The History of Honda’s ATC 250R From 1981-1986
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- čas přidán 20. 06. 2019
- This is my look back at the history of Honda's iconic ATC250R performance three-wheelers. As the inventor of the ATC category Honda had a huge start on the competition in the three-wheeled arena. After introducing the world to the first high-performance three-wheeler in 1981, Honda dominated the high-performance category until the model's eventual retirement in 1986.
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It's a shame inexperienced people would blame these machine for injuries.. same thing as saying forks make you fat and pencils make mistakes. Good to see you making some videos for us again tony.
@@TheMotocrossVault Awesome, thanks tony!
And guns dont kill people, people kill people.
The 1981 ATC250R stock out of the crate would do an honest 85 mph top end .. i modified one for a friend that did 115 mph +
Awesome vid bro...my first ATC was an 82 110, then an 83 185, bumped up to an 84 200x, then on to my 84 250R, which I've still got, it's ported, polished, jetted, has a cobra kit exhaust, and 2" spacers on the axle....I run old school paddle tires at Pismo Beach, and have Buckshot mudders for every other type of terrain...I grew up on 3wheelers, can't see myself ever not owning at least one....✌🏻
Wow you didn’t want the ‘85?
Never get the 350X bro?, you missed out..
Great vid! Still love my '85 . definite lost/dying skill. Throwing around a 2 stroke trike is one of life's simple pleasures 😁
A, men brother!
👍My first ATC was a 200M back in 83. I've been looking to find a 350x and 250r recently. There's no other experience like riding 3 wheelers, especially the high performance models. I still ride and have quads and dirt bikes, but nothing can replace the fun I had on 3 wheelers back in the 80s!
Great video. I own a couple of ATC’s. The more dangerous something is, the more fun!
Man I loved riding all those "death machines" in the 80's!!! I agree w/you....that '85 250R is beautiful!
Still have my 1982, she's still a blast!
I owned a '85 250R. Such a fun time for atvs.
My 1986 was the best thing ever!! DEFINITELY a sweet machine
Enjoyed your history lesson, but the 200x was also part of the battle...thumbs up !
Yeaah they were nice little trikes .....my sister had one 1984 with white plastics.
And the 350X!
350x with duel headlight always looked bad ass
The legend longlivetheATC250R
Great video. My cousin and I both had the 200x. Awesome machines. Love the 250r and all the three wheelers.
Thank you for the great video. This really hits home for me. I star ted on a atc90 when I was 11 years old then a 110 and up to a 185 and 2 200x then ultimately a 1985 atc250R and currently a 87 trx250R with a 330 big bore kit. I love these machines.
Love your vids. They sure help pass the workday!
The 85/86, they still look so cool
I remember all these models & who had what in my town. My one neighbor had a 250r & you'd hear him coming way before you saw the dust wake from our gravel road. We'd run out To watch the spectacle, a few times after a min or two came the sherrif. Not sure if he ever got caught. Happened on a race at waldoch sports & couldn't believe my eyes. Had to race after that & due to timing, did mx racing instead of atc's. Wish I had a bigger garage to fit all the old toys
I remember as a child one of my close friends had the Honda Odyssey 250R go-kart, it was crazy fast & fun. I remember his dad deciding to sell it for $100 back sometime around '99 because he was a legit smoothbrain who couldn't figure out how to change plugs, I was a kid but had about $200 saved so I begged my dad to let me buy it but he refused. Now anytime he brings up something he wished he'd bought back then because it's valuable now I remind him of that $100 Odyssey 250R, though he refuses to believe how high the demand is for those now.
Can’t believe Kawasaki in 84’ what balls.
“Let’s make the Tecate Honda Red!”
“Okay!”
Glad they went green.
Love the video! I'm currently restoring a 1985 and a 1986 from the ground up. Future plans are to squeeze an 85 CR500 engine into a second 1985 frame. Keep up the good work Tony!
Yeah I’m jealous because I have had the same idea... only problem is that you’re going to foul plugs. At low rpm .. but best wishes with it.. i grew up in the eighties and that was the glory days for off road bikes 86/87 cr... plus the kx.. it was crazy how
I have a cr500 stuffed into a trx250r frame, it fuk'n rips 102 in quarter mile not bad for a beater bike, I wish you luck on ur builds n be safe
@@robertnocerajr3985 Just go to a higher ( within reason) heat range plug for any fouling.Checkout the owners manual for the engine year model & go from there. Why should it foul a plug because you are fitting it to a different frame ? Trev. New Zealand
Great video super informative and fun reliving the first 3 wheeler days. I had an 82 that I redid. New tail pipe and rejected the carb and new air cleaner paddle tires and different sprockets and geared it for hill climb in the sand. but the best thing I did was put a extended swingarm on it wow what a difference it was. I loved that old bike.
I started out with a Honda 90cc, then 110, then 250R. Raced the 250R for 2 years and O' man that was work. Nothing more wild that that 250R. These 3 wheelers were safe as any motorcycle. Just rider lack of practice and understanding caused the rollovers. Thanks again for this video and remembering the yester years.
The 80s the last decade when America was America. When kids actually went outside and play and everybody was skinny.
Totally agree. I came home for dinner and to sleep.
FYI the tire brand is pronounces "oats." I debated between the 250R and 350X, ultimately chose the 350X. Bought it new in '85. My friend thought he would one-up me and got the 250R. He could easily pull away from me in the open, but in our normal riding areas in the woods he couldn't keep up. He also constantly fouled plugs. Both were excellent machines and a blast to ride.
Just got a mint 1981 ATC 250r. Love it
Always felt the Tri-Z was most at home in the open desert. Tecate was short track. Honda did both well.
The Tecate 4.... oh what a sexy beast!
Really enjoyed this video. Knowing the improvements year to year helped me make a better decision on which model to search for on my next restoration project.
Glad it was helpful!
Great video! I miss those days, and those machines.
That’s the only one I can’t find. I have a 85 tri-z and a fully restored 85 Tecate that took me 3 years to restore still working on it. One day I will have to me the elusive Honda 250R.
I want a tecate, tri z, or 250r BAD. I have 5 tri motos but nothing performance related.
We had a 200 in 82 on the farm, then my cousin got a 200x in 84, I begged my mom for a 200x so we went to the honda dealer, there were no 200x to be had,....but one traded in that very morning 84 250r. This machine was being traded because in one family two people had broken legs because of this machine. It had mangled plastic, bent handle bars, and a bent axle. Honda put the axle on a press so I could test ride it. The rest is history, I still have it, and ride it, and love it.
Great video. I still have my 86 250r .I also picked up 88 250r 4 wheeler
Thanks for these great videos. I’m reminded of all the bikes I owned in the 80’s. An off-road ride down memory lane.
Glad you enjoyed it
I got a Honda 110 3 wheeler at 12 years old, sold my coin collection, then moved on to the 250R at 15 and it was a monster...We were 80s kids, so we went out all day on trails, mud, hills, , wrecked, bled, lied to parents, cracked a beer and listened to ACDC on Summer nights. How much the world has changed, 3 or 4 of us would leave early in morning and get lost in the woods, make a fire, smash some hotdogs/marshmallows we packed and put in the lil carriage on back, and bounce out at sun up... What a time...
Thanks for video! Love me some Honda atc
Outstanding video! I had a 1984 ATC 250R that I bought new and I rode that thing everywhere. Thanks for bringing back great memories. Even the brochures brought back memories. Good stuff!
I also purchased a new 1984 ATC 250R. I sure wish I would have never sold it.... and I had the same experience when I saw the brochures in this video. Back in 83, I stared at the 250R throwing a roost on the cover of the brochure for hours at a time before I purchased the 84. I actually think I still may have that brochure stored somewhere.
Beautiful work man
In the fall of 82, I had bought an 83 185s. by the spring of 83 I wanted the 250R. It was so much easier to steer without having to do all the weight transfer needed on the less powerful 185. My friend bought the 86 Model, and I really noticed the difference in the Powerband.
Great presentation. I live in Canada and believe a small number of bikes may have been sold here in 1987. The 250R and 350X was not as common here as other places. The 200X was common and the Big-Red was the most common model.
I love your videos mate, thanks.
Great video, I once had one of these. WOW long ago!
Awesome awesome video loved the 250r.
Thanks for this vid. Much appreciated.
You bet!
Great video! Love my Honda ATC 200X
i just picked up an 86 250SX, i love it.
Well done I have a 82,83 and 86 250r love all of them.
Great work Tony. Loving these videos.
Glad you like them!
@@TheMotocrossVault I stumbled on your Flicker account (I believe) and the pictures wow...so many I grew up with and had not see in years! Brought tears to my eyes! Thank you for all you do!
That you brother!!! I love the old school trike's!!
Great stuff 👏
I got a Honda 110 3 wheeler at 12 years old, sold my coin collection, then moved on to the 250R at 15 and it was a monster...We were 80s kids, so we went out all day on trails, mud, hills, , wrecked, bled, lied to parents, cracked a beer and listened to ACDC on Summer nights. How much the world has changed, 3 or 4 of us would leave early in morning and get lost in the woods, make a fire, smash some hotdogs/marshmallows we packed and put in the lil carriage on back, and bounce out at sun up... What a time...
Well done 👍 Thank you
Enjoyed this 🔥
Thank you!
Love this vid... owned a few of them. An odyssey 350 cylinder and head will bolt right on if you bore the crankcase and modify the exhaust makes them really scream as long as you jet them right lol love this channel
I went from the 70 to a 125 I actually had 2 of the 125's then I got the beast the 250r . Best machine ever I'm currently looking for one but damn there up their in price . Gotta have one or two though . Would love a 500 motor
Superb and informative video. 👍
Thanks a lot
@@TheMotocrossVault No worries, I learned so much watching that. I remember some ATC Honda's in one of the James bond movies Moonraker. From memory they were really early models, I do remember at leas one getting loads of air during the chase sequence. Brave guy!
Quality content 🙌
Awsome vid loved it have a 84 and i have had all the hondas on vid in past wish i never sold them
Shout out to Atc 250r people I got a mint 85 nothing like three wheels long live the outlaw.
My Uncle won a ATC 110 from the red owl in a giveaway in the early 1980's. He still has it. Its still running well.
The 85-86 250r is the all time best looking atc/atv in my opinion.
I agree 100% Still looks amazing to this day
damn, i was in high school when these machines were new.
i could only afford old trail bikes.
sigh.
Well done!
I was in love with my 86r and I used to brag about how fast it was till I went riding with a group of friends and I was introduced to a 500r Honda dirt bike. Lawd the 250r seemed slow.
A friend of mine had a 250R and another buddy of mine had the Kawasaki two-stroke 250
Great vid! Could of mentioned the 350x too. That was also a fun ride too!
Great stuff very knowlegable and you cover all brands awesome !
rulegatti 88 thanks 🙏🏻
The red one with the gold rims the 250 Ducati that's the best bike ever have three wheeler is so beautiful I wish I was back in the day I'm 32 years or 37 years old and I'm dreaming for one right now can't find one
From Australia love that you have a chad reed jersey he is from just up the road from me
My brothers bought a new ATC 110 and brought it home leaving it in the bed of one truck wondering if our dad would say no to having one on our dairy farm. My dad was hesitant but slowly accepted it. My brother and I bought a 2nd ATC 110 that was slightly used. I destroyed 2nd gear in one of them when the throttle cable froze and I didn’t time turning it off between shifts. I flipped one going over a snow drift behind the barn and it landed on my left arm which was on frozen tractor tracks and broke both bones in half.
The two ATC 110’s helped stress relieve my brothers and I in the last years up to our parents divorcing in 1981 and selling the farm. Having space and freedom to roam free all by yourself on a machine to get away from things is a good thing.
I believe that Yamaha’s entry into 3 wheel ATV’s was a 125 which had the engine sitting farther rearward because of one of Honda’s patents. Then Kawasaki had a 200 with a differential rear axle which could be locked.
The 86 had a six speed trans that was capable of pushing the top speed into the 80 mph range on a stock machine. Nothing on the sand could beat it. Even the banshee was slow by comparison
I still have a couple 250r here in banshee county pa. 1 1984, 1 1985s, 2 banshee killers 1986 250r and 86 big bore 310r.. along with a 85 tecate and a monster of a 86 tri-z pretty much stock Yamaha n it rips hard. Gotta love bb 2stroke, plus 88 trx500r, 86 cr500r, 91 kx500 n my favorite 1978 yz400 on a 85 yz 490 frame
I took a atc90 rolling frame and stuffed a ke175 motor and front frame section. fast but scary LOL bought a 81 250R and raced it until I went to Germany and sold it. (mistake) great memory's. thanks.
That Yamaha TriZ is cool...never seen one before
I've always thought they were cool but I have never seen on in person.
Great Chanel !! 👍 I still don’t think the 86 z gets enough credit though and i got one in good condition owned it for 25 years ‘
I’m Honda all the way two wheels mind ‘ and my personal best which i owned was the 1992 cr 250 had the slightly improved 1996 but i just loved the delivery of the 92 u just gotta ride hard ‘ back off n she beat u up 😂
Great video thanks for posting I am now a subscriber
Awesome 😁😁😁👍👍memories ❤
Lovely bikes Honda my favorite brand.
All great info except the 185s mix up' 185 came out followed by later 185 (S) the 185s was the same motor installed in a smaller chassis 😎
When did the 200 debut? My brother bought a 185s which seemed a little more trim than the fat looking original 200.
@@MustangsTrainsMowers 1981
Wasn't sure about the smaller chassis.. I thought they just slapped front suspension on em and hence the "S" added.
Love the 250r
What you are leaving out is what started the down fall of the 3 wheeler. I've always watched the news even as a kid. And at this time I owned a CR 200 4 stroke Honda, a blast to ride, but I remember the news cast that actually started it down fall. A news executive son was out on one and I'm sure he wasn't shown by his dad how to ride it and the kid broke his arm. That is when all hell broke loose. All because an executive kid broke his arm.
Awesome! Subbed!
Thanks for the sub!
Yeah crazy 85/86 atc250. Nothing but a powerful trike. Even the 200x was a bad ass
I think they brought out the 87 in nz, I see some of the bikes with white and red around 😊 certainly a unicorn 🦄
Fabulous 👌 👏 👍🏻 😍
The 85-86 ATC250R is my all time favorite off-road machine, I have owned many of them and loved every one. The greatest aspect, besides looking totally bitchin', was the engine, that machine is capable of putting along with my kids on their 90's as well as keeping up (kinda - a little scary, but worth the glory) with the modern four strokes out at the dunes. If Honda produced a modern version I'd buy one in a heart beat. Great video, Liked and Sub'd, keep up the good work.
Great history video. My first trike was the Honda 90, my brother and I rode it hard and couldn’t kill it. We than bought a pair of 1983 Honda 250 Odyssey. Fun but just not that great. My friend had went out and bought the 1983 250r trike. I took it for a ride and said I had to have one. I purchased the 1986 250r. I have to say that the 86 eat the 83 with the 6 speed transmission and being liquid cooled. I owned this bike for about four years. Awesome trike, you got putt around on the trails when you wanted or you could drive the gutts out of it and it just kept on going. Finally sold it before I killed myself. Bad mistake would still like to own one. However getting too old for that crazy life. 57
It seemed like Marty Hart won every race back then
Awesome video.
Thanks
Also I have a Yamaha trimoto 175 would love to see a vid on the history of the Yamaha trikes
I have a bunch of tri motos but really want an 80s model 2 stroke 3 wheeler or even a trx250r
I am Lucky enough to own 2 85 ATC 250Rs My personal ride is 52+ HP and Scary Fast my second is not as Beefy but an arm puller too I Ride at least 2 times a month
I've got an 86'Atc250r!!!
I have a 82 ATC 250R and a 1985 TRI-Z 250 I am looking to sell I had a slip and fall accident back in Sept 22 so I need to sell them both but my youth was super fun
El mejor todoterreno mezcla en la historia de los quads 2 tiempos
Still have my 85 bought it and 92
Lol those Schrader valves added to the front forks , as you are still all confused about that, they did not put them on there for adding air to the front forks but to let air out of the front forks as they pump there forks up during a motocross race
Modern bikes use them for that purpose but it was common for riders in the seventies and eighties to adjust the ride but adjusting the air pressure of the forks. It was a common thing at the time.
Nice NoFear jersey man
The 250 r was awesome.
I realy want a 250r now
What about the 70's Honda kick- n - go that little kids trike was the 1st 3 wheeler & should be mentioned.thanks.Trev New Zealand
86 limited edition 6-speed 250R with a 310 jug and hot rod crank ride a wheelie all six gears would be going so fast that when you wanted to slow down you'd hit the brake and let go of the throttle and you wouldn't hear anything for a few seconds until the tires hit the ground again extremely fast machine
In the 1983 ad there was a 300cc kit sold as an accessory, wonder how rare those are now
Jack Rieger really not that rare. The pistons tho will sell for a huge amount.
I got a 300 kit and it eats the liquid cooled 250R any day
Wasnt there ATC 500 aswell ? I rode a Suzuki quadracer 500 once ..
Christer Stefansson Tiger made a very limited run of 500 ATCs but none of the Japanese actually produced one.
I had a 250 r three wheeler
Please continue by doing a follow up with the AWESOME Fourtrax 250r.
Ronald Tartaglia I plan to.
Awesome history lesson. The only thing you forgot about the atc250r is in '86 they added a 6 speed transmission. Also, the 350x was left out and was a competitor. Furthermore, Kawasaki did continue the Tecate 3 for 1 more year and had an 87 modle, and they introduced the tecate 4 as well which was the competitor for the trx250r. All in all, not much other than that was left out. Great video.
1985 ATC250R had a 6 speed trans and liquid cooling .....350x wasnt even close so nothing to compare and the 87 tecate was same as 86 and none were sold in usa and the honda 250R walked all over it .