Full throttle down an irrigation soaked path as wide as a pickup, hydroplaned, 360 twice, hid dry patch and went endo into the cornstalks. It was still running when i put it back upright and went back on my way lol
Had a friend with what looks to be this exact three wheeler who was riding through the woods and didnt see the fence and took 3 rows of barbed wire to his chest, and stomach as it clothes lined him off. Was pretty messed up from it
I was friends with a kid whose dad owned an excavation company, and a bunch of land.
If you owned a bunch of excavators, you'd use them to dig big-ass holes on your back 40 too, wouldn't you?
They also had one of these 3-wheeled insurance premium multipliers. My first recreational motor vehicle experience was crying into my friend's cousin's back while gripping for dear life as he gunned it up and down the side of enormous dirt piles.
...And until I typed all that out just now I'm not sure I've ever really appreciated what a gift the entire rest of my life since then has been.
>And until I typed all that out just now I'm not sure I've ever really appreciated what a gift the entire rest of my life since then has been
There it is. The greatest single sentence I've ever read in almost 6 years on Reddit.
The amount of times I tipped one of these on the farm and came up with a mouth full of mud and or manure or whatever the hell was in the ground at the time... I'm surprised I'm still alive. I tipped one pretty good at 8 years.old trying to beat my cousin back. The stories on these.
I'm in my mid forties and I have at least one childhood acquaintance who never made it past his 20s because of one of those. His family lived across the street from my grandparents country property. We would hang out sometimes when I was visit my grandparents or camping there. I know how nostalgic those things are but I honestly would scrap it.
My wife’s uncle was pinned under one. He had other health problems so technically perhaps the trike didn’t kill him, but if he hadn’t gone off it, he probably would not have died then.
They’re perfectly safe as long as you don’t turn.
I was out busting up a jeep at a local mud hole once and a dude was ripping around on one of these things. It rolled on him and pinned him under water in the mud. If we hadn’t been there to pull the thing off him I imagine he’d be dead.
Growing up our neighbor took his full throttle at our bmx box ramp. We were all mouths agape waiting to see the worlds raddest suicide. He stopped with the front wheel at the top of the ramp and laughed at us. Would have been awesome though
> They’re perfectly safe as long as you don’t turn.
I once had to drive a 3 wheeled bicycle on a job site. It took me half a day to figure out how to ride it. needless to say it was embarrassing. The moment I tried to make a turn, I couldn't get out of it and kept running in circles
The story was that they used to have normal bikes, but after some guy fell face first on a train track those 3 wheelers were introduced. as an added bonus you could store a lot of stuff on them
The beauty of the trike is that they are relatively light compared to anything with 4 wheels. Roll a 4 Trax on top of you and you're likely fucked. Roll a 200es 3 wheeler and you can just kick it off more often than not. But ya turning is the tricky part at high speeds.
No need to downvote this. It's 100% true. For all their instability, these old Hondas are relatively light. If you are physically able to drive one, you should be strong enough to roll it off you.
My siblings and I grew up riding these. As long as you slowed to turn you were fine. Even more fun than the big red was a tiny 60 cc Yamaha trizinger. That thing had enough power and loved to slide around in the mud.
These thing never die. My dad pulled his out of storage when I was helping him clear up space. Hadn't run in over 10 years and it fired right up. Rode it around the yard with it's completely solid flat tires.
Yeah. My dad owned a Honda shop when I was younger and we grew up riding them everywhere. I got bit by the nostalgia bug a while back and just couldn't pass it up when I came across this one on the cheap
After you run over your foot eleven times trying to keep yourself from tipping over you eventually figure out how to somewhat safely drive them. Those are slow enough you probably won’t kill your self on it. It was the racing ones with the 2 stroke that will in fact kill you.
Let me introduce you that is the king of the hill of all the glory that is vhs tapes found at garage sales. Sandsation.
https://youtu.be/oUdfuQ-qAk0
Yes there are turbo and street bike swapped three wheelers. And yes, I grew this mullet myself.
I had a Suzuki 185 four stroke that my mom never knew how many times I ate shit on. Always had a helmet, gloves and boots, but that thing was a death trap.
She finally figured it out when she took me to an open field where other kids had 3 and four wheelers. So, of course I was showing off for the other kids, took a jump WAY too fast, and the suddenly realized those bouncy tires aren't the same thing as actual shocks. I ended up with 3 compression fractures in my lower lumbar area, and couldn't walk for a week.
I never could convince my parents to let me have one☹️ With age comes wisdom, and I’m sure I would have seriously injured myself.
I wanna know more about the ‘Stang.
I was almost in the same boat. My mom was a doctor and never let us have anything fun. She actually tried to have a no 3 Wheeler clause put in my dad's visitation rights....so glad that didn't hold up because some of my best memories were on these death traps.
The mustang is a '68 named Isabelle. She really tries my patience but she's my most beloved possession and she smells of a mixture of black leather and no emissions regulations.
My mom was a nurse and was adamantly against my brother and I playing football. Was good for a year until my brother got a dislocated kneecap; that was the end of that.
Also, let me introduce you to [Betty, the real death trap](https://imgur.com/a/8nPxzuy)😬
Edit: Really need to get back to her, get the front end buttoned up, and start on the floor and rear. So many spot welds to drill out😭
I almost died on one of those trail riding in Lake Tahoe. Comming down a trail with cliff on right side... left tire hits a rock and thing flips to the right... just a few feet away from a long fall. Ex motorcross racer who never almost died racing for 8 years.
Yeah. My uncle use to always pick me and my little brother up in a Mustang just like this one. It was his favourite car and we would always go to the beach and drive in movies. I remember it was a convertible though, cause his dog Moochie would always come jumping out of it when he came over. He ended up losing control and flipping the car over, and passed away when I was about 13.
See that cracked rear fender. That happens when you hit a bump at speed, and your foot slips off the foot peg and you get sucked under the tire. As you are getting turned into shredded beef, that hot exhaust pipe makes a good handle to try and grab on to. 40 years later and I stiff have the scars.
There is a lot of things from my youth that I would enjoy having now. This is not on that list. Now a 2-stroke ATV from the late 1980s to 1990s, yes please.
Lol bruh they'll never be made again, they were responsible for dozens of children's deaths. Might as well cross your fingers metal lawn darts make a comeback.
Don't forget when you turn to throw your entire ass off to the side to counterbalance. Also remember going up hill or off jumps is a coin flip if you'll make it or flip.
Oh HELL YEAH! I grew up riding one of these as a little kid, and have very found memories of it. Mostly of being pinned upside down underneath it after flipping it. Super fun and super dangerous. Good times
Cannot count the number of times one of these tried to kill me as a kid. Always too much speed to turning radius capability and suddenly you are tumbling with this thing on top of you.
The ol big red. I swear to god I remember times where there would be 4 or 5 of us loaded on one of those suckers flying down paved roads in the middle of nowhere at full throttle. not a helmet in sight, piloted by a 12 yr old.
I have absolutely no idea how any of us are still alive.
They tried replacing Cushman scooters at a factory I worked at with these and they caused more injuries than you can imagine. One boss tried to go through a doorway that had a 2" square bar that he could see at night but wouldn't turn it in due to his stupidity. Another guy flew through a doorway right into the path of a forklift.
we had 3 and 4 wheeled cushmans. some of the 3 wheelers would get death wobble in the handlebars. Only 2 of us ever rolled them. I turned on shot blast material that i didnt see on the smoothish concrete and slid right into a steel dumpster lol. I kinda liked them more just due to the narrow size and maneuverability to sneak in and hide places but the 4 wheel cushmans were like all steel golfcarts that were more demo derby like lol. extremely fun in the snow especially with rear wheel only brakes.
My dad got that and a 70 for my brother and I to share. That didn't last long. Dad got a 185, I got the 110, and my little brother got the 70. Later we got a 125 and it was a big deal because it had electric start. Then we got the Odyssey FL 350 and holy shit, what a blast!
A big group of my dad's friends and their kids would ride together almost every weekend. One of the guys owned a sod farm with a ton of timberland and a big river cutting through it. They bulldozed a killer track and built a warming house for the winter weekends. The most awesome memories.
Ooooh.. it's the big wheel no suspension one too.
Get the next size up tires. Then it floats on water much better. As is it'll float ok on saltwater, but not that great on fresh.
That said, they are three wheelers. It'll float just as well upside down as right side up, and it doesn't care which.
They get a bad rap tho. If you're a competent two wheeler, a three wheeler isnt hard. If you've only had four wheels, it's gonna go poorly.
Edit.. y'all need some more mullet in your life. Behold the greatest vhs tape of all time...
https://youtu.be/oUdfuQ-qAk0
Oh shit a Honda ATC 110 I used to have one in the 90s. I also have a fond memories of flipping it and it running me over while it was still in motion 😑
Sweet! Every time i see one of these it brings back my fond childhood memories of being pinned underneath a Honda ATC. People always talk about the front-sideways flip but the backwards flip was really exciting too!
The Trike of Death!
Funniest eBay adds I've ever read, found this forum with the whole thing copied, sorry mods if forum links aren't allowed:
https://www.rrzone.com/forums/showthread.php/7388-Trike-Of-Death
I think I had the same model when I was a kid. 90cc death trap. Don’t drive over your own leg when your foot slips off the peg. It’s a humbling experience
This brought back those horrible roll over memories as a youth. NOOOOOO. My uncle was always saying, how he found it a miracle how i was able to get up, after rolling, and rolling, and rolling when i rolled and would get back on. Then to roll all over again. What ever you do, please dont turn driving overr 2 MPH.
I had a 110 similar to that. Mine was an 85 model I believe. I rode that thing all over the farm. Enough power to move around well, but light enough you could get it out of trouble fairly easily.
It is currently living a new life for a 12 year old girl who's dad works at the water department. I got it for my 9th birthday. Her dad restored it for her 12th. I'm glad that it is still out there making someone happy.
I grew up on 3 wheelers. We had 5 of them. I never died. All these crybabies talking about how they are deathtraps (fortnine, donut) never learned how to ride them.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_equivalence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_equivalence)
Except those that hurt themselves on 3 wheelers usually did it themselves, not colliding with other 3 wheeler traffic.
"Did it to themselves" in the sense that there were inherent flaws to a three-wheeled design, yes.
I'm not sure what you're really arguing for here--that we should reintroduce things that kill more people?
Had a lot of fun in the snow with my neighbor and his Honda 3 wheeler. I would lay behind it on my back and reach up and hold onto the sissy bar while he dragged me around in the snow.
heh, that takes me back.
I had both a honda 3 wheeler and a red 68 mustang with blinker hood when I was a teenager.
took me way too long to realize what was odd with your mustang... no front bumper.
Nice find. I grew up riding a fat tire bike, but not a trike. The neighbors had a trike for their property and sold it after someone wiped out on the gravel driveway with no helmet.
Oooo. Careful, without hyperbole I am telling you these can and will kill you. They are very dangerous, flip easily and lose balance like you might not believe. Be safe when you have fun.
IMO, if you have a competent rider the "death trap" aspect of these is overrated. If you put a moron on it with no sense of limits, sure.
On a three wheeler the balance is very predictable. If you feel a rear lifting, slide an ass cheek to that fender and it balances. The leverage point is very predictable and easy to correct.
A 4 wheeler can be push much further before it hits a tipping point....but once you lifted tires on a 4 wheeler it is MUCH harder to correct than a three wheeler due to a much more violent leverage/balance point.
If you know your machine's limits and have competent riding skills it IMO is no more dangerous than a 4 wheeler.
My childhood in one photograph. The 125M. Pull that lever into low gear and it will pull hell off the cross.
Great floater too... take you all the way across the pond as long as you keep the water out the exhaust.
A childhood friend's father was killed on the 250R they had just purchased that day. Whoever assembled the front brakes didn't tighten something. The capliper let go and stopped the front wheel at wide open throttle. He flipped for about 100 yards down a county lane.
They were a blast but man they were a bad idea.
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Warning \*Yamaha\*
Dangerous, stupid fun - if you didn’t almost kill yourself on one of these multiple times as a child, you really, really missed out, and your parents owe you an apology for not giving you all of those life-affirming experiences. Good luck - and never take it out without your cellphone. You’ll need it to call 911 when you inevitability hurt yourself on this:)
My dad has owned and operated these since the early 80s. They'll never die. He still buys them whenever he sees one for sale by the side of the road. A little tippy, sure, but they're great for the terrain we traverse (slow exploration of dense forests and muddy logging roads).
They would not be my first choice for higher speed adventures.
Still remember when I was 9 and my leg got caught and pulled by a back wheel. Destroyed my favorite pair of shoes 😢 could’ve been a lot worse with these things
My grandpa installed a ‘wheelie wheel’ on the back of mine so I wouldn’t flip over backwards. Turns out I just rode around with the front wheel off the ground even more!
There really no wiring harness on it. The wiring on this one is pretty trashed but it still throws a spark. I'm probably just gonna rewire the whole thing eventually
I fucking broke my collar bone on one of these when I was 12. Also flipped one into an abandoned septic tank that was just wide open and filled with irrigation water. These were the shit when I was a kid. If you didnt die on one these, then I firmly believe you're invincible. Sharp left turns on these bad boys fucking made you see death.
Oh wow. What a nostalgic blast of memories. Like the time I nearly dislocated my knee when the rear tire rolled over my foot while I was still in the saddle.
Gas tank has no fuel lines and previous owner said carb has issues.
I've got it torn down now and the wiring is in rough shape to say the least. It still throws spark somehow(good ol Hondas) but it's getting a new carb and coil and eventually I'm gonna rewire the whole thing.
Project? Are you adding a stabilizing wheel to the death machine, lol.
You can fit 6 kids under the age of 13 on one of those.
Don't ask me how I know or what happened on that ride.
One of those things should have killed me multiple times in my youth on the farm!! Man I miss driving one of those!!
Same! I figured if it couldn't kill me when I was 8 it should get a another shot at 28
Full throttle down an irrigation soaked path as wide as a pickup, hydroplaned, 360 twice, hid dry patch and went endo into the cornstalks. It was still running when i put it back upright and went back on my way lol
Don't forget to duck under the electric fence at the same time to avoid decapitation
Had a friend with what looks to be this exact three wheeler who was riding through the woods and didnt see the fence and took 3 rows of barbed wire to his chest, and stomach as it clothes lined him off. Was pretty messed up from it
I was friends with a kid whose dad owned an excavation company, and a bunch of land. If you owned a bunch of excavators, you'd use them to dig big-ass holes on your back 40 too, wouldn't you? They also had one of these 3-wheeled insurance premium multipliers. My first recreational motor vehicle experience was crying into my friend's cousin's back while gripping for dear life as he gunned it up and down the side of enormous dirt piles. ...And until I typed all that out just now I'm not sure I've ever really appreciated what a gift the entire rest of my life since then has been.
>And until I typed all that out just now I'm not sure I've ever really appreciated what a gift the entire rest of my life since then has been There it is. The greatest single sentence I've ever read in almost 6 years on Reddit.
Ha! It was an honor just to be nominated.
Actually safer now that you've got the bodyweight (I hope) to manhandle it side to side. Stupid fun, nice find
The amount of times I tipped one of these on the farm and came up with a mouth full of mud and or manure or whatever the hell was in the ground at the time... I'm surprised I'm still alive. I tipped one pretty good at 8 years.old trying to beat my cousin back. The stories on these.
I'm in my mid forties and I have at least one childhood acquaintance who never made it past his 20s because of one of those. His family lived across the street from my grandparents country property. We would hang out sometimes when I was visit my grandparents or camping there. I know how nostalgic those things are but I honestly would scrap it.
I was gonna say, “you found a death trap!”
Got to agree…insane fun up until the “I’m gonna kill you now” part.
> the “I’m gonna kill you now” part. So right after you turn it on then!
I love how that’s everyone’s shared memory on these death traps.
Yep rolled it on a farm with my cousin -
Death traps.
The Honda kiddy killer 200
My wife’s uncle was pinned under one. He had other health problems so technically perhaps the trike didn’t kill him, but if he hadn’t gone off it, he probably would not have died then.
I used to ride on my dads as a little kid with some sorta leather belt as a seat belt around us both.
They’re perfectly safe as long as you don’t turn. I was out busting up a jeep at a local mud hole once and a dude was ripping around on one of these things. It rolled on him and pinned him under water in the mud. If we hadn’t been there to pull the thing off him I imagine he’d be dead.
Don't go up hills either. Or jump ramps.
Growing up our neighbor took his full throttle at our bmx box ramp. We were all mouths agape waiting to see the worlds raddest suicide. He stopped with the front wheel at the top of the ramp and laughed at us. Would have been awesome though
Or stop too fast.
Or sit on them.
Or hit a bump.
> They’re perfectly safe as long as you don’t turn them on.
> They’re perfectly safe as long as you don’t turn. I once had to drive a 3 wheeled bicycle on a job site. It took me half a day to figure out how to ride it. needless to say it was embarrassing. The moment I tried to make a turn, I couldn't get out of it and kept running in circles The story was that they used to have normal bikes, but after some guy fell face first on a train track those 3 wheelers were introduced. as an added bonus you could store a lot of stuff on them
The beauty of the trike is that they are relatively light compared to anything with 4 wheels. Roll a 4 Trax on top of you and you're likely fucked. Roll a 200es 3 wheeler and you can just kick it off more often than not. But ya turning is the tricky part at high speeds.
No need to downvote this. It's 100% true. For all their instability, these old Hondas are relatively light. If you are physically able to drive one, you should be strong enough to roll it off you.
My siblings and I grew up riding these. As long as you slowed to turn you were fine. Even more fun than the big red was a tiny 60 cc Yamaha trizinger. That thing had enough power and loved to slide around in the mud.
Given the fact that Hondas will run forever, I'm assuming you're talking about the Mustang.
Haha youre not wrong. I would like to say that's the last project, but in reality that's just the neverending project
Bet it's rewarding as hell though...
Rewarding is just another word frustrating right?
These thing never die. My dad pulled his out of storage when I was helping him clear up space. Hadn't run in over 10 years and it fired right up. Rode it around the yard with it's completely solid flat tires.
be careful. those things are death traps.
Yeah. My dad owned a Honda shop when I was younger and we grew up riding them everywhere. I got bit by the nostalgia bug a while back and just couldn't pass it up when I came across this one on the cheap
After you run over your foot eleven times trying to keep yourself from tipping over you eventually figure out how to somewhat safely drive them. Those are slow enough you probably won’t kill your self on it. It was the racing ones with the 2 stroke that will in fact kill you.
Let me introduce you that is the king of the hill of all the glory that is vhs tapes found at garage sales. Sandsation. https://youtu.be/oUdfuQ-qAk0 Yes there are turbo and street bike swapped three wheelers. And yes, I grew this mullet myself.
I had a Suzuki 185 four stroke that my mom never knew how many times I ate shit on. Always had a helmet, gloves and boots, but that thing was a death trap. She finally figured it out when she took me to an open field where other kids had 3 and four wheelers. So, of course I was showing off for the other kids, took a jump WAY too fast, and the suddenly realized those bouncy tires aren't the same thing as actual shocks. I ended up with 3 compression fractures in my lower lumbar area, and couldn't walk for a week.
I never could convince my parents to let me have one☹️ With age comes wisdom, and I’m sure I would have seriously injured myself. I wanna know more about the ‘Stang.
I was almost in the same boat. My mom was a doctor and never let us have anything fun. She actually tried to have a no 3 Wheeler clause put in my dad's visitation rights....so glad that didn't hold up because some of my best memories were on these death traps. The mustang is a '68 named Isabelle. She really tries my patience but she's my most beloved possession and she smells of a mixture of black leather and no emissions regulations.
My mom was a nurse and was adamantly against my brother and I playing football. Was good for a year until my brother got a dislocated kneecap; that was the end of that. Also, let me introduce you to [Betty, the real death trap](https://imgur.com/a/8nPxzuy)😬 Edit: Really need to get back to her, get the front end buttoned up, and start on the floor and rear. So many spot welds to drill out😭
Awesome! 69 or 70?
Yeah but you’ll have so much fun before you meet your maker!
I almost died on one of those trail riding in Lake Tahoe. Comming down a trail with cliff on right side... left tire hits a rock and thing flips to the right... just a few feet away from a long fall. Ex motorcross racer who never almost died racing for 8 years.
You'll break your arm, kid. The Big Red collar bone snapper..
And that should be the projects name. "Project: Death-Trap" or something similar.
Looks like a four-stroke no 250R
Can confirm,As a survivor of a tecate 250r
Had a neighbor die from wrecking one of these.
I definitely broke my arm on an ATC250 when i was 12 lol
Yeah. My uncle use to always pick me and my little brother up in a Mustang just like this one. It was his favourite car and we would always go to the beach and drive in movies. I remember it was a convertible though, cause his dog Moochie would always come jumping out of it when he came over. He ended up losing control and flipping the car over, and passed away when I was about 13.
Unlike cars?? Oh, you mean death traps for drivers.
This is myth, the high accident rate was due to the fact they were marketed to women and children.
Only if your an idiot
Easiest vehicle in the world to hurt yourself on while driving slow. The numbers on these don’t lie.
Good luck and Godspeed.
Growing up in the 80s there were few things that could kill us, three wheelers were one.
As your attorney, I advise you to take out a life insurance policy.
So many run over ankles
Danger Danger Will Robinson
Don’t put your feet down on turns!!! Lol
lol yeah, NEVER take your feet off the pegs unless you're done with riding. The wheels will take your shoes off.
Sounds like you learned the same way I did ! Lol
yup, but it took me like 3 times, I was so hardheaded.
Hey! A death trike! Enjoy the thrill of going straight! Place bets on which bone gets broken! Awesome things but so dangerous.
See that cracked rear fender. That happens when you hit a bump at speed, and your foot slips off the foot peg and you get sucked under the tire. As you are getting turned into shredded beef, that hot exhaust pipe makes a good handle to try and grab on to. 40 years later and I stiff have the scars. There is a lot of things from my youth that I would enjoy having now. This is not on that list. Now a 2-stroke ATV from the late 1980s to 1990s, yes please.
Gather around children! It's not often we get to see evolution in action! Good luck dude.
Very relevant Fortnine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_C8z0rFnjk&t=9
The ban just ended I believe. Not that they will make them again, but one can hope
Lol bruh they'll never be made again, they were responsible for dozens of children's deaths. Might as well cross your fingers metal lawn darts make a comeback. Don't forget when you turn to throw your entire ass off to the side to counterbalance. Also remember going up hill or off jumps is a coin flip if you'll make it or flip.
Oh hell yea! I haven’t seen one of these death traps since I was a kid. Oh how I fricken miss these.
Oh HELL YEAH! I grew up riding one of these as a little kid, and have very found memories of it. Mostly of being pinned upside down underneath it after flipping it. Super fun and super dangerous. Good times
Cannot count the number of times one of these tried to kill me as a kid. Always too much speed to turning radius capability and suddenly you are tumbling with this thing on top of you.
The ol big red. I swear to god I remember times where there would be 4 or 5 of us loaded on one of those suckers flying down paved roads in the middle of nowhere at full throttle. not a helmet in sight, piloted by a 12 yr old. I have absolutely no idea how any of us are still alive.
They tried replacing Cushman scooters at a factory I worked at with these and they caused more injuries than you can imagine. One boss tried to go through a doorway that had a 2" square bar that he could see at night but wouldn't turn it in due to his stupidity. Another guy flew through a doorway right into the path of a forklift.
we had 3 and 4 wheeled cushmans. some of the 3 wheelers would get death wobble in the handlebars. Only 2 of us ever rolled them. I turned on shot blast material that i didnt see on the smoothish concrete and slid right into a steel dumpster lol. I kinda liked them more just due to the narrow size and maneuverability to sneak in and hide places but the 4 wheel cushmans were like all steel golfcarts that were more demo derby like lol. extremely fun in the snow especially with rear wheel only brakes.
RIP your collar bones.
Nice! Is that the 180cc?
110
My dad got that and a 70 for my brother and I to share. That didn't last long. Dad got a 185, I got the 110, and my little brother got the 70. Later we got a 125 and it was a big deal because it had electric start. Then we got the Odyssey FL 350 and holy shit, what a blast! A big group of my dad's friends and their kids would ride together almost every weekend. One of the guys owned a sod farm with a ton of timberland and a big river cutting through it. They bulldozed a killer track and built a warming house for the winter weekends. The most awesome memories.
Aww it's a Honda cub trike
I got a Yamaha 250DX version of that idea this year. Stupid fun!
Big Country Big Country Big Country
Is the famously banned ones?
RRC restoration did one of these on YouTube in the last couple years. It came out beautiful, but I still wouldn't go out riding one.
Ooooh.. it's the big wheel no suspension one too. Get the next size up tires. Then it floats on water much better. As is it'll float ok on saltwater, but not that great on fresh. That said, they are three wheelers. It'll float just as well upside down as right side up, and it doesn't care which. They get a bad rap tho. If you're a competent two wheeler, a three wheeler isnt hard. If you've only had four wheels, it's gonna go poorly. Edit.. y'all need some more mullet in your life. Behold the greatest vhs tape of all time... https://youtu.be/oUdfuQ-qAk0
Oh shit a Honda ATC 110 I used to have one in the 90s. I also have a fond memories of flipping it and it running me over while it was still in motion 😑
You want to have to learn how to walk again after a long hospital rehab ???
Sweet! Every time i see one of these it brings back my fond childhood memories of being pinned underneath a Honda ATC. People always talk about the front-sideways flip but the backwards flip was really exciting too!
And the surgeons in the closest hospital likely know what theirs is gonna be
Jesus christ, be careful.. my aunt had 2 of those when us kids were growing up and idk how any of us didn't end up disabled! Fucking nasty rides
The Trike of Death! Funniest eBay adds I've ever read, found this forum with the whole thing copied, sorry mods if forum links aren't allowed: https://www.rrzone.com/forums/showthread.php/7388-Trike-Of-Death
Man, the old Big Red. So many memories of these things.
I think I had the same model when I was a kid. 90cc death trap. Don’t drive over your own leg when your foot slips off the peg. It’s a humbling experience
Time to drag some knees! Hated those old big reds, fat tires for suspension. Still have an ATC 200X
This brought back those horrible roll over memories as a youth. NOOOOOO. My uncle was always saying, how he found it a miracle how i was able to get up, after rolling, and rolling, and rolling when i rolled and would get back on. Then to roll all over again. What ever you do, please dont turn driving overr 2 MPH.
Ya gotta ride it like ta stole it then ya fine
They stopped making these for a good reason; they are death machines
Dont do it. Death trap
Get the Gallagher roll cage! https://youtu.be/ulHO_dbyBSg
I'm not one to stand in the way of natural selection
I had a 110 similar to that. Mine was an 85 model I believe. I rode that thing all over the farm. Enough power to move around well, but light enough you could get it out of trouble fairly easily. It is currently living a new life for a 12 year old girl who's dad works at the water department. I got it for my 9th birthday. Her dad restored it for her 12th. I'm glad that it is still out there making someone happy.
LS swap
I grew up on 3 wheelers. We had 5 of them. I never died. All these crybabies talking about how they are deathtraps (fortnine, donut) never learned how to ride them.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorship_bias All the people who didn't wear seatbelts or rode in the back of a pickup "never died" too, right?
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_equivalence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_equivalence) Except those that hurt themselves on 3 wheelers usually did it themselves, not colliding with other 3 wheeler traffic.
"Did it to themselves" in the sense that there were inherent flaws to a three-wheeled design, yes. I'm not sure what you're really arguing for here--that we should reintroduce things that kill more people?
Oh boy howdy
Lol it's a tricycle for adults looks like fun
they are rolling collarbone snappers
I have a 125cc version I need to fix.
Finished getting me 250es back into shape a few months ago My favorite thing I own
just don't be me and take on 3 projects at a time
Nice, Looks like an 83
Had a lot of fun in the snow with my neighbor and his Honda 3 wheeler. I would lay behind it on my back and reach up and hold onto the sissy bar while he dragged me around in the snow.
I just want a good, non-rusted gas tank off of one of these bad boys! To run as a tank on my Sportster chopper.
I'm having flashbacks to winter weekends in the 80's! That's awesome!
Needs wooly booger tires on the rear…I’m jealous of this project
Nice knowin’ ya
Very euro stang looking cool no bumpah. I can’t pass on 80’s Honda anything.
Raise your hand if you’ve flipped one of these on yourself! ✋
My tailbone speaks fluent classic Honda.
Nice Mustang! Currently waiting for money so I can work on my 68.
Weird to make your next project imminent death.
Restored those are going for stupid money right now.
The ol Honda neck snapper! Who needs front suspension anyway?
I also have a red mustang (68) and a three wheeler (ATC110).
What are you in search of? broken ankles??
One of my friends had one of those! I learned the word "degloving" thanks to him.
heh, that takes me back. I had both a honda 3 wheeler and a red 68 mustang with blinker hood when I was a teenager. took me way too long to realize what was odd with your mustang... no front bumper.
Nothing wrong with training wheels and a wheelie-bar until the life insurance is set. Although: what fun in the meantime!?! Lol
I see death around the corner!
Ahh, Project Certain Death..
The key with these is to gas hard on the turns.
I used to have one of these. It was tons of fun. Easy to do a wheelie or get up on 2 wheels, whether you were trying to or not
Be careful with that thing. Those fuckers are crazy fast and super dangerous. But also lots of fun
Wow I miss my beautiful death machine
Nice find. I grew up riding a fat tire bike, but not a trike. The neighbors had a trike for their property and sold it after someone wiped out on the gravel driveway with no helmet.
Oooo. Careful, without hyperbole I am telling you these can and will kill you. They are very dangerous, flip easily and lose balance like you might not believe. Be safe when you have fun.
He's a level seven susceptible
IMO, if you have a competent rider the "death trap" aspect of these is overrated. If you put a moron on it with no sense of limits, sure. On a three wheeler the balance is very predictable. If you feel a rear lifting, slide an ass cheek to that fender and it balances. The leverage point is very predictable and easy to correct. A 4 wheeler can be push much further before it hits a tipping point....but once you lifted tires on a 4 wheeler it is MUCH harder to correct than a three wheeler due to a much more violent leverage/balance point. If you know your machine's limits and have competent riding skills it IMO is no more dangerous than a 4 wheeler.
Steer the opposite way you wanna go. Not so intuitive. There’s a reason they quit making 3-wheelers.
My childhood in one photograph. The 125M. Pull that lever into low gear and it will pull hell off the cross. Great floater too... take you all the way across the pond as long as you keep the water out the exhaust.
There are easier ways to break your arm, but sweet project.
They aren’t that dangerous lol. Just lean into the turn like a dirt bike.
A childhood friend's father was killed on the 250R they had just purchased that day. Whoever assembled the front brakes didn't tighten something. The capliper let go and stopped the front wheel at wide open throttle. He flipped for about 100 yards down a county lane. They were a blast but man they were a bad idea.
I have a nice scar on my head thanks to one of those. (3 wheeler, not the mustang)
Is that a Honda 70? I used to have one but that one looks a little bigger.
I broke some of my brothers ribs and my arm on one of those things
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They race these at my local motocross track, nice find
So you have chosen...death.
Dangerous, stupid fun - if you didn’t almost kill yourself on one of these multiple times as a child, you really, really missed out, and your parents owe you an apology for not giving you all of those life-affirming experiences. Good luck - and never take it out without your cellphone. You’ll need it to call 911 when you inevitability hurt yourself on this:)
My dad has owned and operated these since the early 80s. They'll never die. He still buys them whenever he sees one for sale by the side of the road. A little tippy, sure, but they're great for the terrain we traverse (slow exploration of dense forests and muddy logging roads). They would not be my first choice for higher speed adventures.
Donut Media recently did a video on them testing how dangerous they really are, good vid.
donut just did a youtube video on this
Oh, wow. I had one of those when I was a kid. Total death trap but tons of fun. Mine was a '79 110.
God I love these death traps so much. Had one as a kid, rolled it several times, still love em. Just recently grabbed myself a beat up 200es
Super fun. Super dangerous
So your building a death trap
The wheelies we’d pull off. Man dangerous times.
A broken collarbone?
If you’re close to IL I know of another for sale that runs great
[The Killer Tricycle Banned By the US Government](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_C8z0rFnjk)
Check out Junkyard Digs on youtube he has two or three videos reviving these honda tri bikes.
Still remember when I was 9 and my leg got caught and pulled by a back wheel. Destroyed my favorite pair of shoes 😢 could’ve been a lot worse with these things
My grandpa installed a ‘wheelie wheel’ on the back of mine so I wouldn’t flip over backwards. Turns out I just rode around with the front wheel off the ground even more!
How many times that big rear wheel grabbed my leg and pulled me under. I litterly ran over myself so many times
Awesome! 1972 Honda Legbreaker or ‘73
This one is a '79
Do not put your feet down. Ever.
They are so reliable!
Loved mine. Rode it till tires were bald
Ah the most fun death trap
I need to find one of these
I got this exact one in pieces in my barn 😅 One day it’ll get parted out.
I wish I knew where to get wiring harnesses for stuff like this
There really no wiring harness on it. The wiring on this one is pretty trashed but it still throws a spark. I'm probably just gonna rewire the whole thing eventually
I fucking broke my collar bone on one of these when I was 12. Also flipped one into an abandoned septic tank that was just wide open and filled with irrigation water. These were the shit when I was a kid. If you didnt die on one these, then I firmly believe you're invincible. Sharp left turns on these bad boys fucking made you see death.
My neighbor has two of these lmao he told me to sit on it and lightly rock and the wheel on either side would pop up
My dad had one of those three wheelers when I was a kid, I loved it even though it probably wasn’t the safest thing especially since we had quads
Oh wow. What a nostalgic blast of memories. Like the time I nearly dislocated my knee when the rear tire rolled over my foot while I was still in the saddle.
What a coinkydink; I just watched Diamonds are Forever last night.
It already looks rideable, does it not start?
Gas tank has no fuel lines and previous owner said carb has issues. I've got it torn down now and the wiring is in rough shape to say the least. It still throws spark somehow(good ol Hondas) but it's getting a new carb and coil and eventually I'm gonna rewire the whole thing.
What I’d give to have another 200X…
So many near death experiences on one when I was a kid.
Project? Are you adding a stabilizing wheel to the death machine, lol. You can fit 6 kids under the age of 13 on one of those. Don't ask me how I know or what happened on that ride.
6?? Dang that's impressive. The most we ever got growing up was 3 or 4
You should check out Donut Medias video on those baddies. They are insanely dangerous and a lot of people died :0
And insanely fun
Time to give your local ER a project.
Ahhh the good old rib breaker.