We Bought a Cheap 1985 Honda Odyssey FL350 at a Swap Meet

Petition #2 to bring back the 670 racing mower

Always use the wrist straps. You won’t even notice them while driving. If you roll it, your first instinct will be to stick your arm out and that’s bad news. The straps keep you from reaching out and getting your arm destroyed.

I 1000% believe that honda could re-release new odysseys and make a fortune......they are so awesome!

I bought a 1990 Honda FL400R Pilot (it's big brother, 400cc 2 stroke liquid cooled) and we imported 2 more (into 🇨🇦) many years ago now. Built the 400 as far as possible, had the cases modified and put a CR500 top end on it, in the end I swapped in an Arctic Cat ZR600EFI, with electric start and liquid cooling. Those machines were such a blast, wish I never sold them now. You always think you won't need the wrist straps until it's too late. It's hard to beat natural instinct to keep your arms inside when you get into a rollover situation. They are very stable, but if driven hard, they can be tipped over. Wheelies in a machine like this (sitting with legs straight out) is one wild ride. Swapped to disc brakes up front, that made for stronger and more consistent braking. Longer travel suspension, better shocks.....so much you can do to improve on machines ahead of their time. The FL400R Pilots had a slipper clutch built into the F-N-R transmission that helped save axles from exploding of you went WOT in the air over a jump and landed WOT, the 350's were known for blowing out their axles and overheating as they were only air cooled. The '85 Odyssey and earlier FL250's were sold in 🇨🇦, but not the 1989, 1990 FL400R Pilots, there's still a number that got imported into Canada though.

My dad had one of those when I was younger. I wish he’d kept it. Those things are massively underappreciated

I can't believe Ike hasn't peeled the stickers off the back tomake it say COOL BUS!

Towing the buggy with the micro karts was like pulling a sleigh😂😂😂

We bought 5 of them in 85. What a blast till you broke a axle and shock. They sent a crew of guys from Japan to watch and film us running them for a weekend. Hello from Siesta Key Florida I think we paid $4,000 each brand new.

Something about the Mid 70’s to 80’s Honda anythings!!!! They boil such beautiful toys!!

the Heavy Weights Go Kart. Brings back the nostalgia in waves

My friend was paralyzed from the waste down and loved his Odyssey. Great memories,Tommy’s gone but great memories live on. Thanks for the upload. 20 hour drive in the Bus 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫

I remember these things from my childhood! The Odyssey, and the later Pilot, were wild rides! When Honda used the names for a minivan and an SUV, I instantly knew the history of the names. It just tickled me hearing you call it a "1 seat side-by-side". It's kinda like "jumbo shrimp" or "military intelligence"...

I wish Honda didnt stop building these. Even if it was built with a 4 stroke engine, would still be a riot.

I still have a few of these with rotax 670s and long travel we built in like 2010 to race. There was a pilot/oddysey class at a short course offroad track in western Pennsylvania at the time.

Still to this day one of the most FUN machines I have ever driven. The thing is tough, my buddy who owned it would jump it and turn the wheel hard on landing and roll it on purpose and if it didn’t land on its wheels we would just push it back over and wait for the fluids to settle, fire it back up and continue ripping the crap out of it! SO MUCH FUN!!!!!!!!! O and when y’all get a 350X 3 wheeler your minds will be blown again. Thanks for years of entertainment and bringing back all my childhood memories. 😊

I was worried we were going in the Boosted Bois style Honda Odyssey direction when I saw the notification. Nice find, should be a riot

The Honda Odyssey was my dream back in 1985. I literally used to dream of having one. Best i ever got was a Manco Dingo, and had all kinds of fun with that!

We had an FL400 and it was a beast! Pipe and silencer, made it rip! Miss that thing should have never sold it

I'm so old. I remember the Honda Tri-Sport three-wheeler then the Honda Odyssey, glorified go-kart/dune buggy then they came out with the Honda pilot which is what we thought was a full-on sand racer. Now pilot is the car so you can take it from there

In all my stash of stuff I carried with me were two pair of DT250 rear shocks. I had them hanging in my tiny metal shed that was my workshop when I was in the Air Force in South Dakota. My next door neighbor had an oddesy and was doing some improving on it. His main complaint was the suspension was too soft. He used those Yamaha shocks and said they made a world of difference. Cool blast from the past. Cheers Terry