The most " Red-Neck " Thing you've done to a trike [Archive]

ATCnut

08-07-2005, 02:09 AM

We put the headlight out of a guys 68 ford truck on his 200x using a rag, some bungees, and a roll of duct tape. He was going to have to quit riding at night, bucause his light was competely gone. The only thing there was the pigtail with the plug. Its the same as a sealed beam headlight, so he got to ride at night all weekend. When it was time to go home, we put the light back in his truck.

bigb9582

08-07-2005, 04:43 AM

well lets see, i cut the rear fenders off because they were busted up, used zip ties to stitch the front fender back together to keep crap out of my eyes, used red duct tape to tape up the cracks in the front headlight, used black electrical tape to tape the choke cable to the handle bar because the hand switch part got broke, and used this muffler tape stuff to fix a hole in the exhaust. this was because the prevous owner treated it like crap. but i will say that it runs good and strong and its the only thing i ride when we go out. and it has yet to let me sit. but until i get some extra money to fix these problems this is how its gonna stay. which make me sad because this is such a good little machine. but aleast its not getting treated like crap anymore.

Jason Hall

08-07-2005, 10:24 AM

The most redneck thing I did was put my 440 snowmobile engine on my 250-r. :wondering

jjjg-02

08-07-2005, 12:17 PM

I once tried to make a muffler out of a tin can and piece of sheet metal.........

Tri-ZNate

08-07-2005, 12:27 PM

Here is my rednecked gas cap :D Customized

Billy Golightly

08-07-2005, 01:10 PM

I've used wire to hold on an exhaust before when the springs came off. I've also used welding rods to shim up the hub on a worn out axle so it wouldn't slip on it, heh. I dont mean used the rods to weld it on there, I mean stuck the rods in there the length of the splines and then beat the hub over it with a hammer. Good and tight then. Worked until I took it back off :D

TeamGeek6

08-07-2005, 03:27 PM

bringing it home from buying it - carried it in the trunk of the car with the trunk lid removed.

REDNECKS FOREVER!!!

hrc85250r

08-07-2005, 03:46 PM

hmmm, i made an exhaust hanger for my silencer using a customized piece of garage door opener....but thats it, and it doesnt look too bad either...

TeamGeek6

08-07-2005, 03:52 PM

10-4 did the same thing. Used cardboard cereal box for a silencer - to - pipe gasket.

Those wheel spacers might qualify for Redneck but only if they are done for lack of money LOL

Oldshell4481

08-07-2005, 05:24 PM

car exhaust tubing in place of the rusted off spark arrestor, gave her that throaty sound :D

Oldshell4481

08-07-2005, 05:25 PM

oh and my friend had a broken off footpeg which is currently replaced by vice grips, lol he hasnt lost them since he put em on

BIGCRIP28

08-07-2005, 09:17 PM

All duct-tape "silvertone" seat on big red!

i have seen many of those round here.
i never took part in any such rigs though...... :lol:

OldManDM

08-07-2005, 09:31 PM

just bought a `82 185s that is all together except for the recoil starter,and a `84 200s that is all there,but totally disassembled....bought them this past week for 60 bucks for both of them....WOO HOO!!....somebody along the line of previous owners welded a KC Highlight Off Road spotlight to the forks of the 185 for a headlight,and somebody welded the steering stem tube off a `76 yamaha to the frame of the 200s,dunno why....but it works,cuz the 200s front end is on it and feels pretty tight!...i`ll try to get pics up pretty quick.......oh yea,the 185 fired right up tonight so i took it for a spin down the street and it ran great....it alone was worth the 60 bucks!

85 250sx

08-07-2005, 09:35 PM

um lets see here. when i bought my 250r the exhuast flange bolts where stripped so i used vice grips to hold it on for a while. and the silencer was and aftermarket one and the bolt holes did not match up so i used some wire to keep it on.

Tri-ZNate

08-07-2005, 09:49 PM

Even though this is for trikes I'd thought I'd mension this. My friends 230 quadsport needed a total rebuild when we got it. We took the head and cyclinder off and in some places where there should have been bolts holding it on there was red "gummy Worm" molds of bolts stuck in there. LOL and a couple days ago since it also came with an aluminum dg exaust (which isnt for it) he melted a metal plate into it and welded the other side to the pipe so it would hold :D looks good too.

DX Rider12

08-07-2005, 09:55 PM

The only thing Iv'e done Insn't really redneck but its cheap. I replaced the rubber piece on my DR shifter by wrapping it in duct tape. :rolleyes:

stang_mann

08-08-2005, 12:32 AM

i have a car horn on my trike... lol. its funny.. i live in a little hicktown and cars always honk at my for riding on the side of the road even tho theres lots of room so i honk back and go past them :) its fun passing cars.

Yamahauler

08-08-2005, 01:29 AM

I used a poweraid bottle for a gas tank on the 200s for about a month, it was ducttapped to the frame. That was becuase inside of the tank was getting coated.

I bungee corded the seat from the 200s onto the YTM for a few weeks because the seat was away getting recovered.

I put 120+ rivets and tin backing in the front and rear fenders of the 200s to hold them together.

put car tires on the 200s one day for fun and tied it to the back of the truck and did burnouts into 5th gear.

put the same car tires on the YTM when it snowed and was able to drive straight, do a 360 and then keep driving the same direction (very hard to do, only did it right twice.)

Havent done anything "redneck" on the Tri-Z and I dont plan on it.

i wouldnt call myslef redneck though, I just live in a small town and theres nothing better to do.

tbird

08-08-2005, 03:22 PM

well on my 110 honda i crashed it and broke the headlight off so i duck taped flashlights on it and kept on going

250r'en +TCB

08-08-2005, 03:43 PM

^^^ Did that once, was getting dark out, didn't have a headlight on my R, and as usual my universal solvant DUCKTAPE saved the day by holding the LED flashlight on. I also ran my R the first couple times with a wire holding the silencer on.....also ripped through a neighborhood with no silencer at 9pm, holy S*** was it loud!!!

brapp

08-08-2005, 04:47 PM

wire tired and used clothes hangers to rig up a 3.5 briggs and stratton into a klt110 chasis then ended up puttign a blaster motor into it when i found one.

jenndnn3

08-08-2005, 05:14 PM

I used a coffee can cutout lid for fender repair,on a 86200x melted exhuast hole. Pop rivit little wrapp here and there and walla the most stable fenders! The redkneck or airheaded part is I accidently put the expiration date on the side that you can see :crazy: :lol: Still useing those fenders. Dont wanna put my good ones on. Yesterday rollpinned the kicker on a dirtbike. Hey its better then welding!

ANTI-QUAD

08-08-2005, 08:42 PM

i have a piece of three inch pvc pipe for a tool box on my 350x and a little kids ringie bell on the handle bars(the bell gets lots of laughs)

MTS

08-08-2005, 09:55 PM

Used a exaust clamp off a semi and a block of wood to hold my bike scilncer on for the day, JD green exaust springs from a a JD, ductaped up wireing under the tank, nails for cotter pins, lots of ductape on headlights, riding without a scilencer on a 465 for a day(LOUD), vicegrip shifters, welded shift levers back togther, ductaped clutch levers, hmmm all i can think of at the moment.

bigredhead

08-08-2005, 11:13 PM

This one puts the RED in redneck.

Check these suckers out !!! :lol:

atcmatt

08-09-2005, 12:04 AM

Those bigreds look good to me. They make some others i've seen look like they have come from a tip. What is so redneck about them???

Matt

Pistonhead

08-09-2005, 12:41 AM

i have seen many of those round here.
i never took part in any such rigs though...... :lol:

My 82 actually looks better with the silvertone than before. My 83 has a mint condition seat though!

bigredhead

08-09-2005, 09:21 AM

Those bigreds look good to me. They make some others i've seen look like they have come from a tip. What is so redneck about them???

Matt

Look closer at the ES's rear fenders !!!

You'll notice red Crazy Carpet held on with nuts and bolts and washers.. Took some getting used to but they worked very well and held up great.

mbubbac

08-09-2005, 10:25 AM

alright new terminology for red neck African American Engineering thats better

New2ATC

08-09-2005, 10:46 AM

on my SX, I had a lawn mower gas tank duct taped to the handlebars because the metal one was rusted through, about 100 zip ties for the fenders because they were cracked, lots of tape on the seat, and before i sold it i had a minibike tank taped to the frame because i needed the lawnmower tank for well... my lawnmower.

toyvette81

08-09-2005, 11:24 AM

do you know where i can get a modified ignition for my 85 350x? or more ideas on how i can make it better.

freaksfix

08-10-2005, 10:21 AM

I modified a 350x rearend to fit an old cb360...

Fox250R

08-10-2005, 02:15 PM

I replaced my stock airfilter with one of ahonda civic :) I've taken it off since then but i still rode it like that for months lol........

Fox250R

08-10-2005, 02:16 PM

I modified a 350x rearend to fit an old cb360...
lol thats awesome!!!

cajun66

08-10-2005, 05:06 PM

1: I spent more money on the mud grips on my 185 than I did for the whole thing.
2: Seat has been held on with bungee cord for several years. (also 185)
3: trailer hitch on 185 is made from 5/8 steel plate and 5/8 all thread (free)
4: My 200 has a pair of 7.62mm US ammo cans welded to the rack.

83185s

08-11-2005, 01:14 AM

too many to list but heres one

went to wally world and bought a universal tractor light for 12 bucks...the 185 didnt have a light so i put it on..worked great for about 2 minutes..then it blew..so i took a big halogen kc off road light off my bros truck..he blew the engine so he didnt need it..and put that on it by bolting it to the fender! and it worked also for about 10 minutes..and blew..lol since then its been flashlights taped to the bars

brapp

08-11-2005, 12:49 PM

went to wally world and bought a universal tractor light for 12 bucks...the 185 didnt have a light so i put it on..worked great for about 2 minutes..then it blew..so i took a big halogen kc off road light off my bros truck..he blew the engine so he didnt need it..and put that on it by bolting it to the fender! and it worked also for about 10 minutes..and blew..lol since then its been flashlights taped to the bars
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225dx

08-12-2005, 03:25 AM

I super glued my atc brake pads back on my brake shoes when they fell off while reinstalling them. :naughty:

P.S. Just so nobody asks, yes it worked and is still working great. :w00t:

jmack3986

08-12-2005, 04:00 AM

most redneck thing i did was used a piece of round stock as the linkage for rear brake on 200x i have to rebend it every no and then but it stops
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Tri-ZNate

08-12-2005, 08:28 AM

I super glued my atc brake pads back on my brake shoes when they fell off while reinstalling them. :naughty:

P.S. Just so nobody asks, yes it worked and is still working great. :w00t:

Yep I did the same but used this welding glue stuff and they broke in the drum :(

racsan

08-12-2005, 08:09 PM

i made a chain tensioner out of a 1/4" eye bolt.

honda200

08-12-2005, 11:08 PM

i bent the handle bars so bad on my buddies little dirt bike i made him a set of ape hangers out of 7/8 inch bar,

Curtis

3wheelbanditcal

09-06-2005, 09:32 PM

:confused: im000400 beat pipe into shape with hammer used bailing wire to put it back on it doesnt work how i want it to so thats why i am here ineed a exhaust pipe for a 85 triz 250

chris200x

09-06-2005, 09:37 PM

Does this qualify? :lol:

2strokepwer

09-06-2005, 09:47 PM

I guess the only redneck thing i have done is bought one from a redneck :w00t:

bigredhead

09-06-2005, 10:01 PM

Does this qualify? :lol:

We have a winner..someone give this man an Award !!!!! :lol:

chris200x

09-06-2005, 10:04 PM

We have a winner..someone give this man an Award !!!!! :lol:

:lol: :lol: :lol: I fixed that airleak!!! lol

Billy Golightly

09-06-2005, 10:12 PM

Oh my...That'll make for nice dis-assembly if you ever wanted to port the head or have to remove that intake boot for some reason or another.

350Xhilaration

09-07-2005, 07:49 AM

A lot of you may have seen this already, this has got to be the most "red neck" thing I've ever done to a trike. Probably the most "red neck" thing I've ever done. :Bounce
That's what I needed to do to get to TF05. Git-R-Done!!!

http://www.350xriders.com/packed1.jpg
http://www.350xriders.com/packed2.jpg
http://www.350xriders.com/packed3.jpg

2strokepwer

09-07-2005, 10:50 AM

Lomax

09-07-2005, 05:19 PM

I was trying to get a little 110 running once, the only exhaust I had was an old Cobra with a hole blown in it right where it makes the first bend out of the motor. I quickly finished my beer, disected the can, and a little bit of JB Weld later, Wala, Bud Light exhaust system.

brendan802

09-07-2005, 09:13 PM

I always haul my wheelers in my van. So I guess I'm a redneck too huh.

travisg75

09-07-2005, 10:59 PM

I ran out of gas in my truck on interstate 40 coming back from riding. So I unloaded the 200X and down the interstate I went. Had to ride about three miles on the interstate to get to gas station and then headed back with the gas.

cracked junior

09-07-2005, 11:31 PM

done this several times when i was little and dad locked up the gas tanks. syphoned gas out of the lawn mowers to put in the honda 110 so i could ride it.

tri-z_250R

09-08-2005, 06:05 PM

^^ i've kinda dont that before but we (me & friend) were desperate to ride so we too some gas out of his dads custom harley and the petcock sorta.... broke? lol :rolleyes: but the most redneck thing i've ever dont to a trike was made something like a suicide shifter on a 125m. the shifting doesnt work unless you twist this white knob when you press the shifting lever, so i just made a bar with a grip on it and a small wrench welded to the other end, and suck it on where the knob was.

deerslayer1407

09-08-2005, 10:41 PM

I had a Honda 110 that the chain slipped and broke the motor, so we took the motor apart, cleaned everything up good, and used silicone to close the hole back up. It worked just fine like that for 2 years, and it didnt leak oil. Then i lost 2nd gear, so i just started in 1st, then went to 3rd, then i finally got rid of it. Now i have a 85 250 big red, and the seat has a hole in the back, so i used black duct tape to cover it up. I guess thats about the most redneck thing, other than putting a kawasaki 4 stroke street bike motor in a 250 kawasaki dirt bike frame, adn had to extend the frame, and put a 340 john deere trailfire snowmobile motor in a john deer 440 liquifire frame, and it runs just fine too.

bigred1

10-09-2005, 07:58 PM

just a temp fix, well maybe, i'll see how long it lasts!

yamahaman89

10-09-2005, 09:05 PM

i lost my air filter for a 110 so i found a little peace of one of something else not sure what :rolleyes: but anyway i drilled a hole in the hose and put a bolt through it and through the filter so it would hold in there lol :lol:

xljimmy

10-09-2005, 09:51 PM

Welded piece of threaded water pipe to exhaust so it would take a hotdog style lawnmower muffler on old 200 fourwheeler.

brendan802

10-09-2005, 09:56 PM

I jb welded the bar clamps to the bars and bottom clamp since one bolt snapped on each side of the triple tree. It held up until I got another triple tree and is still together somewhere in my parts storage.

leprogle

10-10-2005, 09:28 PM

I assisted in rigging up a 200 yamaha tri-sport, we were at a weekend long canada day bike & 4x4 bash, and my buddy showed up with the bike, it didn't have a muffler, and someone had a stock banshee muffler lying around, and it fit right on!, mind you it stuck about 8 inches past the grabbar, the throttle lever didn't work so, we rigged the cable up to the LEFT BRAKE LEVER, we cut a brake cable end off, and stuck the throttle cable in the hole, and jammed the brake lever end, in to hold it in place, the bike was an absolute riot, anytime it was running, it had a stripped hub, and buddy was leaning up on the stripped hub, revving it up and gear, and slamming it down on the good hub, and sending out good rooster tails, I lost track of howmany times it was rolled or over backwards, the thing seemed to run better with no one on it, it would take right off down the beach.
lol, good times!

zoomerman

10-10-2005, 09:42 PM

my homeade air filter it works well and looks good too it's hot glued together

Russell 350X

10-10-2005, 10:26 PM

well on my 110 honda i crashed it and broke the headlight off so i duck taped flashlights on it and kept on going

lol yea aint that a common thing, I've done that more than once lol. And the duct tape seat, bung cording down my seat, holding my pipe up with wire, I have also used dirtbike grips in my 185s, but they would slide off and the stoppers were mising so i just wrapped duct tape around the end so they wouldnt slide off.

Russ

cragster

10-10-2005, 10:45 PM

lol yea aint that a common thing, I've done that more than once lol. And the duct tape seat, bung cording down my seat, holding my pipe up with wire, I have also used dirtbike grips in my 185s, but they would slide off and the stoppers were mising so i just wrapped duct tape around the end so they wouldnt slide off.

Russ

bungy cording a seat?????????????????
ahhhhhhhh lol you remind me of myself
http://img308.imageshack.us/img308/9943/atchole4ld.opt.jpg

Yamahauler

10-10-2005, 10:47 PM

bungy cording a seat?????????????????
ahhhhhhhh lol you remind me of myself
http://img308.imageshack.us/img308/9943/atchole4ld.opt.jpg

Does that say HONDA in duct tape on the seat?

cragster

10-10-2005, 10:48 PM

yes it does!

Yamahauler

10-10-2005, 10:50 PM

yes it does!
hahahahahahahahahahahaha

cragster

10-10-2005, 10:53 PM

hey i thot it looked ok
i accualy just sold that trike litterall 10 minutes ago lol
got 100 bucks out of it to an old atc/atv reseller/collector
he came to my house at this time of night lol

HRC1

10-11-2005, 12:00 AM

I didn't have time to scan all the pages of this post yet, but i truly feel anyone who takes out a perfectly good metric factory bolt and jams a satandard amereican coarse of fine thread in the hole should be shot. These bikes were all brand new at one point, and had factory original parts that worked just fine. Where did they go? The only excuse for this is you bought half a bike at a garage sale for $20 and your makin a cheap yard beater, or you were stranded in a life or death situation 40 miles from camp and something fell out or broke. The hardware store or dealer isn't that far away.
Sorry for the bitterness but seeing a perfectly good 250r or 350x with no fenders, a homemade seat, and dirtbike bars with the frame welded in 20 spots,a angle iron grab bar and pipewrench marks on the axle just makes me mad.

1984kxtTECATE

10-11-2005, 12:41 AM

Me and a bud went up to the woods, he had an ol' beater 350x that was a total POS, any way, the fuel petcock didnt work so he too vice grips and pinched the line, he learned that when you do this ofr a while the fuel line dosnt go back to the original state, se we barely got it too fit and then right when we headed out is clutch cable led piece broke at the clutch lever, so we took the vice grips used earlier, and made a redneck clutch, and by god it worked.

short4stuff

10-11-2005, 06:01 AM

my old yt175 pipe.. it broke in 2 so here came the old tomato can some screws and silicon... needless to say, it didnt last long :S

Tri-ZNate

10-11-2005, 06:32 AM

Where did they go? The only excuse for this is you bought half a bike at a garage sale for $20 and your makin a cheap yard beater, or you were stranded in a life or death situation 40 miles from camp and something fell out or broke. The hardware store or dealer isn't that far away.

Well my stock 20 year old nut for the head pipe stud rounded so I put either a 3/8 or 5/8 on it due to the fact it was sunday with no places open and by god my only day I could test my new pipe. So your saying you never red-necked something? Not even bolting mack truck mud flaps to the rear for better mud pertection?

Rm250RF900R

10-11-2005, 08:59 AM

hahaha this is hilarious :lol: . I snapped a throttle cable once so i went into my garage and found some wire. Rigged it up nicely and it worked great. Until it melted and broke. I also had a bungee cord for a throttle return spring on a go cart :w00t:

HRC1

10-11-2005, 12:36 PM

Well my stock 20 year old nut for the head pipe stud rounded so I put either a 3/8 or 5/8 on it due to the fact it was sunday with no places open and by god my only day I could test my new pipe. So your saying you never red-necked something? Not even bolting mack truck mud flaps to the rear for better mud pertection?
lol, no, i have never red necked anything, maybe when i was 14, but even then i can't remember doing it except maybe with a treehouse or something. I do have to say the mudflap idea is original though. It only bothers me when i have to contend with the "rig". I like my stuff original, and i have a ton of spare stuff, and nut's and bolts to make sure i don't have to do anything to crazy. I bring spare everything when i go riding, i bring a spare bike when i go to the dunes just in case. :lol:

bigredhead

10-11-2005, 01:15 PM

Also sounds like you have alot of " Spare Money "..... wich i don't ! :lol:

bnaker2

11-02-2005, 11:40 PM

Firts off ive owned my 86 200x since i was 16, now 30 and when your a youngster it always seems that * have no money.first thing was 2 wire the exhaust on the head with coat hangers.got sick of push startin it so clamped vise grips on the kick starter shaft.broke the chain so i whent to farm&fleet bought regular implament chain.broke the inside of the case where oil pump pumps oil to top of head and used mcdonalds straw in the port and some jb weld.clutch was slippin so i took it apart and sanded every disk &friction plate with sandpaper.rings got bad started blowin smoke so started using motor honey for oil!!Broke a bolt off foot peg while riding so whent to local junkyard and had it welded in place. got cheap aftermaket exhaust, muffler got so loud cut the bottom of oil filter slipped over muffler and screwed it to it and drilled small holes to make it quite(home made spark arrester)swing arm bolt and collar was 2 expensive so made one with gun stock pipe and round stock for bolt with welded nut for head and tapped the end for nut.Broke off front fender completly so cut white 5 gal. bucket in the shape of front fender and zip tied to forks.Rear axel hub bolts broke off so welded hubs on permanetly!Anybody else had the no money problem but bound and determined to keep the thing goin?

Unclediezel

11-03-2005, 12:13 AM

More month at the end of the money???

Chrysler electronic ignition box-cause damn-it ---I aint spendin 195$ for a cdi unit when I got 5 of these things layin around.

Jethro- gimme them thar wrenches.

Kintore

11-03-2005, 02:25 PM

I painted my old 200 all chrome lol.
Link to thread (http://www.3wheelerworldforums.com/showthread.php?t=40840)

83185s

11-05-2005, 12:35 AM

my 200x currently has the 185s gas tank on it and no silencer, also i use vise grips for the shifter lever and no brakes, and i cut the rear fenders off

ewalker302

11-05-2005, 01:16 AM

I've done lots of redneck fixes myself, but nothing compared to what I saw on the trail one day.

This guy came up (no shirt, overalls) on a big red with skinny jeep mudders on it, no fenders... I mean the tires were almost up to his shoulders. He had just taken the old jeep wheels and blew 4 holes in them with a cutting torch so they would bolt up.

Also, he had cut the muffler in half and welded on a huge rusted chrome car exhaust tip.

I think I pissed the guy off but man I was laughing so hard, I thought I was going to wreck myself.