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Whoo doggies...


Or is it whoa doggies!

i'd put a little Apache in em.

I bet you would....

I spent a lot of time on the ATC 110 packing a shovel back in the late 70s. Yes, it beat walking out to the meadows to irrigate. And it was quicker than saddling a horse.

But I would not trade a dozen three wheelers for my Suzuki Vinson 500 4x4 with hi/lo. I have a little trailer on which I can haul up to a ton of hay to feed the stock. Have never seen a three wheeler that could handle that chore.

Not sure about the older ones but the 1985 SX was a straight clutchless 5 speed, no hi lo. Dad and his brother bought a pair to replace their ATC185s. Those 250sxs were ridden at least weekly from 85 until my uncle sold his in about 2002 and Dads gas tank rotted out. We helped the guy who bought uncle’s load up dad’s the day I left for Alaska in 2007. He used it for parts after dad gave it to him, he’s still riding one of them.

Had a bud with an ATC 185, rough riding suspensionless mofo but it would scoot. His dad used it to tow their dragsters around the pits and had it souped up. Bought it blown up and put an oversized piston in it and worked the head and carb.

Another buddy had a 350X with an extended trailing arm.

I rode one when I was a kid. Maybe 10 or 12. Ended up running over my own leg. Lol. I was used to 2 wheels and that outboard rear wheel ate my lunch.

Never really saw many of them.

We all had dirt bikes except for a couple folks with 4 wheelers, the hot chick that lived down the road and a buddy who’s dad thought motorcycles were too dangerous and got him a little quad. My first bike was a YZ 80. ‘85 or ‘86. The thing was a screamer.

And a big fat fuggin plus one to the concerned mothers of America and their pussy husbands that get all the fun schit banned.

I’m really quite shocked tannerite has made it as long as it has.

I had a 250 Big Red w/reverse for a short while back years ago. Let my son drive it a few times just putting around the backyard. After a few times he got a bit too over confident too soon to my liking. Went outside and saw it missing one day then heard it it zooming around over on a nearby vacant lot.I walked over there and saw he had that thing airborne jumping dirt hills. Being my son I knew he was prone to pushing things to their limits and beyond his ability to control so I sold it soon after. No more ATVs since but still have my son.

Daughter-in-law's dad was killed when his 4 wheeler flipped over on top of him. She was about 16 years old and our son had just started dating her. She was home alone at the time and found her dad out behind their house a little ways with the heavy machine on top of him. They lived pretty far out in the boonies and she had to wait there close to an hour with her dead dad for first responders to arrive,

Young guy I used to work with was out with a group of friends and their families riding 4 wheelers one weekend. Fun weekend for all until one of them flipped and killed a toddler that was riding with it's dad.

As always, YMMV.

No love for the Tri Z?

How about Chinese throwing stars? Those things were the schit when I was a little kid.

Can you still buy them? Used to buy them at the local Army/Navy store. Hell, haven’t even seen one of those in quite a while.

Probably have to order them on the innerwebs through a 3rd party shipper knowing this state.

I probably put 100,000 miles on a 110 Honda as a kid. It didn't shut off all day long. We had some 125's, 185's, 200's and grandpa had a couple Big Reds.
I've picked up a couple the last five years to relive my childhood. '85 200X and an '87 250X (white plastic). They are a hoot!

They fit nice in the back of the pick-up or bucket of the track hoe when I'm moving stuff around and no need for ramps.

Honda 200X and I got along pretty good. I had '83, '84 and an '86. I almost did a full barrel roll on one, ALMOST. I was cool and had front fender extenders on 'em all!

I preferred the Honda Odyssey. Honda stopped making them when I was about to buy one.

I would love to find a Pilot. 2stroke Odyssey with an upgraded suspension. They didn’t make them long and they were screamers. If you can find one the don’t come cheap.

I've always known they were dangerous ever since the blonde chick on CHiP's got kidnapped by them Hell's Angels and tried to make her get-away on that trike and flipped.

My only memory of one is running over my leg. I can't even pencil out how that's possible now.

My 13 year old son has an '86 250. He worked out a deal with his great Uncle, who was the original owner, to work on his ranch for a couple weeks to get it, he was 10 at the time. I was proud as heck of him for doing his own negotiating, and holding up his end of the deal.

I have a mint condition 84 big red 200cc engine. didn't have a hand clutch, but you shifted the gears by foot petal. It has a hi/lo switch on the left side. And yes i did run it up my leg one time, that's when you learn to not put your foot down.
Had two shocks on the front, rear suspension was just the tires.
I keep it in some ways because the gooberment didn't want me to have it.
in sand it works real well. in mud and on roads with a lot of ruts, it gets entertaining.

I started with a 3 wheeler, but when the 4 wheelers came out, I've got no use for the 3 wheeler. When it comes to 4 wheelers, I've got many a mile on one of several brands and models. Mostly Yamaha, Kawasaki, Honda, etc. Sorry I sold mine when I left Alaska but it's just not the same.

Gd you do some serious ph ucking donuts on one of them. The Rez i grew up on seemed like everyone had one. Nothing better than drunk Indians, 3 wheelers trying to outrun the tribal cops..