I have found it.. the 3 wheeler of the water world.. (re)introducing.. the wetbike

[Thorpe]

Aqua trike! Sucker would be cool with a 250 motor!

[bkm]

My buddy had one of these Wet Bikes he called the arm breaker. It sent about three or four people to the hospital over the years with broken arms or wrists. I have to agree with Howdy, I have had about five or six Kawasaki stand-up ski's and the two best days of my life were the day I bought them and the day I sold them.

Fun when they ran, but probably the most frustrating things to work on when they messed up.

I remember seeing somewhere on the intrawebs a guy had one of these Wet Bikes new in the crate and pulled it out and got it running for the first time.

Edit: Here is the crated Wetbike:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBfY9...eature=related

[300rman]

Personally, I hate boats. I mean, they're fun and all, but the time and money they soak up is utterly ridiculous. .

You gotta pay to play. Theres something about being out on the water that is just....relaxing.

[Jon Boy]

Wet bikes are the 2 wheeler of the boating world. There is actually a 3 wheeled pedal trike that goes on the water and they have big orange plastic wheels on them! I don't have a picture of one saved, but trust me, they have them.

HA! Thorpe beat me to it.

[atc350xer]

Aqua trike! Sucker would be cool with a 250 motor!

Yep, that's what I was expecting when I saw the thread title

[Deathrocket]

yeah one of those i think would be better with a 350x motor more torque to spin those huge plastic wheels lol.. one of these days im gonna build that....

[Deathrocket]

HA! better yet.. THIS!!! yup.. there it is...

[Vealmonkey]

I have to give you credit, at least now you know the differnce between 2 and 3.

[atc300r]

Up here in NY theres a place where they have races on the water with snowmobiles.Flatrock.When they first started these races back in the 90s they had water crossings for atvs aswell and a guy showed up with a 200s with the watertrike wheels adapted to it.The owner rode it on the pond but didnt go very fast, And they wouldnt let him compete on it.

[Vealmonkey]

After reading the suggestion of putting an engine on the aqua trike, I figured that just about anything over a 3hp lawnmower engine would overpower those wheels and not go anywhere any faster than a larger engine would power it. The tread depth is so small that the wheels wouldn't move much water very effectively or should I say at a very high rate of speed. The thought is pretty cool though.

[Thorpe]

If a guy was to bolt some deeper paddles on to the wheels... Hmm... Think it would be possible to wheelie on water??

[Vealmonkey]

Now that would be a you tube video for sure! LOL The big thing is the paddles would have to be sturdy enough not to buckle under the resistance of the water and acceleration. Sound like summertime racing at Raffas! LOL And of course he would be flying the official 3ww speedo!!!! LOL

[Thorpe]

Sound like summertime racing at Raffas! LOL And of course he would be flying the official 3ww speedo!!!! LOL

Ewww......

[DasUberKraut]

Now that would be a you tube video for sure! LOL The big thing is the paddles would have to be sturdy enough not to buckle under the resistance of the water and acceleration. Sound like summertime racing at Raffas! LOL And of course he would be flying the official 3ww speedo!!!! LOL

I would also think counterweight in the front so you don't flip it on top of yourself 3 seconds after you hit the gas.

[Deathrocket]

lol.. well i bought a wetbike.. for $50 bucks lol needs tlc but in nice shape nonetheless...