Comments on: Big wheels

By: Ricky Vlassoff

Ricky Vlassoff — Thu, 27 Oct 2022 14:45:37 +0000

I rolled a Yamaha 250cc in 2017 ended up with 21 staples in my head.going up hill out of creek I fell backwards landing on my butt laughing my self silly,some how the 3 wheeler fell back on top of me rolling over me somehow the handlebar got under my helmet and pealed my scalp like slidding a bar under a piece of ice.i had to lift my face back up to right spot.so yes can be deadly.

By: Blake Richard

Blake Richard — Tue, 17 Apr 2018 13:21:24 +0000

Loved that bike, cushion ride with all the adventure and theatrics that you can imagine. I jumped with mine. Great for a stable well placed landing. Took it to the moon and came down tight.

By: wayne hill

wayne hill — Mon, 25 Dec 2017 04:14:54 +0000

7 of the Bw’s above are mine 2 are for sale. they are like new..not cheap..sixpepper at the big Y

By: Christian

Christian — Sat, 13 Jun 2015 15:00:12 +0000

Epic Ebay description! Thanks for sharing this, I thought the TW’s were the only fat tire option out there.

By: colin

colin — Wed, 20 May 2015 01:38:52 +0000

Those ATC 250r three wheelers are the shit. I rebuilt an engine last year- definitely seemed ahead of it’s time (especially compared to the same year 4 strokes).

By: Nick

Nick — Sun, 17 May 2015 18:43:33 +0000

Growing up, all we had were three wheelers. They aren’t as dangerous as you think, even when you ride it like an asshole, which btw should be all the time. They have a thumb throttle which makes controlling real wheel spin super fun. They made them from 70cc all the way over 350cc. Simple and easy to repair. Kawi made some of the better ones though. If buying on craigslist beware of rusted out tanks and broken rear axles

By: Ben the Man

Ben the Man — Fri, 15 May 2015 20:03:17 +0000

I gotta find that dude from ebay, he’s gonna be my new bestie!

Andrew, you’re out!

By: Adam

Adam — Thu, 14 May 2015 19:55:07 +0000

@dcar… why u mad?!?1/ Sounds like you need a dirtbike. haha.

By: Adam

Adam — Thu, 14 May 2015 19:51:38 +0000

Oh shit that ebay description is hilarious

By: Carson

Carson — Thu, 14 May 2015 19:48:55 +0000

My buddy has a 200 that I almost bought a while back, They’re fun as shit in the sand ( which is about all we have here in wilmington) and will smoke most other bikes through the mud, across creeks and such. They’re definitely fun for bouncing around on.

The ATCs are deadly little suckers, they stopped making them for a reason. It’s like handing a 16 year old with a pension for racing the keys to a jeep wrangler. They topple over easily and often, but sure are fun until that happens. Theres a lumber yard here that uses an ATC to get around the yard on, anyone who rides it is required to wear a helmet on the yard, and the yard helmet has a lot of scratches and dings on it.

By: ken

ken — Thu, 14 May 2015 19:09:33 +0000

The three wheelers have their own race series here and it is well attended.

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 14 May 2015 18:46:08 +0000

you wont.

http://newjersey.craigslist.org/mcy/5006581644.html

By: Mike Ashleigh

Mike Ashleigh — Thu, 14 May 2015 17:51:07 +0000

Here is what I know:

The 200s use a very similar engine to my old TW200. This is also very similar to the older xt engines. The TW is not modern however, as the TW debuted only 2 years after the BW did and has remained largely unchanged.

Even though the TW and BW both had excessively wide tires built on engines originally destined for use with skinny off road tires, they achieved the necessary chain offset in different ways. The TW used a long countershaft which was supported by an outboard bearing in the sprocket cover which was provided an oil supply from the engines usual oiling system.

The BW in contrast used a jackshaft in the swingarm which was tensioned using eccentrics. These sometimes go bad and there are no replacements.

People have taken the triples from BWs and put them on TWs and laced a TW rear rim (14×5) to the front hub and called it a TWW for Two Wide Wheels

By: Ed

Ed — Thu, 14 May 2015 17:10:50 +0000

@alex
I added the eBay description at the bottom of the post ha

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 14 May 2015 17:08:05 +0000

Yeah, those things and the Honda Fatcat are super cool. I wanted one of those as a kid. I also really wanted one of those Honda ATC’s super bad until they were outlawed for being dangerous motorized tricycles.

By: Quinn

Quinn — Thu, 14 May 2015 17:06:25 +0000

@Ed post the description from the ebay auction you sent me. Its the best.

By: Mike K.

Mike K. — Thu, 14 May 2015 16:49:41 +0000

I rode a friends three wheeler once when I was maybe 10. I flipped it onto my back after 5 minutes and wasn’t allowed to ride anymore.. they are pretty sick.

By: BG

BG — Thu, 14 May 2015 15:33:41 +0000

I had that same dealer brochure for 250R(last pic) stapled to my bedroom wall in 1985. That three wheeler was one bad ass machine!!!! I’d love to own one now!!!

By: D car

D car — Thu, 14 May 2015 13:53:24 +0000

You guys are getting out of hand with this shit