Better dirt road trike?

[Tri-ZNate]

you must be running like 18"s on the back of that thing because theres no way your going to get a stock sx to power slide on a paved road enless its icy out.

You dont think so huh? Try it one day. Put some 2 ply knobbies on back go down the road in third gear and throw your rear. You'll hear the tires sliding. They dont slide far but they do slide. 22x11x8s baby!


If you still dont believe me I'll bring this magical SX to trikefest. Aw what the hell Ill bring it anyway.

[BIGCRIP28]

yeah go for a 86-87, they got the 6 speeds

[Mike_Ham_250R]

alright in my search for a new trike, i want to get a trike thats fast on dirt roads and fields, dont care about trailing qualities, i want to know which is going to perform better the 85-85 200x or the 250sx, im talkin sliding and keeping up with my sport riding quad buddies. is the 250sx going to take off as good and go as fast as the 200x??? i dont want a two stroke so that rules out the insanely quick 250r. 350X is out of my price range unless i get real lucky.

I almost got lucky for a 350x for a grand... and once for $950 so keep searchin auto traders and papers

[RideRed250R]

dude sounds like you dont got the chonies to ride a 2 stroke, i dont care if the twostroke is faster or i would hurt myself on anything faster bla blah blah, i dont mean to sound harsh, but the trike is only as dangerous as the rider, bro you can ride anything with the right mind set and respect for the vehicle, on the air-cooled R i have the guy told us he got 4 years out of a top end and he rode it at least once a week, he mixed 32:1 AND NEVER LOOK BACK, if you ride them good and respect them you can get some good ride time out of them. And to answer your baised 4 stroke thing about better life and stuff, well yes they do run very well for a along time but depending on how a fourstroke goes out it can be very costly, freind of mine accidently ran his 350X out of oil and O BOY i think it was like 1K to get it back running right. I say 2 stroke if you dont want to get smoked by sport quads, and open areas and fields O BOY 2 stroke heaven, if you dont think you can handle a water pumper R then get yourself a air-cooled R, they make great torque and power, and are by far the easist to work on two-strokes.
adam

[Oldshell4481]

i would ride anything, its just what i prefer to ride.. i tried out my friends 89 cr125 and that thing ripped, my friends ltz400 really moves. i just dont like how 2 strokes perform for if i do end up using it in trails, i could ride anything you threw at me, i just gotta get broke into it. i wouldnt turn down an r if i could find a cheap one.. i almost bought my friends trx250R a couple years ago. if i could find an R for cheap id have it. same thing goes for the 350X.

[Mike_Ham_250R]

Jeez... get an air cooled

[ATC crazy]

You dont think so huh? Try it one day. Put some 2 ply knobbies on back go down the road in third gear and throw your rear. You'll hear the tires sliding. They dont slide far but they do slide. 22x11x8s baby!


If you still dont believe me I'll bring this magical SX to trikefest. Aw what the hell Ill bring it anyway.

What you are feeling is most likely the tire roll. The tall sidewall's and the fact that they are 2 ply. The SX has no where near the power required to do a true powerslide on asphalt

[chris200x]

it's even hard to spin the tires in dirt on a 250sx (unless there bald. lol) Due to the fact of the low gearing.

[Tri-ZNate]

What you are feeling is most likely the tire roll. The tall sidewall's and the fact that they are 2 ply. The SX has no where near the power required to do a true powerslide on asphalt

Hmm... why did the tires squeel then? Anyway I didnt mean That I out it sideways on the road. I only slid about 2 foot.