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Thread: What got you into riding trikes?

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    I lived near to a Honda car dealer and remember the ATC 110 in the showroom (late '70s?). I believe this was the first model supplied to the UK.
    Anyway, thought they looked super fun but never got my paws on one until November '04 when I was looking at another vintage tractor to restore when the guy suddenly said "Ever seen one of these?"
    In the next barn was a sad 70. No rear fenders, running 90cc engine, good tyres, looked a bit of a basket case but I wasn't going to turn down an oportunity and £50 ($100) later it was on it's way home, wedged in the trailer with the tractor. Don't have any land to use it on, but just something I always wanted. Had loads of fun with it, then March '07 the BigRed came along for £65 ($130) and then found this site and never looked back!
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    Twilight is offline Check my feedback before buying from me Roostin Away
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    I wanted to show my friends I could ride anything, got on a 84 200x and ripped it up like nothing else. Then I bought a 86 200x for myself.

    btw...fell on my ass 40+ times on the 86...never on the 84, lol

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    What got me into riding trikes was actually a chainsaw. I was helping the neighbors cut logs, and somehow I cut my leg with it right above where it bends, and I ended up getting stitches, but the bad part was, was that I couldnt bend my leg or it would rip out the stitches. Since it was a pita to get in the car,, I needed something I could stand on to get around with. We had the old 83 ATC200 sitting under a tarp, so I set out fixing it up, and within a week I had it going and was driving it around. It was easy enough to get on to with out bending my leg, and still comfortable enough to ride around standing up all the time. I loved the thing so much that I kept on riding it, and eventually picked up a Big Red and Ive since expanded the collection.

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    Well we have car boots sales over here, bit like a garage sale but where loads of ppl turn up in cars to a field and sell there old shite out the back of their cars and there was always some guy with around 10 ATC 70s for hire which the kids used to ride for 50p a go, that was my first ride on a ATC when i was around 7

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