Honda ATC 185

Being indirectly related to the XL / XR motorcycle lineage, the ATC185’s engine shares a large amount of parts and design details with several generations of off road vehicles. This lineage also lends itself to the fact that Honda utilised their proven engine design for several displacement variations throughout the ATC line.

For as much as the Honda US90 started it all, the ATC185 could be considered the first milestone in Honda’s development of the ATC model line of off road vehicles. The ATC185 changed the face of three wheelers as we know them. A dramatic change from the stamped sheet metal frames of the 90s, 110s, and 125s, the 1980 ATC185 introduced for the first time a 185cc vertically up swept style engine surrounded by a full tube frame.