics), basically need all bearings replaced in the swing arm and carrier, rear brake work, front pads, new chain, front tire, generator cover (looks like chain popped with no case saver/chain guard) and kill switch. I'm not doing anything extravagant with this, just want to make it a solid rider and get back to riding.

[Rob Canadian]

Welcome.
Herd some guys are running DELRIN bushings in the swingarm(?) I am still looking into it as I plan on doing some more things over the winter.
How are the chain adjusters? Good shape?

[jonolanracin]

The 200x is a great bike as long as your not 6 3 and 300 lbs lol im 6 1 220 and i really liked riding mine

[3wheel_life]

Welcome.
Herd some guys are running DELRIN bushings in the swingarm(?) I am still looking into it as I plan on doing some more things over the winter.
How are the chain adjusters? Good shape?

The adjustor on the Kickstarter side is in perfect shape, the one on the opposite side is a little beat up. Someone didn't know how to adjust the chain and looks like they beat the crap out of the end of the swingarm bolt with a with no nut on the end.

[Tactical_Lever]

Around here if they are nice, they go for a fair bit of money. It looks not too bad. Tires can be found pretty reasonable if you are replacing them.

Probably the first thing I would do is replace the seat cover. Fairly inexpensive, and just having a nice seat makes a huge difference in looks.

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[efhondakid]

Try hitting the bolt with a thread file to clean up the threads. You be surprised with a little bit of work even pretty mangled up threads can be brought back to life.

[3wheel_life]

Swimgarm bolt is ready to go. Got it out (very easily) and had a buddy of mine take it to his works machine shop, had it re-threaded and cleaned up. Delrin bushings are on the way, (thanks BKM!) ordered a new Kenda front max tire and rear carrier bearings and seals. Have yet to locate a front sprocket cover/case saver. Seat cover will be next.

Have the swingarm removed, going to have a fun time removing the pivot bearing races. They are practically welded! Also going to rebuild the rear caliper, and replace front pads.

This poor trike was neglected, for sure. But it's in the right hands now. It's going to make an awesome trial/woods trike. Glad to be part of the 3 wheel community again and ecstatic to have a trike again!

[Rob Canadian]

Good stuff!!

Got mine in fair condition (83) Had new hoops on it. Got it to a point now it is fully functional. Oh boy. What a blast.

Keep us tuned on what's going on.

[3wheel_life]

Got the pivot bearing races out today. After reading a lot of posts I figured this was going to be my biggest challenge, but they came out rather easily. Took about 30 minutes a piece. Since the needle bearings were dust/rust I figured they had been in there for a while and weren't going to come out without a fight. But I got extremely lucky. Now to tackle the rear axle bearings, and put everything back together.

Here's what they looked like after taking them out.

[350for350]

I guess they were a little worn. As long as you're not afraid to do a little work, this one will keep you going for a long time yet.

[Zackmtr112]

How much did you get the 200x for?

[3wheel_life]

How much did you get the 200x for?

$150 craigslist find.

[3wheel_life]

Today was a good day. Delrin bushings came in, as did my new front tire.

Installed the new bushings and put the swingarm back in. Everything went back in great, almost too good haha. Once the swingarm was bolted back in, I got to work on getting the rear axle out and ready for the new rear bearings/seals. Had a lot of trouble getting the rotor hub off of the splines, but it finally came off and after some beating (used a 2x4 on the end of the axle, don't like putting the nut on and beating on it) the axle came out. Just as I suspected, the bearings were toast. Fell apart with a small tap of the . Proceeded to get to work on the races. With a and chisel, got the right side off pretty easily, couple taps and it broke right in half. Now I'm stuck on the left side. Ran out of daylight/patience and decided to call it a night. Very happy with the progress so far, wish I had taken some pictures along the way.