THIS SHOULD BE BURNED AT THE STAKE. :evil:

[vartiak15]

even if u put on douglas wheels and dg pipe and extended swinger it is still a trike!

[smokinwrench]

Good point TimSr. So all you trike preachers out there who have any aftermarket parts (this includes tires lol) should not be so hard on the people who have takin mods to the fullest extint. Your just as guilty as everyone else.

[OldSchoolin86]

Good point TimSr. So all you trike preachers out there who have any aftermarket parts (this includes tires lol) should not be so hard on the people who have takin mods to the fullest extint. Your just as guilty as everyone else.

Wrong......

[OldSchoolin86]

The guy bought an $1800 kit, and welded on a frame so he could sell it on Ebay for $75? Smokinwrench has it right. These kits were bought and installed 15-20 years ago. Nobody does it today.

Here I'll post the link again:

http://www.atvconnection.com/editor.../conversion.htm

That wasn't done to long ago.

20 years from now, some kid who isnt born yet will be calling you an idiot for putting Douglas rims, DG pipes and extended swingarms on trikes today and "destroying" their collector value as an original in the future, and you'll be defending the practice as I am today.

Possible but not likely. Adding bolt on parts is not exactly ruining anything. It wouldn't take a torch, grinder, bondo and paint to get an exhaust back to original. Big difference.

[BLAZERONE22]

I like the old kits, Its still part of three wheeler history, just not part of the "glory days". We should just make this a sticky thread so all the people who find them on ebay and post a new thread freaking out on how they killed a perfectly good trike have a place to go.

[BigGreenMachine]

Haha, I like that aircooled TRX250R, he did a great job. Anyone have a pic of the 84/85 Tecate with a Astro kit installed?

[2strokepwer]

i should just bid on it and get it. i could use the extra parts if nothing else

[TimSr]

Here I'll post the link again:

http://www.atvconnection.com/editor.../conversion.htm

That wasn't done to long ago.

Possible but not likely. Adding bolt on parts is not exactly ruining anything. It wouldn't take a torch, grinder, bondo and paint to get an exhaust back to original. Big difference.

Your link doesnt work, but I assume you found somebody that did one in recent times. If thats the case, then Id be the first to agree that he's an idiot. People occasionally ask about doing them on here, until they learn of the cost involved, and quickly realize doing one today is idiotic. They were pretty rare back in the 80's and they are almost unheard of today. We've seen less than a dozen on ebay over the last 2 years. Do you really think these ones they sell on ebay or are parting out were done recently? By the way, nothing is cut on these from modifications. They can easily be removed without damaging the frame. Yes, youll need a hacksaw and a grinder and some paint, and about half an hour. If you need a good frame FOR A TRIKE, you should bid on this auction.

I also agree, bolts ones are easier to change back to original, provided you have kept all of your original parts! How many people with a trike with aftermarket parts still have all of the original parts? maybe a few, but not many.

To each his own, but I really love mine. I raced mine agian yesterday, and again, strangers came up and took pictures of it. They were trike enthusiats who knew exactly what it was.

[AZ250R]

Well for the money, its going cheep, ya could use it fer parts! But I had always heard that this is the worst kind of quad to have, the center of balance is all messed up if I'm remembering correctly. Then again I remember when they came out and I did kinda want one, thank god that pass'd.

[OldSchoolin86]

Your link doesnt work, but I assume you found somebody that did one in recent times. If thats the case, then Id be the first to agree that he's an idiot.

I'll try it again, the system keeps shortening it.

http://www.atvconnection.com/editor/...conversion.htm

Do you really think these ones they sell on ebay or are parting out were done recently?

No but they're still a reminder of a bad idea.

By the way, nothing is cut on these from modifications. They can easily be removed without damaging the frame. Yes, youll need a hacksaw and a grinder and some paint, and about half an hour.

If you want it original it'll take a little more than a and a half hour. Of course that's true with any restoration.

If you need a good frame FOR A TRIKE, you should bid on this auction.

Mabey if you were really hard up. For some reason the price is pretty high for what it is. You'd be better off finding an unmolested frame instead. The oddest thing about the price is if you look at most ebay auctions involving these kits, they pull less money then if it was still just a trike.

How many people with a trike with aftermarket parts still have all of the original parts? maybe a few, but not many.

If I put an aftermarket part on I keep the original. I agree with you though that my way is most likely rare.

strangers came up and took pictures of it

They probably thought is was some type of yamaha prototype. j/k

[350x'inNY]

How many people with a trike with aftermarket parts still have all of the original parts? maybe a few, but not many.

I do I do I do!!! But that's the kinda anal Engineer turned Math teacher that I am!

Bruce