last summer i was enjoying the day at a riding location with a big group of friends. I brought my 400ex and 200es. There was a friend without a ride there, so I just let him ride the quad all day and I rode the big red.
About the middle of the day I came across this muddy trench that had 4 or 5 4x4 utility quads trying to drive back and forth through it. They all had Mudlites or similar large aggressive tires, and there was one that was lifted and snorkeled. It was muddy and deep, but the main problem was the 2 deep ruts on each side from quads spinning their way through. The quads were bottoming out the whole way, and constantly pushing and pulling their way through.
I decided to give it a try with the 200es and my 25" turf tamers. All I did was guide my front wheel straight into their left rut, and my rear tires were over the center and the right side rut. (The trike was sitting cock-eyed in the trench, and this kept it from bottoming out because my left rear tire was on the center hump between the quad ruts). After that I just had to put it in low 2nd or 3rd and hold it at half throttle until I was at the other side. The ruts kept the trike going straight, even though the trike was sitting cockeyed in them.
It was so much fun the first time, I went back through probably 8 or 10 times more and it never once struggled, and I didn't have to muscle my way through at all. By now the ruts were getting deep enough that only 1 or 2 of the quads cold make it through. The others were being winched, pulled, or the rider had to get off and muscle their way through. By the end we had a crowd of dirtbikers and other guys watching, and I was getting a lot of thumbs up. The quad guys didn't think it was so funny. They wouldn't make eye contact with me and one even tried to roost me with mud once or twice, and in a non-friendly manner. I was obviously already soaked head to toe in muck, and by this time it was impossible for me and others to hold back the laughter.
(sorry for the long post, but THAT is why I like 3 wheelers. Giving the 4-10 thousand dollar quads a run for their money with a trike I bought for 50 and fixed up)
current rides:
05' 400ex
02' yz85
84' 200es big red
84' 200s with tlr200 engine project (almost done)
84' atc 110
83' 225dx with 340cc kohler sled engine