Take something dangerous and make it dangerouser.
This seems to be a case where the Darwin theory doesn't work.
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April 19, 2010 4:34 p.m. mk2mer Reader
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April 19, 2010 4:37 p.m. Dr. Hess SuperDork
Those were a big seller item when I was doing neurosurgery. Brought in lots of business.
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April 19, 2010 4:52 p.m. SillyImportRacer Reader
All those new parts & no brakes....
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April 19, 2010 4:58 p.m. aircooled SuperDork
You don't need brakes on those... you just drag your foot, which gets pulled under the rear tire, then it's the brake!
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April 19, 2010 4:59 p.m. Chebbie_SB HalfDork
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 !
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April 19, 2010 5:44 p.m. Woody SuperDork
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.
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April 19, 2010 6:16 p.m. ansonivan Reader
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.
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April 19, 2010 6:20 p.m. mtn SuperDork
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.
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April 19, 2010 6:37 p.m. d_jabsd Reader
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.
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April 19, 2010 6:47 p.m. alex Dork
I think I flipped one of those within about 30 seconds of first getting on. I can't quite remember, though...
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April 19, 2010 7:02 p.m. Marty! HalfDork
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.
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April 19, 2010 7:16 p.m. xd New Reader
Built this one. From mostly nos parts I sourced from eBay. It's fun
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April 19, 2010 7:25 p.m. Jensenman SuperDork
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).
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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.
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April 19, 2010 7:54 p.m. 96DXCivic Dork
I want a trike now. Why am I insane?
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April 19, 2010 8:17 p.m. JFX001 Dork
Brad Wesley had one of those in Roadhouse....and we all know what happened to him.
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April 19, 2010 9:32 p.m. Toyman01 Dork
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.
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April 21, 2010 8:46 a.m. mad_machine SuperDork
I remember riding on the back of a trike... no thanks
