What will you do to protect your trike?

[Tri-ZNate]

Wow you guys go to drastic measures by my standards. I live in the boonies of PA so I have all my trikes outside with the keys in them, with no locks or alarms, but I do have a chahuahua so be careful. Its a Beast :evil: . No one touches them either because if they do they know I like to do doughnuts especially in yards.

[hotroddal]

o by the way i am 14years of age and the kid I punched was only mad for about a week after but now were friends again and now noone messed with any of my trikes.

[Dammit!]

Well in that case you should have roosted him after you punched him.

[BigGreenMachine]

No one touches them either because if they do they know I like to do doughnuts especially in yards.

Thats too funny, good idea though.

[vartiak15]

That is one mean trailprotrailprotrailprotrailprotrailpro looking dog man! What kind is it?

[TrikeKid]

if they wana drag a non running heap with 3 flat tires through a regular people sized door past an 80 pound ball of angry pitbull they can have it.

[Wickedfinger]

After my '82 R was stolen - I had a rusty old bear trap I used to keep sprung and ready to snap in my shed ...... It actually took me a while to realize just how stupid I was to have thought up such a reckless way to protect something. Now, I just own alot of guns and I clean them right out in front of my house for the whole world to see.

[MorganM]

When I grow up I want to be just like you. your soo cool

LOL Thats pretty much what I was thinking

When I read the title of this topic I thought 'oh like skid plates or something?' then I read the post and was like WTF IRL

I was thinking about putting some sort of seat spring on to protect my ***! Having no suspension at all on this ATC is kinda rough

[Kintore]

I hear ya Morgan, no suspension kills the a**! lol

[hondawilly]

i reckon thats a nice looking dog you got there

[Pistonhead]

Yeah no suspension can get uncomfortable after a while! Thats sweet hotrodal, I would have been tempted to do that too, but I would have roosted the hell out of them with slushy stinging ice too!

[almac16]

I got my trikes spread out..... two of my better ones (86es and 85sx) in my fathers garage
one 86es in my fathers shed
and one 85 sx in the back of my f-150 x-cab with a aluminum cap with a nice locking system.

This way if they break into one and steal it I will always have a back-up!

I soon have to move the one in the shed so dad can put wood in.... not sure what I am going to do with it now as there is no room left in his garage and I don't have anywhere at my own house to put it.

I am building myself a shed this fall though.... 10x12 just for my trikes and doing repairs.... can't wait. I would like to build something bigger but I don't have enough room on my lot!

[250Roger]

It's easy to say "I'd do this" or "I'd do that". But when it really comes down to it, the senareo you created in your mind is not which would most likely happen.

As far as protection when I'm not riding my ATC: Locked up to the center pole of carport that is hidden behind my house and cannot be seen from most angles. Not much more I can do. I bought the thickest chain and best lock I could get.

Protection when riding: I can't say what I would do. Depends on the situation at hand. I will say that if there is a moment where I am threatened with violence that I do have a strong will to live and brute strengh. Most likely stronger than the other person's will to hurt me is. I believe that my sheer will power to live will be a great help combined with knowledge and common sense to react accordingly to my advantage without being harmed and eliminate the problem.

It could backfire as well. Thankfully I have not encountered anyone within the last 20 years of my life that has wanted to even attempt to threaten me in any way, shape or form (knock on wood). In a way it's nice. I don't have to deal with jerks. But at the same time, I do crave the opprotunity to unleash my wrath upon someone just to see how much damage I can do in as little time possible. I won't go and look for trouble to find out though and will avoid violence at all costs, being a parent and having to go to work each day.


If a snowball was being thrown at me. The kids would have had one heck of a snow ball fight. Geez, How much damage coud a snowball do to a ATC? Hitting someone over it?
[sarcasm]You shoud have stuck their faces on the muffler or engine while it was hot and burned their skin off. Then while they were laying in the snow coolin off, ran them over repeadedly until they had permanent tread embedded in their skin. Then tied them to the back grab bar and drag them over various objects (a field of razor blades, broken glass and razor wire would be nice) until their arms pulled out of the sockets. If they dare scream, dump sulfuric acid down their throats.[/sarcasm] How dare they throw a SNOWBALL at you.

[Pistonhead]

I accidentally burned my skin on my muffler once, the pain involved is highly under-rated.

[GreyhoundRugby]

trailprotrailpro telln me man. Think of the bottom of a coke can and thats the size of the scar the burn left on my forearm