Yamaha guys-deal or not?

[Frankencelery]

How many trikes is enough? My wife wants to know...

I saw this advertised and I'm going to look at it tomorrow, but I was hoping you guys would weigh in on it and tell me what you think.

The guy says it's a 225 and has shaft drive. I figured that makes it a 225DX, but he says it "starts on the first pull". Forgive me for my Yamaha ignorance, but I thought these were electric start. He also said it was a 4-speed. If it's a DX, it should be a 5-speed, shouldn't it? The one pic isn't very good, but it looks clean. He's asking $550.

Can you guys identify this machine, and do you think it might be a good deal?

Thanks in advance!

[Cert88]

Its either a 225DX or a 225DR..... unsure if they look identical to a dx. A DR has reverse, a DX does not.

they have a pull start back up.. so that probably means the electric start is not working... battery is dead, or starter bad..

$550 is about the going rate for a good DX or DR....with the electric start not working im not sure if it is worth it. Batteries are expensive for it.

thats my opinion.

[saturnthegiant]

Sure does look clean, I don't know, if i had the cash on hand i'd probably do it...

[Yamada]

How many trikes is enough? My wife wants to know...

I saw this advertised and I'm going to look at it tomorrow, but I was hoping you guys would weigh in on it and tell me what you think.

The guy says it's a 225 and has shaft drive. I figured that makes it a 225DX, but he says it "starts on the first pull". Forgive me for my Yamaha ignorance, but I thought these were electric start. He also said it was a 4-speed. If it's a DX, it should be a 5-speed, shouldn't it? The one pic isn't very good, but it looks clean. He's asking $550.

Can you guys identify this machine, and do you think it might be a good deal?

Thanks in advance!

Yeah it should be a 5 speed. The 225 Dx have both a pull start and a electric starter. On the pic we can see the rear grab bar is bend. Check the rear axle bearing. They don't cost that much to replace but are a little harder to change than on a chain driven trike.

[Frankencelery]

I'm going to check it out in about two hours. I'll let you guys know!

[y2kane]

In my opinion you can't have to many trikes. Goodluck!

[scooterroo]

How many trikes is enough? My wife wants to know...


one of each works for me, :TrikesOwn

[Frankencelery]

Well, I got a look at it this afternoon. Definitely a 225DX.

Pros:
Starts on the first pull. Engine was cold
No smoke
Runs good
Very clean plastics
Good tires
Pretty clean overall
Good shocks front and rear

Cons:
No battery. Unknown if starter works.
No headlight bulb.
Lost screws for fenders. They were just sitting on the bike.
Pulls to the right pretty hard. Didn't seem to be a tire pressure issue. Nothing visible looking at it, but couldn't figure out what was causing it.
A slight delay before the clutch engages. Seems wrong compared to a Honda, but I'm not sure if it's right or not.

The pull to the right had me most concerned. I was looking for another rider, not another project. Something to complement my 250SX. I didn't even make an offer. The guy talked himself down to $475. I was thinking about offering $400.

[RacerRichie]

Those front forks are known for being rather WEAK! One could be tweked a tad. Just a thought if the tire pressure was equal all around....
make an offer !

[brapp]

make an offer of 300 and se eif he is insulted if he is talkgin himself down he wants it gone.

[Frankencelery]

$300? Really? I had decided to skip this one, but I might jump on it for that. Since he was asking $550 that seems like a very lowball number to offer. He was a nice kid, I didn't want to offend him.

[350x'inNY]

Those front forks are known for being rather WEAK! One could be tweked a tad. Just a thought if the tire pressure was equal all around....
make an offer !

It's not a big pic, but if you follow a line down from the triples and look at the fender, the front axle looks pushed back an inch or 2.

From your Pros and Cons, that $400 is probably about right. If the forks were good, I'd go more but finding good true straight 225DX forks are getting harder and harder to do.

[Frankencelery]

You might be right. They do look a little bent.

[tanks350x]

350X in Ny is right, those forks do look bent to me as well, bent back and to one side probably the reason for the pull to the right,, just a thought

[Russell 350X]

I would talk to the guy again, mention the bent forks and try bringing him down to 350-400$.

[tri-Z ripper]

still not a bad deal i say bring it home!!

[Frankencelery]

Well, I snagged it! On Thursday morning, I called and offered him $300, and last night he called back and said it was a deal. Today we went and picked it up, and I spent about an hour riding. I just had to put it away because it's getting dark. Pretty awesome!

[TrikesRule_FOOL]

Nice, so how bent are they?

[Frankencelery]

Dunno...it's not as obvious as we thought. I'm probably going to have to pull the forks and roll them along my workbench to see. When I test rode it, it was only for a few seconds, I didn't really get a feel for it. After riding for an hour yesterday, the handlebars are turned slightly to the right when the wheel is straight. At first I was excited, thinking it was only the handlebars that were bent, but I don't think they are. So it has to be the forks.