3 wheelers are unsafe?

[audioworks04]

Me and a buddy went to the local riding area here in manhattan, ks. He just picked up a banshee a month or so ago so still has the bug to ride all the time even when its way cold out. We have got around 10 inches of snow around here and I didnt wanna get my 450 or the r outplus there was way too much snow, so I just hung around and rode around on his banshee alittile when he wasnt.
I was walking around reading all the signs around and saw these.
This one says that 2, 3 and 4 wheelers are allowed.
http://i597.photobucket.com/albums/tt59/audioworks04/DSCN0859.jpg
This one says that they are unsafe
http://i597.photobucket.com/albums/tt59/audioworks04/DSCN0860.jpg

Just one pic to show how much snow we got this year around here. Alot more than normal.
http://i597.photobucket.com/albums/tt59/audioworks04/DSCN0853.jpg

[devilman]

apparently they are, when i took a safety course, the instructor marked the box on the back of the completion card for safe and responsible riding pracatices, "i have to mark that because of the thing you ride." it was my 250sx at the time. i told him he was crazy and asked if he wanted to take it for a spin. people can think what they want, as long as they don't take them completely away from us.

[harryredtrike]

i see those sign's all the time on public trails.its a way to spread fear to the youth.

[h8t2lose]

never been hurt on any of my three wheelers, Been hurt at least 4 times on my yfz450r. More power and confindence will get you eventually. Its all dangerouse if you dont know what your doing
and all the statistics were taken years ago when trikes far out numbered quads. If they did it again im sure quad and bike accident would far out number trikes.... so where does that leave us???

[dcreel]

I'd have had trouble believing it, if you hadn't posted the pictures. Absolutely ludicrous...

[leviblue]

Army Corps ???? Wern't those the guy's who said the DIKES in NEW ORLEANS were SAFE??? I think we ALL can go on and on how F'D up the goverment is.

[harryredtrike]

its even worse,in michigan it is illegal for anyone under 16 to ride a threewheeler.thats the only reason i have a quad in my garage

[DixiePlowboy]

its even worse,in michigan it is illegal for anyone under 16 to ride a threewheeler.thats the only reason i have a quad in my garage

Holy Friggin Crap! What a bunch of Commie State BS!

I had no idea.

I have a 13 and a 15-year old riding an R and a Z in Michigan.....so I guess they're outlaws until they get down here for the summers with their 'wheelers. They ride on their mother's property and not many people see them, so maybe that's the only reason the Gestapo hasn't gotten them yet.

They don't have an ORV Safety Certificate, either....but they do have parents that closely monitor their riding. Not to mention a Dad that was racing a 250R(and other machines) on tracks in Alabama when he was 13 and 14-years old back in the '80s that has worked hard to teach them the basics and more of transitioning from dirt bikes to 3-wheelers.

But......I guess the State knows best and we must bow to the wisdom of the politicians that are ordained by God to save us from ourselves.





Not!:twisted:

[Xfile]

They can be unsafe at times,,,just yesterday I came home to find both of my 200X's drunk and shooting cans off the top of my mailbox with my 12 gauge....the TRI-Z claims to have tried to stop them, but I have my doubts.

[JustEnough]

Military Intelligence

The sheet in the first picture says "open to...3-Wheeled Motorized Vehicles..."

The sheet in the second picture says "Never use a 3-wheeler. They are unsafe and no longer manufactured."

Looks like Friendly Fire waiting to happen.



The bridge is open. Never cross the bridge, it is unsafe.


Buckets are unsafe. Never use a bucket.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/23/170996071_623508cd3e.jpg

[threewheelin-feelin]

to hell with it...just fly fast enough past the sign to blow it over ;)

[DixiePlowboy]

They can be unsafe at times,,,just yesterday I came home to find both of my 200X's drunk and shooting cans off the top of my mailbox with my 12 gauge....the TRI-Z claims to have tried to stop them, but I have my doubts.

Just don't sneak up on one sitting in the garage. You spook 'em, they flip.....sometimes landing on someone 10-feet away.

[Xfile]

yup...and there goes yet another collar bone...taken by a flippen' trike.

[Trimotomike]

hahahahahahahahahaha you guys are great

[topless]

This is the same government that some people want to run health care and control global warming. Stupid is as stupid does.

[MonroeMike]

http://www.3wheelerworld.com/showthread.php?64393-More-3-wheeler-haters

[theiizz08]

They just want to cover thairAtrailprotrailpro so if some one got hurt and godfobid they wer on a trike they can sit on thair high horse and say SEE WE TOLD YOU SO. I feel more stable on my trike than any other atv. The bike wether it has 2 3 4 or even 6 wheels is only as unsafe as the rider. ( people kill people hand guns dont kill people ):TrikesOwn

[DixiePlowboy]

To me, a dirt bike is more unstable than any ATV, but even though they can fall over without even being cranked, they(bikes) don't seem to receive much scrutiny for being unstable. I mean, when's the last time anyone had an ATV wash out from beneath them when they hit unexpected sand or mud.....while traveling in a straight line?

Reckon most of the haters are either just ignorant/fearful/etc..., or that they don't posses the skills or ability to learn what it takes to ride a more responsive machine? Getting them to answer that question would probably require more thought than they've ever put into the matter. They've probably gotten too lazy to throw their weight around on a machine anyway.

To the haters I say:
Just keep you trailpro trailpro trailpro on the seat and put it in drive, if that's all you can do. REAL RIDERS have options, and we're going to keep it that way.

[firehart]

Last week my trikes got loose and started chasing cars.

[Kintore]

Mine tried to shank me once while loading her up. Lesson learned, never leave your shop knife in the open...

[MonroeMike]

I caught mine playing yard darts.

[DixiePlowboy]

Once mine ran with scissors to the gas station, then drank out of an unapproved container! Luckily it fouled a plug and I was able to chain it down before it ran over my neighbor's dog.....

..again.

It did break into the house, left the faucet running, and scared my son's hamster into a heart attack.


Edited to add:

I had plumb forgot about leaving the boy's 70 in the house last summer when we went on vacation. It drank all my beer and ordered pay-per-view movies!

Dang things are evil, I tell you.

[fabiodriven]

I came home once and mine was having it's way with my old lady.

[code200k]

3 wheelers are unsafe? this is the first im hearing of this lol just like a tell anybody who thinks there dangerous "if you knew how to ride and werent so ignorant you wouldnt think that"

[eyecekold1]

The things people waste their time on. In the grand scheme of things how much good does it do to down on 3 wheelers? They gave birth to a lot of modern atv racing not to mention all the money the states get for registering Off Highway Vehicles. All the money for the state parks. If 3 wheelers hadn't opened the door for all the off road riding there might not be any of this. The law makers should be greatfull, look at all the money the (dangerous) 3 wheeler is responsible for. They just don't think.
They are not dangerous, just like guns its not the equipment its the operator. We should out law idiots then nothing would be dangerous.