what would you do?

[honda400ex2003]

So i have an opportunity to possibly pick up an 88 r frame, swinger, some other parts off 88/89 r. trans, hubs, and a few other things are the other small parts. he doesnt have enough for the machine to be built. just need to find out the prices and such.

my question is would you start a frame off machine or not?

I would love to try to pick it up if the guy will wait for a while for some cash. I just dont really like the front end on the older style r's. Im sure that i could find a running 86 or 87 in decent enough shape easy enough and just restore it or buy a stock one if i can find one next year.

would it even be feasible to do a full build at this point on a decent budget using mostly stock stuff?

thoughts,
steve

[01boneless]

WWBD
what would boneless do? haha JK steve buy it have yourself a project watch the classifides pick up little by little and in a year or 2 you will have a whole 250r :D

[sameltoe]

Build it, then you can buy the parts that you would want on your R.

[Burns310r]

in the long run its better to bulid one from scratch and cheaper...

I bought one only to end up slowly upgrading it over time. By the time i was done i had bought an entirely new quad basically.

The cool part is that i was able to build the original quad back from the original left over parts....



The life cycle of a TRX 250r.....
.................................................. .................................................. .....
Start

You have a stock R.
You build it.
You build it some more.
Then you finally complete it and have a bad *** quad.

You then realize you have all these parts left over and should build another stock 250r from those parts.

(Repeat Cycle Here)

[honda400ex2003]

it sounds like i am def going to try to get the frame and swinger if possible. too bad he is in ohio and im in northern wi. ill have to see what kind of prices i can get on the parts.

steve

[atvmxr]

Originally posted by honda400ex2003
I just dont really like the front end on the older style r's. Im sure that i could find a running 86 or 87 in decent enough shape easy enough


WTH? :huh I'll trade you 86-87 front end parts for 88+ any day of the week...

or am I not understanding your statement?

[Burns310r]

88-89 had some sort of camber change that made the front end handle much better, and reduce bump steer. Im wanting to say that they lengthend the upper A-Arm so that under compression it matched the travel of the lower A-arm.

[honda400ex2003]

i was just talking about the look of the fenders with the light in it on the 88/89 r not the geometry of the susp lol

steve

[quad9]

if that falls through.. i have a mint non welded on freshly powdercoated 86 frame for sale

[OutlawATV4]

I have some stock OEM parts off a 1988 TRX250R that I won't be using. Send me a PM to let me know what your looking for and I will see what I got and I can send you pics if your interested.

[honda400ex2003]

ill keep both in mind guys! Thanks for the offers.

steve