Possible 87 250R found..(UPDATED) 7.31.06

[smackkk]

And Australia .... "THROW ANOTHER SHRIMP ON THE BARBIE" g' day mate ... so how is winter down there ? I know it is winter now and Krmas in in the summer .... all the hottiees on the beach on krmas day ... gotta love it ...?!

[firefirefire90]

i think we have 25 million people in California...





Hope that 87 is true!

[Levithan]

More pics!!!!!

[chris200x]

You guys want some proof? Go back and read dean kirstens 1st post in his thread long live 3wheeling magazine. Here's a quote:

Up to about 1988, I can safely say that I rode nearly every production ATV that was produced up to that time, and many prototypes that never were built for production. I rode the Honda ATC200R, Honda ATC450R and many other "secret" projects. The 1987 ATC250R with white plastic? Yup, that one too.

Maybe he can provide us a pic or two or some proof that can finally put this mystery to rest.

[Darius1502]

You guys want some proof? Go back and read dean kirstens 1st post in his thread long live 3wheeling magazine. Here's a quote:



Maybe he can provide us a pic or two or some proof that can finally put this mystery to rest.

I was just going to post this too! I saw it today.

Someone needs to PM him and get some more info. I believe him 100% and man would it be nice to learn more about it.

I think I'll PM him!

[Darius1502]

I sent this to Dean:

Dean,

Just wanted to say hello and say that as a young man in the early to mid 80's I enjoyed your magazine and read your editorials.

Early in your post at 3 wheeler world you said something about the '87 250R:

remember your great editorials. So really the '87 did exist?

Your quote:

"Up to about 1988, I can safely say that I rode nearly every production ATV that was produced up to that time, and many prototypes that never were built for production. I rode the Honda ATC200R, Honda ATC450R and many other "secret" projects. The 1987 ATC250R with white plastic? Yup, that one too."



Can you tell me anything else about the '87 R and what you thought about it. When did you ride it? Was this right before the consent decree?

I know it was a long time ago...but anything you can remember would awesome! We have all been foaming at the mouth trying to even find proof that they were real.

Now right under our nose we have an esteemed member who not only saw one...but RODE one!

Oh do tell me something, Dean..please!!

Thanks for the memories through the years!

[chris200x]

Geez Darius, I just noticed that you put that same quote in his thread... and here I thought I discovered something alot of memebers overlooked.

I sure hope he can help, but I too have no reason not to believe him.

[Orangecnty250r]

I totally beleive him also!!! I have the January 1987 3 and 4 wheeler action mag which highlights the 87 KXT 250 Tecate as "THE SURVIVOR"

If refers to the ATC 250r Here is how the first paragragh reads.



If you want a high performance three wheeler with an official 1987 pre-fix, this is it gang. In fact Kawasaki's KXT250-B2 is the lone two-stroke three-wheeled survivor of the inane goverment muddling of this past season. Gone indefinetly is Yamaha's Tri Z, "But honda hints that there may be a resurrection of the popular atc250r in 88". For 87 however (with the exception of the 86 tri z's and atc 250r 's on the dealers' floors) the Tecate is your only choice in the high perfoomance three wheeler category.

So once again this was January 87, At this point in time there was still some glimmer of hope. What month in 87 did they start pulling them off the floor. I wonder what kind of hints honda was throwing out of the 88 atc250r before they really threw in the towel??

[Billy Golightly]

ever since Dean had said he seen and rode an 87 250R I knew they were out there. It was just a matter of finding them. This does however still leave the 87 350X for us to wonder about...

[Darius1502]

ever since Dean had said he seen and rode an 87 250R I knew they were out there. It was just a matter of finding them. This does however still leave the 87 350X for us to wonder about...

I know they must be somewhere....but where? Geez...are we all that blind?

I don't think they were ever sold in '87. I think probably sometime in the Fall of '86 there were some tests, studio photos, and other pre-production models. I bet there were only a handful of them.

If someone knows Japanese maybe they could start contacting Honda in Japan and start calling, calling, calling. Its a possibility.

OC, I bet you would love to have an '87 R in your collection. As good as you are at finding OEM parts...maybe this can become part of your questions when you call dealers, suppliers, etc.

Pretty cool stuff!

[Darius1502]

So once again this was January 87, At this point in time there was still some glimmer of hope. What month in 87 did they start pulling them off the floor. I wonder what kind of hints honda was throwing out of the 88 atc250r before they really threw in the towel??

Again, I don't think any were on the showroom floor in the US. Can any dealers or employees of dealers tell me if any hit the showroom?

I bet they did in Canada and other countries.

[scooterroo]

maybe not 87 r's or tri-z's but the tecate was on the showroom floors in 87, i remember drooling over it and wanting to off my ride back then to get one. a place called alpin haus was the only place around me to buy kawi's back in the day, and they had both the t3 and the t4 sitting on his floor side by side. i was so jealous, me and my brother used to skip school and walk over there at least once a week just to see what was what. well now alpin haus is no longer a kawi dealer, they deal mostly in ski equipment, campers, rv's, and seadoos now. oh yeah they sell them bombardiers now too. god i miss the good ole days!!!

[Darius1502]

Here is Dean's response:

As far as I can remember, I did ride the '87 ATC250R. It was purchased by an ATC rider/racer, who traveled across the U.S. boarder into Canada and bought it for his own use, and then brought it back into the States. We hooked up with him, and that's how I rode that particular ATC. As I recall, it was basically the same as the '86, but with different plastic. I don't have a clue to how many were built by Honda.

[fordnut79@hotma]

Aliens/250r's 1987 do exist; i was probed,still got a keyed ignition up my arseeeeeeeee

[Billy Golightly]

TOTALLY Forgot about this thread! Wow. Need to get those pictures and a link to this thread on the '87s article stat.