tiggy
02-23-2014, 07:59 PM
New old school fellow here, Registered some time ago but never posted.
I remember the first time I ever saw a trike was when my friends and myself were up in the "pits" riding and my friend who worked at a Honda shop showed up with a brand new 350x - nice looking machine but he could not get to most of the places we would ride to so he got rid of it. I think he only had it for a month or so. Ever since I saw that trike tho I always wanted to try one.
I started on a Kaw 100 in the early 70's, went to a Suzuki RM125 [fantastic machine] in the mid 70's , then a YZ 400 , Honda XR500 and finally a YZ 490 -that was a RIDE. Raced a little locally, hillclimbs at Little Widowmaker back when Vesco's sponsored a few.
Cops used to chase me and my buddies as we would ride our bikes on the street to get to the "pits" - they never did catch us - they even purchased a Yamaha TT Thumper but they never stood a chance. Fearlessness, youth and adrenaline - That was the good old days.
Don't own any bikes anymore - have a chinese wheeler for the wife and I have a built 240 Blaster I've owned since new in '92.
Anyways bought a '85 200X last october and have pretty much finished fixing/restoring it. That kickstarter slipping problem was a real pain - almost made me want to dump the complete trike.
This site was a great help in my endeavors to bring the 200X back to life - although the wife did not really appreciate the trike being in the basement for rebuilding - to cold in the garage - she has been a great sport about it!
Weather is getting nicer here so hopefully won't be long until the wife and I can get out in the desert and do some riding.
A bit longwinded but thanx for reading.
I remember the first time I ever saw a trike was when my friends and myself were up in the "pits" riding and my friend who worked at a Honda shop showed up with a brand new 350x - nice looking machine but he could not get to most of the places we would ride to so he got rid of it. I think he only had it for a month or so. Ever since I saw that trike tho I always wanted to try one.
I started on a Kaw 100 in the early 70's, went to a Suzuki RM125 [fantastic machine] in the mid 70's , then a YZ 400 , Honda XR500 and finally a YZ 490 -that was a RIDE. Raced a little locally, hillclimbs at Little Widowmaker back when Vesco's sponsored a few.
Cops used to chase me and my buddies as we would ride our bikes on the street to get to the "pits" - they never did catch us - they even purchased a Yamaha TT Thumper but they never stood a chance. Fearlessness, youth and adrenaline - That was the good old days.
Don't own any bikes anymore - have a chinese wheeler for the wife and I have a built 240 Blaster I've owned since new in '92.
Anyways bought a '85 200X last october and have pretty much finished fixing/restoring it. That kickstarter slipping problem was a real pain - almost made me want to dump the complete trike.
This site was a great help in my endeavors to bring the 200X back to life - although the wife did not really appreciate the trike being in the basement for rebuilding - to cold in the garage - she has been a great sport about it!
Weather is getting nicer here so hopefully won't be long until the wife and I can get out in the desert and do some riding.
A bit longwinded but thanx for reading.