View the full story with parts list, prices, and manufacturer links here. atvondemand.com... ATV on Demand restores an aging 1985 Honda ATC250R turning it into a vintage motocross racer.
I just paid 6700 for a very nice resto mod....dam i feel better...not for paying 5x what i sold my last 5 250rs for but for getting one sweet trike back in my life....nothing in this land is comparable to a good ole atc 250r 85/86...
Damn Rob Ray 7th top fighter in hockey quit fighting in hockey and rides 3 wheelers now crazy man this video has helped me finding stuff for my 85 250r build I’m currently doing
This is absolutely the best video yet.. wow.. I'm slowly rebuilding my 350x and following your guys build all the way. I am loving it, Cant thank you guys enough. This makes me want to go find a 250r now.
My first true love was the 86 model 250r. I think I was 21 when I was able to afford one used lol. I rode it a short time before disaster struck and the push rod for the clutch blew out of the crankcase. So I tore it completely down and began a complete rebuild from the ground up. Never got to finish....girlfriend got pregnant and it wasn't long before I had to sell it 😕 but there will be one in my life again. Hopefully an 86' or 87' 200sx . Thanks for sharing the video and story. Beautiful ATC you've built.
For the love of all that is sacred and holy, thank you for calling it a "project" and not a "build". Also for not referring to all your improvements as "mods". A true sign of intelligence. It was the primary reason I kept watching.
god i love trikes.. sold my 125M 6 years ago, & passed up an opportunity to buy a mint liquid cooled 250R ATC for 2k around the same time. didnt think i would need it, owning a 400EX, but im kicking myself now.. good upload.
+Karl Gilbert We all have regrets. We dig the 400EX though! There are still Rs out there but people are hording them and prices are going up. Thanks for watching and commenting.
@@04tacomaguy1 yeah the world got "gayafied" and it sucks.Things went gay when they banned trikes.It got even gayer when they announced they were phasing out 2 strokes...it's like EVERYBODY now has a vagina
A friend of the channel and a test writer Jim Nemechek, just picked up a very clean 82. It's undecided whether or not we are going to use it as a project machine. However, we plan on filming a stock test on it at the very least. After all, the air-cooled ATC 250R was the first production high performance ATV.
@@ATVonDemand I've got a 82 with some light mods. Axle, pipe, tires, seat ect. It would be awesome to see something stock vs a lightly modded 250r. If I was closer to you guys (im located in south east Pennsylvania) I'd love to provide my old R for a video.
It's soooo awesome to see this! Love the passion! They will never die! 2 strokes for life! This makes me so happy! When all the trikes and 2 strokes are rusted and gone.... I'll machine my own. Someone should do this same kinda vid on all the trikes! Especially the 350x and 85, and 86 tecate! And I could only dream of a tiger or cargo a review!!!
Dont mistake this man has balls and serious skill. Its not easy to roll that throttle across whoops like he is. That bike is dialed and rippin. Makes me want another one im just not sure the missed work from injury will go over too well. Smacking the ground hurts worse now than 30yrs ago im pretty sure.
Rob appreciate the kind words. He is a pretty good three-wheeler Rider input in sometime getting his suspension dialed just right. If you decide to go ahead and pull the trigger on picking one up you don't have to ride like a maniac. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Complete the build in a couple years that I'll suck, just picked one up 4 months ago and almost done with my build touched everything except the motor the bike had very low hrs when purchased bought it from original owner who had it sitting for around 2 decades once it blows going to put a ct310 kit hands down one if the the top 5 for me on the net as far as looks
アストロサンダー we worked with motor Builder CT racing on this project. They recommend the V Force Reed's with their motor builds. When you work with a motor Builder on a project you have to use the products that they recommend work best with their engine kits in order to fairly evaluate the entire package.
back in the day I owned 86 250r and it was ballsy no doubt.. But after almost killing myself on it quite a few times I traded it in and got a 250sx and rode the bike to its death up into the late 90's
250 big red trike love it it was great but hard to turn without flipping or unless u have the extension axle an wide rim's an tire's it was always in the air
Not gonna lie I was not expecting that type of riding ability from that guy. He is definitely a true veteran of the sport. Much respect! I’m about to begin a restoration on my stepdads 86 250R. Sitting here staring at it I can tell it will be a long and tedious project lol
Thatz bad azz 250r man... I actually built a 1986 250r engine with a ESR set up.. it had mid and high ported n polish 310 cylinder jug, swashed dome cylinder head, ESR cdi n stator kit, vforce3, pwk 39mm kenieth carb, CPI mid n high pipe and I dumped it in a 2001 Honda 400ex. It had all around power 1st thru 4th front wheels just want to come up lol... I don't have it no more but I do have a video racing banshee on here. If you search my channel or look up (Honda 250r rotary1975) it comes out.. Subbed n liked it..
Do they still actually have a three wheeler race class? Now days they still race these things ? That's awesome ! Is it competitive? Like can u become a super star on one like Jeremy McGrath on the cr 250?
LOL, well the ponytail was cut off so he transition into being a man. Although, we're pretty sure he's still self-identifies as an 80s rocker headbanger.
We are getting ready to shoot a 200X and 250SX. We are scheduled to shoot a Tecate 3 this June if it pans out. We will work our way through as many old machines as we can as fast as we can.
very nice to see that you guys are just as interested in the old machines just as much if not more than the new ones. i really get tired of seeing the new 450s every time i turn my head there is not enough variety in them to hold my interest lol
The engine, frame, brakes, triple clamps, shock and fork revalved, seat pan, air box, intake, some nuts and bolts, brake master cylinders, throttle, and that's about it.
+Tyler Mclartu We were going to test a 1986 last year, however our owner cancelled due to issues and we haven't found another one to est. We will keep looking. It's on the list for a stock test, A build might be hard to do.
Sorry to disappoint but we did indeed use our stock test machine for the project. It wasn't a showroom piece but being in good condition meant that we wouldn't have to replace every little part to have good reliability. We even used the stock crank, although we wouldn't recommend building a race motor with a 30 year old crank. Your thinking is why we worked so hard to modify the stock components rather than cobble something together using parts off some newer sport quad. If this machine were ever sold, it is still an ATV250R, not something that was hacked up to add parts that weren't designed to fit. We too appreciate those remaining perfect stockers.
they're their thumb a thumb throttle and a twisty throttle a twisty Sorento is no more better than the thermal throttle I always had a tryst and thanks you're doing bye
If it is in good shape to start with, sure. It's not quite as fast or good handling as the 85-26 ATC250R, but today's riders aren't quite as fast as they were back in the day. Sorry, its true. That being said, we'd bet you could build a pretty competitive vintage racer out of one, especially of you already own one in good shape.
Love trikes!!! Have since I was a kid. Had a Ducati 2 stroke 350 that was pure NASTINESS!! They made them illegal because of a few asshole who didn't know how to lean....smh
Bernard3rd Part 2 was shot. We just need to get back with Rob Ray to shoot an interview and we will get this done. I believe you will see it before 2015. Part 2 of the build will be featured in an article in Dirt Wheels Magazine, so we may try and time the video release around the same time as the magazine release.
markunit72 Horsepower on this project was in the low to mid 40s. We did a part 2 on this machine where we had CT set the motor up for race gas, with more extensive porting, a carb update, and new long rod crank. HOrsepower is now in the 50HP range. See that video here. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YXY_FZKfv1Y.html
always? No. but we do try and squeeze them in from time to time we have two other three-wheeler project videos with one more on the way this summer. we also have a couple of modern-day ATV projects in the works.
There is but u can buy them and sell them and own them..they can't be mass produced and made new anymore...honda was banned for making a sport machine over a certain cc until 1999 and them boom the 400ex comes out and everybody starts riding again
Tempting, but we would be more likely to do a 350cc power valve cylinder allowing us to maintain the use of the counterbalancer. A CR500 motor would eventually crack this 30 year old frame to bits. Love that motor though!
i used to smoke cr -yz 250s on a track we had till the whoop section , these bikes are the most fun you can have , I've owned everything , these are the most fun ,,
There’s a 1986 250r by my house that’s sitting in someone’s yard I’ve tried to ask if I can buy it but nobody’s ever home I’m at the point we’re i leave a 50$ bill at there door and just take it it’s been sitting for so long it makes me sad
