250xs I swear are some of my favorite quads EVER. Way ahead of their time! 4 valve 4 stroke in the late 80s, they haul A**! They're styling is amazing, awesome carburetor w accelerator pump, and they're difficult to find but so beautiful. That 300ex is no slouch either, great pickups man! I'm happy for you, and jealous. Hahaha. I have non broken 250/300ex white rear fenders in my stash too.....😈
100% agree, with the trx 250r in 86 and 250x in 1987 honda showed the world... go ahead and take our 3 wheelers we are still the top manufacturer, just on 4 wheels now
@@tricycleguy2657 makes it that much more shameful whats happened nowadays, 250ex is as sporty as they get. At least yamaha is keeping the spirit alive.
Nice! I bought a ‘93 300EX brand new. Sold my Warrior and bought the Honda. Liked it much better. The Warrior was a 93 too, but the Honda was just better all around. Had it up to 2008. Wish I would have kept it lol!
That 300ex 😍🫶👍 reminds me of the basically brand new 1996 I had from age 6 to 15! Mine had the yellow EX on the front fenders but was bone stock with all red plastics and seat cover with Fourtrax like the 93. Very nice nostalgic piece, I enjoyed watching this one for the EX but nice scores! The 250x is equally as awesome and I will probably end up getting either a 250x or a 300ex some day. Both machines were very popular for four stroke enthusiasts and I remember in the 90’s there were a ton of people that rode 250x’s/300ex’s if it wasn’t a 250R or Banshee until 1998. After that the 400ex started to become a pretty common machine, I got to ride a brand new 2 week old 1999 400ex when I was 8-9 years old for a weekend and after that I couldn’t wait to get my hands on one. That didn’t happen until I was 15 but that 99 400ex was really impressive to me at the time and I loved the power and suspension travel. The 250x/300ex always held that bomb proof reputation though and remained popular beyond the 400ex days to an extent and I still love them. Absolute wheelie monsters and light and nimble on the trails, never left me down and was perfect for me when I was young but the suspension reaches the limit pretty quickly and leaves more to be desired on the 300ex when I was a teenager (Heavier). For their time though the suspension was probably as good as it could get for an OEM setup on a 4 stroke machine with approximately the same cc engine/HP for trail/sport riding. The 400ex really was a huge leap forward for the 4 stroke sport quads thankfully which eventually lead to the 450cc class with several manufacturers building the various 450cc sport quads to compete against each other until they stopped making them close to a decade ago. (Unless you count the two sport quads you can still buy new from Yamaha…) nice job on the video!
I just learned something again. So obvious but I completely missed it. The 88 Frame being red instead of silver like the 87. We both knew the plastics/fenders were different. Thank you for the shout out buddy. Love that. I wish I sent you some newer photos of the 87. I just put it in storage yesterday to create room in my friends garage. I know now the 88 is super rare. So many 87s. So I will keep my eyes out for a doner 88 for whole and clean rear fenders. I think yours is the only surviving 88 I've seen now that I am educated. I've seen 87s for sale everywhere. There was one last summer not far from you that was also SUPER clean with original tires all the way around. I have a screen shot of it. Not sure if it ever sold. One day we are going to trail ride for a few hours.
You seriously take the best pictures Greg. I think I saw some you posted on IG... I knew I had the one I used handy on my phone. Love your 87 brother! Definitely want to go riding. Let me know when and where!
Very cool, yeah, they're super fun machines. Now that I'm older and chubbier... I don't feel they have the power I need, but I'll get to work on trying to lose 60 pounds and see how they go then!
Awesome video, love your channel bro. These 250x are simple machines that are just incredibly reliable. My dad bought 1 in '87 and I worked my way up onto it growing up. "If you can start it, you can ride it."
There's a guy selling a 1995 TRX300ex in darn near the same condition as the one in this video. It even has the original tires date coded late 1994 - zero dry rot on them and look great. Wish I had room for it in the garage for it.
For those holes in the back fenders, try a plastic welder and fill them in and sand them down really nice. I have done that many times works great! Can’t even tell there was anything there.
Nice finds, a couple sweet rides to bring home for sure ! Your very lucky, we are buried in snow already, I wasn’t even close to ready for it ! Also, we’ll done Cain !
Nice quads! I still have my 98 300ex that I bought new after graduation in 1997. Just had it down at Hatfield-McCoy trails and put almost 300 miles on it in 4 days. What's the best product to use to soften my seat? Still original but I'm afraid of it cracking.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure it wasn't a Hondaline rack. Do you know anybody who is well versed in the Hondaline accessories for these ATV's? I wish I knew somebody who had all the literature.
Very Nice to Pick Up such great Machines! I would Love to find A 300EX for the Wife to ride, while I ride the '91 Honda 250X. Both Quads Look Amazing! ***Edit at 15:45 in the Video, I put down my sandwich and ran out to the garage to look at my 1991 250X to check the swingarm, and mine has it, nothing attached to it. Mine is original, as I bought this new in 1991.
Thank you sir! Yeah, those little tabs are weird. When we were at Binky's we were thinking maybe it was supposed to be for a chain guard (on the 350X) but then maybe the guard didn't make sense. But that theory goes out the window because all these other models wouldn't have it years and years later. I'm betting it was used during the manufacturing and processing of the swingarms.
@@tricycleguy2657 no kidding Man! I love cleaning carbs! Especially when the machine runs super terribly or not at all and then you spend an hour and actually thoroughly understand them and how they work, so satisfying to put them on and watch the motor purr like a kitten. My biggest complaint w certain carbs especially older smaller ones, where the piston valve constantly slams into the idle set screw is damage to the piston valve and it makes it seem like a lean idle. It took me years to figure out that lol. And a master mechanic had to tell me lol. So simple yet so complex. Curtie is awesome as well because he is also very forthcoming w knowledge on them and little tips and tricks. I swear our whole ATC community are almost all just great guys!
I have a built motor 300ex the starter is weak on them but if you take the clutch case off you can basically put a 250x kicker shaft in it but i would need to swap heads to keep the automatic decompression lever
@@ThisOldTrike i can tell you think your a rich smart a$$, its got some things to do with your audio in the video First like honda ,yamaha and other manufactors like to round up or title there bikes way bigger 2nd read what i said in the language you did on the video spoiled jerk
Honda didn't issue a title. They issued Certificates of Origin. Depending on the state you're in, they would issue a title or, like me in NY, a Transferrable Registration.
I'm definitely not trying to catch or compete with Binky. He's in a class of his own. I would love to be able to display these better at some point, but we'll see if something happens down the road.
There is a 250X at a house a couple streets over from me that just sits outside. I hate to see it. Can’t imagine it’s in any good shape sitting outside through the New England weather. Extremely sad to see that.
Possibly, but I really don't think so. There's too much going on above it. Plus they have that mounting point on the grab bar. I'm guessing it was for processing the swingarm during production.
My 92 blue 250x is amazing and I love it and could never sell it
They're definitely fantastic machines. The blue and white pops the best in my opinion.
250xs I swear are some of my favorite quads EVER. Way ahead of their time! 4 valve 4 stroke in the late 80s, they haul A**! They're styling is amazing, awesome carburetor w accelerator pump, and they're difficult to find but so beautiful. That 300ex is no slouch either, great pickups man! I'm happy for you, and jealous. Hahaha. I have non broken 250/300ex white rear fenders in my stash too.....😈
100% agree, with the trx 250r in 86 and 250x in 1987 honda showed the world... go ahead and take our 3 wheelers we are still the top manufacturer, just on 4 wheels now
@@tricycleguy2657 makes it that much more shameful whats happened nowadays, 250ex is as sporty as they get. At least yamaha is keeping the spirit alive.
Nice! I bought a ‘93 300EX brand new. Sold my Warrior and bought the Honda. Liked it much better. The Warrior was a 93 too, but the Honda was just better all around. Had it up to 2008. Wish I would have kept it lol!
I hear ya man. Heavier machine with similar horsepower. I'd definitely pick the 300EX for sure.
That 300ex 😍🫶👍 reminds me of the basically brand new 1996 I had from age 6 to 15! Mine had the yellow EX on the front fenders but was bone stock with all red plastics and seat cover with Fourtrax like the 93. Very nice nostalgic piece, I enjoyed watching this one for the EX but nice scores! The 250x is equally as awesome and I will probably end up getting either a 250x or a 300ex some day. Both machines were very popular for four stroke enthusiasts and I remember in the 90’s there were a ton of people that rode 250x’s/300ex’s if it wasn’t a 250R or Banshee until 1998. After that the 400ex started to become a pretty common machine, I got to ride a brand new 2 week old 1999 400ex when I was 8-9 years old for a weekend and after that I couldn’t wait to get my hands on one. That didn’t happen until I was 15 but that 99 400ex was really impressive to me at the time and I loved the power and suspension travel. The 250x/300ex always held that bomb proof reputation though and remained popular beyond the 400ex days to an extent and I still love them. Absolute wheelie monsters and light and nimble on the trails, never left me down and was perfect for me when I was young but the suspension reaches the limit pretty quickly and leaves more to be desired on the 300ex when I was a teenager (Heavier). For their time though the suspension was probably as good as it could get for an OEM setup on a 4 stroke machine with approximately the same cc engine/HP for trail/sport riding. The 400ex really was a huge leap forward for the 4 stroke sport quads thankfully which eventually lead to the 450cc class with several manufacturers building the various 450cc sport quads to compete against each other until they stopped making them close to a decade ago. (Unless you count the two sport quads you can still buy new from Yamaha…) nice job on the video!
Thank you so much man! Couldn't have said it better myself. Very accurate run down of that whole generation of machines.
Nice to see some good examples are still around.
Yes sir!! I can hopefully make them more better too!
Thanks brother. That sucks about the finders. I bet that is like a needle in a hay stack to find.
Now I've found a set on ebay. I've asked the guy for some better pictures. We might be on to something!
@@ThisOldTrike awesome
My dad bought a brand new 87 for my brother and I on Christmas Eve. It wasn't nearly as fast as our 84 ATC 250R, but we still rode the crap out of it
Your dad was an awesome guy!! I need to start doing speed comparisons between machines... I need to figure out a good place to do it!
I just learned something again. So obvious but I completely missed it. The 88 Frame being red instead of silver like the 87. We both knew the plastics/fenders were different. Thank you for the shout out buddy. Love that. I wish I sent you some newer photos of the 87. I just put it in storage yesterday to create room in my friends garage. I know now the 88 is super rare. So many 87s. So I will keep my eyes out for a doner 88 for whole and clean rear fenders. I think yours is the only surviving 88 I've seen now that I am educated. I've seen 87s for sale everywhere. There was one last summer not far from you that was also SUPER clean with original tires all the way around. I have a screen shot of it. Not sure if it ever sold. One day we are going to trail ride for a few hours.
You seriously take the best pictures Greg. I think I saw some you posted on IG... I knew I had the one I used handy on my phone. Love your 87 brother! Definitely want to go riding. Let me know when and where!
Another great video! Thanks PF! I hope someone can shed light on those swing arm tabs.
I had 3 different 300EX’s. Loved them bikes! They always kind of reminded me of my dads 200X’s when I was a little kid lol
Very cool, yeah, they're super fun machines. Now that I'm older and chubbier... I don't feel they have the power I need, but I'll get to work on trying to lose 60 pounds and see how they go then!
@@ThisOldTrike lol good luck on loosing 60. I think we are close in age and it seems the older I get the harder it is to shed weight 😂
Another great video. I've always wanted a 250x. One day I'll add one to my hoard.
Thanks brother! I hope you get one too!
Good looking survivor's, clean em up Abit and enjoy them.
Yes sir Pat! That is the plan brother!!
Love the 88 250x
Thank you sir! Not a trike, but very cool machines!!!
Awesome video, love your channel bro. These 250x are simple machines that are just incredibly reliable. My dad bought 1 in '87 and I worked my way up onto it growing up. "If you can start it, you can ride it."
A couple kits and a 250X black choke lever is on the way good sir
Thank you brother!! Top notch service and support!
Clean machines Preston!
Thanks brother!!
There's a guy selling a 1995 TRX300ex in darn near the same condition as the one in this video. It even has the original tires date coded late 1994 - zero dry rot on them and look great. Wish I had room for it in the garage for it.
Thanks for the video, ggz-👽👍
Thanks for watching brother!!!
Like always, great content.
Thank you so much sir!!
very cool additions
Thanks brother!! Come visit and ride with me!
For those holes in the back fenders, try a plastic welder and fill them in and sand them down really nice. I have done that many times works great! Can’t even tell there was anything there.
Nice finds, a couple sweet rides to bring home for sure ! Your very lucky, we are buried in snow already, I wasn’t even close to ready for it ! Also, we’ll done Cain !
Man! Snow already! Are you up in the U.P.?? I saw some pictures come out of there with snow. Crazy... We had 70 degree temps this past weekend.
@@ThisOldTrike We are in Alberta, Canada. Enjoy man !
Nice quads! I still have my 98 300ex that I bought new after graduation in 1997. Just had it down at Hatfield-McCoy trails and put almost 300 miles on it in 4 days. What's the best product to use to soften my seat? Still original but I'm afraid of it cracking.
Dude! I Love your collection
Thanks brother!! I really appreciate that!
Great content
Thanks brother!!
Nice quads..
Thanks brother! Nice to see you in the comments again! Hope you're doing well!
Very nice looking quads buddy!
Awesome video Preston
earned a sub! also an upstate new yorker, my group rides out in the canajoharie area
Both are certainly respectable.... im not sure hondaline made racks for that... my thought would be its a cmp rack
Yeah, I'm pretty sure it wasn't a Hondaline rack. Do you know anybody who is well versed in the Hondaline accessories for these ATV's? I wish I knew somebody who had all the literature.
@@ThisOldTrike there's probably someone out there... u have connections I have confidence in you
Very Nice to Pick Up such great Machines!
I would Love to find A 300EX for the Wife to ride, while I ride the '91 Honda 250X.
Both Quads Look Amazing!
***Edit at 15:45 in the Video, I put down my sandwich and ran out to the garage to look at my 1991 250X to check the swingarm, and mine has it, nothing attached to it. Mine is original, as I bought this new in 1991.
Thank you sir! Yeah, those little tabs are weird. When we were at Binky's we were thinking maybe it was supposed to be for a chain guard (on the 350X) but then maybe the guard didn't make sense. But that theory goes out the window because all these other models wouldn't have it years and years later. I'm betting it was used during the manufacturing and processing of the swingarms.
@@ThisOldTrike Yes, like a tab for a jig during welding, or something like that
And dude, I'll fix them carbs w probably zero parts in an hour or so but rebuild kits never hurt. Get at me man!
I wish I was closer we could have carb cleaning parties
@@tricycleguy2657 no kidding Man! I love cleaning carbs! Especially when the machine runs super terribly or not at all and then you spend an hour and actually thoroughly understand them and how they work, so satisfying to put them on and watch the motor purr like a kitten. My biggest complaint w certain carbs especially older smaller ones, where the piston valve constantly slams into the idle set screw is damage to the piston valve and it makes it seem like a lean idle. It took me years to figure out that lol. And a master mechanic had to tell me lol. So simple yet so complex. Curtie is awesome as well because he is also very forthcoming w knowledge on them and little tips and tricks. I swear our whole ATC community are almost all just great guys!
Carb cleaning party this weekend. Come one, come all!! lol
I have a built motor 300ex the starter is weak on them but if you take the clutch case off you can basically put a 250x kicker shaft in it but i would need to swap heads to keep the automatic decompression lever
Good score!
Thank you!!
I liked my 300ex it was underpowered but bulletproof
Yup, for sure. They made up for it with the 400EX though!
Funny you say that.... I was gonna go back through your older videos, skim if you will, to see if you used the word "tricycle" prior to meeting me
That's a good question. Let me know what you find out!
@@ThisOldTrike I said I "was" going to,... not I "am" going to
You need a bigger building and then collect all the quads too... get the whole collection, you know you want to!! 😈
I just bought some lotto tickets. If you see me break ground on a new building, you'll know I won!
I have a 87 trx 250x and it’s the same colors as the 88 u just baght.could it have 88 plastics?
Beast mode let me get one lol
Thanks brother!! I always appreciate your comments!
The tab on the swingarm of the 300ex is for the skidplate
No, it's not... has nothing to do with it. 😕
421cc wolverine/grizzly/kodiak we go 450 450 big seller
Not sure what that comment has to do with my video, but thanks?
@@ThisOldTrike i can tell you think your a rich smart a$$, its got some things to do with your audio in the video First like honda ,yamaha and other manufactors like to round up or title there bikes way bigger 2nd read what i said in the language you did on the video spoiled jerk
Did honda issue a title with the 94 trx300ex? Does anyone know?
Honda didn't issue a title. They issued Certificates of Origin. Depending on the state you're in, they would issue a title or, like me in NY, a Transferrable Registration.
Would you part way with the 88?
Not at the moment.
Would you Part way with the 88 ?
Chasing binky’s number time for a bigger building
I'm definitely not trying to catch or compete with Binky. He's in a class of his own. I would love to be able to display these better at some point, but we'll see if something happens down the road.
There is a 250X at a house a couple streets over from me that just sits outside. I hate to see it. Can’t imagine it’s in any good shape sitting outside through the New England weather. Extremely sad to see that.
Dude....go get it!
Yeah, if it's out in the sun and elements, it will definitely have some issues... but hopefully not! Like Donny said, go get it!!
@@ThisOldTrike I would but I don’t have the time for a project.
246cc -281cc not much of a jump while adding a battery and starters worth of weight.... im not bashing I'm just sayin
Speaking the truth!
I have a set of those fenders
For sale?
@@ThisOldTrike yes they can be. Are you on any of the FB 300ex or 400ex pages?
Them little things on the swing arm my be for a desert flag mount possibly not sure
Possibly, but I really don't think so. There's too much going on above it. Plus they have that mounting point on the grab bar. I'm guessing it was for processing the swingarm during production.
@@ThisOldTrike or maybe for like a swing arm protector I know dg made them but no sure how they bolted on or if that ever there correctly name
Wwwwwaaaaaannnnttttttt lol....
My guy! Come ride them!
First
I give you a shout outin this one!
@@ThisOldTrike thanks brother.
300s were kinda turds.. everyone around here had one for a while before the 400s cought on