ATVriders.com article on Trikefest!

[Bryan Raffa]

HA HA! cant wait to see what interesting little tidbit they come up with for you!

still not sure which one of them did that for me...

lmafao! we all gotta start somewhere....

[jeswinehart]

Yep, that P-3 is mine Fabio, did not know he took a pic of it. I hope he ain't referring to mine being rare, heck they made 1600 of them
There actually was 5 running P-3 Polaris trikes there.
I remember that fella coming up to me and asking me a whole bunch of questions at the drag strip. AND taking notes too ! I told him he can't print anything about me due to the witness protection program and he would be in DEEP DOO-DOO if he did . That's when I collared Billy and said this fella has a few questions for you.

Good job Billy ! john

[inv3ctiv3]

Great article, I wish we had a trikefest here on the westcoast. I thought about trying to start one but I couldn't even get a trail ride together (people only wanna ride dunes) and even had a guy on .org tell me not to waste my time on a trail ride cause no one would go.....

[Dammit!]

Come to the Imperial Invasion. It's the closest thing next to the rasor road trike rally.

[Xpress]

Yeah, hit up the invasion

[TommyBoy1971]

Sweet article. I plan on trying to attend in 2011, I have been wanting to for years, but been spending most of the time in foriegn countries...Will be bringing my tri-z, and tecate. I can't wait, looking forward to meeting all my three wheel riding breathrin...

[mrcribbs]

I also plan on attending in 2011... I didn't realize it was so close to me!

[MonroeMike]

Great read, nice to see a positive article.

[Mosh]

I`d like to know how Haspin acres stacks up against Gordons well if anyones done both ? Trikefest looks like a blast , i`m a big fan of the sport ! Anywhere Xpress wants to go , I WANT TO GO !!!!!

Best I can put it..It is like comparing a 250R to a 78 ATC90.
2 completely different experiences. As far as the riding.
Gordans =smooth long rides at hi speeds with large hills. 20 mile jonts are the normal experience.
Hanging on the rim of a bowl 100 feet above the bottom circling around in 4th gear looking down at the funnel in the center is almost like floating, then dropping down and up to the next rim, snaking through the dunes rim top to rim top, was exhilertating to say the least, and something you can't experience on this side of the country.
All while 20 trikes snake through the dunes in 3rd gear, KASEY is dropping back through the line of trikes circling around and coming back through the pack weaving in and out of the line-up..That was soo cool to watch.
I think we rode 20 miles on that trip and KASEY probably ran 35 miles the way he started at the front, dropped back, went back to the front, he would dissapear over a dune, then pop up back behind me again, then back up in front. He was like one of them things that floated around on a GALAGA video game that you couldnt hit.LOL

Haspin = Hard rocky clay trails, Rough rutted 1 lined, steep short techinical hillclimbs littered with rocks..Then it rains and = slopfest for a day, the mud collecting on the trike makes it weight 2 times what it does stock.
Usually first through 3rd gear are the norm,and a 5 mile ride takes as long as a 20 mile ride in the dunes and feels like a 20 mile ride.
Then the MX and drag experiences. You may have never experienced trike MX racing like you can at Haspin.
Want to see 2 trikes airing it out 40 feet side by side for posistion, this is where you see it.
A gate of 20 trikes all dropping the and drag racing side by side for the first turn.
And the drag races. Highly modified machines battle it out for top speed supremecy, in an event that takes 4 hours or more to get through all the participants. Classes range from stock and highly modified 70's all the way up to trikes with streetbike engines, alky and wheelie bars on them.

But one thing is the same, is the comradery(sp).
Trikefest is a huge social gathering with lots of emphasis put on meeting new people.
At Gordan's even though it is still in it's infancy, there is only a fraction of peeps to mingle with.
TF there are 100's of peeeps to mingle with and really you can't meet them all in 1 trip.
There is a huge nightlife of parties and gatherings, night time trail rides that can incorporate over 75 people on everything from 70's to Rhino's, that usually gather in the deep of the woods for some friendly nightlife hair letting down.

Gordan's was a huge experience for us.
Leaving the cold snowy weather to enjoy warm sunny 70's. Flying across the nation on a jet (something we have never done)
Seeing the awesome landscape of SO CAL.
The vast expanse of the dunes, and the riding differences and meeting the west coasters who were just as hospitipal as anyone I have ever met.

Either way, if you are a ATV enthusiast, it is something you need to experience. Gordan's and TF..
They are equally an experience, but different an many ways.

[RIDE-RED 250r]

Great read, nice to see a positive article.

right on, i was thinking the same thing. its nice to see any article on trikes that isnt bashing them

[MonroeMike]

Who had the nice aluminum frame ATC450R? Very nice job!

http://www.3wheelerworld.com/showthr...450r-3-wheeler.

[jfaulkner02]

Ahhhh, finally some recognition. Very true statement what you said about getting the bug and building a fleet of better trikes. I now have 7 of them, which some dont run but its all about the building process for me. I enjoy working and learning about them.

[code200k]

HA HA! cant wait to see what interesting little tidbit they come up with for you!

still not sure which one of them did that for me...

haha couldnt resist..

[Gag_Halfront]

Sweet. I see my 350 made it in a couple times, and my girls are in there. :-)

Great article.

If ATCrider.com is looking for an editor, I'll give them a good rate. :-P