This is a page that I made up to show you my interest is 3-wheelers and some of my projects.

My first experience with 3-wheelers was back in the mid-eighties when I was about 7 years old and my Uncle had a 200cc Big Red. I thought they were the coolest thing around and looked so big!

Fast Forward to 2004, I'm 26 years old and still think 3-wheelers are about the coolest thing around. The question I always get asked first off when I tell someone I like riding trikes is "... aren't those things illegal?" or "Those things are so dangerous!". Well the answers are NO and NO. They are not illegal all that happened is a group called the CPSC (Consumer Product Safety Commission) placed a ban on the production of 3 wheeled off road vehicles. Here is a write-up that I have a copy of, I can't remember the source.CPSC Badnews for ATCs Make sure you view the link in full size or else you will be unable to read it.

A few years ago I overheard a few guys I work with taking about 3-wheelers that they had and I remembered how cool they were when I was young. I too thought they were illegal but was informed otherwise. Soon I borrowed a friends' for a quick drive and I was hooked! I loved them! It wasn't long before I had a few hundred bucks and was looking for one to buy, I had no idea what I wanted, just a Honda ATC. You could have sold me any junk and you'd be laughing, which is what happened. A 1985 250es Big Red. Not a bad beginner ride except this one was repaired with a welder for the last 15 years, had no title, and wouldn't start.

Well I handed the owner $500 loaded it on the trailer with a smile on my face, I was a ATC owner. It was all smiles until I finally fixed the "not starting" problem for another $200, Soon almost $1000 was into this trike and it kept falling apart, you could spend $2000 more just to make it "OK". I bought me a lemon. Over the next year I learned all I could about 3-wheelers and had bought a 1984 200es Big Red in decent shape for $400 and it not only ran, but was reliable too! Sure it was a more primitive ATC but the 250es was never working so it sat while the 200es was out having fun.

Meanwhile I was learning a lot about these shunned machines of old and joined TrikeHeaven.com. I was going to try my hand at a ATC250r. I liked the simplicity and good looks of the 83-84 air-cooled 250r's and started looking for the right one. I wasn't going to be caught in the same trap as I had before. This spring I found a well kept 1984 250r that was the right price and bought it. It was missing a few original parts but was in very good shape over all.

I also had found a frame from a 1983 250r for about $50, and started buying any parts for 1983-84 250r's. Soon it was time to start planning a build-up of my own trike from the ground up. I had found most of a 300cc Honda big bore kit, but some parts were missing and was going to be very hard to replace them so I am staying with a 250cc. Found a complete 1985 front end and saw in the Dennis Kirk book the bearings were the same. I never knew if it would mount up until after it was home. So now I've got a big pile of parts and another 250r going together. The plan basicly is to have one heck of a cool air-cooled R that should keep up with most any liquid 250r. To see more of this project click here or on the link at the left of the page for the 1983 250r build-up.

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