Honda Sport ATCs

Honda Sport ATCs, produced until 1987, were built specifically for performance and designed for racing or aggressive trail riding. The machines lacked the luggage racks and other utilitarian features common on most other ATCs and ATVs. In 1970 Honda created the three-wheeled All Terrain Cycle market almost single-handedly with the release of the Honda US90. As the popularity of ATCs exploded in the late 1970s Honda began to diversify its line: it had first catered to winter activity, campers, hunters and weekend recreational riders, then found its research showed a market for utility-focused machines for commercial and agricultural use and for dedicated sport models for leisure and competition. This led in 1981 to the ATC250R, a two-stroke racing ATC based on the CR250 motocross line, and three more Sport ATCs with four-stroke engines. The ATC250R remains a popular collector model, and the four-stroke X ATCs remain popular trail machines.