I noticed most with nice trikes don't....... [Archive]

Huffa

03-09-2005, 06:37 AM

..........like to get them too muddy. I also noticed that none put clear 3mm vinyl over the wear areas so if you do ride in the mud it is uneffected what so ever. I don't think I saw a one so far that did this.

You wouldn't be so afraid to get them muddy then.

Seems to me your missing out on a lot of fun .........ya woozies. :D

350x'inNY

03-09-2005, 07:30 AM

yep.... I don't get the Showgirl Muddy..... :rolleyes: hahaha

Trikes are meant to be ridden.... it's called a hose and a bucket of soapy water, just wash them up after you ride!

ScottZJ

03-09-2005, 07:57 AM

Well none of my trikes are "mint" so to speak. They are all in nice shape but far from mint other than my 85 red. My bro works at a sign shop and I asked him about that material, he said he has it and could hook me up with a roll of it. So I might try it out in some areas to see if it works good.

asc180

03-09-2005, 08:29 AM

I like riding in everything but mud. Don't like cleaning myself or the bikes.

jenndnn3

03-09-2005, 08:34 AM

LOL that is not true.

Trikeaholic

03-09-2005, 08:34 AM

MO350X

03-09-2005, 09:02 AM

Trikeaholic and I are on the same page with regards to mud.

I'm a trail and sand guy.

Mud is fun in a prepped, monster, 4X4 quad but a trike? Nah.

Mine gets HAND washed everytime I ride.

I got in some nasty mud about a month ago by accident (only way out of the trail I was on) and it took me an HOUR to get 'er clean again.

I DO enjoy WATCHING folks ride in the mud. :p

Derrick Adams

03-09-2005, 09:03 AM

mikey's250sx

03-09-2005, 09:11 AM

i like mud just to see what my sx is capable of. i have gone through mud and water that no 2 wd quad could get through. i am guessing it is because of my dirt claws vs. their stock tires but it is still nice to see the look on someones face riding a 4500 dollar quad (and up) when a 400 dollar 3 wheeler from the 80's goes putting on by.:)
washing up afterwards does sucks though. especially between the engine and the skid plate.

MO350X

03-09-2005, 09:17 AM

I agree with that.

If I'm going to go shlogging through the nasty stuff, I'll take my wife's 250SX. Not my pride and joy-my '86 R. :D

When I had my R in the aforementioned slop, I would have been VERY stuck had it not been for my 20x11x9 Shredders.
WHEW.
Those bad boys pulled me through or I would have been looking for a tow for sure! :eek:

straight pipe

03-09-2005, 09:22 AM

here you go i took my 185s out for a rip.####WARNING !! IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE SITE OF MUD ,,,DON'T ENLARGE THIS PIC####
and there is some truth to what you said. i had to choose what trike to take out the 185s/250sx and i took the 185s. i thought of putting that 3M clear plastic film on the wear areas as well... until i do i will avoid going into the mud in fear that i will rub the new paint and scratch the crap out of it.i am not afraid to ride the 250 but i just want it keep it looking fresh for a while.

mikey's250sx

03-09-2005, 09:26 AM

i think sx's were made for mud. super low 1st 2 gears and big tires and auto clutch. makes you look like a hero.

bigredhead

03-09-2005, 09:29 AM

How did you manage to find that much mud with so much snow ??? . LOL.. nice !

Two words here : Pressure Washer !

jenndnn3

03-09-2005, 09:32 AM

Bigredhead I can topple that, it is called SOAP....

Pansies, mud doesnt hurt. good for skin :Bounce

The skid plates are removeable you know.

bigredhead

03-09-2005, 09:41 AM

My back yard/riding aerea is almost all swamp and muddy trails, so i never bother to spik and span my trikes, but i make a habbit of pressure washing them as soon as i get home to get the big stuff off ( the hose just does not cut it ) then bucket of water and dish soap <-- cheap and works well !! . rub down the major part of it, and pressure rinse it and park.

I love getting dirty, i just don't like the thought of murdering my rear end bearings.

You can't just turn around at the first sight of a big hole.. would make for short trips around my place !!!!!

mikey's250sx

03-09-2005, 09:42 AM

ever since i broke 2 rusted bolts off on my sx i have been hesitant to force any smashed up crudded up bolts loose. i really don't care too much. i never see the underside anyway.

250sxer

03-09-2005, 10:23 AM

I dont enjoy rooting around in mud like a pig. I do enjoy quick sweeping trails and a few bumps and downed trees thrown in. If I see a mud hole, I try to avoid it. I could never understand the appeal of mudding. I might enjoy some slow swamp crawling on a 4 x 4 quad, but other than that, naahhh.

I was in the Dr.'s office the other day with my daughter and I noticed a poster on the wall with 10 questions on it. The top of the poster read, "Attention Men. Do you have low testosterone?"
You should go to your Dr.'s office and answer those questions.........

Pistonhead

03-09-2005, 10:29 AM

I love going rooting through the mud and spraying it around everywhere, then burying myslef into it and roosting on out. I just wait till it rains, put on an old slicker, go and ride in the mud and rain, then take off the dirty slicker, then let the rain wash the trike, then after it stops I go and get the rest of the mud off.

Pistonhead

03-09-2005, 10:30 AM

I was in the Dr.'s office the other day with my daughter and I noticed a poster on the wall with 10 questions on it. The top of the poster read, "Attention Men. Do you have low testosterone?"
You should go to your Dr.'s office and answer those questions.........

HAHAHA lol thats hilarious dude!!!!!!!!!!!!!11 :D :D :D :beer :TrikesOwn

hrc85250r

03-09-2005, 10:30 AM

mud is awesome, i hit it when i am prepared for it, if i plan on getting muddy i wear my crappy clothes and go all out in the mud pits....i dont do it too much because around here the few trails i have by my house can be full of huge logs and huge rocks and i dont want to bend anything like my rear disc or anything stupid like that, but i love mud....i used to go riding just for mudholes when i had my polaris 400 2stroke 4x4, but the 4 wheelin 4x4 days are long gone and i am a 3 wheel 250r guy now :cool:

Dammit!

03-09-2005, 12:13 PM

Seriously now, would you guys take this thing out mud bogging? Never mind the fact that there's no airbox. :p

jenndnn3

03-09-2005, 12:38 PM

You know what is more fun? Blasting those that tiptoe around it.....

edog

03-09-2005, 12:47 PM

Mud is nice.I go muddin about 6 times a year.How bought this would you do the same?

Darius1502

03-09-2005, 12:48 PM

I also like to get the power to the ground and really feel the trike perform. In mud traction is always slipping and you never really get to feel the trike in same what that you do where there is high traction.

Mud is just not my thing. I like to ride fast and feel accelerataion. If I had a big 4x4 quad then perhaps mudding would be the thing for me.
My 2 strokes were not made for mud...they were made for speed and open desert air! Well at least Central Texas (not desert!).

If you like mudding then more power to you!!!! Its all good and fun...just answering the question!

Darius1502

03-09-2005, 12:53 PM

One more thing: the reason you see so many mint triikes on the West Coast and Arizona is because its dry and people ride them in the desert not in mud. Like it or not mud ages the trike fast...maybe not the first time or second time...but give me 2 mint trikes and you go ride in the mud 10 times this year and I'll go to the dunes. Meet me in 10 months...

Wash both of them and clean them....whose will look newer?

If trikes were still made today I would ride in mud sometimes....but to me I am thinking preservation and FUN when it comes to my trikes...

...I want both...and dry riding allows that for me....thats all.

bigredhead

03-09-2005, 01:02 PM

Yeah i agree.

Mud in essense is liquid sand paper, can't help but wear everything down. Not alot of desert in west coast canada. So the options are limited..

I know that once i get my SX all spiffed up i'm not gonna want to beat on it, so i'll get a quad for that.

straight pipe

03-09-2005, 01:54 PM

How did you manage to find that much mud with so much snow ??? . LOL.. nice !

Two words here : Pressure Washer !
lol... we had a day where it was +5 celsius in the morning and i couldn't resist i have major cabin fever. then that same day it turned to -6 by the afternoon then a winter storm blew in. they called it a alberta clipper, today we are expecting another.yaaaaaay!

trimoto

03-09-2005, 01:58 PM

I love to ride in the mud....but I ride an old ytm200 that I bought for 100$
I bought it to beat on so I could have fun without spending much $$
She looks great covered in mud, it looks like I had fun!
However, I do hose her off when I am done

straight pipe

03-09-2005, 02:08 PM

unfortunately up here where i live if you don't like mud ...well don't get to ride.if i lived in the southern part of the states i too would avoid mud like why would you drive through mud if you have a desert to play in. and yes mudding takes a huge toll on the trike. brakes get all full of swamp water especially drums. if you want brakes the next day you have to drop the tires and wash them out and it gets in every thing like carbs under your seat between the plastic,in your ignition,on off swithch, brake cables...it is a pain in the butt and requires alot of maintenace.this year i am going to use the beater 185s when ever i go muddin and keep the 250sx for trail ridin.

350x'inNY

03-09-2005, 02:26 PM

Mud is nice.I go muddin about 6 times a year.How bought this would you do the same?

Sure, why not mud it... it doesn't have any decals to wear off! :D

BIGCRIP28

03-09-2005, 02:44 PM

Seriously now, would you guys take this thing out mud bogging? Never mind the fact that there's no airbox. :p

i wouldnt :Bounce

AZ250R

03-09-2005, 05:39 PM

Seriously now, would you guys take this thing out mud bogging? Never mind the fact that there's no airbox. :p
Sure, its NOT MINE! :p + see Dammits thread on needing / geting new rear swinger bushings possibly because of a wee bit-o-mud.
Now where's your "case saver"!?!?!? ;)

MTS

03-09-2005, 05:59 PM

lol... we had a day where it was +5 celsius in the morning and i couldn't resist i have major cabin fever. then that same day it turned to -6 by the afternoon then a winter storm blew in. they called it a alberta clipper, today we are expecting another.yaaaaaay!
yep thats an alberta clipper, in alberta hear if you dont like the weather wait 10 mins....it will change hah, i go muddin with my atc 200 all the time its fun as hell...and its handy for irragation in the summer when i help out my uncles on the spud farm.....go places where the 500 sportsman wont go, thats for reminding me i gota take my brakes apart again to clean them......lol

Huffa

03-09-2005, 06:16 PM

Seriously now, would you guys take this thing out mud bogging? Never mind the fact that there's no airbox. :p

Sure I would. I keep my motoxer just as clean and don't fear the mud what so ever. I love rain (a nice drizzle) and mud all in the same batch of riding. My bikes clean up perfect and I do admit I HATE that part of it but it must be done. Seems so sissy to go around a mud hole or deeper areas........that's how you really learn to ride in mud.

I have my bike prepped right for mud. You could never tell that the thing was in the mud after I get done cleaning it. The 3MM clear can be taken off in years and that part will look brand new yet.

Prepp your bike up the right way to ride in mud and you won't be so hesitant to take it out in it.

You guys that don't like it.........Are you saying if you went on a planned 3WW ride and they called for wet conditions you'd back off because you don't want to get your trike dirty? Bunch of sissies I say :D

Darius1502

03-09-2005, 06:32 PM

I am a sissy...or my trikes are too nice.

Give me an older beater and I'll submerge the bi-atch!

vartiak15

03-09-2005, 07:19 PM

u got a pick of this vinal stuff? i want something to put along my frame where the fenders rub the paint off it.

Huffa

03-09-2005, 07:40 PM

u got a pick of this vinal stuff? i want something to put along my frame where the fenders rub the paint off it.

Sure. http://mxsouth.com/factoryeffex/fac163univer.htm

It's $15 for 3 heavy duty sheets. Comes in a bunch of colors + clear.

I bought red & black and made an exact copy (except for color) of the schroud graphics on my motox bike. Then put the clear on. Made my own lettering too. 5 years from now the graphics will still look like new. if I had not put the clear on they would have been worn already some what. Clear is NOT on in this picture though.

http://bingweb.binghamton.edu/~bf20002/motocross/Huffa/Shroud_Graphics.jpg

Huffa

03-09-2005, 07:51 PM

sandpuppi101

03-09-2005, 07:56 PM

I just have another trike I ride ,usually my 82'185s but I am almost done restoring it ,now I gotta get a different trike.But other than that one ATC my all stay clean,I freak out with dust on em let alone mud! It's like I love my ATC's more than the old lady!{But not my dog}LOL.

travisg75

03-09-2005, 08:01 PM

Bash me if you want! I like mud and trails with mud. I have an 87 200X that stays mudding. I take it by the car wash after every ride. It is still an old three wheeler that needs to be ridden mud or what ever. Don't be scared!!!!

Trikeaholic

03-09-2005, 08:35 PM

You mud guys, I'd love to see you even TRY to have fun at haspin after a rain shower. HA, all those that were at TF 03 will confirm that it is NOT fun in any way. That stuff is like concrete once it dries. Its soo heavy and sticky, that it fills up your tires so you cant move or steer. I remember Kimmers brothers 250SX fenders were so weighted down that they never recovered their proper shape. Yea, thats fun stuff. I ride my 350X in the woods, and sure it gets dirty, goes through puddles, but I certainly prefer drier conditions. My view of "mudding" is like rainy Haspin riding, and it sucks! Im sure everyone that has experienced THAT would agree 100%. and unless you have experienced 700 acres of complete wet concrete, you have not been mudding at all, just splashing through puddles like my 5 year old kid does. I hope some of the people making the comments about "testosterone" and other rediculous remarks come to TF 05 and TRY and I mean TRY to go through some of the mud holes. I will make sure Kimmer is there with his thingamabobber to winch you out!

mike from long island

03-09-2005, 09:12 PM

i was at trikefest in 03. i had more fun playing in the mud then anything else. i rode my quad for that. i am a lot better on my warrior then any 3 wheeler. i ripped around like an idiot!!!!! it was some thick mud though nothing i have ever seen before as you walked through it ,you got taller. lol i do remember anyone who drove through it on a 3 wheeler the front fender and tire filled up with so much mud the tire stop spinning. plus the rear fenders damnn near hit the ground. i hope it rains again this year it was a blast to ride in. if memoir serves me correst kimmer sent his ford pick up airborne!!!!! lol higher then anyone could jump thier trike!!!!! to each is own!!!! gotta go with the flow. last year todd and i went to rumble on the ridge. it was rain the night before and half the morning. i think the mud made it much more fun and challenging. its dirty but fun as hell. ask todd i am always the one who comes home the muddiest!!!!!!! thats what they make powerwashers for!!!!! wooohooooooo :beer

mike from long island

03-09-2005, 09:15 PM

by the way holic love the signiture quote lol you the man

straight pipe

03-09-2005, 09:18 PM

i feel your pain man!! last year i was riding on the trails along the red river and that gumbo is probably similar to your concrete. my fenders were almost touching the rear tires . even zillas were pluggin up and they looked like slicks. that was gross mud. and if that is the mud you have in your area i don't blame you for hating the stuff.

Yamaha Tri-Moto

03-09-2005, 09:57 PM

oh man guys i love the mud and water to me its the best part of riding. thats were all the fun is

Trikeaholic

03-09-2005, 10:09 PM

by the way holic love the signiture quote lol you the man

no, YOU the man!

Dammit!

03-09-2005, 10:16 PM

Are you saying if you went on a planned 3WW ride and they called for wet conditions you'd back off because you don't want to get your trike dirty? Bunch of sissies I say :D

Call me a sissy if you like but I probably would cancel if the only trike I had to ride was the one I have now and it was going to be a complete mud fest. It's setup for dry riding and it's staying that way. I don't anticipate my R will be my only bike for long though. :p

I used to mud all the time back in Ohio. It's fun but not worth it to me as far as my current R is concerned. I'll get a beater bike down the road for that sort of thing. This one will never see a mudhole again if I can help it. As Darius already pointed out, there's a reason why southwest trikes last so long and look so good. I'm still in the process of getting all the Ohio out of this thing. They might LOOK great when you clean them but unless you're tearing them down after every ride, it's getting into places and doing bad things. Not riding during a rare rain (out here) is a small price to pay to avoid that.

Avoiding mud is typically a non-issue out here anyway. It's rained more this season than it has the past 5 years combined but this is very abnormal. Most of the time you'd have to try pretty hard to find any in the first place.

3leggeddog

03-09-2005, 10:30 PM

did any one see the pictures from the last harescramble,now thats muddin!!!!!!!
AND IT SUCKED!!!!i hate the mud.you can't hold onto the bike,your feet slip off the pegs,and if the bike dies,your kicker is burried under 3 lbs. of mud.forget that.i ride in it because i have an addiction to riding my trike,but avoid what ever mud i can.

TimSr

03-09-2005, 11:13 PM

Go Home Mud Panzies!!
Mud Rocks!

http://home.neo.rr.com/timtim/mudz.jpg

Dammit!

03-09-2005, 11:31 PM

http://home.neo.rr.com/timtim/mudz.jpg

I think I'm gonna be sick...

;)

brapp

03-10-2005, 12:09 AM

i love the mud but wher ei ride its mixed with coal dust and itsa liek sandpaper. it tears right trough the graphics and the other stuff i protect my tanks with. but on my 250x i ride with realtors onthe rear and i hit the water and mud holes going fast enough that it just hydroplaynes on the rearwheels right acrost the waterholes..

Darius1502

03-10-2005, 01:22 AM

Hey Tim...I did not know you had a black and red Tri Z too. I thought you had a yellow and black model. :naughty: :naughty:

Huffa

03-10-2005, 01:36 AM

I'm talking ridable mud here . A mudfest I wouldn't like either. I'd still feel safer in 3 " or so of mud then dry conditions where it's so dusty you can't see a thing in front of you.

I can see some veiw points that make sense but if you got a wheeler that is not primo and it's muddy that day and you won't ride because of the muddy conditions your missing out on loads of fun.

Tim's bike looks just muddy enough that he had a blast but didn't get stuck or anything...........or did he? :D :wondering

K1500

03-10-2005, 01:58 AM

chris200x

03-10-2005, 05:05 AM

PEOPLE....listen to yourselves! Whining OH NO!! I've got mud on my trike. I see a mudhole anywhare...don't mater 3, 4, new, old... I'm in it!!!

edog

03-10-2005, 08:12 AM

Sure, why not mud it... it doesn't have any decals to wear off! :D
For the lastime i am not interested in the decals.LOL :D

mikey's250sx

03-10-2005, 08:36 AM

timsr
that is the most beautiful pic i have ever seen.
:)!

TrikerR

03-10-2005, 08:50 AM

i really dont get into the whole mud thing either...kinda cause we dont have any. but i definately prefer fast trails and sand.

Muddy200x

03-10-2005, 09:03 AM

Love mud, but I hate big steep hills. Mud washes off but a busted ass is a little harder to get rid of. These pics are of my son muddin up the x. and I got stuck cleaning it up afterwards. I'm going to try to make it to trikefest this year and I'll be hoping for some good mud.

rustbucket

03-10-2005, 09:05 AM

The network of trails i ride on ends with a big mud hole one spot swallowed my tri moto 125, wich is by the way a fairly nice looking trike till i got it. In a different spot We sunk a 250 r and a 4x4 quad. its also swallowed a 200x a 350x and a 110. But its never got my dirtbike. its really fun to try and climb a hill when you have tires cvered in mud

foster

03-10-2005, 09:07 AM

Ride in the mud? Heck, I race in the muck at times. :cool:
But I still prefer to keep dry. When I go out, it is typically for 12-18 hours at a time. It's no fun having wet underwear for that long and the temperatures don't get that warm up here. I live near Bigredhead, and as he says, if you don't want mud, then you can't ride around here. It is EVERYWHERE and you cannot avoid it.
So I don't mind it. But I will avoid it when I can, which is rarely. I don't like being wet (don't mind dirty but being wet and cold makes for a less than ideal ride) but since there's no avoiding it in this area I just put 'er in 2nd and give 'er.
:D

foster

03-10-2005, 09:14 AM

BTW I don't have a "nice" trike. It's in great shape both internally and plastics, but it's far from a showpiece. Here's a shot of my son -- the apple don't fall far from the tree!

bigredhead

03-10-2005, 09:51 AM

Hey foster !

Where are those trails at ? by the train tracks or up mountain road ?

foster

03-10-2005, 11:36 AM

That's the one in Albert County coming from the XTR gas station on Coverdale Road towards the power lines.
That's from last spring. That trail is a mud bath in the spring. But then again, what trail isn't around here, eh? ;)

AZ250R

03-10-2005, 03:23 PM

HA, all those that were at TF 03 will confirm that it is NOT fun in any way. That stuff is like concrete once it dries. Its soo heavy and sticky, that it fills up your tires so you cant move or steer...
Anybody try/have paddles out there for that stuff? Now that kind of intregues me! :naughty:

Mr. Sandman

03-10-2005, 05:05 PM

I love riding in the mud, but I ride a Big Red. I guess I never looked at sport trikes as mudders. What I can't understand is why would anyone want to get their trike in the sand? Oh man all that grit getting in seals and bearings. :eek: Give me mud anyday over sand. :beer
Mud and water are much worse for getting into seals and bearings. And as the quote out here on the west coast goes, "You wouldn't understand, it's a sand thing."

Give me sand or give me death!

Lomax

03-10-2005, 05:05 PM

Anybody try/have paddles out there for that stuff? Now that kind of intregues me! :naughty:
I have always wondered that myself. I halfway tried on my raptor once, (creek crossing getting on the sand bars when I was running straight blades) Kinda goosed it coming out of the creek, I slung some fairly good roost, but as far as going and looking for it with them, naw.
As for mudding on my trikes, I dont usually find it apealing, But I will dive off in about anything on my BigBear..

Darius1502

03-10-2005, 05:17 PM

There could a correlation here:

Nice Trikes --------> No Mud

But really I just think its easier to keep them looking new when you stay out of the mud. All the mudding trikes I have seen are 'nice' in my opinion.

More of the non-mudding trikes look mint or semi mint.

Hey its all good

Huffa

03-10-2005, 08:00 PM

You can keep a machine looking nice all the time no matter how muddy you get it. Just depends how much cleaning energy you have!

200xman

03-10-2005, 09:21 PM

You can keep a machine looking nice all the time no matter how muddy you get it. Just depends how much cleaning energy you have!

I second that. This is Mike from Long Island and my bike during last years Rumble on the Ridge and a after.