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TravEX
10-06-2006, 10:46 PM
Check this out! Is this guy crazy to ask this much!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=004&item=140038333825&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT
87250es
10-06-2006, 11:42 PM
http://www.3wheelerworldforums.com/showthread.php?t=58180
ATC-Eric
10-07-2006, 02:53 AM
Yep......................
ATC-Eric
10-07-2006, 03:11 AM
Ya know, it would be the sale of the "year" if it was all ORIGINAL!!!! I cant believe he left those maier stickers on there!!!!!!!!!!!!
TravEX
10-07-2006, 06:26 AM
Sorry, I searched for another thread, but didn't find it.
87250es
10-07-2006, 11:22 AM
it is ok i did not mean for it to come off rude. i should have said something other than just posting the link.
mike
TravEX
10-09-2006, 05:00 PM
I wasn't offended, hehe. I had looked for the other thread, cause I knew SOMEONE would spot it, hehe.

It looks like that guy had been sipping on the bong water! I haven't checked ebay yet, been gone for a few days, to see what it went for.
87250es
10-09-2006, 11:18 PM
no he has not been sipping the water, i think he has been soaking some shrooms in it and then playing bong pong. lol
longbedGTs
10-10-2006, 09:05 PM
Dont you guys know those Maier stickers add atleast 5 HP...each!!
sheesh!






















:D
87250es
10-11-2006, 09:23 AM
and if you get the big maier sticker it comes with a extra "POWER BAND" lol
longbedGTs
10-11-2006, 09:57 AM
Veeeeeee-tek 0wns j00
:crazy:
ATC-Eric
10-11-2006, 01:48 PM
Veeeeeee-tek 0wns j00
:crazy:


Didnt that year model come with the 3 stage V-tech?
RedRider_AK
10-11-2006, 02:31 PM
Didnt that year model come with the 3 stage V-tech?

No, that was the '86. The 1987 came with a completely redesigned XV-type powerband system that offered a continuously variable powerband similar to today's belt-drive snowmobiles. :p
TravEX
10-11-2006, 04:50 PM
Yeah, I heard it was hard to keep powerbands in it cause of all the power!!! It would slip the band a little and overheat and SNAP!!! If you torqued em down good they would last longer!!! I used lawn mower inner tubes, they last longer.
TravEX
10-11-2006, 05:07 PM
It went for $3350!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!
Orangecnty250r
10-11-2006, 06:00 PM
It went for $3350!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!

I have a feeling it will be relisted after a little time.....singing the same old song of a deadbeat bidder blah blah....even though the bidder in question is probably a friend.
87250es
10-11-2006, 06:00 PM
omg it was the listing of the year..... "he gets the biggest *Edited**Edited**Edited**Edited**Edited**Edited**E dited* award"
RedRider_AK
10-11-2006, 06:55 PM
Yeah, I heard it was hard to keep powerbands in it cause of all the power!!! It would slip the band a little and overheat and SNAP!!! If you torqued em down good they would last longer!!! I used lawn mower inner tubes, they last longer.

I used a WWII-era airplane tire tube and it never failed me. Also, you gotta watch the muffler bearings on those 87's, the engine made so much power it often burned all the grease out of those bearings, and then BAM you have a seized muffler.
longbedGTs
10-11-2006, 08:13 PM
Well, muffler bearing failure isnt too common in the 87's. Hondason Yokioshi(pronounced y0-key-oshi) discovered the problem late in the '86 year and designed a fail safe system. See, they discovered that soap was the best lubricant. They engineered a system where the soap was dispensed every 5 seconds, right into the muffler which kept the bearings lubricated. The only problem was that you now had a machine that leaves a trail of bubbles. They were cool with that since the Japaneese love bubbles! :w00t:
TravEX
10-11-2006, 08:14 PM
I lost my left testicle to that very problem! Muffler bearing locked up, seized the muffler, pressure backed up through the motor, and the airbox grenaded on me, taking my left testicle with it!!!
TravEX
10-11-2006, 08:16 PM
Now, I ALWAYS wear a cup when I'm riding!!!!!!!!!!
RedRider_AK
10-11-2006, 08:34 PM
LongbedGTS: Yeah, but that was only on the official Japanese racing versions! Also, you'd have to fill up the liquid soap reservoir (not to mention the pollution it causes...)

TravEX: I heard Honda offered a compensation program to those who had their genitals harmed by the poorly designed muffler bearing system, but you might be too late to cash in. :( Sorry man.
TravEX
10-11-2006, 10:34 PM
I still have pieces of it in a jar of alcohol!

So, THAT'S what the reservior is by the horn and turn signal switch, LIQUID SOAP!!!! I guess I let mine run dry! I need a good kick in the nut for letting that happen! STUPID!
87250es
10-12-2006, 09:46 AM
lol ohh my good thing it was only the left muffler bearing and not both of them..
it would be a shame if the cspc found out about this.... shhhh
RedRider_AK
10-13-2006, 10:46 PM
TravEX: Hmm. You should contact your Honda dealer to ask if he can give you a refund, if you've still got the remains.

87250es: Maybe this is the real reason trikes got banned?? :confused: