my friends are scared of my trike

[deathman53]

today at the track one of my friend let me ride his quad, I told him if he wants the can ride my trike, he rode it, but never got it past half throttle, I flew by him on HIS trx250r, its so funny you take a quad rider, put them on a trike and they are lost. he said it was fun, but was scared of it. It had way too much power for him(330 big bore, carb, reeds, pipe, suspension, etc). Then another one of my friends(a racer with a pro card) rode my trike for half a lap, and pulled off. I asked him why and he said "that thing is out of control" and mind that he built the motor on it. I asked the first guy if he wanted to ride it and his responce was "I don't want to kill myself, that thing is ridiculas, how do you ride it, you give it gas it wheelies". The first guy told my other friend that it feels like it is wheeling all the time, because the bars are a bit high, my answer was "thats because the front wheel is almost never on the ground". I'm gonna work in the first guy, get him to ride my trike a bit more and maybe he'll get into them. I plan on buying the second guy's crf 450 custom quad when he goes to sell it(gonna trade the trx250r I'm building for part of it), so I can have a kick ass quad and trike. A guy at the track got some pics of me jumping so, hopefully I'll have some new pics soon.

[deathman53]

ooh, forgot to meantion, on saturday at chattsworth, two guy pulled up one guys quad had "prepare to be rocked" and the other "be prepared to have your ass kicked", well, they got exaclty what they deserved ROOSTED THE HELL OUT OFF. and these bikes were polaris's

[MO350X]

I spent the day riding with my brother ('04 TRX450R) and my cousin's husband ('04 Polaris Sportsman 700).
They both seemed surprised I "lived through the day" and were able to keep up with them through the woods!
My old 350X performed perfectly and I didn't even have one "close call".

I'll admit, their bikes are definitely more sure-footed than mine but my bike is super maneuverable in the woods....moreso than the TRUCK-SIZED Polaris, THAT is for sure.
But man is the Polaris plush!!!!

Yep, the old trikes do put fear in the hearts of those with the quads.
MOST folks sure appreciate our old relics, though.
It's like owning/riding a little piece of ATV history.

And I'm darned proud of mine!

[MO350X]

Man, that has to be like being shot from a cannon....running a 330 on an ATC250R! WOW!

My brother's last bike was a TRX250R with the CT Racing 310 kit on it.
MAN, that thing was violent....
I can only imagine what your trike feels like!

Good job on the roost!!
They deserved it.

[deathman53]

them polaris's are trucks, half of them border on dmv's regulations for atv's weight and some exceed.

[skippy]

i tell ya.. ive been riding atc's for over 20 years now..and you can put me on both and i would be quicker in the woods on a trike, but on a mx track, the 4 wheels is quicker for me.. but when you put a "quad rider" on an atc.. good night.. they sux! its all what yr trained/learned on..

[MO350X]

them polaris's are trucks, half of them border on dmv's regulations for atv's weight and some exceed.

HA HA HA
Man I heard that!

My cousin's husband's Sportsman is HUGE!
That thing is SO cushy, it's amazing.
Heck, he was practically wrapped in plastic so he didn't get dirty at all today!
Pretty quick bike for it's size.

I had a Polaris Explorer 400....you could ride for DAYS and not get monkey butt....you're sitting on a couch, essentially.

[4cylinders]

hey, hehehe, you should here what people say when I ask if they want to ride the monster. really you should see their face!! hehehe

[threewheelin-feelin]

thats what i like about the group of ppl i ride with most ride my trike and i ride there bikes or quads or even go carts and i dont hear any crap like that. if anything the defined trikes like i do. and i think that ive got a couple of them wanting a trike hehe.

[Oldshell4481]

haha i dont let people ride my machines, i wouldnt allow a quad rider on my trike, after i saw my friend almost roll my machine over, and all i got is a big red 200e!!

[Oldshell4481]

woops sorry i didnt realize this was an old post, haha my bad.

[deathman53]

and just to fillin the rest of the story, I did buy the second guys crf450r quad, and absoletly no regrets.

[Dammit!]

When you gonna put in that 310cc power valve top end? I've been waiting on your report.

[TrikerR]

can i get a clarifacation please...whats the differnece between a crf450 quad and the trx450r.

[deathman53]

no, the 310pv isn't on yet, I have to get off my ass and put it on, the bike hasn't left the storage since early december. There is a huge difference between a crf450r and trx450r, aftermarket frame, suspension, a-arms, swingarm, 250r axle, carrier, anti-fade, backward kick, vortex ignition, hyper carbon beadlocks. The trx motor has a different bore and stroke, engine cases, kicker gears, decompression mechanism, forward kicker, oil drain bolts are in different places, as well as oil fill bolts, there is more differences than similarities between the motors. Also the dirtbike motor is more powerfull and faster, honda "detuned" the motor for the atv frame. Long travel suspenion is beyond awesome. I'm gonna take the 250r trike out this weekend and ride it, as well as maybe the 200x on saturday. The particular bike I bought uses mostly 250r parts, you also can get them for 400ex components too. I don't even think a dirtbike motor wil bolt into a trx450r frame.