The 1983 Honda ATC200X AUTO-X

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This is now the Auto-X of the collection. We pulled the 83ATC200 engine from the pink and black racer and put it in this for Shelly's trail machine. A nice mixture of years being both 83 frame and chassis and 83 ATC200 drive-line and engine. We threw on 3 new tires, and this makes for a nice trailable machine. We picked 20 inch holeshots for the rear as they provide excellent traction on all terrains. 300EX rear wheels and hubs add about 1.5 inches width to both sides.

The Auto X gives decent performance, while the ATC200 engine lends excellent reliability and gives the very easy feeling of riding it, the 200X chassis components offer the lush ride of full race suspension.


The ATC200X was made between 1983 and 1987. There are 2 generations of the 200X. The 1st generation was between 1983 and 1985. The only big difference in 1st generation models was the rear swingarm in the 1983 model. It was made of round tubing welded together. The 1983 swingarm looks really trick compared to any other stock swingarm of it's time. Honda probably changed that design due to the cost factor. The 1984 and 1985 models had the square tubing rear swing arm like most modern ATV's have. The first generation 200Xs had red fenders with white gas tanks. The 1983 and 1984 had black seats and the 1985 had a blue seat. . In 1986 the 200X was completely redesigned with virtually no parts being the same as the 1st generation. The 86 & 87 models have all square tubing frames rather than the round tubing frames. The engine was completely redesigned as were the fenders, the seat, the gas tank, the headlight components, - EVERYTHING! The 86 and 87 models also came with a 6 speed tranny. The 1986 and 1987 models were all white with blue seats. The 86 had red air scoops and the 87 had white air scoops.