ATC250R for $100

[terboed]

so my neighbor came over the other day and asked me if i wanted her trike for $100. she told me it dident run. so i went over and took a look at it. turns out its 82 ATC250R. its had spark and compression so i was willing to bet it was the carb. i bought it. drained the fuel, cleaned the carb, and it fired right up....... for about 5 minutes. spark would randomly cut out. so out came the razorblade to inspect the hack job wiring that the previous owner did. a sub par butt connector job was easily fixed. then i decided to yank the flywheel. good thing cuz there was NO flywheel nut holding the flywheel on. the washer was sitting in the bottom but no nut to be found. anyway, got the flywheel off and the stator was covered in rust, metal shavings, and corrotion. i cleaned everything up on the wire wheel and tossed it all back togather (with a flywheel nut) and she fired right up. superb throttle resopnse and idle. not bad for $100. and for a extra $20 she thew in another set of rear tires on rims with hubs and another set of forks off a 83-84 model with wheel, tire, hub, and brake system including brake line. talk about score aey? its got 190psi of compression and what seems to be a boost bottle. is that normal? when i was younger we owned a 350x for a while but other than that this is my first 3 wheeler. i have only rode dirt bikes and quads.

pics

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e225/terboed/82ATC250R001.jpg
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e225/terboed/82ATC250R002.jpg
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e225/terboed/82ATC250R005.jpg
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e225/terboed/82ATC250R003.jpg
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e225/terboed/82ATC250R004.jpg

[scooterroo]

damn, pretty sweet looking for 100 bucks, why oh why cant i find these deals? why?

[terboed]

this one just basicly fell into my lap. i had the garage door open workin on something and this lady just walks up and says you want this for a hundered bucks. i couldent pass it up. another funny thing, after i got it running she comes diving up in her mini van and was all suprised that i got it running the same day i picked it up. it does need new axle bearings and some fresh brake pads and maybe a nice black seat cover, other than that its a nice little trike.

[scooterroo]

yeah it is, looks to be pretty solid, even the fenders for the most part.

[terboed]

yeah, the fenders are in decent shape concidering the year. only one spot on the right rear where possably a passanger was sitting rubbed the fender a bit. one of the first things i did was removing all the early 90's stickers from the tank. there must of been 20 of em.

[team-red-rider]

thats a beautiful trike for 100 big ones

[russell56443]

Man Im going to start working on my trikes out next to the street where everyone can see me lol!!!!
Great luck and a beautiful R!!!!

[Yamaha Tri-Moto]

amazing deal.

[Klondike1020]

Ship shape sweet deal
take a pic with the plastics off :naughty:
so maybe i can see the boost bottle setup on it

that is a nice older R
You got one hellava find

[maggiesboy]

nice score :D

[Mobular]

Looks like the deal of the decade! Good one!

[bigredhead]

Son of a !%!@#$^$^.. Damn i'm jealous..

[trikes4life]

U Suck....killer freaking deal....i never get to see them deals...wait, i never paid over 80 bucks for my bikes...i think the rear tires are on the wrong side, or thats maybe how they go.

[cody2]

would have been a better score if she was good looking....i would have bought that in a second!

[atctim]

very nice 1st generation. Can't beat it for the money. Put your rear tires on right and you'll be all set!

[devildog_0431]

Nice find for real, what luck. Is it just me or is your chain not aligned ?

[TrikeKid]

Dude, not fair! That thing is SWEET, I've always liked those air cooled R's, and for $100, you could have done a LOT worse.

[Rennat_2006]

I wish i had neighbors like that!

[gravelord]

im jealous also, i never find any good deals like this.

[TtownJoeShow]

tires are on backwards, offer $50!

[terboed]

the tires work great that way. i rode it yesterday in about 2-6 inches of snow for about 4 hours. it went everywhere. where everyone else was getting stuck, the 250r just ziped right through. i was riding with a trx250r, 400ex, lt250r, yfz450, and a yz250. they act more like paddles when you run em backwards, better for the snow.

[terboed]

heres a pic of yesterday

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e225/terboed/trikefirstride.jpg

[BigGreenMachine]

Sweet pic, very nice 250R you have there.

[70ATC90]

Damn dude, what a deal! My dad sold his 250 out in front of our house last year for 500! And it was in much worse shape than that.

[TrikeKid]

Looks like she runs pretty healthy too! I'd suggest at least some work boots for riding in, tennis shoes don't protect much.

[terboed]

ive been riding in tennis shoes for the last 3 years without any problems. i use to wear riding boots. i like the freedom of full ankle movement.