creek riding went bad

[84honda200s]

yea mine starts about 2nd pull give or take. yes i no im going to put a u on the snorkel. but man im telling u now evrything is going wrong. the exhaust broke, it sputters in higher gears, the seat fell off, and now the f^(#!ng recoil breaks. but i am bond and determinedim going to get it fixed. well as long as my walit letss me lol

[trikes4life]

i have been in your shoes before, i spent a hole night getting shiit prepare so i could go riding with friends the next day

[84honda200s]

i hate wen it breaks down like this. i ordered a recoil rebuild, i also took care of the seat probl. well for now anyways. now all i need is an exhaust and figure out why it sputers in the higher gears.

[chris200x]

Try this.. (this is what I did) while its running pull the gasline off the fuel petcock and shoot a good amount of carb cleaner down into the line. This should flush out the jets pretty good. Or just take the carb off and clean it real good. I did this immediatly after getting my trike home and it has not sputtered since.

[trikes4life]

if you pull the line of make sure you turn the petcock off first, done that before. lol

With riding in water alot, the recoil will take a beatin. The rope will start to rot when it does not get dry. The best thing i found that to seal it was silcone sealer on the edge and plug the hole where the decompression cable would be. And make sure the handel is down, and snug fit with the case.

[84honda200s]

i was thinking of doing that. i will definitly clean the carb once i get my rebild kit in for my recoil. you guys know what really sux? i juss put a rebuild kit in the carb. lol but oooo well i got to do what i got to do. i juss hope i get her running like the used too.




p.s. i may just stick with riding in mud lol

[chris200x]

if you pull the line of make sure you turn the petcock off first, done that before. lol

Uum,, Yea... Forgot to mention that! I should also mention that this is the halfass way of doing it as you should pull the carb and clean it properly.

I really dont see a rebuild kit as a necessarity here. I'm almost certian you got dirt down in your carb and that is what's causing the sputtering.

[84honda200s]

i no i bought the rebuild wen i got the 3 wheeler. sorry i didnt explain it better. my bad. but how can the carb be the probl. when its fine in 1st and 2nd gear?? but i get up into 3rd 4th 5th it wants to die? it sounds like its running out of gas. actualy now that i think about it your rite if a jet is pluged it would act like its getting no gas.

[chris200x]

Your trike is doing the same exact thing mine was after I drove it through this. It was fine in the lower gears but once I got past 3rd and gave it gas it bogged and sputtered. when I got home I shot carb cleaner down into the gasline into the carb... took it for a ride and the boggin stopped. I then had to change the gear and motor oil becuase I thought I may have got water in through the exhaust into the motor. If you check your oil and it's gray that means something is in there that isn't supposed to be. better to be safe than sorry I suppose.

[84honda200s]

you are 100% rite better safe that sorry. ok i will take the carb off tommarow and clean it out real good. then i hope to get my recoil by thursday or frieday.

i adjusted the carb my the book specs because the plug was black and tan. if im not misstaking you want it tan not lots of black and little tan. i cant wait to ride again.

do they make a snorkel for atvs?? do they make a exhaust snorkel??

[84honda200s]

well carb is done. i re adjusted it. well to book specs juss to get it close then i can go from there. now all i need is recoil parts and exhaust.

[84honda200s]

i think its fixed it was a caeb probl. and for an exhaust i kinda made 1 out of a 1988 sportster exhaust i found at the auction. i got 2 of em with the pipes. its only a temp fix but it will work for now.


i just want to thank all you guys that helped me pin point the problem. now i know why i joined 3ww . you hhuys kick @$$ thax guys

[trikes4life]

did you by them heavy crome looking harley davidson exhaust at that auction. If you did Lmao x 5. Me and topoortoride4 where looking at these crome exhaust with the pipe at the auction to day. Lmao, we sat there for 10 minutes trying to think if we could modify it to run the exhast on his 185 and use the head pipe and split the exhaust. i must of seen you and never recognized you.

[84honda200s]

lol yes i did get em they wer free no1 wanted them. so i took em and put 1 on my 3 wheeler now i have an exhaust

[IrvSLedman]

Lmao..you guys.. making us wnyers look like a bunch of hillfolk, jimmy rigging bike pipes to our trikes, and having the two or even three tone trike and the custom duct tape seat... well any ways, i would change the fluids get a filters on that snork, and mabe route if towards the front end, i did enough deep deep water riding on my 200, and it made it through okay, just needed an oil change. but as far as water going in your exhaust, as long as you keep on the throttle that wont happen, iv done plenty of riding where only my handle bars and front tire are above water, just keep on the gas. well good luck with your 200s, iv got one of them too and they can be tempramental... if it wasnt a honda i woulda drug out back and shot that thing long ago if i were you, but just cant kill a honda.. lol well good luck man.