send this to honda or ne other atv manufacturer

[team-red-rider]

pplz come on we need support

[slothminx]

It will never happen, Its a speciality market theres no money to be made compared to selling quads along with the fact that they will be into the whole sueing problem again.

I agree with dammit, revise the letter to ask about the continuation of parts production.

[ATCwithdrawals]

I agree with dammit, in that the manufactures could make a batter profit on just reproduction of all parts for these trikes and then have no liabilaty to worry about.

[Mike_Ham_250R]

I don't see why you all are being negative. Hell its worth a try isn't it? Whats to lose?

No, it's not worth a try. Because all you are doing is wasting time away from your limited life here on Earth.

[LonesomeTriZ]

These things are quickly turning into examples of the old muscle cars. Their value continues to rise while parts are becoming fewer. I agree with lobbing for parts at least. Then see what happens. look what the big three did. After so much growth in popularity of there old style muscle, they have started bringing them back.

[86tri-z270]

im down..... now where to send it...

[dogger]

the manufacture's are still being sued today over the trike's so there is no hope of it happing. last year honda payed out about 5 million in one lawsuit alone. the best bet if you want to get part's and maybe build the machine's once the part's are made is to either use the resources of the board and fellow triker's to start your own after market for these bike's. there are people on here that have certian skill's, ablities and are able to get the machinery need to build repoduction part's agian. it would take money and have to be done on a small scale but is possible to do.
Personal I'm exploring a differnt route of building my own trike using modern part's. I'm going to build the frame, triple tree's, and hub assembly and try and use current model quad's and bikes for the rest of the part's needed. I know not everyone has the mean's or the ablity to do this but it's a option for anyone wanting a modern trike for there riding pleasure.
btw good lucky with your letter but this option has been explored time and time agian with no respnse from manufacter's or seldom just a polite response saying no chance. I've been on this board now for over 7 year's so I've seen it tried time and time agian. even tried it myself. to make something happen I honestly beleive you going tot have to do ourselves.

[team-red-rider]

ok thats possible but i forget his name but this guy at yamaha when i called to gey a part dierectly for my dirtbike i asked about 3 wheelers bein made he said somehing like
"well if enough people ask they will probly make them again..its all about the demand"

[Kintore]

ok thats possible but i forget his name but this guy at yamaha when i called to gey a part dierectly for my dirtbike i asked about 3 wheelers bein made he said somehing like
"well if enough people ask they will probly make them again..its all about the demand"

Yes, but they will never get the demand like there is for 4 wheelers, Just not worth there time, money and legal prices.

Good idea for sure, but lets look at it from there view.

[team-red-rider]

if they do make them i will buy 1 of every model 90-and up
how bout *Edited* pplz we need to tell them what we want really

[deathman53]

keep dreaming, trikes will never be made again. there will never be anymore, there is too much lawsuits on risk. They are still being suied over them and you really think that manufactoriers are gonna bring them back...........keep dreaming. 20 years later I still get stuff about how my trikes are gonna kill me, there will never come back. Also the 2 stroke motor is going dead too......epa crap. If a new trike came out, it wouldn't have a liquid cooled 2 stroke motor, it would be a 4 stroke 450cc motor very choked up, a 250cc, maybe 200cc and 125cc model would be made, but they would they have the same kick as atc250r's????????, I have a feeling that they will use similar forks and suspension too, and all this at a 7g's price tag. I will go on somewhere else and build my atc250r to kick their asses.
Nice dreaming, but it will never happen in the usa, especailly with these people who sue over the smallest thing, look at the people who suied mcdonalds over spilling ot coffie on themselves, the guy who suied a bike manafacturer because there wasn't a warning label that the brakes won't work as good when raining or on a wet road. Now mcdonalds is getting a suit over how people have gotten fat from eating mcdonald's food everyday and often during the day, come on, how stupid can people be??????? People now are just lawsuit happy, honda, kawaski, yamaha, possibly atk, e-ton, can-am, and polaris will never agree to make another trike with these suit-happy people who don't take responsibilty on themselves, instead its somebody else's problem, not mine. Would you make a lawsuit magnet with these conditions, I don't think so.

[team-red-rider]

i already established to have a mandatory waiver like at the skate part so they dont get sued

[deathman53]

waivers don't stop people from suing, what about the second and third owner. Look how many atv and dirbike parks get suied from people getting hurt, all require signing a waiver, it doesn't seam to stop people. Laywers now will take manufactories making trikes as a field day, all they will see is dollar signs and just like you see now with the laywer commecials now with injury and chemical sickness, Can you begin to think how bad a commercial that says "were you hurt riding a three wheeled atv, call us and we will represent you and get you the most money as possible", think of how bad that will hurt atc's reputation and it will scare any manufactories from making atc's and stop those currently making them. In 1985 honda was gonna make a atc200r for the growing 200cc 2 stroke class, but all the "unsafe and dangerous" publicity stopped them. I'm speaking fact, not opinion, also why would manufactories make a bike that they can't race and that riding park's insurance won't allow for the most part. The ama doesn't allow atc racing either, is honda gonna petition the ama to allow atc racing and support.......I think not

[team-red-rider]

i race 3mx and have been for 3 almost 4 years against quads on the mx track ive placed 10 or better almost every time out of like 2 to 30 quads im the only triker

[TimSr]

"in 1987 the cpsc helped the world by banning trikes
what happended.........
more people got killed on quads in on year than all the people on trikes did in 24 years "


Maybe thats because they make and sell a lot more quads by a long shot in one year now, than they did the entire length of time they made 3 wheelers. Trying to make a case for trikes, by crusading against quads is irresponsible and does nothing but but beg for further more restrictions on ALL ATVs.

Lets say Honda comes out with a new trike tomorrow. What do you think would happen? What do you think CPSC would do? It would be incredibly STUPID for a major mfg to make trikes again, just too rerun the legal catastrophes of the 80's.

Out of all the people on this site who say "Id buy one", how many do you think would actually shell out $7K for a new trike? Talk is cheap, and few people are willing to put thier money where their mouth is. Yeah, they might sell a half dozen or so. Hardy enough to startup a new product line.

You want new trikes, you have two basic choices. One is 3rd party, unknowns like Chinese/Taiwan made copies such as E-Ton or Kasea who dont make enough to draw any attention.

The other choice, and best bet would be a company like Service Honda, who still supposedly makes a "TRX250R". Their TRX250R is a 400EX with a CR250 motor. If they had enough interest, they could have custom frames and triples produced, and "convert" 400EX or TRX450R using modern bike parts. They would probably cost upwards of $10-$12K since they would basically be a custom build much like their TRX250R.

Your wasting your time knocking on Honda's door, unless you are willing to order a couple thousand machines and pay up front.