rare find 1988 250es???

[wolfspider]

hi
i do a few cash jobs for local farmers on there quads and three wheelers, anyway a local farmer brought me his 250es for a new seat and exhaust plus oil change.
i checked on the model plate on the headstock and its a 1988 250es, i`ve never seen one before so it must have been the last of the last three wheelers made, cool huh.
heres some pictures of it.
what do you think?

[Lots_Of_Nothing]

wow, thats neat, i've never seen anything 88 before.

[ScottZJ]

Hmm the only thing I could think of why it wouldl be an 1988 is maybe a frame was cracked and they got him another one, in around late 87 or early 88. I would assume that they would have stopped production in late 86 or early 87 due to the change of trike laws.

[Lots_Of_Nothing]

i thought of that too,, but i kind of doubt it, who knows, maybe it came from overseas or something? a possiblity?, or maybe he bought that sticker off ebay?, although there something about the whole bikes that looks "newer" to me for some reason.

[wolfspider]

sorry guys i forgot to mention that i`m not in the states, i`m in the uk and the 250es is a guenuine bike, its just been owned by two previous farmers.
its definateley not an ebay sticker.
maybe they sold 250es over here longer than in the states.

[atcmatt]

Gday Steve,

Thanks for posting that up, was waiting for that. Do you know if those tank stickers have been replaced ever? I ask this because they are not the stock ones for 87. The stickers on there are the same stickers that came stock standard on the trx300es quad, which i think were made from 1988-1990? Not sure but i know they have the same stickers. They look cool on there. If you look it was made in the 10 month of 87. Very Interesting.

Matt

[wolfspider]

hi matt
yeah i just noticed the tank decals are different to the 87 es, i knew something was different but couldn`t put my finger on it, its the original tank and decals, its seen better days, i`ll have to see if he`ll sell me it, then i can restore it and have a truly rare trike.
steve.

[Lots_Of_Nothing]

whatever you do, dont alert him to how rare it is, just play it out likes is an everyday wheeler, ive had situtations like this before, and i made the mistake of mentioning it was rare, then suddenly the price from the seller shot up from $400 to $2,000.

[Wickedfinger]

Thats gotta be a replacement frame.

[Wickedfinger]

.... then again, the Consent Decree is nothing more than a Federally recognised court document that the major manufacturers signed stating that they would no longer sell 3 wheeled ATV's in the USA - its not a law and it was voluntary. It only applied to the U.S.

[Billy Golightly]

Another member of the forum in the UK emailed me thumbnail of an Australian '88 250ES brochure. He's going to send me a scan of it when he gets it. Definetly seems possible. Looks like more stuff for the Quest for the 87's page.

[eh_tee_see]

woah thats awesome!!! so much for that 88' 300es idea wickedfinger :P. cant wait for that 250es brochure.. btw, that dash looks like the one from a 300 too. it looks light gray and a diff shape than the norm

[threewheelin-feelin]

can u say quest for the 88's page hehehehehe

[threewheelin-feelin]

maybe they sold small amounts of trail riding trikes under the table for a couple of years after the consent decree was signed. why cant u just go staight to honda and find out the hole story i know they would know if they sold any 87 250r's and 350'x and the story on the trail rider from 88.

[atcmatt]

Dang that is way cool. I really wish i had ordered a set of those stickers instead of the ones i have ordered, but i guess the ones i ordered are stock. That dash looks original to me, same as the 87, they do fade alot over the years.

Steve,

Buy that trike! I wanna see more of it.

Matt