200x compared to my 200s

[Honda Lover]

I have been in search of a new trike for a long time. I have mainly been looking at 250r's and 350x's and have realized how hard it is to find a cheap one. Anyway, i have kinda been skipping over the 200x's that i see because I just didnt think I would be to impressed with it's performance. So, i know a 200x would be faster than my 84 200s, but would it be enough of a step up that i would be blown away by the difference? I just saw an 87' in minnesota that is in really good original condition for 1000$, seems a little steep for me, but maybe some of you would be willing to pay that much for one, i dont know. So, should i get a 200x if i find one for the right price or should i keep up my search for the perfect deal on a 350x or 250r?
And if you have one of those for sale in the wisconsin or minnesota area post it on here.

Thanks,

[brendan802]

200x's are awesome little trikes. I amazed all of my quad riding friends this Monday riding some ruff terrain and climbing hills. They not the fastest trikes going but they will haul @ss. If it is in near mint shape and runs good with good compression then I'd do it. My 200x was built out of 3 parts trikes that I traded my 93 quadrunner for. I was alot happier with the 200x's. I'm going to get another 200x Thursday morning for 250.00 which is an awesome price but it needs work(all of the fenders, has very little compression, no headlight but I have 2 of them). It depends on what is wrong with it I guess. For 1000.00 I'd hope it would be in really good shape. 250r's and 350x's are rare to come by in certain places so go for the 200x. :TrikesOwn

[chris200x]

In my opionon if it's an 87" 200x it's well worth $1000. I wouldn't pass it up even if it needed some work. seems like the 87's are few and far between. That 87' would leave your little 200s sittin there scratching it's head! :lol: Get it...Get it now! :D

[edog]

200x all they way.From what i here they are the best four stroke 3 wheeler ever made.

[Troll 2]

. So, i know a 200x would be faster than my 84 200s, but would it be enough of a step up that i would be blown away by the difference?
So, should i get a 200x if i find one for the right price or should i keep up my search for the perfect deal on a 350x or 250r?
Thanks,

The biggest gain you will notice on a 83'-85' 200x will be the suspension. The engine is the same as the 200s, just has a few factory mod's and manual clutch. The 87' may have a little more performance. If you want a big step up, keep looking for a R or big X. It will be worth the wait.

I wrote this once;
350x vs 250r impressions...........
Well after working our way up threw a ATC 70, 110, 185, 200s, 2 x 200X's, 250sx, 2 x 350X's and a 85' 250r, I thought I'd give a genral impession of our current ones.
They are the 350x and 85' R..........
Being a diehard four stroke guy my whole life, this is very hard to write. I've been working on four stokes for twenty-five years. The two-stoke stuff about two years.
After riding hard-tail honda's for a while, I started to love the way they ran. Always started great, never died, could trust them to run to the moon and back. there a ride that would only leave you stranded if you forgot to add fuel. The problem was they wore thin on the backside quickly. Non or limited suspended trikes are great for cirtain things. Just going to the other side of the ranch to grab stuff, hunting for kids, joy riding, hauling yard debie, ectt... Then they reall shine when doing trials type riding like rock jumping, mounds of dirt piled high, climing extreme rutted hillsides and so on. Auto clutches were the nut's.
Then I seen my first 200x, WOW, man that thing had great looking forks, adjustible rear suspension, kick starter, and egos that fit like a dream!! The first long trail ride was like night and day. Trails that were standard before, were now only a part of riding. Just take a turn of the bars and theres a whole new world avalible. Flying threw areas that werent a great idea before, became a breaze. Man I never seen so much more country before on the old trike. The 200x was great ride. But trying things the auto-clutch did was much harder. Its a little dificult to slip the cluch when your hanging over the bars so far that your arms go backwards. Then If it stalled out on a super knarly incline, good luck. Before, just stand aside, thottle, push and let go at the top. Try that with a clutch.
Getting a 250sx seemed like a good step up. Here a report on that;
http://www.3wheelerworldforums.com/showthread.php?t=39807
After the sx the final step would be a 350X. My ultamite goal. After begging my wife, see said fine. I traded four trikes for a great custom 350X.
Oh baby, it was very worth it. The 350x was everything I could ever ask. It had twice the power than anything before. Instant wheelies in third gear while churning both rear tires. The 350x at times is flat hard to hold on to and better be damn carfull appling power on hill's. Where tracsion is good its amaising. It will pull your arms off and gets there in a hurrie. The suspension is killer and cruises fine. On longer trips, its just super fun powering up hills. Getting a grip on the avalible tourqe is a rush. Nothing better.....................Right?
Well, having two 350X's was fine, but I had the chance to pull the trigger on a very nice water-cooled R. It was a hard desion, but always enjoy a new type trike. I was 51% for trading the beauty 350x back to it's original custom builder for the R.
I was very leary about a two-stoke. My boy races a 125 moto-X bike and the maintaince is high.
Now this is the hard part for me.
R impressions;
The 250r is a trike riders trike. There is a night and day difference between it and a 350x. I rode the 250r for two weeks straight. You just cant stay off it. The thing is so very well designed its not funny. It's twice the trike a 350x is to me. The R goes crazy fast, it will go threw the six gears in nothing flat. If you want to go from here to there its done. Try a half mile SUPER steep incline where power counts. It will be there before you. Very very awsome. Really thats only a part of it. The front end is very controlable. It will lift the front as high as you want but no further. If you want to flip it tell it to. If you want to do easilly contolable wheelies adjusting height during acelleration just tell it to. The powerband kicks in low and lpulls hard forever.
The suspension, brakes, egos, ride height are as good or better than the engine. It sits perfect, turns where ever you want it percisly, stops on a dime and starts easily.
Anyway it was hard to admitit for me, but I'm a two-stoke guy now. Its a just have to ride one to see type of thing.
I still like all trikes and glad to have a 350x for our mountain trips's, but the R is the ultimite.................for me......... :beer

[84250r]

To some a 200x is a step up from a 200s. You can work the power with the clutch! I think you would be happy with either year 200X! If you do get a 200X stay away from the 83's. I heard there swingarms were weak.

[thefox]

To some a 200x is a step up from a 200s. You can work the power with the clutch! I think you would be happy with either year 200X! If you do get a 200X stay away from the 83's. I heard there swingarms were weak.

The swinger are weaker on the '83(they are the tube style ones) but a used stock '84 or '85 one would cost about $30 if it does need to be. Thats not enough reason to stay away from an '83 for me.

[84250r]

Ok then,there ya go!

Just swap it out for an 84 or 85.

Simple..

I was just letting him the known fact that the 83's had a weaker swinger. Some people would rather ride then swaping swingers.

[Honda Lover]

Well, i think i'll only get a 200x if i can find a nice 86' or 87', since they have the six speed transmission. Same thing with an r too. I would want an 85 or newer with the six speed, but those are also harder to get and harder to find cheap. So, i guess for now the search continues, and i'll be sure to post it if i (ever) get one. The 200s is still running ok anyway, needs a rebuild, but she still flies around the fields and woods pretty nice.