The seller notes that the ATC’s “…air-cooled 180cc four-stroke single was factory equipped with a 22mm Keihin carburetor and a recoil starter,” and that the fuel system has been purged in preparation for sale. I often wonder if this is the kind of purchase that is made with grand plans to develop an off-road hobby but life and logistics (need to trailer it to the trail) get in the way and it simply ends up parked. The example shown here is none of those things, with the seller noting it was placed into long-term storage after the owner purchased it in 1995. ![]() They are in basketcase-grade condition with lots of broken plastic body pieces and engines caked in mud. Now, when you find one that has been used, it has been used. So, it would seem that despite being enormously capable in the hands of the right rider, plenty of these ATCs got socked away or otherwise barely used. Obviously, you don’t have to look too hard to find stories about the injuries and even death caused by reckless or inexperienced riders piloting one of the wonky rigs, but that didn’t stop a lot of ATV enthusiasts from learning how to ride these three-wheelers the right way. What’s perhaps more intriguing is that for a vehicle designed for off-road abuse, how many still survive in near-survivor condition. Find this 1981 Honda ATC 185S here on eBay with a Buy-It-Now of $4,500. ![]() Today, they are legitimate collector’s items that command higher and higher prices. Honda was quite possibly at its peak of engineering ingenuity during this time, seemingly cranking out endless configurations of outrageous, go-anywhere rigs that had a reputation for being hard to handle. One of the more intriguing segments of future collector vehicles is that of the 1980s class of three-wheeled ATVs.
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