new guy from minnesota

[honda200xguy]

Hey guys my name is Zach. Here from Minnesota! Decided since the sleds are put away and i brought back out my 1984 honda 200x i'd rejoin these forums.
Currently working on fixing the broken kick start...sucha pain.
Anyways..hey guys!

[hondaboy1981]

he im from mn to do u know where i could find a pull starter for a 1983 yamaha tri moto 175 i've been lookin every where

[Worden18]

Hey guys my name is Zach. Here from Minnesota! Decided since the sleds are put away and i brought back out my 1984 honda 200x i'd rejoin these forums.
Currently working on fixing the broken kick start...sucha pain.
Anyways..hey guys!

Welcome Zach. What part of MN are you from?

[kb0nly]

Another hello from another fellow MN'sotan. I am glad to see the sleds go back in the shed and the snow turn into mud.

[hatc200x1]

Yay for Minnesotans!!! Im in polk county MN, Between Fosston and Bagley. We should all set up a ride this summer??

[Cornholio]

Minnesota is the best! haha Wish i still had my 200x! Im in wadena/ todd county Staples

[shovelryder]

Welcome! Buffalo MN here......But I own property just south of spider lake OHV area.....

[old-yellow]

Welcome to the forum, Coon Rapids MN here.

[Dave8338]

Yay for Minnesotans!!! Im in polk county MN, Between Fosston and Bagley. We should all set up a ride this summer??

Lengby? :w00t:

I grew up 15-miles West of Fosston. Spent MANY miles on nearly all of the gravel roads between Grand Forks and Bemidji.

[JasonB]

Welcome to the boards!

[kb0nly]

Seems like a lot of Minnesota guys on here lately!

[three_sum]

I'm from MN as well. Near Anoka. If you are looking for parts there is a guy in st cloud, Mr twisted he has a lot of parts and seems like a really nice guy.

[honda200xguy]

Yay for Minnesotans!!! Im in polk county MN, Between Fosston and Bagley. We should all set up a ride this summer??
im down for that!!

Welcome Zach. What part of MN are you from?
Anoka County

I'm from MN as well. Near Anoka. If you are looking for parts there is a guy in st cloud, Mr twisted he has a lot of parts and seems like a really nice guy.
havent bought from him yet, but is saw his link.

[90guy]

Welcome to the forums! Now to see some ND guys start flocking here :P lol

[Cornholio]

I'm from MN as well. Near Anoka. If you are looking for parts there is a guy in st cloud, Mr twisted he has a lot of parts and seems like a really nice guy. Ive had some really bad experiences with that guy. I would tell ya but dont want to get into trouble! haha

[kb0nly]

Ive had some really bad experiences with that guy. I would tell ya but dont want to get into trouble! haha

Same here....

[honda200xguy]

Ive had some really bad experiences with that guy. I would tell ya but dont want to get into trouble! haha

Same here....

Won't be calling that guy..
haha

[Dezlemke]

I've actually went on a ride with Mr.Twisted. Thought he was a really cool guy. 171104
Three of the 70s were his, Two 250r, and the 250sx.

[kb0nly]

Nice vs business practice though... Someone can be a "nice guy" while still screwing you blind.

[honda200xguy]

Nice vs business practice though... Someone can be a "nice guy" while still screwing you blind.
True..i got into a fight with him..then we fixed it and parted our ways.
he's just trying to run a legit business. i would actually recommend him to anyone in MN because he has a trailprotrailprotrailprotrailpro ton of parts

[ScreaminRed]

Welcome Zach!

[DasUberKraut]

Can anyone give some examples of Twisted's "bad practices"? I was going to visit the guy and check out his ATC hoard. Now I'm thinking otherwise.

[hatc200x1]

Mr twisted is a really nice guy IMHO. He is one of my best trike friends and talk to him quite frequently.

[DasUberKraut]

So you've said. Seems like other people on the thread disagree. I was just curious. He's a little less than two hours from me. It would make a nice trip.

[Thorpe]

"Rebuilt engines" that aren't... Air cleaners choked off with duct tape, rather then cleaned carbs... I have dealt with once, never again... Maple Grove here!

Das-- wasn't too far from you today... Made a run out I-94 to Black River Falls and back

[DasUberKraut]

You hit the trails in BRF?

[kb0nly]

Spray painted parts sold on eBay as mint, a rust free tank that was anything but... the list goes on.

[Cornholio]

I commented on one of his videos about a 200x motor he had rebuilt for my dad. Wow did that thing run like a turd. Smoked like a bigger turd its whole life, He said it had a twisted crank? what? how does that happen? Timing was far off when we recieved the engine back. the stator wires were stretched and partially disconnected. Not sure how that happens.. Then he called me a little Jack@$$ then told me that my dad should slap the trailprotrailprotrailprotrailprotrailpro out of me for confronting him on his video. Im not trying to start anything. But, thats what happened.

[honda200xguy]

Lol...some harassing emails from him
After he sent me the wrong part 3 times + called the cops on me trying to file a no contact order?
lol..
I think he needs to go back to school to learn to construct a sentence and use proper punctuation.
I can't believe i gave this imbecile my credit card information.

[DasUberKraut]

Yeah... I've heard enough. As impressive as his collection is. I'd just end up punching the guy I think. I have no patience for stupidity or cons. I'd rather spend the time with a neighboring trike brother hitting a trail or tossing a few back. Thanks guys. :beer

[Thorpe]

Das-- Just bought one of those 4 legged machines in BRF... Looks like a sweet place to unload and go riding though!

[DasUberKraut]

I used to hunt all over down there Thorpe. Haven't had the privilege of riding the trails yet. My old man rides em every couple weeks though. He loves em.

[Worden18]

I've posted in this thread a while back, but now I'd like to post again regarding the comments about Mr. Twisted. Yep, he's a really nice guy. Has nothing to do with how he represents the trikes he sells, though. I bought my BR from him, and at the time I was pretty green about the things to look for when buying a BR, so I can blame myself for actually buying it. But I will blame him for misrepresenting it. He claimed the brakes were "new". Fact is, he just got them working with brake shoes that were under .100, they were shot. That really made me mad. Another thing he did was seal up the crankcase/oil drain plug with some kind of sealant, since the threads in the crankcase were stripped out completely. I didn't know this until one day I got back from a ride and noticed an oil leak. Luckily the oil was still in the safe zone....but what if I would've blown the engine up on that ride? I ended up drilling the crankcase out and re-tapping the damn thing, using an oversize plug (standard - 9/16-18 if I remember right). It's fine, now. It was missing a shitload of parts (which I would've spotted easily had I not been so green at the time), all the rims were bent, parts were painted over rust, one of the studs for the front axle was broken clean off, the air cleaner was completely shot - looked like a deflated balloon bathed in old oil; I asked him if he had changed the air filter and the oil filter, AND the oil for the final drive. He said yes, which was an outright lie. The final drive oil had NEVER been changed if I had to guess. Looked like light chocolate milk and ran out like water. I had to flush that and change it. Oil filter was 100 years old. Spark plug wire is crap. He claimed he rebuilt the carb; no way. The idle screw locked up on me the first day I had it...from all the rust on it. Certainly anyone with any common sense at all would've cleaned all that up if you actually put a kit in the carb. Like I said, I have myself to blame for buying it, and I've learned my lesson. But he flat out lied about a lot of things on it, and to me that is an insult to my intelligence. So I'll be the bad guy here if I have to and say that I'll never buy from him again, and I wouldn't recommend him to anyone here or anyone else I know. I hate people who lie. Before anyone goes up in arms and tries to argue the point, don't bother. No sense arguing with me. Just stating the true facts here, and that's the way it is.

[honda200xguy]

I've posted in this thread a while back, but now I'd like to post again regarding the comments about Mr. Twisted. Yep, he's a really nice guy. Has nothing to do with how he represents the trikes he sells, though. I bought my BR from him, and at the time I was pretty green about the things to look for when buying a BR, so I can blame myself for actually buying it. But I will blame him for misrepresenting it. He claimed the brakes were "new". Fact is, he just got them working with brake shoes that were under .100, they were shot. That really made me mad. Another thing he did was seal up the crankcase/oil drain plug with some kind of sealant, since the threads in the crankcase were stripped out completely. I didn't know this until one day I got back from a ride and noticed an oil leak. Luckily the oil was still in the safe zone....but what if I would've blown the engine up on that ride? I ended up drilling the crankcase out and re-tapping the damn thing, using an oversize plug (standard - 9/16-18 if I remember right). It's fine, now. It was missing a shitload of parts (which I would've spotted easily had I not been so green at the time), all the rims were bent, parts were painted over rust, one of the studs for the front axle was broken clean off, the air cleaner was completely shot - looked like a deflated balloon bathed in old oil; I asked him if he had changed the air filter and the oil filter, AND the oil for the final drive. He said yes, which was an outright lie. The final drive oil had NEVER been changed if I had to guess. Looked like light chocolate milk and ran out like water. I had to flush that and change it. Oil filter was 100 years old. Spark plug wire is crap. He claimed he rebuilt the carb; no way. The idle screw locked up on me the first day I had it...from all the rust on it. Certainly anyone with any common sense at all would've cleaned all that up if you actually put a kit in the carb. Like I said, I have myself to blame for buying it, and I've learned my lesson. But he flat out lied about a lot of things on it, and to me that is an insult to my intelligence. So I'll be the bad guy here if I have to and say that I'll never buy from him again, and I wouldn't recommend him to anyone here or anyone else I know. I hate people who lie. Before anyone goes up in arms and tries to argue the point, don't bother. No sense arguing with me. Just stating the true facts here, and that's the way it is.
Sounds like Mister Twisted to me.
He builds nice trikes...for himself.
Then he NIGGER riggs the ones he fixes at his shops and charges $200 for a carb cleaning.
Lol hes on some drugs

[Worden18]

Sounds like Mister Twisted to me.
He builds nice trikes...for himself.
Then he NIGGER riggs the ones he fixes at his shops and charges $200 for a carb cleaning.
Lol hes on some drugs

I never confronted him/called/emailed about the pile of trailprotrailprotrailprotrailpro he sold me. I figured I'd just slowly fix the things that are wrong (which I have been doing) and just let it ride. 25 years ago I probably would've picked a fight with him (with me ending up in the hospital), but now I figure one of these days he's going to sell a piece of trailprotrailprotrailprotrailpro to the wrong guy and bad things are going to happen. Can't say I'd have any pity for him if that happens....

[kb0nly]

Karma will get him.. That's how I look at it. When I sell a part, no matter how small or insignificant I stop and ask myself... would I put that on my own machine? If I can't truthfully say yes then it don't get sold until I can. I have spent hours cleaning a part just to sell it.

I get some good deals on eBay and have a few sellers saved in my favorites. Beyond that I find someone here that has what I need. A lot of stand up trike brothers here, its like family.

[DasUberKraut]

Kb... I'm about the same way. But I always take as many pics as possible and disclose any flaws.
Twisted is going to give us decent people a bad name in the trike world.

[OKSTATE#1]

I just found this thread after having rather short dealing with this moron. I have been looking for a 125M right rear splash guard, preferable NOS, but I would take just a nice clean one. So I email this twisted turd. He writes back and says "oh yeah, I have a few of those I'm sure of it, I will have the guys go find them". So, just to make sure he knew Exactly what I was talking about, I send him a pic of my 86 125M (I didn't want him to get confused and grab an 85 or earlier guard). He writes back "those aren't OEM tires!" Sends me pics of his 125M with some skank draped all over it telling me "those are OEM tires and I have a few of them!" Wtf??! Umm...I have three NOS tires and a full set of NOS plastic, tough guy. I sent him a message back with pics of my tires and plastic. Anyway, guess he went full retard and decided he wouldn't sell me the guard and said "the owner has decided to keep them"....gawd. I imagine he thought I was rubbing my build in his face, because I think that's what he was trying to do with his pic he sent me...and yeah, I know he does some calendar deal with these gals...but I don't really care about that when I'm trying to do business and find a part.

Seriously? Lol, I wouldn't let my wife crawl all over my trikes...and she's way hotter than this chick.
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[Schmitty]

From mn too! Northern tho. International falls!
I've also heard nothing but bad about mr twisted. I know a guy that spent big money on a atc tecate t3. Twisted shined it up and lied about building the motor. 2 weeks after purchase my buddy had to completely rebuild it. That guy is a complete turd. I have no idea how he is in business. I don't know anybody who will deal with him......

[Davidcz75]

From mn too! Northern tho. International falls!
I've also heard nothing but bad about mr twisted. I know a guy that spent big money on a atc tecate t3. Twisted shined it up and lied about building the motor. 2 weeks after purchase my buddy had to completely rebuild it. That guy is a complete turd. I have no idea how he is in business. I don't know anybody who will deal with him......

Ok ... The whole Tecate thing is a total lie .. made up by Al and further spread by you . That Tecate was mine and taken in on a trade by Mr. Twisted, even though he never liked it . He did make it a lot nicer though and AL bought it. Then Al brought it home and took it in his house and then down his basement stairs ... where he broke the radiator and damaged the gas tank .... which HE repaired with JB weld. Then it ended up on wheeler dealers ... and AL was saying it had engine work and had been rebuilt. Mr Twisted called him out on that and the post was gone ... imagine that. I never said it was rebuilt ... Mr Twisted never said it was rebuilt .. but AL sure said it was rebuilt. So you and your friend AL should just stop telling lies about that Tecate ... and the rest can have their own opinion of Mr. Twisted ... I always enjoy my time at his shop and he sure as heck has built me some nice trikes.

[deano56265]

Montevideo, MN here just joined a month ago!!! I got my 2 trikes about a 1.5 months ago 82 and 83 honda 200's

[ATC ADDICTED]

Ive had the pleasure of dealing with Mr. Twisted on many occasions.... our very first interaction wasnt pleasant and i wanted to punch him in his throat,,, but,, after some reflection on self and situation,,, i decided to use another approach was in order,, and, as it turned out,,, it was simply a communication brake down. im west coast,,, he is east coast,,, we communicate way differently. we have since developed a very good client/buyer/seller relationship. the parts i have received from him over the past 2yrs, have been excellent,,, unless stated as not being so... please remember when dealing with this trike enthusiast, he is a little different then the rest of us,,, even if he is from the same town as you,,, but different in a good way,,, should you allow it to grow.

on to the Tecate .... i watched that deal transpire Via FB,,,, never once was the tecate ever referred to as being rebuilt, I watched as Albert Markwardt tried to sell his new acquisition "tecate" as a rebuilt unit "by Mr. twisted" and i thought to myself he "Mr. Twisted" never once said it was rebuilt... but for the sake of no drama,, i didnt call him on his BS..... I have since come under attack by him and his cronies and have been blocked by them on FB for calling them on the Lies they like to spread about people who dont agree with them about Mr. Twisted.... According to Al, i am a thief, liar, and every bike i have "8-10" is a pile of crap,,,, but my latest build will be featured in dirt wheels mag,,, go figure...

[thcowboy]

Hey Im from Hoffman Minnesota (20 min away from Alexandria) and its cool to see other MN members. Kinda looks like a "twisted" storytelling :lol: