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Thread: Should I buy a 500cc three wheeler?

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    If the guy doesn't want to hear everyones' opinion, then he really shouldn't ask for it then. He asked, people are telling him. Seems pretty simple to me.
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    Looks like it has good power by the videos of it on youtube bunch of them on there,id buy it just have something diffrente.

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    what did you search for to find the videos?

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    his user name is ryankdx1 http://www.youtube.com/user/ryankdx1#p/u/9/CzNrevR0NfI i remebered seing a while back

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    Im checking them out but man with that rake its got to be a scetchy ride.

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    500 aint a fortune for a bike and even if you ride when your bored it would probaly be worth it.

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    for that kinda money, it would take very little work to fix that thing up into a trail tractor. If i had 500 to just blow I'd buy it!
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    wow you guys should do a search on 's mutt!!! its a converted 500 motorcycle,, its a friggen blast to ride in the dunes and its plenty fast,,,, yeah its a little heavy but the monster torque makes it a pleasure to ride... and that tt500 could easily be made to whoop-ass a 250r ...

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    ugly yes, but it seems to haul the mail pretty good on the vid......id say worth 500 bucks if you were interested in something custom like that....
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    For the record, I'm not going to be buying it. I just thought it was rather interesting to say the least.

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    Quote Originally Posted by KASEY View Post
    wow you guys should do a search on 's mutt!!! its a converted 500 motorcycle,, its a friggen blast to ride in the dunes and its plenty fast,,,, yeah its a little heavy but the monster torque makes it a pleasure to ride... and that tt500 could easily be made to whoop-ass a 250r ...
    I dont think minty87's xr500 has anywhere near the goofy geometry.. and not everyone is lucky enough to primarily ride sand with their bikes... that tt trike would be a mess on a real trail... sure it could be built to run fairly well... but so could a real trike with trike like geometry.. not everyone on here has the skills or tools to fix the quirks on a bike like that.. and those that do have probably already built their own..
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    MAN THIS IS FUN!!!! MY POINT HAS NEVER BEEN FIGURED OUT I SEE!! yeah so its no prize winner. and in its current state it might not be as fast as a 250r,,,,, BUT what the hell ? its probably as nice or nicer than most of the junk those who are posting have to ride anyway!!! and glammy,,, i'll take that 200s the thought of where i get to put it,,,,,,, hmmmm could be interesting. GOT LUBE? and wow i wish i could be so positive about something i have only seen in a bad picture,,, RETARDED, JUST PLAIN RETARDED ,,,

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    I cannot believe i read all that! it has three wheels. it is cool. the geometry is wrong for turning well or a track, trails, sand. its a cruzer. it cost 500 bucks (a song). i would not buy it for myself. but if my buddy did, i would congratulate him and take it for a spin! it reminds me of another trike that was built by mwke. and finished by Nos350x. not made for racing against Rs. just a novelty item. some of you are just being mean for the sake of being mean..or heard! wow!

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    Quote Originally Posted by KASEY View Post
    and wow i wish i could be so positive about something i have only seen in a bad picture,,,,
    between the pictures and videos there was plenty of it to be seen... it would only get worse with a better pic... its funny how you defend that junk til the end, but never have I seen a post anywhere with anything even close to junk being in your own garage. that bike has issues that paint and chrome wont fix.. but i do kinda see your point.. riding a slow, heavy, poor handling, frame dragging ugly trike would be better than no trike at all...
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    Do not buy it. First of all its raked and poorly built. Second, say goodbye to your foot when kicking it, if not timed correctly, it will break your foot. Third, its an oilframe(if you wreck, you gotta start over on a frame). The carbs are horrible on those.
    I just built an XT/TT Flattracker and it whooped my 250R, straight up. It was a stock motor with a Mikuni 38mm without an accelerator pump. It had a tuned header. My 250R has a tuned pipe and that's it.
    It's fast, but the oilframe is a hindrance and is pushing it by the pull of the heavy engine and the rake.
    I would've kept it as a TT and bored it to 535. The only downside of those TT/XT's were they were heavy, like 10 refrigerators.
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