Attex Colt

[smudvapor]

I just bought a ST/295 with a Sachs engine in it. Anybody got any literature on these?

[Mike]

Have you looked in the literature section on the front page of the site?

Attex Brochures
Attex Manuals

[jpswift1]

The 252 Crazy Colt came with a 252 JLO/Rockwell engine. The Sachs engine wasn't the original one.......someone put it in there at some point. I remember this machine from Akron/Canton Ohio Craigslist yesterday. The Colt was the basic entry level machine that got many folks in the AATV hobby because Attex sold them for $995.

[smudvapor]

I started looking closer and it looks like its a Wild Wolf. The sticker says 295 an it has a metal gas tank and electric start. All of that match's except the engine. Could it be possible that some of the Wild Wolfs had Sachs?

[jpswift1]

None of the Wild Wolfs came with a Sachs either. If it has a removable nose piece on the front of the upper body then it's a Wild Wolf. If the nose peice isn't removable it's an ST/295. Are there a total of 4 drive chains or six? I'm guessing since it has a metal tank it's a 1971-1972 ST/295.

[smudvapor]

The nose is not removable, all one piece. It has 6 chains.

[jpswift1]

OK, you've got an ST/295, either 1971 or 72. You can look on the right rear frame rail toward the back corner of the machine. The year and serail number will be stamped in there......you'll have to look closely and probably take some sandpaper to it so that it'll be visible. This was one step up from the 252 Colt and the predecessor to the 295 Wild Wolf.

The good thing about this machine and the ST/400's is that you can easily swap a V-twin 4 stroke in there and have plenty of clearance under the hood, thus making it a very nice, clean, and still stock looking trail rig.

[smudvapor]

Already pulled the engine.

[jpswift1]

You're moving right along already! How many cc's is that Sachs? I'd imagine you could sell it to someone with an Amphicat to fund the purchase of some new parts for the Attex restoration.

[smudvapor]

It is an SA-280 with electric start. The guy that I bought it from said that it did run but it had not been run in a few years. When I pulled it out I noticed that the external coil is missing. Everything else looks like it is there.

[jpswift1]

It is an SA-280 with electric start. The guy that I bought it from said that it did run but it had not been run in a few years. When I pulled it out I noticed that the external coil is missing. Everything else looks like it is there.

That's a 277cc Sachs......exactly what Amphicats used.

[hydromike]

Hey Smud'....


Nice looking 295. If you really want to have a heck of a lot of fun, you can bolt in an ST/400 engine mount and directly bolt in a 400 or 440 JLO/Cuyuna. In stock form, their aren't a whole lot more machines that are faster. Do you plan on working with the Sachs, or doing a 4-stroke repower?

[smudvapor]

I don't know anything about Sachs so I was thinking about changing to a 4-stroke but at the same time I have a JLO 440 and 910 clutch just sitting here reading to be put in to something. I am just not sure my wife would like running it. If I go for the 4-stroke I will have to spend, spend, spend. I don't mind that but it will have to be done by June because I want to bring it to Pine lake. Do you have the engine mount that I need?

[amphibious drew]

I don't think your wife would like to trail ride it with a big old 2-stroke in it. Those cheap harbor freight engines and a clutch set is all you need to 4-stroke it. No sense in building her something she won't enjoy driving. Now if you want to race it, that's an entirely different story.

[smudvapor]

I don't think your wife would like to trail ride it with a big old 2-stroke in it. Those cheap harbor freight engines and a clutch set is all you need to 4-stroke it. No sense in building her something she won't enjoy driving. Now if you want to race it, that's an entirely different story.

I talked to her and here is the plan. Put the 440 in since I have it and it will cost next to nothing to put in. If she likes it stay with it. If she doesn't then I will four stroke it or race it.