NEW Acquisitions - Fairly Rare

[Orangecnty250r]

Well three wheelers are much more scarce in the Northeast than other places but I just had two major scores in the past two days :Bounce Both within 2 hours drive time.

1987 Tecate 3
1986 Tri Z

1250 total for both bikes. Will be doing full restores on both. Will be picking them up within the week.

Now i've secured next winters projects. The harsher the winter the more work I'll get done on these bikes.

The tiger pics will be coming soon- wait till you see the before and after shots on this one. Its Insane how this thing is looking.

Good week for the collection

[Power_Ram100]

Nice buys. Both are gonna be sweet when you get them done.

[MO350X]

Talk about something to look forward to!

You did great on those buys!
I'm green with envy but also glad they went to a good home where they'll get the attention they deserve. :beer :w00t:

[Kintore]

Man you are my idol! You have everything I want, tecates,250rs,trizs(well I have one) and tigers. You my friend are a machine!

And you also do great resto's, cant wait till I see them.

[BigGreenMachine]

Enuff with the waiting and chit chat, bring on the Tiger pics!

[Orangecnty250r]

Enuff with the waiting and chit chat, bring on the Tiger pics!

They 'll be coming (tiger pics). A little suspense never hurt anybody. Been working on it the past two days. Plan on working on it all this week.

These new aquisitions definetly need restores. The tri Z is fugly but the price was right. Glad you guys are looking forward to seeing some more of my work.

My lessons I've learned the $$hard way$$ this year.

Wait and you'll find what your looking for sooner or later. The $580 shipping charges have killed me in the past.-- Wish I would have waited to find some more locally.

Ive been buying decent bikes for moderate to high money- MISTAKE If your doing a full restore and going to replace plastics ,powdercoat coat , and address everything from top to bottom it doesnt have to look great or OK when you buy it --just has to be solid. Just make sure all the parts are there. Unless its an immaculate stock beauty like Darius's 250R that doesnt need a restore.

Exception TIGER -- is was very dirty and beat when I Bought it -but basically complete--paid Big and would do it again. Find a tiger Buy it --if you dont someone else will. I'm actually glad this one was the way it was because I get tremendous satisfaction doing restores. (bringing something back to life).

[Maine_Triker]

Soon you will soon have the biggest mother load of awesomely wonderful trikes for all of us to drool over!

[350x'inNY]

Well three wheelers are much more scarce in the Northeast than other places but I just had two major scores in the past two days :Bounce Both within 2 hours drive time.

:wondering :confused: :wondering

There are much worse places to find ATC's! I'd say the contrary, NY has to be one of the easiest place to find a sport trike! The racing series back in the day in NY/Ohio were pretty great! Heck, if you look at Trikefest or the members of this board, NYS has to be the most represented state of them all!

Bruce

[chris200x]

Orangecounty, you suck :D I've been looking for years for a tecate. I found 1 but it was shot. So I thought. but if I new then what I know now. Maybe things would've been diffrent.

350in NY...New York and Ohio? Did everyone forget about Pa? I was young teenager back then and do not remember any trike racing in my neck of the woods. I have to agree with you all though. they are very hard to find anymore. Once you do you need to take out a second mortage to buy parts for them. lol

[thefox]

Really? I have found that there are a bunch of utility trikes all over the state but you have to dig around more for the sprot trikes.

[YAMAHA_Jim]

I've also heard that NY and the northeast has a greater trike population than anywhere else. There's also alot on the west coast,cali in particular.
Nice find OrangeCnty250r.

[chris200x]

There's trikes all over the place in Pa. Most of them are sittin out in yards rusting away though :confused: I meant that tecate in paticular but tri-z's, 250r's,350x's are getting hard to find. Heck... I think I'm the only one around these parts with a 200x!

[Trikeaholic]

:wondering :confused: :wondering

There are much worse places to find ATC's! I'd say the contrary, NY has to be one of the easiest place to find a sport trike! The racing series back in the day in NY/Ohio were pretty great! Heck, if you look at Trikefest or the members of this board, NYS has to be the most represented state of them all!

Bruce

you are right bruce, hell Ive bought 3 tigers within an hour of me. The "O.C." must be all about the choppers! LOL

[Orangecnty250r]

In my neck of the woods -Southern NY there was a flat track and people had some nice three wheelers. It was Oakland valley racetrack , I still remember these guys busting around the track when I was 14 --now they just race go karts. Once 86 hit all the three wheelers seemed to vanish. People really got into 4 wheelers and dirt bikes in my immediate area. 3 wheelers faded away. You'd see some 4 strokers every blue moon. You dont see that many sport trikes in my area on ebay. I used to ride with a large group of guys who never had 3 wheelers. Now they are liking them alot. But that is what I learned --as I was mentioning above, you have to be patient and look in the right places and you'll find what you're looking for --In NY or anywhere.
Heck go to the ebay forum and view the mint 250R in germany. Picking up the tri Z tommorrow am :D

[edog]

Send your Tri z to me ,i will detail it for you for free.lol

[200xman]

All the Trikes I currently own were bought within 1 hour of my house on eastern Long Island. Parts for them have come from far and wide though. I did buy a 84 Big Red in PA last year but sold it when I got my SX. That Big Red I found when I was visiting my father in law so I really didn't go out of my way to get it.

[Rex Karz]

I have a set of radiator shrouds you can buy for $1000IM JUST KIDDING OF COURSE HOW ARE YOU ANYWAYS

[xman198]

Theres Not A Lot Around Here Either That I Know Of I Have A 86200x Needs Restore And A 87200x I Got E-bay That Some Of You Guys Gave Me H**l About For Giving $2225.00 For But Mint And I Had To Have It.i Live In Ga. Trying To Make My Mind Up If I Am Going To Restore The 86 Or Just Use It Parts.what Do You Guys Think Parts Or Restore It's Complete But Needs Frame?

[Huffa]

They 'll be coming (tiger pics). A little suspense never hurt anybody. Been working on it the past two days. Plan on working on it all this week.

These new aquisitions definetly need restores. The tri Z is fugly but the price was right. Glad you guys are looking forward to seeing some more of my work.

My lessons I've learned the $$hard way$$ this year.

Wait and you'll find what your looking for sooner or later. The $580 shipping charges have killed me in the past.-- Wish I would have waited to find some more locally.

Ive been buying decent bikes for moderate to high money- MISTAKE If your doing a full restore and going to replace plastics ,powdercoat coat , and address everything from top to bottom it doesnt have to look great or OK when you buy it --just has to be solid. Just make sure all the parts are there. Unless its an immaculate stock beauty like Darius's 250R that doesnt need a restore.

Exception TIGER -- is was very dirty and beat when I Bought it -but basically complete--paid Big and would do it again. Find a tiger Buy it --if you dont someone else will. I'm actually glad this one was the way it was because I get tremendous satisfaction doing restores. (bringing something back to life) .

You and me (among a few others on here) would make a great team! I'm exactly the same way. What could have been heading for the scrap yard (in some minds) is now a thing of beauty. :beer

[chris200x]

Xman198, if I were you I would get both of those 200x running. I'm in a similiar situation but I have an 85' that is costing me a ton of money and I also have an 86' on "layaway". I plan on having both up and running. You can never have too many trikes. Keep your eyes peeled for the frame it WILL show up eventually.