How many trikes were made???

[Orangecnty250r]

I would love to know the aproximate numbers of three wheelers made by the manufactuers in the day. Specifically the racing models There seem to be whole lot more 250rs (by a land slide) out there than the tecates and tri z's.
Does anyone have this kind of info for the history books??

[RideRed250R]

250R's were also much more popular
adam

[Billy Golightly]

In the late 90's the CPSC made an estimate that there were approx a 100,000 threewheeler still being used. I'm guessing maybe twice or better of that were made total.

[Orangecnty250r]

Yeah they're great machines. For every 5 250r's I see for sale I may see 2 tri Z's and rarely a tecate especially 86.

[Dammit!]

I saw a figure of 20,000 water pumper R's somewhere. No idea if it's accurate or not. Would be interesting to see real numbers for all models.

[a-camp]

Not enough for me ,,

[John mendolera]

I would have to say the most popular has to be 83-84 200x or Big red.Then maybe ytm 125's,then 185 and 200s.They seem to be everywhere.Probly because you didn't need alot of land to use them.A 250r need's some land to keep the plug clean,no tight wooded area's.

[TrikerR]

well the big red was hondas best selling atv ever...wasnt it, or am i talkin outta my rear end

[Dammit!]

Testing my memory here but, I think the Big Red was their biggest seller until the very end when the 200x finally took over that position.

Don't remember which magazine stated that but it was around 1987-1988 when I read it in a Q&A/Letters column. Somebody wrote in asking the same question (most popular trike). That's assuming this editor had correct information.

[83185s]

well i bet about 20k of them are in that trikeyard in texas!!! i dont remember who posted the link a couple weeks ago but it was huge! i think you see alot more r's than tecates and tri-z's is because honda made the first ones!!! they are a bigger company and have been for quite a while before the others came out

[Apollo]

Where is this trike yard in Texas and is their a link?

[BIGCRIP28]

i see the most of 185/200

[Blown 331]

i see the most of 185/200

Yep, the models with out rear suspension, they are everywhere.

[Farmer]

I heard once that they only made 300 1986 350X's, but im not sure if it's true??

[gomer202]

I heard that in 1984 200,000 Honda big red were made Im not %100 sure if that's true or not

[Chazz of Blades]

Oh by the nine hells not another one.....

Ahem, this thread is from 2004, there is no need to resurrect a thread thats been dead and buried for 7 years. Start a new one, and move along. Nothing to see here.

[sledcrazyinCT]

I heard once that they only made 300 1986 350X's, but im not sure if it's true??

Who might have told you that?

[ridered86]

On the old CBS deal where they made trikes out to be just complete death machines, there was a number of about 2.5 million in the u.s. in the 10 years or so they had produced at that time.

[bucko]

I dont know but the ones rarely seen here are the tri z and Tecate.185 AND 200 models are everywhere....which is a good thing for people who still love them like us!

[hang&rattle]

What's funny about this old thread is now the information has been researched and is on the trike sites now. Some #'s haven't been discovered. There isn't an actual 84'-85' Tecate # or Tri-Z number available from the factory. Honda seemed to keep track though. Moreover, how many are actually usable and functional today? Many of these early member probably still have em', but how many? And I know so many trike people that it's just their 'thing'. They don't go on sites or congregate around other 3-wheeler owners. Some members on here no longer have a 3-wheeler. A couple of #'s I'd like to discover is about how many a week are saved and resurrected, and how many a week are used for parts to keep others alive. I wonder what the ratio is? Say, 2:1?, two trikes are eliminated to 1 being reborn? Curious......