Honda Odyssey and Pilot Forum

General Category => Odyssey FL250 => Topic started by: lonzo on September 07, 2012, 12:24:54 AM

Title: New to the FL250
Post by: lonzo on September 07, 2012, 12:24:54 AM
so i am getting 2 of them this sunday.  both need some work but should be fun.  guy i am getting them from dont know much about them,  can u tell me anything about them from the pics???  year or anything special???

thx and look forward to being in the community :)
Title: Re: New to the FL250
Post by: LiveWire on September 07, 2012, 09:58:14 AM
The one is an aftermarket cage, Pro ATV maybe. The other just has bars welded to the original hoop. I don't know the year cut over, but the ones with just a hoop are older.
Title: Re: New to the FL250
Post by: cd on September 07, 2012, 10:22:17 AM
The Odyssey in the second pic is a '77-'79 model.

I would like to know more about the history of the Odyssey in the first pic.
It is not a simple "bolt-on" type cage and doesnt retain much of the original frame design.

Both would be fun projects.
Title: Re: New to the FL250
Post by: lonzo on September 07, 2012, 12:56:31 PM
the guy told me the one is a challenger series and is rare, all i know so far....will post some more after i get em on sunday.
Title: Re: New to the FL250
Post by: cd on September 07, 2012, 02:43:51 PM
Im not up on all the different Challenger upgrades.

Here is a pic of the Challenger you typically see.
I will restore one to new condition as soon as I find one in this shape.
Title: Re: New to the FL250
Post by: lonzo on September 07, 2012, 07:58:16 PM
is this the primary forum for the Odysseys??  i like consulting other owners when restoring
Title: Re: New to the FL250
Post by: lonzo on September 09, 2012, 10:33:01 AM
well i got em.  here they are in the garage.  gonna start tearing them down....engines already out.
Title: Re: New to the FL250
Post by: cd on September 09, 2012, 02:14:00 PM
Idk what you meant really with you question, but this is the general Odyssey FL250 section.

I knew I had seen these online before:
http://www.odysseypilot.com/index.php?topic=3856.msg111263#msg111263

I'm glad you got them home. Let the fun begin.
Title: Re: New to the FL250
Post by: lonzo on September 09, 2012, 02:56:39 PM
yup, thats the guy
Title: Re: New to the FL250
Post by: lonzo on September 09, 2012, 09:35:35 PM
ok working on one of the buggy's.  tearing it down to frame (i hope).  trying to figure a color scheme now lol
Title: Re: New to the FL250
Post by: whammo77 on October 31, 2012, 09:08:38 PM
Congrats on the buy!

The aftermarket cage... I dunno who made it. I know back in the 80's they used to race these things and there were a few people making cages for them. I have seen that design before, but don't know who built it. There are also a lot of people who have built different cages on their own over the years, such as the case of your other one. I don't really care for the way they did that cage, but that's a personal opinion. It IS better than the original 77-79 rollbar tho. Definitely safer, if it was done right.

If you want to know what year models you actually have, there is a sheet that lists all of the numbers from the different years, including engine numbers. Just ask, and I or someone else can get you the link to it....