Kawasaki KLT 200’s the miss understood 3 wheelers

**cliff2302** · 01-03-2005, 03:01 AM

my pops has a cushman truckster (3 wheeled cart) from the 50'sish. awesome machine. it has a manual clutch and a centrifigul clutch, 3 forward gears and one reverse. definitely a conversation piece.

**JordanT** · 01-03-2005, 02:13 PM

The one's iv seen at the golf course where made around the 60's or 70's and even had a hydrolic dumping box. The only problem was the type of tire they put on em. I remember having many scary trips to the golf course dump where soft mud and heavy junk in the box would cause it to sink and spin after stoping to unload the contents I would some times have to get off and leave it in gear while I pushed it.

But like I said before the main problem was the type of tire used on it that was for protecting the grass and leaving you stuck in mud or even watered down grass. If It had real tires on it this would not happen.

**TrikeKid** · 01-03-2005, 09:39 PM

my KLT has a kicker it was only available on the '81 its just a couple pieces of tubing. and is meant as a backup for the electric.

**trikezilla** · 01-03-2005, 10:23 PM

I agree with most of what everyone had to say. BUT many of the things u mentioned as pros and cons (especially pros) are things that were either done to/easy to do to nearly any trike

**PlatinumDogg** · 01-04-2005, 08:43 PM

Originally Posted by Pistonhead

There are LOTS of KLT's in Manitoba. Oh yeah welcome to the board, nice to see someone who has a duckster thats not a rat ride, most people only think of the tecate when someone says kawi trike, nice to see klt's once in a while. Whereabouts in BC are you from?

Pistonhead, you from manitoba yourself?

**xpto_pt** · 10-24-2008, 11:31 AM

Hi!
I´m New here...
I´m from Portugal and i have a KLT200c, but i don´t know where i buy some missing parts and that huge tires, because i am the only one with a 3wheel like this in Portugal.
Later i post some pics!
Sorry my bad english...

**SYKO** · 10-24-2008, 11:51 AM

welcome to the board!! dont worry about your english! many of us have poor english anyway!!

**russell56443** · 10-27-2008, 03:47 AM

I loved mine but was talked into selling it to buy my R,I regret it to this day!!!

Im still trying to buy her back!!
Oh yeah,My 81 had a back up kick start under the seat.

**Gag_Halfront** · 10-27-2008, 11:05 AM

How can I tell which year/model my KLT200 would be? It's got a solid front. There is what looks like a kicker shaft coming out the RH side of the motor, but no actual kicker on it. It has the keyswitch inside the little door on the "tank" nacelle as opposed to on a dash on the handlebars. I don't know what the locking/unlocking diff mechanism is supposed to look like, so I don't know if I have that or not.

Are these hints enough to figure it out?

**ebecme01** · 10-27-2008, 12:59 PM

I've had mostly Hondas and I am a big fan of them. I just aquired a KLT160 and I am amazed it was only made one year because its reallly well thought out. It has a sweet frame design with a built in hitch. It has a trunk, although not very big. The brakes stay dryer than the Hondas. It has reverse and the darn thing is powerful for such a small engine. Also the choke lever is a sweet addition. I admit it doesnt sit as nice as a 185S or 200S, but shaft drive is nice for mud and has better ground clearance. Hondas are great, but some other bikes are good too.

**McDerry** · 10-27-2008, 02:00 PM

the 160a and 185 klt are completely different animals then the 200 and 250 klt's. The two smaller shaft driven KLT's are incredibly well thought out designs and the engine design is far superior to anything else on the market at the time.

The 200 and 250 on the other hand are big and gombi. Mind you they have plenty of power and are like tanks, but there hacked together. There too long for a utility, ungoldly heavy to the point it could be a polaris, ride horrid, while also having lavish luxuries that hamper its spartan nature of being a utility (electric start with no real backup starter for starters). Its a utility with a mnaual clutch, but not a 75:1 or deeper gear reduction in first. The dual mode differential is a joke aswell, it is a pickup truck hub, it just unlocks the wheel from the axle so the bike is one wheel drive, all it does is give you half the mobility of a open differentialed vehicle with half the traction of a live axled atv. Probally the only pro is on the suspended models the suspension design is anti-dive during braking.

in reality it was a small kawasaki motorcycle motor crammed into a poor atv chassis.

You could have bought a 83 klt200 with a manual clutch and electric start, or you could have bought a 83 ATC200 with bigger tires, pullstart, autoclutch, better suspension, shorter wheelbase and 20lbs the lighter but with a gallon less fuel capacity.

**Gag_Halfront** · 10-27-2008, 05:39 PM

Here's your chance, Rusell

http://www.3wheelerworldforums.com/s...099#post668099

**atcquebec** · 10-27-2008, 09:23 PM

my klt250 and klt200

**tecat-z** · 10-27-2008, 10:24 PM

Nice klt's. Nice to know there are still some nice ones out there. It's important to remember that many of the design 'flaws' or ones that could be seen as such, were there because of Hondas stranglehold on the 3wheel design. It wasn't easy to try and re-invent the wheel. Yamaha had the same issues early on.

**lou** · 01-04-2010, 08:10 PM

Helllo ,i need help with my recent purchase wich i think is a 1983 klt 200a.it's in hurtin conditoion.it's missing a carb and the wiring is messed up,so i need to find a wiring harness and a carb also what is the difference between the 200 a and 200 b.thank you in advance to anyone who can help

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