Are we a bunch of middle aged farts trying to hang on to our younger days with trikes

[atctim]

I'll bet all you young farts don't even know how to use one of these!

Well I'm 29 and I know how to work one of these


Got hooked at age 7 on a ATC70 (cousins). Got a 200s in December 1984 (age 9) . Been on 3 since. Never had a quad - never looked back.

[x.system]

36 now, I started riding at age 2 on sleds. My first ride was on my fathers sled, I grabbed a handful of throttle and tossed my father off the back, I was told I made it about 300 yards by myself before I let off. They bought me a artic cat kitty cat then at age 4 they got me a honda lil devil 50cc. I rode those 2 for many years and moved up to a kawasaki 175 enduro and a ski roul 340 at age 13. I had traded the bike for a car at age 14 so I could get it ready for when I got my license. When I was 15, almost 16 I traded the car for a brand new 85 350x. I traded the X for a 86 250r and have owned a few since then. I can say I have always had at least one machine to ride but I let my trx sit in my garage for almost 8 years after I quit racing. I kind of fell out of the sport when I started a family. When I joined this site I had 1 trx 250r and my streetbike and all the talk about the trikes got me back into it. I never knew the trikes and riders were still into it until I found this site. Now I can't help but buy up every R I can get my hands on. This year I'm going to try to give up the erge to buy and try to focus on restoring what I have now. I have also gotten back into racing so that has and will take up alot of my time.

[sandpuppi101]

WOW check out the history you all are talking,"that is so cool dude",Yeah I'm in my 30's not the youngest ,not the oldest and deffintly not the wisest LOL! I started riding in about 74 or 75 on a 72 green monster US 90. I really loved that thing,I remember my Dad got on it one day gave her a little too much gas and dumped her in gear.He probably weighed 250 or so at the time.All I remember was the old man flying back and the ffront tire pointing straight up, he landed on his A-- and he told me to park it.It was'nt long after the green monster ran away ,he told me! I looked and looked and I still never found the green monster butI still look for it everywhere I go.

[hotroddal]

well, im 15 years of age, and it all started on a honda 200 that barely ran, and that was only last winter, and ive had over 23 trikes since then, and a few quads, a few dirtbikes, a few minibikes, and various other things.

[double r]

damn, only 15 and already had 23 trikes. somebody got some loot.

[going4broketecate85]

I am 28 and the first trike that I rode on was a honda 200X! Yes, my first ride was on one of the best trikes ever made!!! I grew up in a poor family. And all the farm familys around me could afford to get 3-wheelers!! But not us!! I allways wanted to get one but they were way to dangerous!! Or so my parents said!! So after I "grew up" and got a "good job" and a 4-wheeler I ended up buying a house!! So I sold my 4-wheeler to pay for some of the closeing costs and I told myself that there was no way that I was coming out of this without some kind of ATV!! I ended up with 2-Kaw.-Tecate's(84-85) for less than 1/3rd of what I got for my 4-wheeler!! I still have them both and am adding to my collection I just got an 85 350X for $75 and going to still look for a 200X to make a full circle!!!! !!

[going4broketecate85]

Well I'm 29 and I know how to work one of these


Got hooked at age 7 on a ATC70 (cousins). Got a 200s in December 1984 (age 9) . Been on 3 since. Never had a quad - never looked back.

By the way, I do Know how to use one of those!!! My grandpa use to collect them and had a working one in his house!! He is long gone, but I wish He would of left me one of them!

[1984kxtTECATE]

Well, Im 17 years young, I rode an ATC90 when I was five, I rolled it and bad mouthed 3 wheelers for about 10 years. When I was 15 I rode my uncles warrior, it was fun but it didnt have enough power for my liking, then my Dad got a 250SX last year and aint life grand, I like 3 wheelers agian but It still wasnt fast enough for me and it got boring, I purchased a 84 T3 with the 85 front end and motor work, this satisfied my craving for speed and power, now I purchased another 84 T3 and plan on puttin a 600CC street bike engine.

[petesatc]

i'm 32 been riding atc's since 1983 when i got my first bike atc200e had many over the years and still love riding just as much now as back then.....

[DixiePlowboy]

Well, I'm 32 feeling 45...

I don't know if I could pick just one 'wheeler that won me over to 3-wheelers. The first few that I rode would've been either a YTM 225, an ATC 185s, or an ATC 110...all of which my friends owned when we were kids. The 110 was probably the first one I rode...in about '83 or so. (That was a lot of beers ago).

I got my first machine, an '84 Big Red, in '84. Since then I've owned, racing some in organized events in the 80's, in order:

'85 Quadsport 230(new)
'85 YTM 200ERN Yamahauler(cam and Kerker exhaust)
'85 ATC 350X(was stolen from me, later recovered)
'83 YTM 225
'85 ATC 250R(ported, etc...FAST)
'86 RM 250(new)
'86 TRI-Z(new)
'85 ATC 250sx(dome-top piston,Sand Scorcher ex.,axle extenders, flat tracks)
'86 Tecate
'86 TRI-Z(my previous machine bought back)
'85 YTM 225(for my ex-wife)
'84 YTM 225(parts for above)
'85(?) Cagiva 200(bought for less than $50...I sold it..I know,I hate me too )
'85 Tecate
'86 TRI-Z(bought back and sold for the final time)
'92 Yamaha WR500(new...2-stroke dirt bike)
'84 Tecate
'88 Quadracer(forgive me yet again)
'86 ATC 200X
'86 TRI-Z(different one...sold this one to Keith Little..or someone at his shop anyway)
'85 Tri-Z(rolling chassis..mint black/red given to me)
'86 TRI-Z(for parts)
'84 ATC 200x
'84 ATC 200X(for parts)
'84 YTM 200E Yamahauler
'85 ATC 250R(big carb, Turner Hi-Rev, Short Track Tank kit,)
2-'84 125M's(currently have that are shared by my 5 boys)

Looking for a Tecate Project now..prefer first generation.