The interesting, the Odd and the Unusual

[MattDragontamer]

I have been looking around for a post that listed the lesser known trikes with no luck. A little info here... some there... but nothing with everything in one spot.

So here we go.

The point of this post is to help identify those lesser known trikes that pop up now and then.
Hopefully it will help some people now and then.
The technical info will be left out, other posts have already covered most of them.
The addition of any non listed trikes is welcomed.
*** The pictures used are for reference only and may differ a little from the actual product. ***
Some of these trikes listed can be found in the 3ww home page "Discover the unknown" pages.

* I am excluding the High Performance Products trikes because they are well explained in the 3ww page and were not really stand alones.
* I am excluding the cart style trikes which will probably be in their own page at some point.

Have Fun!

Adventure INC.

Avenger BigFoot



Avenger 1/4t




Agway - Related to the Cenex and Manco... still trying to find the history on who bought who & when...

Rustler 305



Rustler 308



Rustler 310





Bird Engineering - Not quite sure, but this might be linked to Adventure INC.

Bird




Cenex - Related to the Agway and Manco... still trying to find the history on who bought who & when...

Rustler 308



Rustler 310




Commuter Industries - Formally Pacesetter Inc.

Granger 340



Sasquatch 340



Commuter TE380



Commuter TE390 - Early Model



Commuter TE390




Heald Haulers

Heald Hauler



Heald Hauler Mark 416




Husqvarna

Trivarna 125 & 240 - Can't find a decent pic of the 125. I am assuming they used the same frame.



Trivarna 240 - With kit costing 8,300 Swiss Francs.



Trivarna 250 CR - Conversion



Husky One - Rick Mears' Custom Husky Trike - California (Be on the lookout!)




Kelvin Franks - http://www.3wheelerworld.com/showthr...=Kelvin+Franks

Franks 250




Manco - Related to the Agway and Cenex... still trying to find the history on who bought who & when...



Quester 305



Quester 308



Quester 310



Motorcraft Quality Parts - Most likely bought Bird Engineering.

Motorcraft




Pacesetter Enterprises - Bought by Commuter Industries.

Pacesetter WR-P III



Pacesetter WR-SP III




Polaris - It's in the running's

Polaris Scrambler




SpeeCo

SpeeCo Trike




Sperry Rand

Tricart Hustler




Argo/Ontario Drive and Gear

Taurus 650



Tiger

Tiger 80



Tiger 125



Tiger 200



Tiger 250



Tiger 500




Tricky Dick's Cagiva

Cagiva WMX 200



Cagiva WMX 250

If it exists... post a pic. Because I spent 2 hours looking and only 200's show up.

[TatTooL23]

what year were the commuters made through?? mine has a different gas tank then that picture

[slashfan7964]

Don't forget the other Tiger models! I have heard there was also a Cagiva 250
Oh, and Franks machines!

[MattDragontamer]

what year were the commuters made through?? mine has a different gas tank then that picture

I am not sure... I will hopefully get all that info soon.

[bigred22]

this one was posted on c-list in my area a while back, not sure who the maker is, looked like a tecumseh 5 or 6 horse engine, this was the only pic i saved of it.................

[MattDragontamer]

Don't forget the other Tiger models! I have heard there was also a Cagiva 250
Oh, and Franks machines!

Thanks for the info. Going to update.

[MattDragontamer]

this one was posted on c-list in my area a while back, not sure who the maker is, looked like a tecumseh 5 or 6 horse engine, this was the only pic i saved of it.................

Looks to be a Motorcraft trike... now I am unsure of the details, but I think it is the same thing as a BIRD trike...
I am only guessing here... but my guess would be that Motorcraft bought Bird Engineering.

[bigred22]

yeah, it does look like the motorcraft but with the next larger frame 5 or 6 horse tecumseh engine, here's a classic powerwheels trike that showed up on c-list not long ago as well, thought you might like to see it...........

[slashfan7964]

Thanks for the info. Going to update.

No problem, I like looking at some of the rarities. If I can find more I'll let you know. I want to say there was a Tiger 85 but I'll have to get ahold of a buddy of mine that collects rarities.

[bigred22]

a few more classic offerings on c-list at the moment.............

[MattDragontamer]

a few more classic offerings on c-list at the moment.............

The cart style trikes are excluded from this particular list. I might make another post on them, but I really don't know enough about them as of yet.
That last pic looks to me like someone converted a motorcycle. I made an exception with the Husqvarna conversion, but it isn't an official model.
Given another year or so back in the day, it could have very well been the next generation.

[slashfan7964]

This should be a sticky.

There are a lot of Husky protos and Euro models but not a lot of pictures.

[danbur55]

post some pics of what you have and add description at this time it appears commuters were built from 1976 thru 1984this is a te380 with 8hp kohler

what year were the commuters made through?? mine has a different gas tank then that picture

[6speedthumper]

It's amazing how much 3 wheeler history there is. Nearly all people think it goes only as far as the Jap manufactures, since they were the widely produced and sold. Threads like this are a great education for those that know nothing of the "off brand" 3 wheelers that helped to make that era of off roading what it was.

[MattDragontamer]

post some pics of what you have and add description at this time it appears commuters were built from 1976 thru 1984this is a te380 with 8hp kohler

Thanks for the reminder of the TE380. Those are by far the hardest to find in the Commuter department. Its seem like they either weren't popular, short production or the 390 was the final product. The 380 you have might have been part of the development runs... I just don't have enough info at this time. But I will put up some of the pics from your post a while back.