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carscomefirst
08-07-2008, 09:13 PM
Hi, I've been lurking for a while and thought I'd join. Heres a little about me;
I had my first three wheeler as a young kid. When I was about 6, my parents bought my three older brothers and my self an ATC for Christmas. I think that it was a 70cc but I'm not sure(that was 36 years ago). From there I moved on to 2 wheels starting with a Honda trail 50. Then a Hodaka 100, YZ125s, YZ250s, and my last bike was an IT490. After high school I bought a street bike, a Honda Hawk 400. Much later in life I bought a Honda Shadow 750 ACE that I still have.
Now onto my current ATC. My brother Larry has 2 sons. About 10 or 12 years ago he bought them a four wheeler to share. This worked well for about a year, then while driving a country road he spied a threewheeler along side a house. Remembering how we loved our little bike as kids he stopped to ask about it. The owner said he was "done with it" and sold it to my brother for $100. My brother takes it home and his boys love it but his wife FREAKED. She didn't want her boys riding it. He talked her into keeping it and all was well for about a year. After ridding about a year my older nephew flipped it in thier yard and broke his arm.
well, the threewheelers gotta go.(kept the fourwheeler) So my brother gives it to me.
I rode it about a week and then parked it until this year. It is an ATC125m 1987. I think the forks are bent a little and the recoil is missing but runs pretty good.

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oldtime3wheeler
08-07-2008, 09:16 PM
The '87 125's are very nice.

fabiodriven
08-07-2008, 09:17 PM
Nice. :welcome:

I hate the bad rap trikes get.

userj8670
08-07-2008, 09:22 PM
hey thats a nice trike for the price!

drhatc200
08-07-2008, 09:25 PM
nice looking trike these guys can definalty help bring it to life thay have helped me on my 200x thanks guys you know who you are.

y2kane
08-08-2008, 09:50 PM
Welcome and nice find!! Hope you enjoy riding your trike!

edog
08-08-2008, 10:03 PM
Welcome to the board!!!!

Nice trike!

tanks350x
08-08-2008, 10:05 PM
welcome to the boards, nice for the price and yes the forks look bent a little to me as well

Taiser
08-08-2008, 10:41 PM
Those were great little machines. Your's looks like it's in good condition and is very worthy of a fix up. Wouldn't take much to make it look great.

I liked it when they put the motor upright in the frame, gave it a closer look and feel to the bigger machines. How did your nephew flip it?

carscomefirst
08-08-2008, 10:59 PM
Thanks for the welcome.

How did your nephew flip it?
I believe in an off camber turn. not really sure though.