Anyone know what this is??

[batmatt86]

Can anyone tell me what kind of wheeler this is?

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[ironchop]

Apparently everyone is stumped

Is it yours?

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[big specht]

? Not sure it looks like it has snowmobile controls

[ironchop]

? Not sure it looks like it has snowmobile controlsThat's the vibe I'm getting from the headlight/fender combo too. It screams old snowmobile hood

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[Outlaw #24]

Does the right rear have a power take off shaft connected to the axle?

[350for350]

Could you post up some better picture of the engine and exhaust? I see a centrifugal clutch and no foot shifter (of course). The heel guards aren't real common either. Could it be an early model from a snowmobile company that didn't last very long? Canadian perhaps?

[Doug8765]

Yamaha or kawi 3wheeler prototype.


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[Bear E]

Dos It have a sideshaft engine like a tiller?

[batmatt86]

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[batmatt86]

Posted more pictures. Was wondering if anyone has ever seen one or knew anything about it. It says Polaris on it in a few spots. I got it from a person that was high up in Polaris many years ago.

[MonroeMike]

Interesting machine, two stroke with a torque converter, does it run?

[Joseph Farrow]

That is interesting.....
Looks like a two stroke with a four stroke pipe. Almost looks like a Bassani pipe. The tank looks like a ATC 90-110 as well as the foot peg pads....
I worked at a Honda/Suzuki/Polaris dealer back in the early 80's and remember when the Polaris three wheelers were released. Dont remember anyting looking like that.

[batmatt86]

It runs now! Was hard to find ignition parts for it. Has to take some super clean to the engine because the Robin sticker was painted over. I got it a few years ago and it had been sitting outside for the last 30 some years. So I put all brand new tires on it and new points and condenser. Built a custom air filter lol. The thing actually rips pretty good. The cable brakes are a little sketchy.

[stoshu]

Post it up on Vintagesleds.com. Lots of old Polaris R+D guys hang out there. I'm sure someone would recognize it if it was a prototype.

[350for350]

The two stroke with a CVT says Polaris to me. The snowmobile controls also say Polaris to me. The Robin engine was/is made by Wisconsin and the state's right beside Minnesota where Polarises are made. It was acquired from someone who was "high up in Polaris for years", so I'm guessing that it was an early Polaris prototype that never made it into production. I do realize that the early Polaris ATV's used Fuji engines, but if this was a prototype, then it's all up in the air. I have to admit that at first glance, I thought Suzuki ALT. It's an AWESOME find no matter what. If it's stumping people on here, it could the rarest three wheeler out there. DEFINITELY a keeper.

[MonroeMike]

...I do realize that the early Polaris ATV's used Fuji engines...

I had an old generator with a Wisconsin-Robin engine and the name plate said Mfd. by Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. Tokyo Japan.

Trying to follow the whole Robin, Subaru, Wisconsin, Polaris, Teledyne, Fuji engine line gives me a headache.

[350for350]

I had an old generator with a Wisconsin-Robin engine and the name plate said Mfd. by Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. Tokyo Japan.

Trying to follow the whole Robin, Subaru, Wisconsin, Polaris, Teledyne, Fuji engine line gives me a headache.
Wow! That's a new one for me.Of course it kind of makes sense. Until this thread, I hadn't heard of a two stroke Wisconsin and I guess I still haven't. To me, it's just one more point in the Polaris column!

[MonroeMike]

There's a service manual for that engine here, if you don't have one already.

http://www.smallenginediscount.com/1193S119.pdf

[batmatt86]

Cool thanks! Yeah I tried multiply websites until I was finally able to order parts for it. And they came with Subaru stickers on them and took almost a month to get. I found an EC17 down in Florida but it didn't have spark either. And then the only other ones I could find were over seas. My dad use to tell me a story that back before I was born he remembers the guy I got the wheeler from bringing it up to his cabin which was across the lake from my dads and letting him ride it. The guy that was high up in Polaris came in my dads store a few years back and I told him the story my dad told me and he said oh yeah the wheeler is still up there. Here it has been sitting outside this whole time!! And I tried to buy it from the guy and he just gave it to me!! Just took it for a spin this week!

[ironchop]

I wish you had a chance to talk to that guy again and get some more information.

Sounds like it was a one-off and maybe even one of the first Polaris produced or developed.

I had a suspicion that it had originated with a snowmobile company since the front plastics/headlight and the handlebar controls looked similar to a snowmobile from around the mid to late seventies

You definitely got a great score for the price and potentially a very unique piece of history.

Thanks for bringing it to our attention and rehabilitating it back to running condition!

Polaris history....halfway down the page they mention 3wheeler development

https://www.encyclopedia.com/social-sciences-and-law/economics-business-and-labor/businesses-and-occupations/polaris-industries

(Shoot and post as many more pics of it as you like.....[emoji41][emoji869])(a video of it running would be awesome as well so we can hear the engine)

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[batmatt86]

I have messaged the guy because we are friends on facebook but he never has messaged me back with any information. The back of the 3 wheeler has a storage box like a txl or tx that was painted over black and is still blue on the inside. lol.

[350for350]

Thanks for that link Ironchop. I didn't read it all, but I did find out that Polaris did sell "two wheeled, tractor tired bikes" (I'm thinking like a Rokon) in the mid to late 60's. That's another new fact that I didn't know.

[200Maniac]

Hmmm... did I see adds for that thing in "3Wheeling" back in the day? Some kind of small US domestic brand...

The word "Honcho" is coming to my head... or was that an early 4x4?

There was also a 2 wheel drive big-wheel sort of thing too that was advertised a lot ... had separate motor on the front I think..

[350for350]

I did see a Honcho quad once. I was working for a guy who had it. I was working as a mechanic in one of his shops and he used it on his farm. I seem to recall that it had a sprayer mounted on it and maybe it also had an industrial style engine with a centrifigal clutch. I have no idea if Honcho also made three or even two wheelers.

[200Maniac]

Check out this beast:

https://www.kijiji.ca/v-atv/hamilton/argo-taurus/1367574866

[Rob Canadian]

Check out this beast:

https://www.kijiji.ca/v-atv/hamilton/argo-taurus/1367574866

Just up the road from me. Note Canadian dollars.

[350for350]

Is that Mattdrangontamer's trike? (I think that's his name)

[MattDragontamer]

Nope, not mine... Not a Taurus 650.

Looks to me like a small oufit tried to copy a Honda 110 or 125 and took the same route as Commuter Industries.