the dumpster bike before and after pics

[Mr.Atc]

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before and after oics of the dumpster trike. Got about 50 bucks into it.

[Ghostv2]

For what was on it when you found it (besides the plastics), it was actually in pretty good condition. Looks like rust is at a minimum. Good find, hell great find!

[King Trikester]

sweet, one mans junk is another ones treasure, you see that almost daily on here.

[Mr.Atc]

It had been raining alot when I found it spark plug was out. Thiught for sure itd need a rebuild. I pulled the motor re painted everything and tested the compression still had 110 pounds. When I got it together it fired right up. I put new axle bearings front and back in it. Someone just didnt want to take a little time and very little money to fix what was wrong so they junked it.

[Louis Mielke]

Seems to be a common story, and odly enough it seems to be the same generation that got to enjoy the three wheeler era. It's almost like the ban, and thus the wild changes in value gave a ton of people in a generation the attitude, "eh, it's not worth anything" just throw it away.

Really sad. Maybe some one from that era can chime in and give some perspective? Unfortunately I was just born in the wrong time frame to understand this mentality but I know lots of people my father and uncles ages that think this way, in fact I know some people with that attitude that 200$ is too much to fix a machine.


That's what I don't get, people were willing to spent 1500-2000 on a machine at the time but 200 was too much to make a repair 20 years later? I even know people who have bought brand new quads a $4-5k and arn't willing to spend money on them when they need repaired. It makes no sense to me.

[Mr.Atc]

Sure dont. The axle was bent too I got it straightened out pretty good with the lathe and press. I am trading it for a ytm200 with reverse and elecric start