Many farms around us had one, but not a tractor.

SDMike

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Pictures of my son's senior project. Mike
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They are great. Learn to ride it on 2 wheels (scary at first) then it will never betray your skill and high side on you. It also turns way better with the inside rear wheel in the air or nearly so. Jim
 
I got one, and myself, stuck in a fence once.

Maybe not such a good idea, come up the wall of a quarry, had to land, turn and miss fence.
 
Please be careful: Here is a copy of why they don't sell 3 wheelers anymore.

Safety Panel Confirms 3-Wheel ATV Ban
December 30, 1987DAVID VOREACOS Times Staff Writer


WASHINGTON ? The Consumer Product Safety Commission voted Tuesday to confirm an agreement negotiated by the Justice Department to ban the sale of three-wheeled all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) and take other steps designed to reduce deaths and injuries associated with the product.

The preliminary decree requires the industry to provide safety courses and warning labels but does not mandate the customer refunds sought by some congressmen and consumer advocates.

Accidents involving ATVs in both three- and four-wheeled versions have been blamed for 20 deaths and 7,000 injuries a month. About half the victims of the estimated 880 deaths and 300,000 injuries since 1982 were children under 16.

Critics of ATVs had urged the commission to stand by its decision of a year ago that would have sought to allow owners of three-wheeled versions to return them for unquestioned refunds. The proposed refund also would have applied to consumers who returned four-wheelers intended for use by children under 16. The three-wheelers, about half the estimated 2.5 million machines in use, are considered the more dangerous.
 

I rode 2 wheelers for 20 years before I got on a 3 wheeler for the first time. 10 minutes was all I could take; almost crashed my brains out! Just too many things you have to unlearn to go from 2 to 3 wheels and be somewhat competent.

But those 3 wheel buggers kept a lot of bike dealers in business in the '70s and '80s; they were the best selling bikes back then....
 
We had a 225 Yamaha and then we got a Honda 4 wheeler the first year they came out. It was hard learning to ride the 4 wheeler after years of 3 wheels. Still have a 4 wheeler but prefer the ranger or gator.
 
nice machine!! is that a 125? i have an atc 90. lot of fun, but requires a different riding skilset. havent been on the 90 in a few years. have a yamaha warrior, suzook rm250, yami tt500 thumper too. did a lot of riding in my younger days. (lot of crashing too.) generally rode 10% above my skill level. wife rode a yz 80 and has a polaris sawtooth 200 quad. i prefer the golf cart now. (i did put knobbies on the golf cart, old habits never die!!!
 
David, sorry I didn't read yours.
I did see on 60 minutes, before they stopped making the 3 wheeler, that if you were traveling at the right speed, under 29 mph and hit two bumps the right distance apart, you would flip over the handlebars and it would land on you.

I wouldn't buy one for my grandkids to ride on. Same with 4 wheelers. I bought a kaw mule. Seat belts and roll cage. I'm sure if an idiot worked hard they could get killed on it, but my grandkids always have an adult next the them.
 
Have strait atc 200. Needs new seat and has rusted out corner in fueltank. Has ignition problem off and on. most times wouldn't start. So it sits waiting for me to get going again.
 

Good looking job fixing it up, haven't ridden one of those in years, it was a bit of a learning curve to ride one properly.
I switched to a 4 wheeler after they came out, still have my Honda 450 Foreman and use it often checking cattle and riding fence lines. Wife has a Kawasaki 250 Prairie she rides to the poultry barns on summer days.
 
The Boss runs the wheels of the 4010 mule. She uses it for yard. Picking up sticks, mulching flower beds, cleaning fall trash out of flower beds, moving flowers.
 

Great Job! They were banned here in NH. They were bought up by the state, probably with federal money, and given to the Fish and Game for their officers to get wrecked on.
 
I had a Honda 90ATC back in 95 or so. Had a drawbar on the front so I could pull it with a tractor. Saved lots of miles of walking. My daughters were 9 and 10 at the time, and they used it for irrigating gravity corn. Oldest would pull the rope out far enough she could get it over her shoulder, then take off running. Don't think they ever wrecked it, but I sure enough did.
 
Ahh, many good times on an old 200S. From trips across the creek when a kid to ventures in woods with girlfriends in high school! When I didn't weigh much, I'd get off the 3 wheeler, swim it across the creek holding the front fork and then start back up again on the other side of the creek! That opened up much more ground to get in trouble on.
 
(quoted from post at 11:42:49 03/21/17) We still own and ride a 200 M:
hat I have been wondering throughout this thread is, what crops are "farmed" with the ATC and no tractor? :roll:
 
I have 3 ATVs Honda1985 Big Red, Yamaha 250 Timberwolf, Honda 420 Rancher, but my fiest choice is the old Big Red. There was not a fault in design but in the parents who bought them for their small kids. any other machine would have been dangerous for the kids. 32 years excellent service worn out almost 4 sets of tires
 
Some Asian farms had the trike ATVs- no tractor- They were cheap small trailer towers, and portable power rigs at times, some with a 3 pt hitch- 1254c trike with garden tractor cultivator or a tiller with separate engine, double or triple chain sprockets, extra jack shaft with dog clutch PTO in 1970s was a domestic Taiwan and Japan rig that got imported to Hawaii and then to some US buyers, the 124cc engine was derived from Honda(?) and was a sort of class break vehicle that didn't require license for occasional rode use when equipped with 'agriculture implement'. A ATV in one case in Wisconsin was a cart 1/2 full of part composted chicken manure Ag use driven by known license pulled drunk- ticket would have required vehicle and cart to be impounded in a inside police facility until inspected- police sergeant pointed out to superior officer that meant police garage next to wall of offices for superior officers, superior officer said the DOT definition of 'implement of husbandry' was obvious applicable in this case, no ticket , no drivers license required, (no gas mask need to work in his office). Sister has a Yamaha with PTO that is used for weed sprayer drive, catalog has the front and rear 3 pt hitches, PTOs, winch mounts, Hydraulic pumps available. 4 wheel drive with snow plow is common feature for Polaris in Wisconsin and Minnesota shops, some have snow blower when front PTO is option. US market has them as 'recreational vehicle' while original Asian market had them as cheap light farm and commercial vehicles. RN
 
RN, I guess I should have said "... but it is not a tractor" instead.

glennster, it is a 1983 185s. Not including this one, I have 7 others. 5 Big reds, another 185s and a 110. They seem to "find" me.

Mike
 
Be careful, manufacturers replaced the tricycles with quads to reduce their exposure to rising injury lawsuits.
 
I have 2 Big Reds and wouldn't trade either one. I brush hog a lot of trails in my woods and pack the high swamp grass between the trails with the big red. The wide three wheel stance makes keeping the grass "packed down" a breeze. Never had a problem and I ride a lot. Like any other tool learn how to use it correctly.
 
(quoted from post at 17:27:55 03/21/17) Be careful, manufacturers replaced the tricycles with quads to reduce their exposure to rising injury lawsuits.

Or it could have been to provide their customers with a better product.
 
Weren't that bad, not really anymore dangerous than a dirt bike or trail bike. Big issue around here was because they didn't tip over like a 2 wheeler, people could drive them while much drunker. Many folks here flipped them down hills or over sides of gravel pits etc driving while ------ drunk.
 
Brings back memories! In the late 70's, we got an ATC 110....more just a toy than anything. We raise cattle, and back then did 100% of our cattle work on horseback. Us kids were warned to keep the 3 wheeler away from cows! These days, we do all our cattle work on 4 wheelers....and the rare times the cows see a man ahorseback they get pretty nervous! Another quick memory...I was about 12 when we got ours, and Dukes of Hazzard had just come on TV at that time...a Dodge Charger can be running 40 miles an hour down a gravel road and lock up the rear wheels and do a perfect 180 bootleg turn...don't try it with a 3 wheeler! I still have the scars!
 
My cousin was killed one Sunday afternoon on a three wheeler. Got squirrelly and hit a tree. 35 years ago and I still miss him.
 
Did anyone ride the sport 3-wheelers back then? It seemed like the Green Kawasaki Tecate were the fastest but the Red Honda 250R was most popular, definitely most popular for people wanting them today. Those machines are not impressive in modern standards but they were beasts back in the day.
 

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