Should I buy a 350X. Is it allot faster than a mod 200X

[clong]

I found a really really clean 85 350X forsale for $1400 OBO. My 200X has a new motor and has 12 to1 pistion, supertrapp exh and a K&N. Is a stock 350X allot faster than my 200X. Does the price seem high or is it fair?

[jason200x]

itll be faster. how nice of a 350 is it? itd have to be really nice. But if i were you and he is asking what he is asking offer him 1000 for it. if he says no offer him 1100. Go form there. mayeb he really needs to get rid of it.

[clong]

I live in Soutern California and bike prices, even ATC's are a bit more than oher parts of the country. A 200X is worth about $1k around here if its clean so maybe a 350X is worth 12 or 13 hundred, I want it bad though.

[jason200x]

id go check it out then. but id still offer him a low sartign price.

i got my 200x for 300. he wanted 600 for it. and it had a calfab, durablue axle, new lowproplastic, bassani pipe, mint oem seat. It was a old flat track racer.

[Groundworx]

If the bike is in clean shape, I think 1400 is an average price. I don't know where you guys find these deals on 3 wheelers. Most 350X in nice shape will run 1600-1700 around here. Most watercooled 250Rs in average shape will bring the same. I seen a few 200Xs for aroun 1200-1300. I only paid $700 for my 85 Z, but it is in the middle of a frame off now. About 4 weeks after buying it, my bottom end came apart. You get what you pay for. I am almost done. I will be paying for my new bottom end Friday and then it should only be about 2 more weeks and it will be up and running again. (with a totally new look too). To answer your question though, I think that 1400 isn't bad at all. I would offer him less. The lower you get the price, the better deal you get...

[Ddw350]

i could easily get 1500 for my 350x here.ive seen them for 2200 in the local papers before.i dont know what they end up selling for though.the 350 should pound the 200x..sorry...

[jason200x]

the deals coem frm offering them low prices.

[clong]

Thanks for the input. I guess the price is fair. The thing is I don't want to sell my 200X and I don't need 2 trikes. I'm 29 with a house payment, a wife and a 4 month old baby but thats not your guys problem. Anyways, I think I'll go have a look at it. Thx

[sleddog71]

I will tell you what I think - If you are used to your 200X, you will find that the one outstanding difference is that you CAN NOT mess around and not pay attention on the 350X. If you do, you will either end up in the hospital or at least a day or two off work. They are a different kind of machine and you must respect them. I think the price is fair, but of course you should offer a couple of hundred less to start with. Good luck and be very careful.

[Trikemaker]

I think the 350X will beat the 200X but it depends what mods the small X have on it

[clong]

My 200X has good power but is not scary fast. I had a 85 250R and that thing was scary fast. If the 350X is a true competitor to the 250R then the 350X is significantly faster than the 200X. In a drag my trike will hold its own but its the power to pitch it out that you notice the most between the 200x and a more powerful ATC. Anyways I didn't get the trike. My wife did not share the entusiasm for another machine so if I want a 350X then I have to sell the 200x and I'm kind of attached to it. The motor is completely rebuilt and I now want to paint the tank, get new plastic, decals and a seat cover.

[86waterpumper]

If the 350X is a true competitor to the 250R

I'll assure you that it is not in stock form, nor is it scary power wise. I think a 350x is really safer in alot of ways when compared to a 200x, for one it is far less tippier since it has such a wider axle, and you can make far more mistakes on a 350x with going too heavy on the throttle in the wrong situation than you ever could on a 250r, of course if you really hammer it like a idiot, like I do, or totally don't pay attention then you have what you see in my avatar to the left LOL

[clong]

Waterpump86 your collecting some good machines. Whats up next a Tri-Z? ANyways I agree with what your saying that the 200X is tippier. I have axle spacers but I don't use them becasue I've heard it puts unesessary stress on the axles. I think my 200X is safe but I actually feel that the more powerful high reving trikes like a 250R are safer in some ways becase with all the spinning power at the rear you can spin the back end easier thus steering with the throttle in a way. Example: Try to pitch out a 200X and if it won't brake loose you'll flip but a 250R will just brake loose and stay on all 3.

[86waterpumper]

agreed, plus the fact that bikes such as the 350x and 250r have better suspension, which I think keeps alot of wrecks from happening, at the very least takes alot of soreness out on extended rides lol. It really all comes down to size. If you are a smaller person, a 200x makes a great machine, with the right person on one it is hard to catch them in the woods. However for 6'-0" plus people that weigh say 185 or over, I think a 350x is going to be alot more fun. You can build up a 200x to be fast, certainly it's possible to have one that will outrun a 350x that is stock easily. The problem arises when you want to take said trike with a 12:1 piston and bored to the moon and what not out on a all day trail ride in the 90 something degree heat. It isn't going to stay together long at all. The great thing about a 350x is that while it isn't as fast as a 250r, or quite as small and light as a 200x, it is about the best compromise you can have. If people could only choose one trike to ride in a variety of conditions I think that most would choose it. I keep seeing evidence of this at every riding spot I go to, and every trikefest, or trike ride as well. There are alot of good reasons for it's popularity. It can putt along through the woods all day if need be, yet it has plenty of torque for hillclimbs, etc, but then has a respectable amount of topend speed and power for faster sections.

[clong]

The more we talk about it this the more bummed I get about not having a 350X. I had a 250R and loved the power but it was falling apart and my good friend wanted a trike really bad so I sold it to him for $500. All the plastic was roached, the clutch was totally wasted and the tires were bad as wellas a bunch of other worn out bearing anf seals, chain stc. I have to admit though the thing was still fast as hell and always started. Lost the titel too. Anyways he bought it and has totally resoted it and its beautiful now. I think I'm gonna stick with the 200X and make it look cool with some 18" or 20" tires and some plastic etc. If I really get anxious and have to get a 350X I'll do it, but I'll take a loss on the 200X, but thats the name of the game.

[MountainRider]

This is just my opinion, but I don't think there's any way a 200x, even heavily modded, and I mean HEAVILY MODDED (i.e. 6mm stroker kit, max bore, decked cylinder and head, 15:1 plus compression, high lift cam, 110 octane fuel, large carb, ported with polished exhaust port, larger exhaust valve, free-flowing aftermarket exhaust, 14 drive gear and 32 driven gear) could even come CLOSE to beating a stock 350x in a straight out 300 foot drag race. A really good rider on a modded 200x "Might" get the hole shot, but it would be all over for the 200x by the time the 350x hit 3rd gear.

And besides, a 200x with all those extreme mods wouldn't last very long before you broke the connecting rod.

[86waterpumper]

Lol I want to ride a heavily modded one just to see how it is. I've heard several people say that the old TC and sparks motored 200x's would easily whip a stock 350x as well as a 250r. Alot of those motors made around 27 hp or more, even in bikes that had to comply with the 200cc rule. In other words if they had a stroker crank then they had to have a 185s jug and topend, (this was the TC method) or if they were bored they would have to be destroked (powroll method) so if one was stroked and bored 30 hp or more wouldn't be out of the question and that's in a bike that weighs 280 pounds in stock trim, probably a bit less on a flattracker. A 350x has quite alot more weight to haul around, somewhere around 325, so I could see beating one in a drag or on a track. Of course the reliability isn't there, and neither is the right off the bottom low end torque.

[clong]

A 350X must be fast to fosure take a 200X in a drag and forsure blow it away if the 2billsX is that modified. My buddies 250R easily beats my 200X but not by much in a 300ft drag. I take him off the line and he catches me by 3rd but doesn't blow me away. By 5th gear he is maybe a 2 bike lengths ahead of me but if we stay floored for awhile I catch him becasue my 200X has longer leg (gears) than the 250R. THe 250R is not about draggin though. Its about low end rpm rev. Anyways I have to also admit that my buddy on the 250R weighs about 190 and I weigh 150 if that makes a significant difference.

[Domingo]

clong,

i cannot beleive a 200x will just be right behind an R in 5th gear. I have never riddien a 200x but I just can't beleive it. I dragged my buddy on his 350 Warrior and I had a terrible start. (still new to the clutch thing) He was 50 ft ahead of me before i was in second. But by the time I hit 4th gear i blew by him like we has standing still. He was in 5th. Your buddies R might need a top end rebuild if a 200x can keep up in 5th. I might be wrong, but thats just my opion.

[clong]

I agree with you that it doesn't seem possible but my 200X isn't that slow. The thing is that when I ride that 250R it seems like it should be 10 times faster than my 200X but in a drag the 200X holds on for some reason. His 250R has a new topend in it. I don't know. Maybe my friend doesn't know how to drag.

[sweetip2000]

You can still get the heavy 350X to rip through the trails.
Just get a fat thumb and grow some nuts.

A lot of it has to do with the rider and not the bike.

Every rider has their strong points and weak points.

There are those who like to look pretty
and there are those who like to ride.
I will take the runner.

:Bounce :welcome:

[Erics350x]

this thread is almost 5 years old? :crazy:

[SYKO]

Holy Old Thread Batman!