Why no more trikes??

[Scooter77]

Hello guys, I know trikes were banned back in the day and they had to stop making them but why cant/dont they start making them again? is there still a law or somthing that prohibits Kawasaki and honda ect... from making any more trikes? Its obvious people love them and still ride them...i would buy a brand new trike over a brand new anything else any day lol but this question has haunted me a while so i figured i'd ask. :TrikesOwn

[LonesomeTriZ]

They were never banned!!!!!!!!

[Scooter77]

Really? i was told they were banned and made illegal to ride until 1997....at least here in the U.S. Either way why did they stop making them?

[scooterroo]

because evil people called the cpsc (consumer product safety commision or something like that) had to decide what was good for everybody, and take away our fun. no need for the big 4 to start making them again, not as long as they have the market they have for them quads, and the evil cpsc would go ahead and pass a law to stop the production of them if they tryed anyways.

[scooterroo]

not illegal to ride, just cant by any new ones from a dealer. perfectly legal to ride, always have always will.

[Scooter77]

Well that sucks, Those people that did that are a bunch of brainless fools. I dont mean to rant but if its legal to sell cigarettes and things that say right on the package you could die if you use them than why the hell cant we have our trikes. Trikes should be the same as everything else...slap a warning sticker on it and let the rider use it at his own risk. Anything else is the work of comunists. :mad:

[Howdy]

Well that sucks, Those people that did that are a bunch of brainless fools. I dont mean to rant but if its legal to sell cigarettes and things that say right on the package you could die if you use them than why the hell cant we have our trikes. Trikes should be the same as everything else...slap a warning sticker on it and let the rider use it at his own risk. Anything else is the work of comunists. :mad:

You can also give a lot of credit to People without any common sence. Had people taken the time to learn how, or show their kids how to properly ride these machines, then there wouldn't have been so many injuries or deaths. Then when injuries or deaths accured these same ignorant people sued the manufactures claiming faulty equipment / design. Lots of law suits got the CPSC involved and they rushed to get the machines off the market.

The only way we will ever have any chance of Trikes being made again is if you can get Vice President Cheney to take all the lawyers quail hunting ( Was national news about a year ago ). And you need to get rid of all the sue happy people. Until then there isn't a snowballs chance in ***** we will see new quality ones on the market.

A little FYI, Honda just about went broke from all the lawsuits back in the mid to late 80's. Some one told me a long time ago Honda paid out Multi Billions of dollars to settle a crap load of lawsuits. In fact they are still being sued today. Bennet Law Firm has made a killing by sueing the big 4 atv companies. Here is a link to how proud they are about this: http://www.bennettlawfirm.com/Black.htm Check their ATV page for more suit info. Now I will say that not all lawsuits are unwarrented, but I bet well over 50% are just someone trying to get rich because they can't use common sence in operating a vehicle.

Sorry to rant, but this is one topic that burns my seat.
Howdy

[digity x]

its like the 2stroke thing soon there will be none to buy at the dealers but only the ones who have them are ther lucky ones. look at it like this hang on to your trikes ride them anytime you feel like it and nobody can do anything about it, i said this before and i will say it again long live three wheelers the fun is just in the hands of those who have them. atc heads rule''

[SYKO]

I agree I owuld buy a "new" one right now, but, how many people beside us would actually go buy one? the market would be very lucrative for any manufacturer to build a product that only apeals to a select few right now
Now on the other hand, it could be a cheaper version of many new four wheelers, make it a possible option, I/e YZF 450r trike or quad, 1500 dollars difference, now that would be cool, or even if it was more I would be interested.
We'll probabaly see the day were we can get a performance oreinted or utility based three wheeler ever again, but as long as wee keep ours running strong notbody will forget them. Just as a side note, when we went to ocala this past weekend, all the younger kids would stop me and ask about my machine, since either they never saw a three wheeler before, or never saw a performance three wheeler, one kid wanted ot trade his BRAND NEW 06 250ex for my trike, and he was for real about it, I said nothing can replace my trike, no dice kid.

[digity x]

me too i would buy a brand new trike any day over a quad just because its my thing. i have both and i ride my trike more then my quadracer. they are fun on the trails can you say old school?

[mike84bigred]

People talk a lot of s***. Alomost everyone i talk to about 3 wheelers heard from someone else that it is illegal to ride a trike. bs. If it was illegal, they better give me a brand new 4 wheeler if the government took my trike.

[3leggeddog]

hmm.funny how thousands of people are killed each year in hunting accidents,but they don't ban that.i heard of 3 people killed today locally.it's the first day of shotgun season.my o my,what a f-d up world!

[84honda200s]

man it blows. i get that crap all the time. awwwwww you have a 3 wheeler im calling the cops on you. i say go rite ahead. they cant do a freaking thing. only if people learned how to drive them. i would buy a new one.

[xracer771]

I just got my 84 200x home man I remember why I liked these things so much more than a quad, quicker, lighter and way more nimble.

[ride_red_95]

this should be mad a sticky

[TRI-Zbrian]

lol this reminds me of sunday my buddies mom tried to sit there and tell me for an hour that 3 wheelers are illegal to ride now.... i tried to explain to her that they just dont build them any more but that you can in deed still register and insure them and ride them ware you can ride any other atv... but i excepted the fact that she was just plain ignorent to the fact that they arnt illegal and that they just dont build them because of safety issues they had witht hem back in the day from peeps that didnt know how to ride or people that were sue happy mo fos that ruined it for us... but i am glad that i can still register my 3 wheelers and ride them with every one else out there... but i do get very annoyed when i have to explaine the legal thing like i just discusted....alot of people are just plain ignorent about them...


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[p_hefe]

man, I went to that lawyer website and read some of that crap. That boiles my blood. What an idiotic group of self-righteous do gooder assbags. Those are the kind of people that you want to run into in a dark ally. I get harrassed every time I go to the dunes with my trikes. I got pulled over when my friend and I were having a wheelie constest. He was riding a 400ex. The cops never said a word to him, just told me that if I didn't stop I would get a ticket. When I asked why, they said it was against the dunes rules to ride wheelies. Exhibition riding. I asked where it was posted, they said it wasn't. If it is not posted, don't harrass me about it. You're just mad that my stupid green 3 wheeler kicks your warrior's butt. DUNE COPS SUCK!