People crack me up!

[Derrick Adams]

I was riding the Z up the alley today, when I hit the brakes my back brake pad fell out. Guess pads don't last as long as I hoped! Anyhow, I'm freaking out because I need a set ASAP for the harescramble Sunday. Today is Wednesday and the chances of ordering them in by then is slim.

SOoo... I call up "Iron Pony" (A large bike accessory shop, about 1 hr away) and asked the parts guy if he had brake pads for a 1985 Yamaha YTZ 250. He says " A what?". " A YTZ 250, not a YZ it's a Tri-Z, a 3 wheeler!" I said. At this point i'm cracking up. So, he checks and to both our disbelief, he has them in stock. 1 set. I asked him to physically check, simply because I don't want to drive an hour only to not have them.

He returns to the phone "Yup, got `em" "Did you know that thing has disk brakes" he said. I just lost it. "yeah, (I chuckled) I kind of figured that out" I said.
Then get this! He says " I didn't know they made 3 wheelers with disc brakes"
THIS IS THEIR PARTS GUY!!!! I just said yes and thanks (shaking my head).
That's one funny conversation.

Also, on a side note. I was at my local bike shop today picking up some numbers for the Z and told the owner we were running a harescramble and he asks " On the 3 wheelers? " I said yep and he smiled and said " Cool, kick some ass". He's a trike guy from waaayyy back. He continued to say " I love watching 3 wheelers from the holeshot, they just fly" I was just hoping to myself that mine does!

People just crack me up...

[New2ATC]

hahaha.. I went to a bike shop down the road when i had my SX and asked for a headlight for a 250SX and he was like " we have one, I look at it and it is for a KTM 250SX dirtbike! I was like, Its for a Honda 3 wheeler, and he looked at me like I was a crackhead..

[83185s]

yea i went to the local honda shop in terre haute, IN about a half hour away...i had a whole list for my friends 85 200x ..it needs alot but then again it doesnt..he said it would cost over $1500 in parts and its not worth it for an old P O S!!! i was like hell no!!! u mofo dont disrespect trikes!!! he said what? i said yea its not a pos just cause it needs stuff..its sentimental value is worth more than trailprotrailpro life and i left..too many people are too obsessed about quads and bikes...it really p!$$es me off ya know? what he said coulda got him fired so hes lucky the manager wasnt there or he wouldnt been..i woulda made sure..no that didnt really crack me up but the guy was pretty stupid so i felt the need to say it..lol

[Rod]

I believe that tri-z pads are the same as warrior pads & mayde a banshee. Certain years at least. AT least you could get up & going again.

[Rex Karz]

We take the crap and it makes us love our trikes that much more. They will never know how awesome riding a 3 Wheeler is. About those D-heads at motorcycle stores, I know what you mean. I don't let them get to me If they have something I can only get from them, I will use them and leave. Most of them are really jerks to everyone equally !!!!! Those that respect my machines, I go out of my way to patronize them.

[ScottZJ]

Yeah I got the same reaction when I call and ask for "Tecate" parts. First they say Ducati, and them I say no T...ecate like the BEER! :rolleyes:
Then I say its a KXT 250, and they are like oh a KX huh. Im like NO a KXT 3 WHEELER.... Needless to say there are tons of ignorant people in shops...the kicker is this shop has been open for 20+ years, so you figure they(the owner is who I talked to) should know something about trikes...........peace

[350x'inNY]

Maybe it's a NY thing, but all the shops I go to are happy when I come in and ask how my trikes are doing! hahahaa

Bruce

[yater]

I've been lucky to deal with a GREAT shop for the past few years. I guess it's hit or miss but a lot of those guys think that you're just not worth anything ($$$) if you're riding a 20+ year old machine. They'd rather see you come in with a warantee issue so they can stick you with a bill anyway.

[bonkers_200s]

Same stuff I get, Maroneys cycle in Newburgh, NY is a honda dealer.

"Hi, I need too know if you have the honda valve adjustment tool for an 85 200s"

"whats an 85 200s?"

After I explained to a honda dealer what a honda was, he says,

"We don't work on anything older than 10 years"

"I'm not asking you too work on in, I'm asking you to order me a part"

"We don't even think about anything older than 10 years"


I called a Polaris shop, just for haha's,

"I need a vavle adjustment tool for an 85 200s"

"Ahhhhhh an old atc huh?? can't get the part, but those things are a blast"