My $100 Black Friday Score!

[250sxman]

Was cruising through CL Thursday night and saw an ad for an '86 Big Red for trade for guns and at the end of the post he said he had a 185s also with a trashed motor on it but good plastics and seat and everything was there.... Gave him a call to see what he wanted for it, he said he was thinking around $150, so I offered him $100 and an older (but good running) metal bodied Homelite Super XL chainsaw, he accepted and I was on my way to go check it out. I figured if the motor was trashed I could take all the parts I need off of it for my '82 185s project.

Got there to look at it and it was in pretty decent shape, frame said it was a 1980, but the guy had put an '82 (according to the nembers on the motor) 200s motor on it but couldn't get it into nuetral to see if the motor was any good. Well, I got it into nuetral and wheeled it to the back of my pickup. He also gave me a couple sets of OEM wheels and tires for free (one pair was the beloved trailpro's LOL)

Got it home and within an hour I had the motor running off of starter fluid. Drained the old gas out and put fresh gas in, and within 3 pulls it was purring like a kitten! The oil needs changed and the valves need adjusted (excessive clearance) but the motor ran very well with plenty of power and the trans shifted great. I swapped the rear carrier from my '82 along with the axle/hubs and wheels/tires (the rear axle bearings were trashed) and will be getting the front wheel swapped today. I'm super excited because I never never never find these kind of deals! But enough of my rambling, here's the pics...

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[Lil Earl]

id have to say you got a good deal there. lucked out with everything

[G-Ram]

awesome little trike, can't beat that for $100!

[Keepah Rolln]

Nice score.

[dustrunner]

good find.. how was the big red ?

[wisconsinite]

not bad at all. you got my hopes up though, thought you were gonna say you got the big red for $100.

[atc350xer]

Nice score... even has the Hondaline rack and headlight guard.

[250sxman]

good find.. how was the big red ?

Didn't get to see the Big Red, he had traded it earlier that morning. But the ad says it was missing the side plastics and a few other things. I wish I could have snagged that up too though.

Been riding it around most of the day, it's definitely a blast to beat around in it. I need to find a a 200 Big Red front suspension for it though. But by far the best 100 bucks I've ever spent.

[atc350xer]

Didn't get to see the Big Red, he had traded it earlier that morning. But the ad says it was missing the side plastics and a few other things. I wish I could have snagged that up too though.

Been riding it around most of the day, it's definitely a blast to beat around in it. I need to find a a 200 Big Red front suspension for it though. But by far the best 100 bucks I've ever spent.200 BR front suspension is horrible... look for an '83 and up 185/200 forks setup, you'll be glad you did.

[cavemanbob21]

Ah i dont know how many 185s and 200s i had that needed fresh gas or a new piece of keystock that i got for free or really cheap that the people said didnt run anymore .. NICE Score ;)