don't you hate how the seat/fenders on atc250r's fly off, heres something for that

[deathman53]

I fellow 3ww member made me aware of this. don't you hate how the seat/fenders fly off your bike when hitting whoop sections


go to www.jlatvproducts.com and then online catalog and then seat latch, you will see something that doesn't appear right

[vartiak15]

i think it woudl look cool just a pain in the ass i would get it tho

[twgranger]

I never heard of the seat and fenders flying off.

[03 ORANGE SHEE]

todd, there all one piece, the trx's do it, and my ol' 87 250x did that, honda quality at it's best! :p j/k

[markdb420]

Yeah never heard of that either, have owned 3 85-86 250rs, 2 85 350x's, and 2 83-85 200x's. Never happened to me and I ride em pretty damn hard! Those look beefy though! :TrikesOwn

[deathman53]

it happened to me twice, once it scratched the hell out of my plastics(this happened riding on the railroad tracks) and the other time hitting a whoop section on a track.

[Dammit!]

Never happened to me either. Is your latch spring worn out?

[mymint87]

never had that problem...one thing I never do is trailer my trikes with rear plastics on...never know when you'll hit a wind storm ofr just high winds

[350x'inNY]

MR ATC has those on his ATC400X project trike..... let me see if I got any pictures that you can see it.... hmmm... can't see it in the pics, I remember him unscrewing it instead of the latch... or was it on his HRC?

Bruce

[ba7raini]

My plastics never flew off but they are always a bit wobbly

[OZQUAD44]

I race MX all the time and even after stacking it, plastic has never fallen off my Tecate or my Yamaha.............

Oh...... sorry boys, must be a honda thing eh :-P

[Howard]

you need to make sure your latch spring is good, then another thing is the seat rubbers that actually holds tension on it all when you snap the seat / fenders into place.
im sure thats the problem.
i have never had any fall off.

[atctim]

I think the latches and the rubber stoppers get worn because this used to happen everytime I jumped my 350X. I made a bolt / Wing nut set up now that keeps them on tight.

[SWIGIN]

in the 90s when i raced a suzuki i used to aim at all the honda fenders on the track....lol

it was funny at the time

[ScottZJ]

Man! This thread is a year and half old. Someone bringing it back from the dead eh. LOL:lol: The only time I have heard of fenders flying off is in the back of a truck or trailer! LOL

[El'Capitan]

never had that problem...one thing I never do is trailer my trikes with rear plastics on...never know when you'll hit a wind storm ofr just high winds

I made that mistake once.....a simple expensive mistake.

[250r'en +TCB]

Never had this happen to me either, and I have hit whoops in 5th gear! I also drove for about hours with my rear fender facing forward at 50+mph speeds almost the entire trip!!!

Those things do look pretty beefy though! That's for sure!

[nate b]

mine have never came off in the 18 years I've owned it.

[Fox250R]

ITs happend to me but im a pretty hard core rider..I just ziptie my latch down and underneath my front seat..doesnt happen anymore :)

[3leggeddog]

man,every 250r i have had the seat,and plastics have came off during a race.huge doubles,and nasty whoops will throw that seat off everytime.i cut the 2 post off mine,and replaced them with 2 3/8 carriage bolts.welded to the seat latch,and just use wing nuts to secure the seat down.haven't lost the plastics since.

[jason85atc250r]

i did the same thing to my trx and atc 250r like 3leggeddog. the seat and fenders rattle so bad yuo would think something importamt is falling off.:lol:

[InPiEcEs]

My cure........2 springs. I never had a problem with mine when I still ran it, though I did hear of it. Only problem I had was the grommets at the rear wearing and causing a bit of a rattle. Use 2 springs and never look back. Comes off like stock, it's just that the latch is stiffer to pull.