ATV Illustrated Top 10 Most Influential Honda ATV's

[slashfan7964]

Not sure if this was posted, and it's a few years old, but I wanted to share this. ATV Illustrated did a top 10 list of their most influential Honda ATV's, and not one, not two, but 4 three wheelers made it onto the list.

http://www.atvillustrated.com/content/big-ten-hondas-top-ten-atvs

[dougspcs]

Shame they left the iconic 85 Honda Big Red 250 off that list..it laid down the design pattern for the next decade in ATV drivetrains.

Bit of an oversight there I think!!

[slashfan7964]

Well they did give that generation a mention. So that's worth something.

[JasonB]

awesome article! good read, glad they mentioned the trx250r AND the atc250r

[slashfan7964]

I agree, that's pretty cool. Typically it's one or the other.

[bkm]

Where's the 81 250r? To me, it set the true performance market on fire.

[slashfan7964]

Where's the 81 250r? To me, it set the true performance market on fire.

I must say I was a bit disappointed that they left the first gen R out, that puppy really set things off.

[bkm]

I'm a third gen fan first and foremost, but I would say the first gen is more influential than the third. The trike world was dying by the time the liquid R came to life. As evident by the number of third gen's that didn't sell and were cut up and shipped to tech schools.

[slashfan7964]

True, but then you have to consider the sheer badassness of the third gen and just how good they actually were.