She jerked me around on the price, seeing as she forgot it had a new fueltank and new tires & rims:
$400 bucks total, with extra parts, like the electric starter conversion, clutches, spare carb, coil, etc. I still think I got a deal. Runs good, but needs a few tweaks to it's fine tunning.
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wow i had a honda oddysey (spelling) dune buggy since i was a kid and just recently sold it, mine was nice and fast as stink but i never had a good strong frame liek that, makes it look like a totally different machine have fun with it you got a great deal!
wow i had a honda oddysey (spelling) dune buggy since i was a kid and just recently sold it, mine was nice and fast as stink but i never had a good strong frame liek that, makes it look like a totally different machine have fun with it you got a great deal!
Any information anyone can come up with on it (year/make/model) in thier spare time would be great!
Unfortunatly, the way to tell year/make/model is by the cage, color of the plastics, and the engine. I have none of the plastic, and to my knowlage, the cage is from something NOT Honda. I can't find ONE cage like it on ALL the Honda Odyssey's i've seen online. I think the engine is an '83.
Seems to be heavily modified from standard, Boonie
Nick
The only thing thats been modded is the fueltank & the cage (and the no plastic fenders, ofcoarse). The cage has been bolted on from something else. The fueltank is a fairly popular universal aftermarket tank.
***************************************************************** Stock 1977-1979 The Odyssey was first released in 1977 as a 250cc off road ATV kart that was different than any other machine at the time. The Odyssey was initially produced with a 250cc 2 stroke pull start engine and a CVT transmission that helped provide seamless automatic shifting into higher and lower ratios. This type of transmission is very similar in operation to the CVT's found on snowmobiles.The FL250 had minimal front suspension and no rear suspension - only a solid mounted rear axle. Limited rear suspension was achieved through the use of low-airpressure rear tires.
Stock 1980-1984: In 1980 changes were made to the cage & body, as well as the addition of electronic ignition.
Stock 1985: Since the 1980-1984 models was so popular, Honda made some major revisions and released a newer version of the Odyssey in 1985. It was the FL350, and it came equipped with a more powerful 350cc 2 stroke engine, electric start, reverse, and a better frame design. The Honda Odyssey FL350 also came with full suspension front and back. **************************************************************
I have gathered over 120 pictures of Odysseys in ALL kinds of styles, from stock to highly modified, and not ONE cage like mine, below:
This is as close as I get:
The engine & everthing else is stock. The engine is the stock 1983 FL-250cc, I believe. I do have a lead on a Kawasaki 440cc snowmobile engine, though.................
Some nice pictures of other machines:
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I sure would like to have rear suspension, but without a 1985 engine/transmission & frame, I'm reduced to modifying my 1983 frame and solid axle to THIS?!:
YIKES! How stable can that really be?!
What other way is there, though?
The 1985 has the independant transmision & suspension:
BUT the 1984 axle is bolted directly to the frame:
MY axle:
Guess there is no real way to do it, BUT this:
I wonder if a man could do something LIKE it, but a little more hi-strength & hi-tech? I wonder where you would find some kindda premade "joints" like those? (and I don't mean the ones that guy was smokin' when he built that!)
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Posts: 38235 From: Displaced Alaskan Registered: Jun 2003
Originally posted by JZeFF: What do you do when people who you think are good friends say stuff as a joke.... but that small part of you thinks they said it for a reason.
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Originally posted by AJ7: Something I've figured out already, about 10% of your friends are really your friends. if that...
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Originally posted by FrugalFiero: One of those things you learn about life....
I guess it's all relitive as to what end of the poking stick you're on...................
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Posts: 1350 From: Franklin, IN, USA Registered: May 2005
Yessir, I am a Dad. I'm constantly thinking like a Dad. No, it wasn't intended to be a jab, just a (friend)ly reminder.
If my kids were living week to week, I would remind them too (but they would be the first to tell you it wouldn't be as friendly).
Fair enough. Guess I'm just not used to having someone looking out for me. Been on my own since I was 14. Obviously, I still ain't learned all that much. Fuggit. It is what it is.
"I have never seen a greater monster or miracle then myself" ~ Montaigne ~ 1533-1592
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Well, I rode it last night on the ice. Scary-uncontrolable-fast. Not only did the guy rebuild the 250 engine (if 250cc is even what it is), but I think he bored it out! I don't remember them being that fast! If it had dirt under it, I believe it would've pulled the frontend up! Hard to tell on ice, though.
But there is a problem: How in the hell does a 47 year old man get IN the thing?! That guy built TOO MUCH cage!
The stock ones were just slip in & slip out through the side:
Mine, you gotta achieve posistions best left to teenage sexal moves in backseats!: I'm not all that bendy anymore!
May have to cut one of the bars out: Sure would hate to, though.
Oh, and while riding it in the parkinglot at work, it only took 20 minutes to get offered $1,000 for it. They just don't see many of these around these parts. Which is why I drove 312 miles (not 400, like I thought it was going to be) to snatch this one up!
At a Grand, I'm actually considering (but not too hard) selling it. I mean, how could you NOT double your money?! Except, I GOT it for something to DO. So WHAT would I DO in place of it? Fold the money into odd shapes?
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A quad-bike with a turbocharged Subaru Impreza WRX STi engine? We’ve seen some crazy stuff here at Carscoop but this “thing” is totally nuts and we want one ASAP! The hand made ATV (All-Terrain-Vehicle) was built by a Ken Brough, a New-Zealander who describes himself as “a 50-year-old with petrol in my veins”.
The insane quad-bike, which Ken calls the STiATV, is fitted with a 90's Subaru Impreza WRX Sti engine and a 5-speed gearbox using a clutch assembly from a 1.8-litre Leone. We don’t have any acceleration or horsepower figures but Ken supports that the STiATV weighs a mere 530 kg (1,168 pounds) so performance is definitely not a problem. What may create a few problems is the weight distribution of the AWD quad as it’s split 70/30 between the front and rear end. However, that's something we could live with. What's really bad is that, despite his efforts, Ken couldn’t get the STiATV approved for road use in New Zealand.
A quad-bike with a turbocharged Subaru Impreza WRX STi engine? We’ve seen some crazy stuff here at Carscoop but this “thing” is totally nuts and we want one ASAP! The hand made ATV (All-Terrain-Vehicle) was built by a Ken Brough, a New-Zealander who describes himself as “a 50-year-old with petrol in my veins”.
The insane quad-bike, which Ken calls the STiATV, is fitted with a 90's Subaru Impreza WRX Sti engine and a 5-speed gearbox using a clutch assembly from a 1.8-litre Leone. We don’t have any acceleration or horsepower figures but Ken supports that the STiATV weighs a mere 530 kg (1,168 pounds) so performance is definitely not a problem. What may create a few problems is the weight distribution of the AWD quad as it’s split 70/30 between the front and rear end. However, that's something we could live with. What's really bad is that, despite his efforts, Ken couldn’t get the STiATV approved for road use in New Zealand.
