crate 86 250r

[Dsha89]

So I had read on the crate 250r here on 3wheeler world when I first signed up.... I personally thought that it was awsome. Just the fact that it was still in the box never assembled. Then today I had found some disturbing news. It looks to me that the guy who had spent 50 grand on the crate trike, had actually put it togeather.... To me he lost 45,000... From what I had found bikes in mint to new condish only go for 5-6 grand.... If u guys feel that I'm wrong plz say so! Is love to hear everyones input here are the pic that I had found on facebook today if Yall hadn't seen them.181490181491181492181493181494181495181496181 490181491181492181493181494181495181496

[poohbee1]

I don't think it sold for that much and its probably worth less than 10 grand now. If the guy spent that much on it he probably doesn't care, better than looking at a box .

[Ghostv2]

It's a lot prettier to look at now, but I agree with you. It should of been left in the box.

But you have to think of it this way, he purchased it as a collector, not to make a profit.

[RDH/86200X]

I would have done the same thing. But I could not afford it nor would I want to just look at a box the cost that much.

[JasonB]

I saw that on Facebook too. No idea it was assembled, personally I would have left it crated up just because. No reason to spend that much money on something just to break it out of the factory packaging. Can't imagine there's too many others floating around still in he crate

[devilman]

wtf!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! is all I have to say

[DasUberKraut]

If I remember right it went for about $30,000. Either way, the man paid for it. It's not for us to tell him what he should do with it. If he wants to decrease the value. Let him. Personally... I'd put it in sealed glass case.

I gotta say though. For that much cash. You could buy a whole army of cherry trikes.

[atc500x]

I want the empty crate!!!! I will dissasemble mine and put it in it!!! :D

I really hope he didn't start it.....please...please.....

[joesouth]

I the one pic the kick starter isn't on. Maybe he didn't start it?

[KASEY]

are you even sure its the same trike and it was put together???? I have seen these group of pictures and they are all from the seller and the picts of the complete trike are not the same and probably not the from the buyer,,,, did you see where it was SAID it was put together???????? RAFFA posted these picts yesterday ,,,,

[RIDE-RED 250r]

I would have put it together too! Why keep it and all it's glory hidden from the world??!!

But would I start it and/or ride it??? I'm not sure either way..

Knowing me, I would probably mod the hell out of it with all of my dream mods (if I could afford the crated R in the first place I guess I could afford every single one of my dream mods!), but you guys would probably call me crazy and a few other unmentionable things! LOL!

IDK, there is no way I would probably ever be able to afford a crated R.. So it's hard to sit here from my seat on my couch and speculate as to what I would do....

[Mosh]

You know there is a thing on the federal level called the DMCA....

Some of these people should look it up before they go downloading others pics and reposting them without the original authors consent.

Not directed towards the author of this thread....People should probably start learning the law now before , they push it to a limit that becomes monitored or enforced by agencies almost to the point of having to watch scrambled porn...

Just because someone puts a pic on the net does not give others the right to download and redistribute for whatever reasons.

[badass350x]

C'mon guys maybe he needed the extra steel from the crate to help recoupe some of his money! either way its his to do as he pleases....

[kebby28]

I wouldn't be able to own that thing and not ride it...

[devilman]

its in the recycle bin!

[manbearpig]

i get a sick feeling in my stomach when even contemplating the possibility that the 'crate bike' was assembled

[atc300r]

I would have assembled it and made a racer out of it. It is after all a offroad vehicle. $30 grand was steep for it. But it would be cool to have the last new 250r racer.

[BIG DADDY TRI Z]

if I had the 30+ grand to through at it, I for sure would have put it together and displayed it and the crate in my man cave just to look at it....what at conversation starter

[LastFoolerInVA]

I like this guy already!!! I would have done the same thing!!!!!

If I had the money to buy it, I would have bought a case of beer....& some _____....called my brother & put that sucker together & loved every minute while assembling it!!! as a matter of fact, I probably would have rode it as well.... just once....

to actually assemble a crated 250r... that would have been a highlight I would remember forever.. to me, good memories are way better than $$ or resale value.

[manbearpig]

do none of you value owning something that NO ONE ELSE owns?

there are plenty of pristine, low hour, and some zero hour bikes out there. hell, if you've go the $ why not just go to vintagemotorsports and have a bike done up with all NOS parts? you'll end up with the same thing, final costs aside.

but that crated bike.. NO ONE has that. and NO ONE can just go get one. a pristine 85/86R can be found with minimal effort and can be purchased for less than 10K all day long.




there are more crated bikes out there. this one is just the only public one.

[roostin atc]

What would be worse is if was parted out. Has it been assembled?

[Headbanger02]

That would be very tough for me not to assemble...but then again, if I had that kind of money to spend... I could have a rider also...:)

[bkm]

do none of you value owning something that NO ONE ELSE owns?

there are plenty of pristine, low hour, and some zero hour bikes out there. hell, if you've go the $ why not just go to vintagemotorsports and have a bike done up with all NOS parts? you'll end up with the same thing, final costs aside.

but that crated bike.. NO ONE has that. and NO ONE can just go get one. a pristine 85/86R can be found with minimal effort and can be purchased for less than 10K all day long.




there are more crated bikes out there. this one is just the only public one.I have beat my head against the wall trying to make this point on here. I've come to the realization that many people put zero value on anything, let alone a rarity like this. The only thing that makes it not really matter is most guys who talk stupid won't spring for fixing the rear brakes on their clapped out 200x. So there is no worry about them being able to destroy a bike like this.

[RIDE-RED 250r]

I see points on both sides of this issue..

Like I said in my initial post here is it's hard to speculate what I would actually do were I to find myself in the position of owning such a cool piece of history..

It would be awful hard for me to leave such beauty boxed up in that crate though!!

[BIG DADDY TRI Z]

bottom line is..he bought it and can do as he pleases and you only get one shot at life so live every day like its your last because tomorrow is not a garentee so enjoy all your toys while you can!!!!!!!

[hitmeup760]

Hell im happy its a honda and thats enough to make me smile and being that its a 250r is a bonus, now imagine if somone found a tri-z or tecate in this same condition now that would be a crazy conversation, if I had boughten this beautiful trike I would have probably waited to assemble it with my son so when he's old enough he'll understand the machine and its amazing mechanicleness so the next generation would understand and appreciate the design, thought, and hard work thant went into making these beautiful machines. I hope the owner enjoys and loves this machine.

[czac]

stuff is only worht what you can get someone to pay for it.... so he paid 30Gs for a brand new, out of the box trike... never ridden or touched since it was packed... maybe thats why he bought it? besides, i couldnt imagine what the heck one would do with it in the crate, put it in a corner and stick a lamp on it? use it as a foot stool? coffee table? invite people over to look at your crate? even if he was a top collector of bikes or cars, even a run of the mill, dime a dozen 69 z/28 would be more interesting to look at than a box with a pic of a trike on it.....lol now, if the box were made of clear plexiglass...Hmmmlol

[czac]

What would be worse is if was parted out. Has it been assembled?

oh god no... like the ebay voltures who try and sell each tiny nut bold and washer!!! nothing pisses me off more than having to buy 5 things seperatly to make one complete item...lol they take every part, apart and try and see each piece.

[joe schmo]

do none of you value owning something that NO ONE ELSE owns?

there are plenty of pristine, low hour, and some zero hour bikes out there. hell, if you've go the $ why not just go to vintagemotorsports and have a bike done up with all NOS parts? you'll end up with the same thing, final costs aside.

but that crated bike.. NO ONE has that. and NO ONE can just go get one. a pristine 85/86R can be found with minimal effort and can be purchased for less than 10K all day long.




there are more crated bikes out there. this one is just the only public one. I agree. It upsets me to see more and more of them being assembled. at least the few people who still own them hold them tight in the crate like they are and keep them private.....But It nice too at least see some every couple blue moons lol.

[3Razors]

Did this bike really get assembled? If so what a travesty! There was probably not another one in the world. Any links to the facebook page?

[c_hustle]

I would build a turn table for it and have it spin under the lights in my 10 car garage ;)

[honda200x1987]

Correct me if i am wrong but I am pretty sure the picture of the 250R that is put together in the pictures is Mike's resto? "vintagemotorsports"

[getnosty]

i know the guy who has the crated 86 personally. it has not been taken out and assembled. the pictures above are of different bikes.

[Louis Mielke]

Not gonna split hairs but many of the sites that are available to upload photos to automatically label anything you upload as 'Creative Commons license'. Most people don't ever read the fine print and the minute they've uploaded it they're thrown out most of their rights. As far as I'm reading a Creative Commons license is non-revocable, as in the minute something is uploaded and falls under that license it doesn't matter if it was a 'mistake I didn't mean to make', it's Creative Commons and typically attribution is all that's required to reuse images legally. The DMCA has so many loop holes and rules that 90% of the time its useless and typically unless the material is being used for financial gain there's little legally that will stick. What I'm saying is in many cases it DOES mean that because someone puts a pic on the net it does give others the right to download and redistribute for whatever reasons simply because of the fine print. This is obviously not ALWAYS the case but often it is.

The law is asinine anyway simply because of the way the internet works. Images that get drawn to a browsers screen are already technically downloaded onto the recipients computer so technically the crime has already been committed.

It's doubtful that the law will be enforced in the manner your suggesting. There is no governing body with that amount of resources to police this sort of thing. The law exists purely for those who need the grounds to stand on in infringement cases, not for heavy handed big brother to knock on your door and drag you away because there's an image on your hard drive.

Neither of us have time to start our law degrees so I would think a good rule of thumb is to assume if you've posted it on the internet anywhere that's accessible publicly you've pretty much thrown the image into public domain. If you want something to be private, then keep it private. The internet is by no means private in any way shape or form.


You know there is a thing on the federal level called the DMCA....

Some of these people should look it up before they go downloading others pics and reposting them without the original authors consent.

Not directed towards the author of this thread....People should probably start learning the law now before , they push it to a limit that becomes monitored or enforced by agencies almost to the point of having to watch scrambled porn...

Just because someone puts a pic on the net does not give others the right to download and redistribute for whatever reasons.

[Mosh]

If one would go by that thought process, then one would assume that just because a trike was left outside of the garage unlocked with the key or kill switch in it, or a car left running on the side of the road, it is okay to steal it.
It is a common sense thing. That does no make having sense a common thing though.

Well I can sum it up in a few words. It is easier than you think to get someone to enforce the law. You do not need a degree. Is it an asinine law? Possibly. It depends on whether you are the plaintiff or defendant.

Even simpler than that, is if people would just show a little respect and common courtesy towards other people in the world, maybe we would not need "asinine" laws.