how many 3 wheelers are we losing everyday?

[jbezan]

There are lots of trikes parted out b/c of cosmetic problems. New plastic and seat covers cost very little and can transform a trike into a keeper. Our job is to find these trikes before they decide to part them out and revive them.

[ATCT]

I agree here. Though I must admit that I have parted a few complete machines. This was ONLY done after I couldn't sell them whole and at least break even. Anyone that has seen the parts that we have, knows I Hate to throw parts out ( even some parts that I know we could never sell or use ). But I do throw some stuff out, but VERY seldomly does it happen, and even then the part must be completely junk. A few years ago I was raked over the coals for parting out a POS 86 200x. The motor was toasted ( had been taken apart and found to need MAJOR parts ), the fenders were gone, ect, ect. To fix the machine would have cost at least $800-$1200 in parts alone. For a machine ( at the time ) that would have only been worth $750-$1000, it wasn't worth it. I had offered it to a few people for what I had purchased it for. But all I heard was " It wouldn't be worth the money needed to fix it up". So I parted it out on Ebay. I had a few parts that didn't sell ( @ $.99 ), so I put them on the shelf. About a year later I decided to list them 1 last time, all but 1 or 2 sold.
It was funny because the same people that were giving me crap about parting it out, was some of my bidders. You can bet I pointed this out to them.
No offence to anyone, but if your going to complain about a machine getting parted out then don't buy used parts. Instead go down to your local dealer and buy new ones. You will soon find out that a lot of the parts are No longer available. So now what are you going to do? Part it out or buy parts from someone else who is parting one out? Either way you will be going against what your say or have said: "Don't part a trike". Until all the Trike parts are being made again quality parts at cheap prices we will continue to see them parted out. There is NO way around it.

Now don't get me wrong, I don't like the thought of having so many parted out. But the bottom line is that 1 nicer machine being parted out may save quite a few other from being parted. It used to be that the more parts that was on Ebay the cheaper they sold for, but lately it's been a total hit and miss. Real nice parts for one machine bring good money, while Very nice parts for another don't bring squat.

Now when it comes to quads, I have no problem parting them out. In fact I am trying to find more to buy and part out. lol
Howdy

I agree Howdy. I purchased what I thought was a complete 200X. Well, when I got it, it turned out to be a complete piece of ****. So, I decided that I was just going to rebuild it. Well, that led to a complete restoration. One that I didn't finish. The trike isn't together, and I'm moving to a place where it's just not reasonable for me to keep it. It's just not cost effective to put it back together--still need some parts repainted, etc, so I'm going to sell each of the parts off, one by one hopefully to members on here, or on eBay. So, even though I don't like seeing a nice machine parted out, I understand it. I just hope to make some of the money back I sunk into it.

[fhportal]

It's like hamburger, most people eat it but don't want to see where it came from. The best way to save these trikes is to treasure the ones you have and to ride them to break the dangerous myth. Maybe one day they'll make trikes again. If is wasnt for ebay there would be two trikes in my back yard not spreading the "word" (being ridden)

[42F67N]

Ive saved a few and parted a few out,if it wasent for guys like myself i wouldnt have been able to save a few of them because i bought used parts.

[scobydokevin]

see, i know people that will part one out to make a little extra, but not me, i saved my yt125, and got it at a really good price, i payed 140, and the person i got it from took decent care of it, and just baught 200 bucks worth of new stuff for it. all i had to do was clean the carb and now it runs like a dream, but no matter how bad it gets, i will not part it out, its in to good of shape to screw it up.

Kevin

[Jim mac]

just got a 200s last friday, It was just sitting behind this guys house, and they werent going to do anything with it. I was told it was a 110 with a bad coil. turns out its a 200s with a bad primary coil. I think its got a 185 rear plastic, and no seat. but I paid 45 bucks for it its got good tires, I ordered and installed a primary coil, and it fires right up. now I need a intake, the rubber seperated from the metal and cracked. I just bolted the carb to the head to test run it. Now if I can find a seat and make a couple of mounts for the plastic, I'll have another trike. So not all of them are getting parted, some are being put back together. Jim

[badasskfx]

it is a sin to part out a perfectly good threewheeler.

[aquapunk]

my friend bought an 85 ytm 200 for 50 bucks, and if it werent for some used parts off ebay, it wouldnt be runnin, which would suck, because it cracks me up every time we go riding and i see his huge 30" balloon tires! lol