Why did they stop making 3 wheelers?

[Hoosier_Daddy]

Also, you are right that trikes were losing interest quickly and quads were gaining popularity. That is only because of all this crap that was going on. If the feds would have kept their noses out of it, quads would not have gained so quickly. But all the bad reputation made people afraid to buy trikes so they stalled out. And the ATV's in general were losing popularity because of all the bad press. Most of which was unwarranted.

[SWIGIN]

If the democrats were planning on trying to take trikes away from citizens their is no way they could have gotten away with it. That is unconstitutional ( I know the government does unconstitutional things all the time) and that would have been waaaaay over their boundries. That's why they tried to issue the recall instead. But the citizens would not have put up with that sort of thing and it never got passed. That is why it never happened.

I don't recall anything about the governemnt forcing us to give back the trikes or be punished but I do remember them trying the recall and as far as i know, it was just a recall for people who wanted to participate. If I'm wrong someone can correct me but I remember it all pretty well.

thats what im saying...we are both on the same page as to why they didnt go through with a recall.

all im saying is we were alot closer then most people think...iv seen the papers

[Hoosier_Daddy]

Amen, brother! That's why gas prices are so high. The libs won't allow new drilling, new refineries, and new nuclear plants.

They are forcing us to do what they want, because they are SOOOO much smarter than us dumb rubes...


I was there in the '80s, a teenager then, and I don't remember 3-wheelers being on the way out at all. It was all good until the signs of what was coming became clearer. Race tracks couldn't get insurance for trike races, so the races dried up fast.

Without racing to push the development of new products, everything just kind of ground to a halt. Why would Honda have the ATC500R in development if trikes were on the way out anyway?

I totally Agree.

[Hoosier_Daddy]

thats what im saying...we are both on the same page as to why they didnt go through with a recall.

all im saying is we were alot closer then most people think...iv seen the papers

Well, then I'm glad they didn't get away with it. We just need to revolt!!! lol

[SWIGIN]

Also, you are right that trikes were losing interest quickly and quads were gaining popularity. That is only because of all this crap that was going on. If the feds would have kept their noses out of it, quads would not have gained so quickly. But all the bad reputation made people afraid to buy trikes so they stalled out. And the ATV's in general were losing popularity because of all the bad press. Most of which was unwarranted.

very true

add to that the fact that by 1989 honda killed off the trx 250r and didnt make a ''race'' quad till 05 says alot

trikes never had a chance

[SWIGIN]

Well, then I'm glad they didn't get away with it. We just need to revolt!!! lol

now your talking!!!

[SWIGIN]

Amen, brother! That's why gas prices are so high. The libs won't allow new drilling, new refineries, and new nuclear plants.

They are forcing us to do what they want, because they are SOOOO much smarter than us dumb rubes...


I was there in the '80s, a teenager then, and I don't remember 3-wheelers being on the way out at all. It was all good until the signs of what was coming became clearer. Race tracks couldn't get insurance for trike races, so the races dried up fast.

Without racing to push the development of new products, everything just kind of ground to a halt. Why would Honda have the ATC500R in development if trikes were on the way out anyway?

you are 100% right about drilling and refineries

people ask why suzuki didnt make a sport/race trike...well IMO unlike honda they saw that quads were the future and ran with it while honda was beating a dead horse...or trying to. then for the most part they stoped makeing race quads since the sport was dead.

no factory will build a product they cant sell

[guidi]

I was just thinking about it. I love three wheelers. I've always loved things that aren't around anymore. I have a a couple old f-body cars (camaro's and trans am's) Because they aren't around anymore. I went to the badlands last year and the only people I saw on three wheelers were me and my buddy. I just wish makers would consider making them again. Because I could only imagine how much fun they'd be with todays motors.

[Havoxx]

You know I've read these things over and over, and I haven't figured out why they chose 3-wheelers as the "dangerous" ORV's, while a 2-wheeled bike falls over on it's own, and you can go flying sideways if you turn too hard. My dad rode his for years and never had a single accident, unless you call getting stuck in the mud an accident .

I agree quads are fun, but I have to tell you, from my trail-riding, the 3 wheeler seems to do it better, the quads are just so heavy they have a tendency to get stuck everywhere.

As for "dangerous" if they keep making the engines bigger and bigger, they might as well make miniature jeeps instead of ATV's, because at this rate, they're gonna have a 1 liter engine, and that's not far off.

[WaimakRydah]

What brought this ban on anyway? Was there an extremely high number of people being killed by trike accidents at the time or something?

[oscarmayer]

i can see it now.
"What are you in for?" asks the guy who jsut stabbed the convienent store clerk with a spoon till he was dead.

"I'm i for trike hording." me

"Who dude that's Horrible, your bad!" (runnign to the cell door) "Guards, let me out of here this dude is completely insane!!! HALPS!!"

[oscarmayer]

I personally have doen a lot of research as to why it even happened. and it was NOT emmissions or anything. Here's what i discovered why.
Back then, people didn't udnerstand the safety factor of ruding something with more than 2 wheels. they were used to dirtbike riding. when you ride a dirtbike, you tend to put your foot down on the turns. Well what happens if you do that on a trike or even a quad? (bye bye leg of rider)

also people were too LAXED with them because they thoguth hey, it's more stable that a 2 wheeler. well they rode them woth flipflops, shorts, tanktops and also no helmets. now that's about the WORST combo one could think of when riding one of these.

so what does this mean? IDIOTS ruined it for us. people NOT taking the time or thinking about what they are doing before doing it. so then some woomb bearing dudes with some tree humping org decides to use it as an excuse to get noticed by the gov. so guess what? our trikes were really a ploy tactic for that org to get noticed and nothing more. they enver interviewed the people who didn;t have issues, and they only talked to the oens that got badly hurt, but never asked about what they were wearing and if they had been trained to ride it. so they did everythig nthey coudl to hide the truth and get noticed.

[topless]

Say what you want, but riding a 3 wheeler is trickier than riding 2 wheels.
I'm old, these were around when my kids were young. People I know, have told me everytime they got on a 3 wheeler they crashed. That's called being stupid. It's different than 2 wheels or 4 wheels and if you try to ride a trike like you ride those others, you are going to crash, every time.
I was told, just last week that in Virginia, you cannot ride a 3 wheeler in State parks where you can ride motorcycles or 4 wheelers. How stupid is that?
We have owned every kind of off-road motorsport vehicle made or had close friends that did, and we go places and do things that really are difficult on 2 or 4 wheels, and make it look easy.
3 wheelers got a bum rap 20 years ago, and now people just believe they're deathmobiles.

[Tri-Z 250]

I believe the invention of the hand held video cam put the 3 wheeler on the hit list. It seems alot people found the no helmet wipe outs made for great laughs. The fact that a drunk fool like Uncle Joe could wheelie any three wheeler on the planet (mouse trap). Plus the fact that you can't put your foot down sucked in alot of frist time riders too( just ask the passenger, where'd they go). This made for great laughs but goverment type saftey groups had a feild day. Plus the invention of the sue happy lawyers were just getting out of college in the late 70's early 80's looking to cash in.

[SWIGIN]

I personally have doen a lot of research as to why it even happened. and it was NOT emmissions or anything. Here's what i discovered why.
Back then, people didn't udnerstand the safety factor of ruding something with more than 2 wheels. they were used to dirtbike riding. when you ride a dirtbike, you tend to put your foot down on the turns. Well what happens if you do that on a trike or even a quad? (bye bye leg of rider)

also people were too LAXED with them because they thoguth hey, it's more stable that a 2 wheeler. well they rode them woth flipflops, shorts, tanktops and also no helmets. now that's about the WORST combo one could think of when riding one of these.

so what does this mean? IDIOTS ruined it for us. people NOT taking the time or thinking about what they are doing before doing it. so then some woomb bearing dudes with some tree humping org decides to use it as an excuse to get noticed by the gov. so guess what? our trikes were really a ploy tactic for that org to get noticed and nothing more. they enver interviewed the people who didn;t have issues, and they only talked to the oens that got badly hurt, but never asked about what they were wearing and if they had been trained to ride it. so they did everythig nthey coudl to hide the truth and get noticed.

your right on the money, the only thing you left out is drunk rideing.

back in the 80s i remeber LOTS of drunks on there trikes everyware we rode