Bought a ATC295R today!! Cheap

[J.D.]

Foundit on craigslist, dude said he wanted 1400 for it. He actually said it was a 330 bigbore, but I ran the piston number and it's on a 4th overbore of a 295 kit(or a 300cc). Anyways, it's been ported, reed cage ported, FMF pipe/silencer, Lectron carb runny on alkyhol, swingarm extended 6 inches, stainless steel braided front and rear brakelines, also SS braided throttle, and he said it's got "straight cut racing gears", it's a 4 speed he says? Anybody know anything about those...never heard of em. Anyways I bought it for 600 bucks, sound good? Costmetically, the plastics look good, but they've been rattlecanned black, I'm just gonna pressure wash thatjunk off. Now here's the bad part, he said he was drag racing it the other night, and he heard a little noise sounded like piston slap, so he pulled the top end off and the front side of the piston is a little scarred, he said it still had real good compression though. So I'm just gonna order a new piston and hone the cylinder. Also....changing from alchohol to gas....he said I have to change jets in the carb, anybody know about that too? I'm pretty excited to get it going....should smoke the Z!! Any my buddies YZ490...can't wait!

[Trouble]

[Billy Golightly]

Man that was a freakin steal! I don't know much about Lectrons but Raffa and hrc85250r can probably help you out on that.

[03 ORANGE SHEE]

sounds like a drag only trike .
its called overide trans YOU CAN NOT DOWN SHIFT THOSE!!some are 2-6 some are 1-4
must come to a complete stop then downshift. i had a banshee i had this done to
if it runs on that kind of fuel a fule pump is a must, the cylinder is tapped into somewhere on the side

[Black86tri-z]

some other member's were trying to buy this trike there's a thread some where

[J.D.]

sounds like a drag only trike .
its called overide trans YOU CAN NOT DOWN SHIFT THOSE!!some are 2-6 some are 1-4
must come to a complete stop then downshift. i had a banshee i had this done to
if it runs on that kind of fuel a fule pump is a must, the cylinder is tapped into somewhere on the side

Ok I'm not 100% certain it's like that, haven't rode yet. But what's the deal, does it make the trans stronger? Also....there's no fuel pump, just a straight line from the tank like a normal fuel. I can smell it though and tell it's alky, well methanol actually just like a dirt track modified car would use, which I think is where he said he bought it at...but I'm gonna turn it back into a gasser as soon as I can figure out what I need to do.

[J.D.]

here's a few pics...and yeah Black86, it's the same one!

[Black86tri-z]

axle bent? looks like a awsome deal for the loot! well good luck with it and keep us posted on your progress

[SYKO]

I would say keep the top end and other related parts and sell the bottom end for a stock 6 speed trans, some drag happy homie would buy that bottom end on ebay

[oldsking86]

Yea I agree on selling the bottem end, it's just not reliable to ride with unless it's for straight drag..

Looks real good for the price, but that swinger looks pretty rigged

[ceaserthethird]

OOOoooo the front brake is on the Wrong side ! ! !

[Satsol67]

OOOoooo the front brake is on the Wrong side ! ! !

HUH? Sence when is the front break go on the other side? Ever bike I have owned its on the right.

[SpeedBump]

The axle is flipped..he is running it with a leading axle...I am assuming to lengthen it out for drags. The Axle is supposed to be a trailing setup, so yes, the brake is actually on the "wrong" side.
As for your tranny, I say do the same thing as mentioned above....sell it, buy a stock one or just buy a stocker if the wallet can afford it. (You got a good deal on the bike so you should have some moolah left over to spend!)

Anyway, Nice buggy.....get it all done up and lets see some pics.

[Black86tri-z]

any more on your r?

[Bryan Raffa]

sounds like a 1-4 override.. DRAGS ONLY 4 more races and my 490 is going to FLA for a override!!!!