My wife thinks I have an illness

SDMike · Mar 16, 2015

What started as 1, is now up to 8. I have a lot of memories sharing a 110 with 4 siblings, then a 185s before graduated. I have a real soft spot in my heart for these old Honda ATC's.

rrlund · Mar 16, 2015

Looks like you could start your own Shriners lodge.

Lumpy · Mar 16, 2015

I started out on a 1981 ATC 110 rode it hard until 1988. Then moved up to a 1985 200x that was bone stock and in MINT condition. Then a buddy had a '84 200x that was far from stock and needless to say I bought it too. Will take a 200x over any 4 wheeler hands down!

JRSutton · Mar 16, 2015

Well, we all think you have an illness too - the difference is that nobody here is going to think that's a bad thing.

Chris Jones · Mar 16, 2015

Just tell her you keep hearing a creepy voice whispering in your ear to buy a 3 wheeler or your wife is going to be hurt.

Then tell her you see how much I love you and point to your collection.

DeltaRed · Mar 16, 2015

Haave owned 4-5 over the years...I still have a 200 that is made from "spare parts".Have just run the wheels off it.Those things are bulletproof.

Paul Shuler · Mar 16, 2015

I have a 6 inch scar on the top of my head from a 3 wheeler. But I have founder memories of the 65 Ford Galaxie in the back ground. That was my first car. Wish I still had it.

rusty6 · Mar 16, 2015

Great to see a few more Honda trikes still out there. Getting old now, last one was built in 1986 and my Big Red is one of them. They are a real handy workhorse on the farm.

Fordfarmer · Mar 16, 2015

What's the car behind them? Galaxy?

Clodbuster · Mar 16, 2015

You need to add in a 250SX to that herd!

I used to race a 1985 250R back in the day and it was great fun, but I'll take a quad any day for the added stability.

The only thing I never liked about my working three wheelers was when the front tire got mud on it and then stopped turning when the fender got into the mud.

jon f mn · Mar 16, 2015

I wouldn't worry too much about it, in my experience wives are not a good judge of what's good or bad in this area

phil_n · Mar 16, 2015

I think it's called "poly-honda-complex". If I understand correctly it's not curable - in some cases it may even be contagious, but only becomes critical when you can't satisfy your cravings.

Dick2 · Mar 16, 2015

When people started trading the 3-wheelers in for 4-wheelers, my nephew bought them up for parts and has 4 for the kids to beat up. He uses all of them for cattle roundup when he takes the cattle off summer pasture in the fall. I think he tows one behind the implements when he moves to other fields so he has a way to get back home.

bison · Mar 16, 2015

I think your wife got it nailed, but i'll be more specific
You have a mental illness called an "obsession"

Don't worry, it is a common illness of people on this site, it is only deathly to the wallet.

Thank God i am not infected. :lol:

Bob Harvey · Mar 16, 2015

My FIL had one. He loved it. I rode it a couple of times and didn't like the lack of stability. I'm an old 2 wheel guy and frankly, that thing scared me !

SDMike · Mar 16, 2015

Yes Fordfarmer. I guess that is my wife's illness. 1965 Ford Galaxie, 4 door with a 289. She had one in high school with a 352. She missed it, so we found one for her. Still a work in progress.
thanks

Mike

notjustair · Mar 16, 2015

We had a new 185 (1980 or so) that we ran the wheels off of. I loved the short turning radius and in Kansas tipping it wasn't such a concern. I rolled my four wheeler as a kid, but not our three wheeler.

There was one thing I didn't like. My Polaris four wheeler I have now has solid running boards between the front and rear fenders. That three wheeler your feet were out there for everything to hit when chasing cattle across the pasture. One time I ran over a long piece of baling wire. It went around my foot and then around the rear axle. By the time I felt it go tight it was a little late. I stood on the brake and locked up the rear wheels to stop the torture. Thank heavens I was wearing thick boots and not shoes. It was more up where my ankle is. That would have been a nasty cut.

I'd love to find a Big Red. When you find a good one they are too rich for me. I would only use it to chase cattle anyway.

OliverGuy · Mar 16, 2015

I think they look great. Rode many a mile on a 110. Then moved to a 200S. I could let it idle, roll it into the creek with me off it, grab a hold of a fork and swim it to the other side. Then hop on and rode away!

fixerupper · Mar 16, 2015

Those Hondas were tough little buggers. I had an old used 110 I got somewhere and ran around with it for quite awhile till it gave up the ghost. One time a couple of my son's cousins were running around with it and one of them came running up to me out of breath screaming the three wheeler was in the creek. I went down there to the creek and there it was wheels up floating upside down drifting down the stream. We got it out, pulled the spark plug, spun it over a few times, put the plug back in and after a long session of pulling the rope it started up and the kids took off with it again.

Mark-Mi · Mar 16, 2015

Need another for your collection. Got this 250R I bought new.

Ron in Nebr · Mar 16, 2015

Just a word of warning- if you're an 11 year old kid and just finished watching the most recent Dukes of Hazzard episode, it's a bad idea to jump on your 110 and be running top speed down a gravel road and lock up the rear wheels and crank the handlebars to attempt a "bootleggers turn"....trust me, it WON'T work like it does on TV!!!

Wound up 100 yards from where I first hit the brakes, with the 3-wheeler on its side, and me laying underneath with a footpeg poking me in the back.... peeled a bit of skin and broke the hand-brake lever(again), but was otherwise all in one piece... Extracted myself from the carnage, pushed it right side up, and off we went again...although, a bit slower.

PJH · Mar 17, 2015

I've got one like that first one on the left. Ride it every day. Reliable as the sunrise!

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