Check out this crazy thing!

tblazier
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12/21/2013 6:12am Edited Date/Time 6/6/2014 1:41pm
What kind of a nut job would actually race one of these things in a desert race?

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12/21/2013 6:15am
I remember those. Never rode one though. And can't imagine competing on one in a Barstow to Vegas race.
Spartacus
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12/21/2013 6:31am
I remember those. Never rode one though. And can't imagine competing on one in a Barstow to Vegas race.
Well, men use to be men and didn't need F1 dirt bikes to ride. Now a days people won't ride with dirty boots. The rough and tumble sport of dirt riding has gotten fairly pansy and pampered.
12/21/2013 7:29am
if they made criminals ride that thing for a 100 miles we would be living in a peaceful nation.
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12/21/2013 8:00am Edited Date/Time 12/21/2013 8:01am
Had a Customer bring one Into the shop I was working at back around 89/90. We told him there was no way we were going to take it in for repairs. He got all huffy and left. I thanked the boss for saving me a bunch of headaches.

The Shop

12/21/2013 8:03am
looks like something harbor freight would sale these days. maybe even pep boys.
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12/21/2013 8:17am
The male model in that ad is one manly summabitch...

My back hurts thinking of going 10 miles in it, let alone Barstow to Vegas. We need more proof that actually happened. I agree with the post above, that does look like something you would find at Pep Boys right next to the Chinese motorcycles.

Having just looked at the ad again, WTF do your feet go???!??
downard254
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12/21/2013 8:22am
JeepnMike wrote:
The male model in that ad is one manly summabitch... My back hurts thinking of going 10 miles in it, let alone Barstow to Vegas. We...
The male model in that ad is one manly summabitch...

My back hurts thinking of going 10 miles in it, let alone Barstow to Vegas. We need more proof that actually happened. I agree with the post above, that does look like something you would find at Pep Boys right next to the Chinese motorcycles.

Having just looked at the ad again, WTF do your feet go???!??
It doesn't say in the ad that it took them 24 hours to cover race distance.

As far as where your feet go, you have to think back to the seventies when we rode our single speed huffy's through water......your feet go on the center of the handlebars atop the steering stem.
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12/21/2013 8:23am
If you notice the big washer right behind the front swing arm those are the foot pegs. Yes they actully turned with the steering.
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12/21/2013 8:35am
I had to google this... Found this other manly summabitch.. Bytor was right:

TX24
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12/21/2013 11:00am
The factory teams rides were probably all tricked out with the good parts. Wink
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12/21/2013 11:12am Edited Date/Time 12/21/2013 11:13am
I remember those racing out in the desert at The Ponderosa. The ones I remember were made by Dunecycle. They were the ATCs before ATCs. Blink

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12/21/2013 12:50pm
I remember them as RUPP cycles. We were up in west Virginia back in 78 or 79 doing a hare scrambles in the offseason.

This local was on one showing off in the parking area. His model had a 4ft x4ft bed on back over the engine. It had
These angle iron pieces on the sides. This guy is really pushing when it catches a edge and flips. That angle iron
Comes down across the back of his hand and cuts it off except for some skin at his thumb. He comes running toward
Me screaming ,blood squirting out arteries,it was vicious. Me and 2 others get him cornered and wrapped up.

Lucky for him we were on the edge of a airport and back then the coal industry was rocking and helicopters were
The norm. A rider was a pilot and offered to fly him to Beckley or some large hospital. Dude my have died if not for
The heli,he lost a lot of blood for sure.
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12/21/2013 4:45pm
And here's a restored Tri-Sport in action (with bonus hot blonde rider! Smile ).

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12/21/2013 10:45pm
JeepnMike wrote:
I had to google this... Found this other manly summabitch.. Bytor was right: [img]https://www.oldminibikes.com/forum/photopost/data/719/Tri_Sport_RTS_MAC.JPG[/img]
I had to google this... Found this other manly summabitch.. Bytor was right:

Isn't that a spittin image of Super Hunky?
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12/21/2013 11:02pm
JeepnMike wrote:
I had to google this... Found this other manly summabitch.. Bytor was right: [img]https://www.oldminibikes.com/forum/photopost/data/719/Tri_Sport_RTS_MAC.JPG[/img]
I had to google this... Found this other manly summabitch.. Bytor was right:

This ^^^^ reminds me of this:


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12/22/2013 5:26am
JeepnMike wrote:
I had to google this... Found this other manly summabitch.. Bytor was right: [img]https://www.oldminibikes.com/forum/photopost/data/719/Tri_Sport_RTS_MAC.JPG[/img]
I had to google this... Found this other manly summabitch.. Bytor was right:

TerryK wrote:
This ^^^^ reminds me of this:


The sound editing in that video is Oscar worthy.
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12/22/2013 5:28am
Bytor wrote:
If you notice the big washer right behind the front swing arm those are the foot pegs. Yes they actully turned with the steering.
Hey Bytor, do you still hate the Snowdog ? Tongue
12/22/2013 7:05am
Living in Jacksonville, Florida in '73, there was an amusement center that had a huge go cart track, and when those three wheel things came out, the bought a bunch of them, and made an off road loop . You could get about 10 laps for $2, either go-cart or the off road three wheeler deal.

Used to ride them all the time there. When I got to Tampa in '75, the local amusement center had a small track ,where you could get about 10 laps for $2 on Kami 80 dirt bikes. A bunch of us would ride our bicycles down there, and just trash those little things.
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12/22/2013 8:57am
Paul1PA wrote:
And here's a restored Tri-Sport in action (with bonus hot blonde rider! Smile ).

Wow...Reese Witherspoon is so hot.
JeepnMike
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12/22/2013 10:45am
JeepnMike wrote:
I had to google this... Found this other manly summabitch.. Bytor was right: [img]https://www.oldminibikes.com/forum/photopost/data/719/Tri_Sport_RTS_MAC.JPG[/img]
I had to google this... Found this other manly summabitch.. Bytor was right:

wildbill wrote:
Isn't that a spittin image of Super Hunky?
I can't believe I didn't think of that.. It totally does look like Super Hunky!! LMAO!
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12/22/2013 10:48am
HuskyEd wrote:
I remember those racing out in the desert at The Ponderosa. The ones I remember were made by Dunecycle. They were the ATCs before ATCs. :blink...
I remember those racing out in the desert at The Ponderosa. The ones I remember were made by Dunecycle. They were the ATCs before ATCs. Blink

I wonder how often someone slid nicely around a corner on one of these until the back end caught and they got pummeled into the ground by their 3 wheeled gay love machine?
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12/30/2013 1:35pm
It's like a cross between a 3 wheeler and those gay biker trikes with the VW engine. Plus, 10hp's of fury in that bad boy as well.
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12/30/2013 2:05pm
mx836 wrote:
I wonder how often someone slid nicely around a corner on one of these until the back end caught and they got pummeled into the ground...
I wonder how often someone slid nicely around a corner on one of these until the back end caught and they got pummeled into the ground by their 3 wheeled gay love machine?
Laughing
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12/30/2013 2:55pm
Knoby wrote:
BAMX wrote:
It's like a cross between a 3 wheeler and those gay biker trikes with the VW engine. Plus, 10hp's of fury in that bad boy as...
It's like a cross between a 3 wheeler and those gay biker trikes with the VW engine. Plus, 10hp's of fury in that bad boy as well.
Probably why they lasted as long as the whole fruitbooting thing. Small customer base / no skill. Heyohhhh!
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12/30/2013 3:34pm
Knoby wrote:
BAMX wrote:
It's like a cross between a 3 wheeler and those gay biker trikes with the VW engine. Plus, 10hp's of fury in that bad boy as...
It's like a cross between a 3 wheeler and those gay biker trikes with the VW engine. Plus, 10hp's of fury in that bad boy as well.
Yeah, but only the top pros can only use all the power, and ride it to it's full potential!
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12/30/2013 3:42pm
Bytor wrote:
If you notice the big washer right behind the front swing arm those are the foot pegs. Yes they actully turned with the steering.
bradnelson wrote:
Hey Bytor, do you still hate the Snowdog ? Tongue
They squared for battle just the other day.
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12/31/2013 5:20am
I remember those. Never rode one though. And can't imagine competing on one in a Barstow to Vegas race.
Spartacus wrote:
Well, men use to be men and didn't need F1 dirt bikes to ride. Now a days people won't ride with dirty boots. The rough and...
Well, men use to be men and didn't need F1 dirt bikes to ride. Now a days people won't ride with dirty boots. The rough and tumble sport of dirt riding has gotten fairly pansy and pampered.
They make MX gloves out of panties now! It freaks me out!
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12/31/2013 8:57am
My old man had one when I was a kid. They built a huge roll cage around it and put a 634 hirth mod motor in it. His buddy descided to ride it in a 3 wheeler race back inthe day.......what a frickin disaster that was.
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12/31/2013 9:15am
Go home, Threewheeler. You're drunk.

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