Here's another rare one

[Tweeked]

Lmao. Well, when I was 6 I would have done ANYTHING to get something with an engine and wheels! It would sure beat my ole' bike, lol. But now, I've been through several machines so its not that big looking anymore. hehe.

[Wickedfinger]

... I can't get the pics to come up for some reason....

[Tweeked]

Are they pics. of that trike or of another one?

[TimSr]

The word we used to use to describe something that was still running after being beaten by kids for 30 years was "bulletproof". Sure they were no technological achievement even then, but the simplicity of the design was what made them so reliable and "bulletproof".

Sorry guys, but I just get so sick of every guy who tries to create or build something original or unusual getting ripped because its doesnt perform as well as something somebody bought "off the rack" in an application it was never being built to perform in.

A while back somebody posted a thing on barstool races. Looked super wild and fun to me, but now I wonder how many guys emailed them saying their barstools were a piece of crap because they "wont go as fast as a Tecate or 250R."

What about that Mad Max nightmare Escort thing Howdy created? Is it a piece of crap because it doesnt handle like a Corvette?

Its the novelty of building, creating, or buying that unusual thing that nobody else has that makes it fun. Speed and performance are not always the goal. Sometimes the challenge is to just make something that works, and quite honestly, it can sometimes be even more fun to play around on some little goofy contraption in the back yard than it is to ride your high performance machine through the fields. I know at Haspin, a lot more people were looking at Howdy's 3 wheeled Escort contraption than anybodys trike.

[trikeman]

my friend had 1 to ride this summer we mounter a 250 dirtbike engine on it, but the axel broke in half not it's just sitting in a ditch!

[dizasterzrfun69]

The word we used to use to describe something that was still running after being beaten by kids for 30 years was "bulletproof". Sure they were no technological achievement even then, but the simplicity of the design was what made them so reliable and "bulletproof".

Sorry guys, but I just get so sick of every guy who tries to create or build something original or unusual getting ripped because its doesnt perform as well as something somebody bought "off the rack" in an application it was never being built to perform in.

A while back somebody posted a thing on barstool races. Looked super wild and fun to me, but now I wonder how many guys emailed them saying their barstools were a piece of crap because they "wont go as fast as a Tecate or 250R."

What about that Mad Max nightmare Escort thing Howdy created? Is it a piece of crap because it doesnt handle like a Corvette?

Its the novelty of building, creating, or buying that unusual thing that nobody else has that makes it fun. Speed and performance are not always the goal. Sometimes the challenge is to just make something that works, and quite honestly, it can sometimes be even more fun to play around on some little goofy contraption in the back yard than it is to ride your high performance machine through the fields. I know at Haspin, a lot more people were looking at Howdy's 3 wheeled Escort contraption than anybodys trike.

AMEN!

I havent ever seen another 11 foot long go-cart/4-wheeler like mine so that just makes it that much more "unique"
Sorry to bring up a really old post but i came across this when i was trying to find info on a tri-sport i'm trying to buy. I did find a website about these alsport 3-wheelers and what not and one guy had one, with a 340 snowmobile engine and they clocked it at 87 m.p.h. I just thought everyone that was bashing these might like to know that.

Kevin

[Jeb]

I think this thread is bullet proof too. still going over 2 years later.