Old Guy New Toy

[texmedic58]

Howdy all,I'm John,here in Austin Texas.Well at the ripe old age of 58 I finally have my first ATC or AT anything as far as that goes.A Honda 200s,all Camoed and ready for Deer Camp.I plan on drivin it like granpa,nice and slow.Any tips would be really cool.Thanks

[firehart]

Have you ever ridden a motorcycle? I got my first ATC - ATV when I was 49. I'm 52 now. It was very hard to learn not to put your feet down on corners. Also wear your safety gear and try not to get overconfident. I had only dumped a trike twice. Once wheile I was spinning cookies in the snow and once I gave it to much power coming out of a dry wash.

[texmedic58]

Had a Norton comando a VERY long time ago.I'm using this 200s for putting back and forth to my Deer stand out in West Texas,I have a big Ole Ford F250,and there are some narrow trails back to where the Big Bucks are,I'll be just going real slow,I'm way too old for all that Dare Devil stuff,got my gut full of it in the Army Airborne.

[brapp]

i may just be a young pup but even the slow grandpa type ridign can be dangerout at times. alldepends on the situaton i have already rolled 3 and 4 wheelers tryign to recover deer or bear and once i got my leg sucked of fthe for peg goign trouhg a huckel berry patch goign to a deer stand and ende dup slickign my leg open badly so i would still reccomend safety gear every time. caus eyou never know when the un expected is gonnahappen.

[UlsterATCFan]

Just take it easy until you get the 'feel' of the machine, trikes handle differently to both motorcycles and quads (and everything else for that matter) Enjoy!

[Macs]

Welcome, i love seeing another Texan in here.

[fabiodriven]

Howdy all,I'm John,here in Austin Texas.Well at the ripe old age of 58 I finally have my first ATC or AT anything as far as that goes.A Honda 200s,all Camoed and ready for Deer Camp.I plan on drivin it like granpa,nice and slow.Any tips would be really cool.Thanks

After you start it up, hold the throttle wide open and jam it in gear. You're on your way now!

[texmedic58]

After you start it up, hold the throttle wide open and jam it in gear. You're on your way now!

Uh Did I mention The Age 58 Wheelies are sure not in my bag of tricks

[SWIGIN]

#1 rule of trike club......do NOT take your feet off the pegs.

if it feels tipsy your not leaning enough.

second rule of trike club ........do not talk about trike club ....lol

[Eric250R]

[texmedic58]

Been getting a bunch of stuff off ebay,finished the CAMO paintung,got the new Headlight protecter on last night,will post pics when I finish,Honda 200s 1984,and it purrs like a kitten.

[edog]

[tanks350x]

I had only dumped a trike twice. Once wheile I was spinning cookies in the snow and once I gave it to much power coming out of a dry wash.

spinning cookies, I never heard of that one before,, made me laugh for sure

[texmedic58]

Still waiting on ebay parts,plus EMS has kept me real Busy,Sometimes I'm ready for a JOB DIVORCE