86’ Polaris scrambler 250r 3-wheeler

[Jd110]

I appreciate your knowledge bud. Thanks

[ATC King]

You've got a cool trike. It's not that it's just on the rare side, but it's mature tech for the era too.

If I had a large trike collection, it'd be one I'd want. There's so many cool trikes that I couldn't collect just one color.



Recreational off-road trikes go back to the 60's, and of course the US90 that most will think of, but there were several US made trikes in the 70's too. The Commuter types, like the Sasquatch, and others which were very basic and someone with a small gathering of metal working tools could build at home. Those are pretty neat, historically, and a pristine example would be worth collecting, but they're not an advancement of technology or even have unique engineering.

1980-1986 were when trikes matured and advanced at a breakneck pace, with some manufactures making large changes /upgrayeddes every year. Those were the golden years and didn't last long. It was a wild ride. That's where the Scrambler fits in. The market was already there but Polaris jumped in with both feet, no small and basic trike to test the waters, but one with full features to make it as home at work as at play. Considering the competition, that was a big commitment. They still make a trike, technically, but it's backwards and has a steering wheel. I don't know of any new product from Honda with three wheels, not in the US anyway. I'd count the Gyro, if they still made it. Yamaha did have the Niken in 2018 (?), but I'm just teasing now, because that and the Gyro aren't in the same realm as off-road trikes, but Can-Am does have the Adventure model of their Spyder...

Trikes are cool, but the 80's trikes were rad.



We had a Scrambler/Trail Boss/Trail Blazer quad, whatever it was. Got it new. I have a little familiarity with your machine. That was a good 2x4 quad. Simple and turned out to be pretty tough. I seized the engine a couple times from running the oil tank dry. It was a sibling's quad and she never put oil in it and I neglected to check it before leaving out. Let it cool down, add some oil, and away it would go. I had to walk and ask for two-cycle oil one time. I think someone had a can, actual can, of something called Mallard Creek. The stuff was probably already twenty years old at that time, but beggars can't be choosers and I had already done more damage than it could. I'd actually like to have that quad today, for an easy trail machine and cruising gravel roads, but me an quads don't agree. Really surprised I didn't have a rollover session with that one, as that's what usually happens when I ride a quad. Totally serious, I can't ride quads worth a hoot. I've never personally owned one, that wasn't for parts anyway, it's always been motorcycles and trikes.