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I've still got a Yamaha. It don't run anymore though.
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Haha 3 wheelers, god damn I'm lucky I lived through em!!!
Ping pong balls for the win. Once you've wrestled everything else in life is easy. Dan Gable I keep my circle small, I’d rather have 4 quarters than 100 pennies.
Ain’t easy havin pals.
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My only memory of one is running over my leg. I can't even pencil out how that's possible now. Oh, it was waaay easier, than easy!!!!Haha
Ping pong balls for the win. Once you've wrestled everything else in life is easy. Dan Gable I keep my circle small, I’d rather have 4 quarters than 100 pennies.
Ain’t easy havin pals.
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yea I can attest to having one run up your leg. Had the idle set too high and started it in gear. Things pops a wheelie and instinctively you try to plant your feet right in front of two baloon tires.It turns from 3 wheeler to steam roller. I limped around for 2 days.
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have you paid your dues, can you moan the blues, can you bend them guitar strings
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They were the scheit in AK and went for good money.
Much easier to load/unload from a boat.
"Dear Lord, save me from Your followers"
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Dad had one of these out in Colorado. Kawasaki 250 Prairie. Used it for elk hunting from 1988 to 2003. When dad moved back here he gave it to me. Had it for 4 more years until the bottom end seized up. Had a knob on the left rear wheel hub you would turn to lock in the rear axle. Would climb a tree but tough to steer, would push that front wheel in a turn. Never wrecked it though.Shot a mule deer buck once and couldn't find dad. Couldn't get it on the rear rack. Tied it to drag but couldn't get up one steep hill, it would wheelie half way up no matter how much I leaned forward. Finally got up and was so tired I dragged it on the road all the way out. Tenderized the right side and took off most of the hide.
We pray our sights be straight and our aim be true We pray for no pain to the game we pursue We thank you Lord for this land We thank you for the sights from our stands We pray for safety, one and all We pray we may return next fall
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I've never heard of that Kawasaki. You'd think as much as I scour craigslist, one would have come up on the used market. Looks like there is a master cylinder on it, real shocks on the front - very clean design.
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Yeah I think it did have a master. Speedo too. Had it up to 42 mph at 9000' at dad's once. When I got it back here I was older and wiser and never cracked on it. When coming down out of the mountains you you put that front wheel in one of the grooves in the road and let the 2 rear wheels ride each side. It was quite a workout.
We pray our sights be straight and our aim be true We pray for no pain to the game we pursue We thank you Lord for this land We thank you for the sights from our stands We pray for safety, one and all We pray we may return next fall
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That reporter is one smug son of a bitch.
He acts like Honda was selling meth.
Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual. Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit. My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
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Wife had two sisters. One sister and her husband bought a couple three wheelers for their kids to run on the family farm. The farm kids and our daughters ran the three wheelers all over the farm for months without incident. Had a family reunion on the farm. Sister number three showed up with her hellions. Wrecked both three wheelers in less than two hours. Including turning one upside down on a pregnant passenger.
Like the old saying "It's the Indian, not the bow...", with three wheelers, many (most?) of the issues were the BIKER, not the bike.
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yea I can attest to having one run up your leg. Had the idle set too high and started it in gear. Things pops a wheelie and instinctively you try to plant your feet right in front of two baloon tires.It turns from 3 wheeler to steam roller. I limped around for 2 days. I have always heard this but never understood it.
Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual. Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit. My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
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Never seen this model but would like to have had one. It was called the Duckster .
We pray our sights be straight and our aim be true We pray for no pain to the game we pursue We thank you Lord for this land We thank you for the sights from our stands We pray for safety, one and all We pray we may return next fall
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Patron member, NRA, Life Member SCI,
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... Sister number three showed up with her hellions. Wrecked both three wheelers in less than two hours. Including turning one upside down on a pregnant passenger.
Like the old saying "It's the Indian, not the bow...", with three wheelers, many (most?) of the issues were the BIKER, not the bike.
too many video games evident there in the 3rd sister's kids. It was hilarious watching my 13 YO son and a friend ride 4 wheelers for the first time. They thought they could just romp on the throttle, as if in a v-game. Took them a while to understand the real-life mechanics and physics of the Yamaha Big Bear.
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Yamaha still makes the tw200 alot of aftermarket support for the too. Gas pack mule.
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No love for the Tri Z? No
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Never seen this model but would like to have had one. It was called the Duckster . that looks like something from WWII
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I grew up in 3-Wheeler HEAVEN. A couple pards got killed,a couple more paralyzed...schit happens.
Was it the 'Wheelers "fault"? Nope.
Did we miss not having an '87 250R? Yep.
Fhuqk it...I had a Baja Bug,Camaro and a Jeep with a Big Block. No thang,with a job on the backdeck of THE Highliner.
Hint...................
Brad says: "Can't fault Rick for his pity letting you back on the fire... but pity it was and remains. Nothing more, nothing less. A sad little man in a sad little dream."
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Nice restoration EFQ.
Those are cool bikes.
Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual. Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit. My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
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The old Samurai was another good example of lib thinking.
To this day people will tell you they’re “death traps.” Even though they’re still made and driven all over the world.
Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual. Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit. My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
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