3D Shop Construction

[Bunky.F.Knuckle]

But they are so much fun!!! I doubt I will sell mine, but if I do, it will be a very sad day.

My 300 weighs just shy of 300#, and my Z400 is just shy of 400#. Both are quads. Love them!!

Never could stand a trike. Dangerous piece of equipment. Always wanted a 350X motor for my Honda 300.

Sorry Sam for derailing your thread. Will get it back on track, eventually! HA!

 

[Mikeq]

Ouch, that sucks man!!!!!! Hope you heal soon.



I pretty much exclusively ride 3 wheelers now because of the stability and lightweight aspect. Sounds counter-intuitive considering all of the media hype that was force fed upon people way back when but I've never rolled a trike. Looped it in a wheelie sure but never actually rolled one. I've rolled every quad I've been on because they don't turn or stop as quickly because of all of the additional weight. Some of these things are pushing close to 1/2 ton depending on how big they are or what they are loaded up with. That's just ridiculous for an ATV. I'll stick to my 3 wheeled shenanigans

My 84 Kawasaki Tecate 3 weighs a whole 285lb with a full tank, there's no real reason for any sport ATV to weigh much more.

I thought 3 wheelers were outlawed...or at least none are sold by any dealers in our neck of the woods...I've had motorcycles all my life and last year got to ride one of those CamAm backwards 3 wheelers and didn't get any excitement from it at all..felt like I was on a 4 wheeler.

 

[Xpress]

I thought 3 wheelers were outlawed...or at least none are sold by any dealers in our neck of the woods...I've had motorcycles all my life and last year got to ride one of those CamAm backwards 3 wheelers and didn't get any excitement from it at all..felt like I was on a 4 wheeler.

The law says that it is illegal to import a 3 wheeled (1 wheel in front, 2 in back) ATV for offroad use into the good old freedom loving United States of America, but that wasn't added until early 2000's. 1987 is the year that manufacturers voluntarily ceased production for most models, a couple have extended into 1988. There was too much bad rep (thanks BBC) which swayed public opinion. Nothing was factually proven to be faulty in the design leading to instability, all it was is media hype and faking stats/demonstrations to prove an agenda. Most think it was a certain manufacturer which now sells bikes with a red "S" on them that paid off media organizations to sway public opinion to not want to buy the vehicles because said company did very poorly with R&D and actual sales. By 1986, 3 wheeler sales had diminished drastically enough that it wasn't viable to keep producing them. Most of the remaining new stock of 3 wheelers were either destroyed or donated to schools for workshop classes, some were even converted to 4 wheelers and sold as new.

The law does not say it is illegal to modify existing machines into 3 wheeled designs, companies like Tionista Trikes or TPC Trikes have taken TRX450R quads and CRF450R bikes and spliced the frames together to make a 3 wheeled design, complete with custom machined triple trees. Makes for a very modern looking trike that is nothing but gnarly down to the bone:

Manufacturers can still produce conventional or reverse 3 wheeled designs for the road, just not for offroad. If you ask me, it's a stupid and pointless law that makes zero sense. IF it were gone, manufacturers might take up an interest in producing a 3 wheeler again, considering the popularity of the machines has been increasing to levels of popularity not seen since the 80's. SCORE has been working to add a vintage 3 wheeler class to their Baja races, most major ATV tracks now let the 3 wheelers race again, and they have been receiving a lot of positive publicity from major magazines.

 

[Mikeq]

Thanks for the reply Xpress...you certainly are on top of it...personally I never saw the problem with 3 wheelers vs 4 wheelers...not much safer or stable with the extra wheel...probably more people killed of injured on 4 wheels as there were on 3....

 

[AEROSHELDON]

I'll stick to 2 wheels myself... but those do look fun

 

[Xpress]

Thanks for the reply Xpress...you certainly are on top of it...personally I never saw the problem with 3 wheelers vs 4 wheelers...not much safer or stable with the extra wheel...probably more people killed of injured on 4 wheels as there were on 3....

That's actually accurate lol. There were studies done that proved exactly that.

3 wheelers are another hobby of mine

I'll stick to 2 wheels myself... but those do look fun

Now them 2 wheelers are DANGEROUSS!! My KLR has seriously almost killed me 4 times since I've owned it! It's evil to the bone, always plotting to send me flying off

 

[AEROSHELDON]

Yep, they are all dangerous. Such is life!! The stupid cage drivers are the truly scary part..... boy have we derailed this thread!!!

 

[AEROSHELDON]

I don't know why some of them went twice..... boo

 

[pawnshopmike]

This thread makes me miss my Tri-Z 250. Sold it 21 years ago when the wife got pregnant with our first child. I figured I could afford to get hurt and miss work. Or worse and get killed.

@Bunky.F.Knuckle , you sure know how to high jack a thread!

@sweetpea , please get this baby back on track with some construction pics!

 

[sweetpea]

I wish! I could go outside and takes pictures of the mud