what will happen when the dinosaurs die off?

[mymint87]

BIG PROBLEM....and i can't get over it. start off with my 6 yr old daughter, she rides a atc70 w/axle extensions and she can smoke lt80's but it has no suspension and the dunes just beat her up. its like shes driving down a washboard road, she follows me to the dunes , after about 300 yards i look back and tears are coming down her face,,,,(SAD )...then theres my 9 yr old daughter, she has a cr80 and when we go dune riding i make her ride the 110...she hates it and wants to ride the 200x..my problem with that is im not going to let her get her bumps and bruises on the 200x..when i was growning up all we had was 110's perfect for the beginner and i got my lessons taught to me on it.

heres my solutions

bought my 6 yr old a trx 90 cause she knows how to shift and i didnt want her learning to go backwards and i thought a raptor 80 has trailprotrailprotrailprotrailpro
suspension, lt80 are auto and so are the eton vipers...then i had Ricly stator hook me up with a light kit

bought my 9 yr old a blaster...she begged me for one after riding a friend of mine's quad only she's into the fmf "fatty" and k&n filter thing

here's my thorn in the flesh
the quads are bought and my 86 200x is sold...i want my love of trikes to be passed on but i dont see that happening....

what will happen when the dinosaurs die off???? what can we all do to keep the sport alive or will the performance of a trike over quads in itself keep it alive?

[jenndnn3]

Mymint how does the trx90 do in the sand?? Sorry I know this off topic but looking for a good one for my 6 year old girl...my reasons are, I simply cant trust her on a 3 wheeler. My 8 year old girl rides a 110. She is struggling with the shifter, but is still fairly new at that concept. She wanted a 3 wheeler like mommy and daddy, how can i say no. And I have atc70 basketcase for my boy who is 5.
I see exactly where you are coming from tho with the point that eventually they will die off. But I dont believe anytime in the near future. Most of the ones that are parted out are for (What I have seen in my opinion) Money, real nasty wrecks, or completly blown engine. I think these engines will last forever if properly taken care of. And if not there is always other engines. So I dont see them dieing off until the complete and total ban off all atv's or ohv's.
As far as your own children they will carry your passions and loves because who else do they learn the most from except their own parents....Unfortantly you wont see it till after the rebellion age and they have little ones of their own.

[skippy]

wow... what a great topic... im in the same boat.. i currently have 3 atc 70's and a 60 tri zinger for my 2 sons.. and well.. they ar learning to ride them.. and will later move on to a little 4 wheeler.. and why?? because of suspension.. i feel if they can ride the 3 wheel, 4 will be no problem, just like most of us have done.. will i sell them? well probaly, execept for a sweet 70, and a trizinger,, why? space...

[dirtbasher]

Mymint how does the trx90 do in the sand??

well my friends dauter has a trx 90 and we go to glami all the time an that little quad can climb pretty good and does real good in the sand, exept for the realy soft stuff

[Dynofox]

You know its funny, I first started getting into threewheelers because they were much cheaper than buying a quad. But now I have a passion towards trikes. I have every dirt wheels and 3wheeling mag from the 80's and when I look through them and see all the threewheelers in action it brings a smile to my face. There' something to be said when you can take a 15 year old trike and compare it to a brand new quad and there really isn't anything special about the quad. Look at the 250r's tecates and tri z's, they are as fast or faster than any quad on the market and have suspensions that are as good or better. It's a beutiful thing! :-P

[mymint87]

i run 18X9.50 - 8 cheng shin skat trak gliders and they work primo..... the stock tires just dont get it in the sand..i noticed a slight rub on the rear paddle to the pipe but i think thats a 180lb daddy tweaking the suspension that makes it rub cause i dont see it with her on it...that'll change cause honda offers a big gun pipe for $239.00 and i thin k im going to pull the trigger on it and buy one for xmas.. as for the 110 i HAVE to keep that one cause it was my wifes first (shes the original owner) you dont know how much money i've spent to keep the 110 alive. the 70 i'll keep...its just too fun i dont care how much i rack my knee on the handlebars ...its still fun....the ricky stator light kit works wonderful on the trx got a couple led lights for taillights, a glowstick on the whip and a shitload of tireflys makes em all lit up at night and hehe the little gals really get off on that.....but still, my heart is heavy to know that they wont be on trike any time soon.....time will tell...................sad but happy dad

[MR ATC]

the easiest way to not let the Die is to do something about it. as long as there are quads and bikes there is the technology to build a trike. if you want one bad enough build it yourself or have someone do it for you. or you can do what most people do sell out take the easy road give in and buy a golf cart.

[OldSchoolin86]

Call it selling out if you want to but not all of us have the time, tools, resources or money to build 3 wheelers. I love them and my love for atvs started with a great 110 I bought in 8th grade. I was all motorcycles and snowmobiles untill then. The truth is I don't think I would want my kid bouncing all around on a suspensionless machine when they could be riding a nicer quad. What's the point of that?

[MR ATC]

my point was IF you want it bad enough its possible. for the same price of a new quad i could build a trike with suspension.

[Trikeaholic]

I agree with bill. An 83-85 200x can be rebuilt hundreds of times, modified plenty with all new parts (It IS based on the same XR engine still in use!) and probably be restored to as new for less than a used beat up blaster, all with no payments at 20% interest. I wholeheartedly agree with MR ATC on this one, trikes will only die out if people forget them. "ahh they are too hard to fix up" "man. I dont want to do all that work" "my freind picks on me cause it says 1985 model on the frame" Thats all bull. If you look at some of the pics around of dune riding, it seems all these "cool california" types put big bucks into wheelers and then are the coolest cucumbers out on the sand. (at least thats how it looks to us snowbound NE types-mabey im wrong)

[OldSchoolin86]

Holic this has nothing to do with a 200x. Entry level machines for little kids would be like the 70, 90 or 100.

[Trikeaholic]

bought my 9 yr old a blaster...she begged me for one after riding a friend of mine's quad only she's into the fmf "fatty" and k&n filter thing


thats what im referring to......... :?:

[MR ATC]

O.S. for around 500.00 i could turn any of those quads into a trike with front suspension. 500.00 seems like a small price to pay to keep a sport you and the others say love so much alive. personally myself money is no object when it comes to keeping trikes alive. i will never sell out, never surender. they can have my trike when they pry my cold dead hands from around the grips. golf is for Old fat lazy scardy cats...lol

[jenndnn3]

Bill you aint callin my 6 year a fat old lazy scardy cat are you???? I am sorry but she wont slow down I cant trust her....yet.

[OldSchoolin86]

$500 is a nice number but you need to pay for the quad and I wouldn't ruin it by doing that to it. You don't sound like you want to keep them alive and teach what they are, it sounds like you'll chop up anything just to say it's on three wheels. If I did make one I would start with a bike not a quad.