A run in with a $100 Tri Moto..

[HondaClaw]

Quite a few months ago some guy in town was selling a quad (Honda trx 125 rough shape) and the other thing he was selling that caught my eye was a yellow trike.. After confirming it was a Yamaha and after doing a little internet surfing I roughly determined that it was a 175 Tri Moto? Either way it was a medium sized engine.. The trike was in rough shape but the man showed me that it ran.. The choke stuck, and there was something wrong with the throttle.. I wanted to buy it but he wanted to sell the quad and the trike for $200 of which I could not afford nor have enough room for.. Sadly a week or 2 later I say the trike in the back of a rough looking pick up truck heading out from a local gas station to where god only knows would happen to it.. It would have been a nice buy and restoration. If I only had the cash.. Does anyone have any experiences like this? Oh and also do you have any pictures of Tri-motos you own? Thanks :D

[malibulvr]

That always seems to be the case, when you have the money there are never any deals but when you find a great deal...no cash. I found a real nice 250SX for 500 bones and of course had just purchased my 200m so no extra funds.

[chuckiedog04]

yup. payed 850 for my big red this spring(good shape but broken rear fenders, runs AMAZINGLY though). then exactly the next day someone calls "i saw your add on craigslist about wanting a 85 big red, ive got one looks new and runs new you can have it for 800 bucks.".
sadly i just bought my big red and could not affourd it.

[HondaClaw]

Yeah I'm in that situation a lot.. $50 a week doesn't cut it at the rate I buy parts haha I need a better job x.x Anyway, are Tri Motos more common than say Tri-Zs? I know for sure they are smaller than a Tri-Z. Any information on years and engine sizes? I'm just curious about the Yamaha machines :P

[yamaha driver]

only if you had the money... i picked up my tri-motos non running for 75 bucks and got them running after a carb rebuild. This one sat in a shed for over 10 years owened since new buy a older guy that didnt drive it anymore. every thing is stock and plastics have no fading at all... nothing broken either

this is what it looked like when i picked it up

[yamaha driver]

Yeah I'm in that situation a lot.. $50 a week doesn't cut it at the rate I buy parts haha I need a better job x.x Anyway, are Tri Motos more common than say Tri-Zs? I know for sure they are smaller than a Tri-Z. Any information on years and engine sizes? I'm just curious about the Yamaha machines :P


tri-z are more rare in my area then lets say 125's 175's and 200e,225dx 125's started from 79- 85 175's i think went from 83?-85
not sure on 200e and the 250 tri-z is the beast... but if u want a nice easy machine the 225 is amazing with electric start shaft drive front and rear shocks great wheelie machine

[HondaClaw]

Ah well that my friend is a nice condition trike, nice find and buy. The one I was looking at.. Had seen better days.. Haha

[yamaha driver]

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[HondaClaw]

I unfortunately do not have any pictures of the trike :/