mk2mer
mk2mer Reader
4/19/10 4:34 p.m.

Take something dangerous and make it dangerouser.

This seems to be a case where the Darwin theory doesn't work.

Dr. Hess
Dr. Hess SuperDork
4/19/10 4:37 p.m.

Those were a big seller item when I was doing neurosurgery. Brought in lots of business.

SillyImportRacer
SillyImportRacer Reader
4/19/10 4:52 p.m.

All those new parts & no brakes....

aircooled
aircooled SuperDork
4/19/10 4:58 p.m.

You don't need brakes on those... you just drag your foot, which gets pulled under the rear tire, then it's the brake!

Chebbie_SB
Chebbie_SB HalfDork
4/19/10 4:59 p.m.

I had 3 different ATV's, the last was a 250R which was FAST!, I got hurt on each and every one, but loved every minute of it !

Woody
Woody GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
4/19/10 5:44 p.m.

The 200x was the best of the non race trikes back then. Unlike most of the other Honda's, they had real clutches. That was a seriously fast trike, back in the day.

Damn you, 60 Minutes.

ansonivan
ansonivan Reader
4/19/10 6:16 p.m.

1986 250R trike was my first atc... purchased with a destroyed rear carrier and had it running for exactly one week before my dad took it for a ride and promptly sold it. That thing was seriously fun.

mtn
mtn SuperDork
4/19/10 6:20 p.m.

We had one at our families vacation home (family=extended family, over 30 total) and got rid of it as soon as the oldest kids were close to the age of maybe someone would consider to let them go on it. I really wish I could have tried it, but it was sold (or given away) when I was only 5.

d_jabsd
d_jabsd GRM+ Memberand Reader
4/19/10 6:37 p.m.

In reply to mk2mer:

I'm honestly surprised someone thought it was a good idea from the beginning. I had a ton of fun on one when i was younger, but almost flipped it a few times and scared myself E36 M3less.

alex
alex Dork
4/19/10 6:47 p.m.

I think I flipped one of those within about 30 seconds of first getting on. I can't quite remember, though...

Marty!
Marty! HalfDork
4/19/10 7:02 p.m.

I've flipped enough quads to know better then to step foot on a trike. One of my escapades included flipping my new (in '05) $7500 Honda Rincon within 30 min. of my first ride on it.

xd
xd New Reader
4/19/10 7:16 p.m.

Built this one. From mostly nos parts I sourced from eBay. It's fun

Jensenman
Jensenman SuperDork
4/19/10 7:25 p.m.

Honda started with the 'balloon tire' ATC 70/90/110, they had no suspension. Those were bad enough; highly unstable and as aircooled said would snatch your foot under the rear wheel instantly (speaking from painful experience).

The 'Big Red' ATC was a Elsinore 250 motor in a trike frame, Honda introduced them by entering 2 or 3 in the Baja race. I rode one once, no thank you. Riding them goes against everything I ever learned to do to try to control a motorcycle.

96DXCivic
96DXCivic Dork
4/19/10 7:54 p.m.

I want a trike now. Why am I insane?

JFX001
JFX001 Dork
4/19/10 8:17 p.m.

Brad Wesley had one of those in Roadhouse....and we all know what happened to him.

Toyman01
Toyman01 GRM+ Memberand Dork
4/19/10 9:32 p.m.

I had a lot of fun riding one of those. It still runs and is probably still fun. Unfortunately I don't recover as fast as I did when I was 20. I won't go near it.

mad_machine
mad_machine GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
4/21/10 8:46 a.m.

I remember riding on the back of a trike... no thanks

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