would you buy an atc someone was killed on?

[oneroom42]

i've been looking for a 250r 85' or 86' and ive found one but there is something stopping me. #1 im on probation and cant leave the state to go get this thing and #2 the guy said the kid that had it before him rolled it over and killed himself. he had it for about a year now and it has been good to him. i've heard all about its how you ride and this and that, so i'm not worried about riding unsafe im worried about ...a curse or something. i talked to a buddy of mine who worked at a harley dealer and the one guy there had a harley that a guy was killed on. later on that guy was killed on the same bike. you dont always know the past history about your machine but if you do know someone was killed on it wouldnt it be in your head every ride? what would you do?? have someone go get the 250r for me since i cant leave the state or look for another one.

[code200k]

if it was a good price i would get it..the history doesnt bother me

[whipit]

life is too short for superstitious bullcrap. If it was a good deal I would but a 3 wheeler that stuck wide open and killed an entire preschool class of toddlers out for a walk and then flipped 27 times killing every person within a half mile and then landed on my grandmother and killed her too....twice

. screw it

and technically speaking the dude was probably killed by hitting the ground. The poor 3 wheeler just got the blame, as usual

[fabiodriven]

Wouldn't slow me down for a second. It's not the trike's fault.

[eyecekold1]

I agree who's to say some of us don't unknowingly have a trike someone died using? Its a sad story but it could have been 100% the riders fault( just take a peek at the trike ban list), people die in cars, trains plains, on quads, dirt bikes, sleds, etc. In this case someone died on a 3 wheeler. I say get it.

[oneroom42]

thanks guys! but i just need someone to go get it for me

[WIkid500]

life is too short for superstitious bullcrap. If it was a good deal I would but a 3 wheeler that stuck wide open and killed an entire preschool class of toddlers out for a walk and then flipped 27 times killing every person within a half mile and then landed on my grandmother and killed her too....twice

. screw it


HAHAhahahaa thanks for the laugh. That was funny. Like said. It's not the machines fault, simply rider error.

[Custom200]

Yeah it wouldnt bother me at all,I owned and rm250 that a guy got killed on. Never had a proble :P. Sure how do some of us know that people wernt killed on the trikes we have now? I'd say go for it.

[jb2wheels]

Sounds like a good way to negotiate a better price.

[Trimotomike]

Sounds like a good way to negotiate a better price.

yeah what he said

[RapidRick]

The trike didn't kill him....operator error killed him....

[daniel_250r]

my trike looks like someone died on it........ so go for it, its not like its a transformer and it kills its drivers

[rickybudz]

Stuipid people are born and die every day, trikes were discontinued 20+ years ago and die every day! Do the math! One of the two are becoming slim pickings!

[harryredtrike]

absolutely id buy.i bought a bunch of stuff from a guys wife after he shot himself

[racer....X]

ever see the movie christeen? mabey it can fix itself! LOL No really that shouldnt stop anyone from buying something.

[Tordeur]

Yeah it wouldnt bother me at all,I owned and rm250 that a guy got killed on. Never had a proble :P. Sure how do some of us know that people wernt killed on the trikes we have now? I'd say go for it.

My friend has a RMX250 that a guy got killed on too!!!....so he dont just bought the bike,...he bought the full gear,..: Helmet, pants , longsleeve , Boots , chestguard,...

So , No problem with the bike, but,....the gear.........I'm not sure i want to wear it!!!..... anyway i dont want to put a helmet of others!!...I'm a bit disdainful!

Go for the trike!!!

[oneroom42]

i do want it and i actually had a guy die in my house and it doesnt bother me one bit. i have to try to see if the guy will meet me at the state border. i really want a 250r and they are hard to find. thanks again guys for all the opinions!!!

[leviblue]

Well at least it has HISTORY...So does it mean the price should be cheaper or maybe a handfull of CURSED GOLD COINS will close the COFFIN LID on this SPOOKY deal?????

[harryredtrike]

i do want it and i actually had a guy die in my house and it doesnt bother me one bit. i have to try to see if the guy will meet me at the state border. i really want a 250r and they are hard to find. thanks again guys for all the opinions!!!

hopefully that deal will go down for you.

[oscarmayer]

:lol: good lord man that's pure greatness!!!!

[jensenracing77]

i would want it more that way. people already think they are dangerous so it just fits the perception..

[Thorpe]

Just dont tell your probation officer...

[MonroeMike]

Good luck, don't leave the state.

[fitpays]

For the right price i am sure they will deliver it to you. My streetbike riding partner (who was also one of my best friends) was killed on his 03 Yamaha R1, and his widow gave me the bike afterwards under the condition that i restore it and ride it in his memory. I sold my gsxr1000 and now i ride his bike. his boots and helmet are in my house and the bike is sitting in the garage on the battery tender as we speak. it is in mint condition, just the way he would have wanted it.

Buy the trike and take good care of it. keep it clean and don't beat it. that would serve the kid's memory the best -trust me.

[supernova1021]

Unless you are on an ankle monitor.....go get the damn thing. And negotiate a better price while you are at it! Agree with the others, the bike isn't cursed, it is the riders fault 99% of the time. Don't blame the bike!

[Frankencelery]

I'm trying to figure out if I really disagree, or if I just have to offer a dissenting opinion. It seems like there should have been at least ONE person who said "geez, that's really creepy, I think I'll wait for the next one". That was honestly MY first reaction.

[AutoXer]

i wouls want it more just so the guy at the gas station that has to say "wow a 3 wheeler? didn't they ban those and cut them all up?" and you can say nope but a guy did die on this one....

[TrailerRider]

Wouldn't slow me down for a second. It's not the trike's fault.

100% agree.

[TrailerRider]

I agree who's to say some of us don't unknowingly have a trike someone died using? Its a sad story but it could have been 100% the riders fault( just take a peek at the trike ban list), people die in cars, trains plains, on quads, dirt bikes, sleds, etc. In this case someone died on a 3 wheeler. I say get it.

See my signature for the actual reports..

[pipeline triker]

i have bought things people died on an atc 200x. I also know of an 86 250r that a kid was killed on in 1987, the dad cut the thing up in three pieces with a torch. it still lays in the mow of his barn not for sale.

[ATCeeya]

I personally couldnt buy it. it would be on my mind everytime I rode it. Like it was some cursed death machine. I know thats silly, and it wasnt the bikes fault. But Im wierd about stuff like that. If your not, go buy it!

[whipit]

Billions of people have lived and died in every imaginable way, in every imaginable place on earth. are you going to get all superstitious over that trailprotrailprotrailprotrailpro for the rest of your life?? If you are in an urban area, ten thousand people probably died within a square mile of your house over a period of time...so what. let it go

[Billy Golightly]

It'd initially be a little on the freaky side, but I doubt it'd bother me. As long as the death was rider error and not some freak accident like the axle breaking in half or something. Then I'd probably part it.

[riverrat]

People pay top dollar for old war guns that probably killed people.
Besides he didn,t die on the trike, he died on the ground.
Seriouly though, you shouldn't care what we think. If you have a problem with it, then it will be in your head while you ride it. That may affect you.
If you buy it, and don't care, make sure you put a kill sticker on it, like on the old warbirds. All forms of motor sports are dangerous, and we live on the edge.

[bigworm626]

Your good to buy it little brotha, you got my blessing! ha ha.

[83ATC185S]

I personally couldnt buy it. it would be on my mind everytime I rode it. Like it was some cursed death machine. I know thats silly, and it wasnt the bikes fault. But Im wierd about stuff like that. If your not, go buy it!

how do you know someone didnt fall off the trikes you own and die?. better send them to me(free) so that wont be on your mind!:naughty:


I would buy a trike that somone got killed on,no prob here

[03 ORANGE SHEE]

thanks guys! but i just need someone to go get it for me

go see your po, explain to them what your doing, they will give you a 24hr pass to leave, get it, and return. you will have to call to let them know you have returned, very easy to do..

[03 ORANGE SHEE]

the quadzilla i own, two guys got killed on it.. just ask brapp. maybe thats why i dont ride it but once every yr. or two!

[ATCeeya]

how do you know someone didnt fall off the trikes you own and die?. better send them to me(free) so that wont be on your mind!:naughty:


I would buy a trike that somone got killed on,no prob here

knowing and not knowing are two differnt things :)

[Name Brand]

Yes. One of my freinds was killed in 2007 while riding his snowmachine. It was a good machine and with a few repairs was ready to go again. His sister now rides his machine. She needed a better machine and it didn't make much sense financially to sell it and get another like it for her. The thought of keeping that machine felt a little weird at first and we all talked about it. My buddy would always let us try the machine out; he liked seeing us enjoy it. We came to the conclusion that if we were thinking about getting rid of it, he would have hollered at us something like, 'What! That sled is so awesome; go ride it!' There are no bad feelings (quite the opposite really) when I see his sister riding his sled on our many trips in the snow.

[DixiePlowboy]

the quadzilla i own, two guys got killed on it.. just ask brapp. maybe thats why i dont ride it but once every yr. or two!

I almost want to hear the whole story...


A buddy bought a Ninja ZX10 that two people had previously died crashing. I rode it before he told me, and I would have rode if he had told me first.

My favorite firearms have been WWI and WWII relics that were used in battle. I killed my first deer using a double-barrel 12-guage that was used in a cop killing back in the 1960's.

Unless something's brand new, it has a history of some kind....some gloomier than others. What matters is what I do with it.

[Frankencelery]

I guess the fact that it would creep me out means I'm just not as tough as y'all. :rolleyes: It would freak my wife out even more, which is another reason I wouldn't do it. And of course I would tell her, I tell my wife everything!

If the thing was next door, and the price was cheap, I'd be tempted to snag it too, but if it was a state or two away and I had to break probation to go get it and then found out someone was killed on it too....I think I'd take that as a sign to let it go.

[250twostroker]

I would say for sure someone has been killed on my 250r, i know it has been rolled flipped and evrything, but i still rode the crap outta it until the topend went out..

[three_wheelin45]

Yea i would get it and besides the dude i got my blaster froms nephew or son one of got paralized from it he hit a ice cream truck,I still rode the fire out of it.

[DixiePlowboy]

I guess the fact that it would creep me out means I'm just not as tough as y'all. :rolleyes: It would freak my wife out even more, which is another reason I wouldn't do it.

It has nothing to do with tough and weak, it's just a different way of accepting reality.

For example: If I were to find out that a $50 bill in my wallet had been in someone else's when they died, should I give it away, throw it out the window, or use it to feed my kids?
There's likely alot of money that passes through our hands that's dirty or tragic somewhere in it's history, but what matters is HOW we come by it and how WE use it.

[riverrat]

How many times have you passed sympathy wreaths, and flowers on the side of the road where someone has died? Do you not drive down that same road everyday?
Those dam roads killing people everyday.

[300rman]

someone died in my truck. its a salvage rebuild, and it needed a new seat/carpet because they were stained.

and it doesnt bother me none

[brapp]

remind sme of the movie maximum over drive or the old movie killdozer lol

[oldskool83]

remind sme of the movie maximum over drive

that movie was awesome!

[jeffs250Russell]

The machine is made for power is what I learned. You cant get by on just respect for it. You have to TAKE it and ride IT!or you will end up on your head!FYI...giggle

[jeffs250Russell]

just seen it was a truck...but the same rules apply

[oneroom42]

S O B the guy sold it. however i did order the gpx 155 for my 84 70 so that will keep me busy for a while. i still want to get my mitts on a 250r one of these days!

[Autophysn]

dude, it is all just nuts, bolts, metal, & plastic. If you want to give it a soul, that will depend on you! Treat it with rerspect and the bike will do you right.


I would buy it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[NOS_350X]

One of the 350x's i currently own a guy was riding it and got in a 5th gear head on wiith another 3 wheeler, one died the other seriously injured.

http://www.3wheelerworld.com/showthread.php?12756-riding-pics-of-trashed-350x&highlight=

http://www.3wheelerworld.com/showthread.php?613-horrable-night-for-trikes&highlight=

I never think about it when i ride.