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  1. 05-04-2005, 08:42 PM #16
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    Had both the 200 ES .. and have the SX now.


    Took the ES thru some mean/nasty stuff.... it all depends on what type of mud you do.

    For the watery soupy stuff the ES is best.. it does not sink as low and is nice and stable, shields you better than the SX.

    The SX.. well, have not had it thru quite as much muck as the ES YET !! :P ... but i can tell you one thing.. When you get into the cement semi-dry boggy no standing water type ..... nothing beats an SX... has enough power to get things flying... alot more than the ES wich just spins itself into a rut and stops.

    Alot more getup and go with the SX.. better float with the ES.. ( the SX sinks, even with my 165 carcase on it ) .
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  2. 05-04-2005, 08:43 PM #17
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    A chain has NO place in mud. IMO.
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    82 ATC - 200, plain jane, almost mint. ( Sold, 03-17-2005)
    84 ATC - 200 ES, Jimmy-Rigged, don't ask.( Sold, 03-17-2005)
    85 ATC - 250 SX, Pride and Joy, Bottom-Less Money Pit.
    84 125 M - The Mini-SX not running yet. but won't be long.
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  3. 05-04-2005, 08:49 PM #18
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    i love chain drive i havent had any problems in mud with it so far. my machine has been pretty great in the mud
    1983 Honda ATC 200x-shes a beater

    Past Rides:
    1982 ATC Big Red 200e (miss it more than i thought i would)
    1985 200x rode it for about a mile
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  4. 05-04-2005, 09:20 PM #19
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    I havent tried my 200E in mud, but I was out playing with the 200 monday and got it stuck a few times. Got Wooly Boogers on it and they worked great when they were new, the big knobbie in the front prolly dont help, mabey I'll take the Big Red up there Saturday, it has some Wooly's on it to but there 13in wide and newer.


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  5. 05-04-2005, 09:31 PM #20
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    You got stuck in that ????
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    82 ATC - 200, plain jane, almost mint. ( Sold, 03-17-2005)
    84 ATC - 200 ES, Jimmy-Rigged, don't ask.( Sold, 03-17-2005)
    85 ATC - 250 SX, Pride and Joy, Bottom-Less Money Pit.
    84 125 M - The Mini-SX not running yet. but won't be long.
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  6. 05-04-2005, 09:53 PM #21
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    Yea, I don't have alot of ground clearnce and that stuff was super thick, deeper than it looks trust me, I could hardly walk though it.


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  7. 05-04-2005, 09:54 PM #22
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    Quote Originally Posted by bigredhead
    You got stuck in that ????
    remeber last year in the power line "G"????that was small compared to what we were going through...
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  8. 05-04-2005, 10:02 PM #23
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    yeah ground clearance aint the best on mine so when i get stuck in ruts i have to lift the rear end up and she'll go through anything. i love trailin with sport machines because they hate the mud. they find a mud hole and try as hard as they can to stay out of it.
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    1985 200x rode it for about a mile
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  9. 05-04-2005, 10:09 PM #24
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    Nice mud hole, hondaatc185S200E, but I know of a better one. HEHE, just give me time to get out there any take pics...

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  10. 05-04-2005, 11:29 PM #25
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    haha..let me take a pic out at cardonia...whoa buddy...its bad ace..on the trail back into the woods wich is all cardonia is pretty much..is a huge 50-75 foot long 4 foot deep mud hole..the 185 made it threw!! barely...anyway..if i can get out sometime when its actually muddy cause we havnt had much rain lately..ill take some pics before and after i got through it..its pretty bad! ...who says chains have no place in mud!?!! all you gotta do when your done is spray it off with a pressure washer and then spray it with wd-40 or some gear lube!! lol..works fine...and yes..200e's do float pretty easily! just make sure you have your crank case breather connected to your airbox...my firends got water in his cause it wasnt connected...bad thing to do...screwed his rings to hell...he traded it tho for a mint 75' yamaha 350 (same engine as banshee but a bit higher gear ratio) motorcyle...only 3500 miles on it!..dunno how he did it but i say its good for him..anyway..mudlightes are suppose to be the lightest mud tire on the market right now..you could get some super swampers tho! or some vampire asx's they are great..saw a 250ex go through thick mud up to his handle bars on it..that was also back in cardonia..he didnt even get stuck!
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  11. 05-04-2005, 11:34 PM #26
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    Get An SX with Nankang knobbies on it. I could out drag the 4x4s in snow and go through 2 and a half feet of mud with them. or Another good setup is a 350x with 22x11x9 GBC Gators on it.

    Those Nankang Knobbies have thast bounce to them that you want to. I love jumping the SX with them on.
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  12. 05-05-2005, 03:13 PM #27
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    our 250es with super swampers is a bad mofo in the mud.
    im sure a 350x could tear it up in the mud but im not trying it.
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  13. 05-05-2005, 08:52 PM #28
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    try a 86 or 85 big red with kenda bear claws there ain't no stoping them
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  14. 05-06-2005, 02:53 AM #29
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    I've got 25x13x9" Vampires on the back of my 86 Big Red and I can go most anywhere a stock tired 4x4 can.
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