@@KayBee659 eh I dunno I think our boy jerry may just be special. Imma welder, I know a LOT of engineers, my own father included. Most are boring people with average intelligence.
Engineers are building your infrastructure, car and all factories building all kind of stuff. Engineers normally are out of the box, that's how they invent stuff...I guess engineers also love to test theory in practice🤪😅
The real problem with ATCs was people not understanding that you have to swing your body to either side to counter balance the bike. Staying neutral on an ATC is gonna create instability, an experienced rider knows that. That’s where so many inexperienced riders got hurt because the manufacturers and dealers didn’t explain proper riding position to customers.
You don`t just sit on a 3 wheeler, squeeze the throttle and go! You have to pivot and move with the bike and actually learn how to handle them. They were a machine you respected and a TOTAL blast to ride! I miss mine.
i grew up on 3 wheelers. 1st 3 wheeler was a 1983 Honda ATC 110 then a 1986 Polaris Scrambler 250R/ES 3 wheeler that my dad bought new and i still own. Leaning/weight distribution is essential to 3 wheeler operation
As someone that drove these things - high performance ones - for years and loved them I can say, the major problem was that people tried to ride them like motorcycles. That will mess you up in a hurry. The methodology for moving these around in space is totally different. BUT, once you understand that, man, you have a much larger contact patch with the ground, and you counter steer while power sliding through the curves. Such a blast. I spent a large percent of the time down beside the engine on the inside of the curve with the rear wheels spinning and sliding. It was drifting before drifting was cool. P.S. if you 250 would only do 38 mph, something was wrong.
I pretty much said the same thing before I seen this comment. It seems like we've gotten so far away from them that people forgot how they were used lol I suppose that happens
I had a 200x that went over 30. Buddies 250R was much, much faster. I hauled it from MN to CA. Went riding on salt flats, in SD, CO then CA. Pismo Beach.. I flew back 2 years later. Rented a Polaris 4 wheeler. Absolute dog. Guy at rental had a 250R he had just overhauled. He let me take it. They were as dangerous as rider.
Yeah I ride my big red way differently than a quad or bike and way more cautiously/conservative than any other offroad machine, nothing else I own is a "deathtrap"
I’d love to see a few segments where Jerry tries to mod it to make it less sketchy; maybe using modern suspension, different wheels/tires, trying to adjust weight distribution, etc.
Doubt they would do that with this because a lot of this episode feels like they are trying everything they can think of to maximize the feeling of sketchiness probably for liability reasons.
I used to think the same thing until I rode my dirtbike with someone who actually knew how to ride a three wheeler. You have to get the back end to break traction by using the throttle and weight distribution. We were trail riding and he was as fast as a dirtbike. It was impressive.
Unfortunately, they were marketed to everyone, including making small versions for little kids (who were getting smashed by them). And they were huge sellers.
The thing about these as well is that they were widely marketed to inexperienced riders, as well as children as a "safer" alternative. If experienced riders think this thing is a deathtrap, you could imagine what would happen to an unsuspecting kid
My grandparents had one of these I remember driving around their farm on it when I was 10. It wasn't that dangerous if you didn't push it. I mean compared to the dirt bikes.
@@FakeSchrodingersCat while true, anyone who rides quads or even dirt bikes can plainly see he was riding like crap to be dramatic. You don't sit on the seat like that through whoops. And you don't sit all the way on the back of the seat while trying to climb a hill. You absolutely slide your body weight inside during cornering. He rides bikes, he knows this. He rode like crap to make it look worse.
I think the trike can mislead drivers. You see the front wheel and think you can do things that you can do on a motorcycle, like put your foot down in the side, ride between some narrow obstacles, or lean into a corner, but any of those maneuvers are likely to get you hurt on this thing. So the issue is psychological, in addition to all of the problems with the vehicle dynamics.
@@EliasC425 That was the other big danger: because of the small size of these trikes, people would let children ride them. Children, as you may know, are REAL STUPID and have effectively no capacity for risk assessment, so all the design features of the trikes that make them dangerous for adults are actually magnified.
I think the inherent unstable vehicle dynamics has way more to do with it than people's psychology and people subconsciously thinking they're on a motorcycle...
A lot of ppl buying trikes then came from dirt bike riding and they assumed the same rules of riding would apply hence so many accidents. Even riding it "properly" is still sketchy given the low center of gravity, short rear axle and fat bouncy tires.
What's wrong with all of you? you drive it like a 3 wheeler and theres no issue. if someone let kids ride it before they were capable thats on them. And if you think youre on a motorcycle you shouldnt be operating any motorized vehicle. If you arent aware of your surroundings you're a risk to yourself and everyone else around you. Seriously people that cant use their brain shouldnt have been the issue for their demise. I've owned at least 3 of these maybe 4 (not a racing model like this) and have NEVER rolled one or crashed because of it being a trike. I also drove it properly and leaned the opposite direction of my turns, threw my body back and forth to distribute weight etc. You need to be shown how to ride first if you can't figure out how to properly drive one. That may have been the biggest problem was zero documentation on riding them. Because i know at least 2 of mine had a sticker saying NO riders under 18 unsupervised. That could be a Canadian thing too though. My point being is don't knock them if you havent experienced all they have to offer. They are very versatile and are great in plenty of scenarios.
I survived 25 years of riding a 1985 Honda 200M. That butterflies in the tummy thing when it gets squirrely is similar to the feeling you get when the backhoe starts to tip over. I miss my ATC. Always hillclimb in heavily wooded areas. The trees will stop the tumbling ATC reducing the distance you need to walk to retrieve it.
The day I bought one of these as an adult was prime time fun. I regularly had my 250R up on two wheels working through rough terrain. You learned just how dangerous the trike is, it’s limitations, and you either exploited them (I could trail ride into places 4-wheelers couldn’t because the third wheel could be maneuvered about), or you learned safe ways to bail. You also let out air from the front wheel when jumping so you didn’t have a bouncing balloon on the front if there was any height to be had. All that said: there’s no WAY kids should ever have had those things. They’re death machines if you don’t respect them, and even when you do, you run the risk of them jumping up and biting you if you misjudge something. Happily sold mine after a summer of fun. Warned the buyer to be careful. No regrets.
I had one as a kid, my friend had one in our early 20s. We were both experienced MXers and both got injured. Another friend bought one as an adult and managed to sell it before dying.
As kids we had probably 8 or 9 of these. From a 150(i think) to a 500. 3 wheelers are just insanely fun. Kids should absolutely NOT have these. Looking back I can't believe we had so many with the land we had and nobody died. A 3 wheeler with big balloon tires is just absurd fun/danger.
did you guys ever float yours? we had some pretty wide and deep creeks we'd float over, but the best was the trike was the only machine that we could use to cross the bottoms swampy area. Could even toe out gear to set up camping on the few dry "islands" out in the bottoms. damn what fun we had
My goodness, get over a little danger Mommy and Daddy kar1ns.. I had an '86 ATC 250r at 14yrs old. I ran the crap out of it daily, getting chased by over zealous cops for merely driving down some desolate back road to get to the next trail, flying through some trails 5th gear wide open, heck I even used to practice riding on a local track with 2 riders, 1 a guy who raced in the professional class and another who raced in I believe intermediate class.. Anyway, my goodness, start out slow, learn how to ride it and you will be fine...
Growing up in the country I was around these a lot. I flipped one going about 50mph, landed on my back, 3 wheeler landed on top of me. I was lucky to walk away with scrapes, an exhaust burn, and a clicking noise in my ankle for the rest of my life.
I lost a friend to an uphill flip-over accident, handlebars hit her right in the sternum and stopped her heart. God knows I did plenty of stupid shit that could've killed me too, just remember every day is a gift.
@@mark20044 I worked under my car on gravel. I went inside, came back, and my car had tipped off the jack stands. I started trying to figure out what to put under my stands and decided to just always move my cars so I am working on concrete. My best plan had been to have a shop cut foot-square pieces of diamond plate.
my mom flipped one on top of herself when she was 11 and messed up her back but she didn’t tell anyone bc she wasn’t supposed to be on it and didn’t want to get in trouble. when she had me at 21, she got an epidural that didn’t work properly because of bulging disks. and all of her spine issues were noted in her autopsy last year and it nearly became a lawsuit until they realized her death had nothing to do with her spinal injuries. but for a second there, her death was considered a homicide
My cousin and I rode a 250R back in the day. He had it for a couple years. What we found was every time we rode it, we would find a new way to fall off and no matter what it roll over top of us. Fall off the front, side, back it didn’t matter. The other thing I noticed was your seems to have upgraded, quad style tires. The originals were more balloon like and were super susceptible to different air pressures. With a slow leak one side would be significantly larger than the other causing it to want constantly turn. Fun!!! Yeah! Sketchy as hell defiantly.
The 3 wheelers have been banned in Australia for over 20 years. There were hundreds of deaths of people mostly children on rural country farms being killed in accidents riding them. They are just like driving a Robin Reliant as they love to just rollover turning a corner when going just a little bit faster than really slow.
Yeah these were banned in the states in 88. But that just meant manufacturers could no longer sell them. You could still buy parts and could still sell them on the secondary market. Nearly 35 years later there are still quite a few of these out in the wild. A quick check of FB marketplace shows there are about 15-20 within a couple hundred miles of where I live.
reliant robins aren't as unstable as people think, i'm assuming you've watched the top gear one where jeremy kept flipping it, that one was modified to do it, they are actually quite stable
@@brettbrettson69 I think it had a lot more to do with ATV's being a totally new thing when the 3 Wheeler was introduced. Everyone was a bad rider, because unless you owned a dirt bike you had 0 ATV experience.
I think I speak for all of us when I say, I want to see more vids like this. Testing sketchy atvs/dirt bikes/motorcycles/cars is very fun to watch and I want more
I used to own one of these in the 80's They weren't as hard to ride as it looks. If you don't lean on a bike it will tip. So lean into turn and stability is 80% higher. Used to hunt with these and lived across from a gravel pit in Alaska. Best times in my life were memories from launching one of these off a gravel hill. These and snow machines omg never forget them
The true issue with this bike was parents bought them for their kids, and sent them off unsupervised. They thought, " Oh it has three wheels so they wont tip over." I rode and raced these for decades and still have one. We drift them and wheelie in every direction. Never got hurt on a 3 wheeler.
That along with people who'd ridden dirtbikes/quads and expect them to act the same. My dad rode them growing up and the only injury he ever got was losing his finger, but that was because he wasn't paying attention and ran into his cousin. Would've happened regardless of what he was on.
yeah i started riding mine at 9 but i had a 4 wheeler for a few years before never hurt on the 3 wheeler 9 years later and only been rlly hurt on the quad or dirtbikes
Lmaoooo Jerry is too good of a rider that he just naturally stops all of the poor design hazards. You can see he's like trying to imitate a bad driver in some instances but not in others, then the trike rolling down the hill is funny af when you pause it right before.
That's the main reason these bikes were banned, they were marketed towards children and new riders when an atc should only be ridden by an experienced rider.
Lol I learned to ride on these when I was 3. U can see him sitting back on the seat well going up hill ... he should be leaning forward. body weight always goes towards the top of the hill.. also on the u turn test why did he not lean and pitch the back end around. Clearly trying to make it look dangerous.... someone wanted an ATC and found a way to write it off.
Yall should try to mod it to see if you can “tame the beast”. Maybe add some wheel spacers in the rear, different spring rates, possibly even a different head angle. That would definitely be worth watching.
Follow me on this.....it might be a crazy mod but how about 1 more wheel in the front for extra stability? Yeah I know, I'm a dumbass. That would never work.
@@disarray8244 there was a kit back in the 80s ,if I recall it was called 3x4 or something like that ,and that's exactly what it was. A subframe to add to the front ,after removing the forks, to turn it into a 4 wheeler.
I grew up with two Honda 200 ATCs and several friends had them too. We converted nine acres of hilly land in IL into a big three-wheeler trail labyrinth, hauling ass between oak trees and up insane hills, creek beds and cliffs edges. For six years or so we rode like maniacs and nobody got hurt one time ever. You learn how the bike works, how to shift your weight, how to jump and land...it was a blast. It boggles my mind that these things scare young people now. Or really, it doesn't boggle my mind if I'm being honest.
I had Honda 200’s as well. Never got hurt, always hauled ass, wide open or nothing. As long as you don’t ride over your ability to ride, you shouldn’t be getting hurt. On the other hand, I’ve seen some dumbassess go balls to the walls being stupid and getting in a wreck.
Grew up on 200x. Same experience. I think it was a unique ride that required specific experience. Too many people tried to ride beyond their experience.
My son is into 3 wheelers. He had a couple big reds and currently has a 200x. He knows the machine's dangers, limitations and how to ride them. The worst thing about them is the suspension, or lack thereof, making it impossible to keep pace with modern bikes. Sure they can be dangerous in the wrong hands, but I believe the ban was a lot of fear mongering to make room for the new 4 wheeler tech that was just invented.
Also when travelling narrow trails you can hook a tree with the rear tire, instantly sending you over the handlebars. Happened to me and never rode it again.
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Fellow illinois fella here. We used to ride em all the time too. I know a guy who lost the tips of two of fingers and one who lost half a foot to three wheeler accidents.
I’d love to have seen a side by side comparison with a 4 wheeler on these tests. The jump especially seems like it would have been a similar result, but the hill climb also may have struggled.
I knew multiple people who broke their legs with those back in the 80s just while turning. I don't see the point in restricting them because some people just have to learn the hard way. But it is a flawed design.
He was riding it like a beginner would. I'm sure on purpose. An experienced rider would be standing up and using his body as counterbalance but those things are definitely crazy dangerous fun...
Naw give me trx450 and I’ll climb most hills. He thing is you have to stand and also lean when you turn. But also crashing is the best lesson to get better
This whole video reminded me of a story my dad told me. Back in 1992-93, he was 17, and had this friend, Robby. Robby had a Yamaha Banshee, and him and my dad “lightly” modified it. By lightly I mean it was fast enough to easily kill you. So them, and two other guys drove out to this farm dirt road to test it. And the end of this road was a county road that ran a T past it, so a three way intersection. They set up some chairs, and chilled on the side of the county road, and corner of the dirt road. Their buddy got on, drove down the dirt road, and they thought nothing of it, they’d been doing it all day. So they heard their buddy riding back, flat out, I mean flying, mach chicken. The problem was, he wasn’t letting off, due to him miscalculating where the end of the road was. So at the end of this road was the county road, like I said earlier, and a ditch that ran parallel to the county road and pasture off to the side of the county road. Their buddy flew past the county road, over the ditch and rolled into the pasture. Ended up with a broken arm and a few cracked ribs. So the other guys took him to the ER, while Dad and Robby stayed behind, within 30 minutes, they had the Banshee running again, and Robby was back out riding it like nothing happened. He now owns a shop and is a reputable mechanic, known for being able to rebuild a transmission faster than you can tell him what’s wrong.
@@hudsongothard3426 “mach chicken”- “An undefined velocity of an object in motion usually applying to something moving very quickly. Most often used when the person using words is in an excited state of storytelling.” “He was driving his truck at “mach chicken” when he hit the meridian and launched his truck over the ditch.” - 2008 urban dictionary
A friend had a Kawasaki 3 wheeler with a Tecate race motor. That thing was quick. He let his other friends ride it on pavement and they didn't realize you had to lean into the turns. They'd turn the handlebars and the thing just kept pushing forward. Of all the motorcycles I've ridden, that was the only one I ever dumped. We were taking turns doing a steep hill climb. We all dumped it. I remember falling backwards and bracing my feet on the pegs and monkey flipping it over me so it wouldn't land on me.
I remember my Dad got one of these when I was a kid, with the idea being that it was something we could ride in the fields out the back of the house, a lovely shiney red Honda. He took it for brief "test ride" down the street and then managed to slowly topple it over going around the cul-de-sac (which had a turning circle designed for garbage trucks). It was gone the next day.
except look at the statistics from the 80's wen these were banned and the numbers were just over the same numbers from ATV (4 wheelers) and Motocross bikes. and lets not forget people are comparing modern Quads to this compare the 80's style quads and there about the same close up narow with. narow front to back compared to most now. also wanna add the ban on them is expired now
The biggest thing that helped make these machines more stable and I always felt fairly comfortable on them was by adding 3-in hub extenders to the rear. the 250R already was wider than the rest of the machines. And had the flat sport tires which also helps. However in this video it looks like that 250r is narrower than normal. The most dangerous situation with the three wheelers no matter how wide they are though is breaking while turning while also heading downhill that thing's going to roll in a 45° angle every time if you're not super super careful
Great video! Growing up we had this exact 3-wheeler and the Big Red version. This one is way easier to flip (or do tricks on!) than the big red which has some suspension components. I almost got severely injured on that one many times, however, the machine that put me in the hospital was a dirt bike. Any machine is dangerous if you ride it like a maniac like I always did.
Yeah this machine seriously put a damper on my childhood. I was doing BMX and getting ready to get into dirt bikes when one of my mom's friends kids lost like six teeth in front in a three-wheeler accident.
The whole putting your leg down and running over it. First time I did that was on an older quad before they had the steps on the side to keep you from doing it. I have rode 3 wheelers since I was a kid and my getting hurt ratio has been no worse than anything else with 2 or 4 wheels. They are all dangerous especially with people who do not know what they are doing when they ride.
Exactly. They’re all dangerous. The 3 wheeler has its own quirks but it’s not like 10 times more dangerous than a 50hp motocross bike or an ATV with 1,000 ccs.
I so agree... My cousin was killed on his quad while he was riding in a ditch. The front wheels came up somehow, it went backwards and landed on him... All vehicles are dangerous - so just know how they react to situations and understand their limitations.
The thing with ATC's is to kick the tail end out to take corners, if the terrain allows, they are an extremely fun experience tho, I prefer them much more than bikes and ATV's
Ya that's why at speed it was fine as it was easier to kick the rear out in a power slide. St slow speeds the rear tires get too much traction and it pivots on the outer wheel.
I love Jerry's desire to keep pushing Nolan's comfort levels by putting himself in sketchy situations, and that rant with the camera cutaway had me rolling.
I had an 1986 250R, put an extended swing arm and slid the front shocks up about 2 inches made it way more stable. A 4 wheeler would have rolled in that test just like the 3 wheeler. also helps to ride the 3 wheeler up on the tank more like a dirt bike.
back straight, Hips unlocked. head up, feet on the pegs, elbows up, it was nice seeing jerry applying all of that. He would be an awesome guest on Gypsy Tales.
He went about taking that corner wrong in either a 4 wheeler or 3 wheeler, I would have shifted my weight to the inside corner as low as possible, dropping the clutch to kick the rear end out and the power it through the corner
@@griffinbest3812 You gotta remember that it's over 30 years old and was very likely ridden hard and put away wet quite often for a significant portion of those 30+ long years before sitting unused and forgotten about (which is one of the worse things you can do to any kind of motor vehicle) in some musty old shed or out in the elements for quite a bit more years. It's not going to have anywhere near the power or performance it had in its prime. It probably struggled and took all it had to get up to 38 mph.
I grew up in Wyoming and had a three-wheeler. We would ride around with 3 of us on it (the rider at the back definitely had to be careful not to get their leg stuck under one of the rear tires). We also tied an old tractor inner tube to it during the winter and pulled each other around in the snow. Lots of great memories from my three-wheeler.... May it rest in peace wherever it is now.
Most people we had on 1 trike was 5. We were going from camp to camp. And we had a small hill to climb. And we were drunk, every last one of us. That small hill was 3 times bigger that night I'm certain. Made it to the top with 4 of us. 1 was sacrificed on the way to save the others. Good times....
I like how he said that's the most powerful version of Honda ATC made in the 80's... Wrong. That's an air cooled. The 85 and 86 water cooled made way more stock horse power than the 81 to 84s. Still have our big bored water cooled trikes and a 140 swapped ATC 70. Love them!
Grew up on one since i was about 9. Still have it at age 38. 84' Honda 200es. Also have a Honda 110 and 185. Oh, and a Kawasaki LT200 (look that weird bastard up). Love them. Sure i rolled the 200es down the side of the rail road tracks as a kid, thats half the fun, just gotta know how to bail. Turning, lean way into the turns, like hangin over the ground. Hill climb, lean forward, as he did not do at all. People are just such candy a**** these days. Not all , but most. Let the guberment dictate what you can have. That always works out well for countries.
I caught the back wheel on the corner of a concrete building I was zooming past in between it and a fence. Woke up sitting next to the bike with my butt on the ground in front of the rear tire and right foot on the seat. 10/10 did ride again. Over and over.
I was riding an ATC 90 starting around 1970 . Rolled it a few times (my fault) but usually pretty safe. Had large balloon tires and if you laid on your belly on the seat with you legs hanging back you could actually cross small ponds and streams that were too deep to ride through. You floated across with the spinning rear tires propelling you.
My dad has, and still occasionally rides, a street registered Honda '85 250R in Gallatin County, Montana. We've both driven it on iced roads numerous times. I saw people doing insane things with 1984+ Honda 250R's and Kawa Tecate 3's in the mid 80's. Hillclimbs & motocross style jumps that would've required these video creators to bring multiple pair of drawers just to watch. Windy Point/Whitewater + Edom Hill in the Palm Springs area back when you could still ride them. The song "Everybody wants to rule the world" by Tears for Fears filmed guys out at Windy Point for part of their MTV video. I started riding the 250R when I was 10. Never had any accident of any kind on it to this day. If you're taught how to properly ride these and know the limits of the machine, they not only haul azz but are rewarding and fun to ride. Taking a 4th gear turn faster than the "top speed" in this video with the upper half of your body leaning off the bike, drift controlling the steering while applying the right amount of throttle to keep the back tires performing just how they should is bliss. The guy driving in this vid sounds like he is at half throttle/wrong gear most of the time. 38 MPH top speed = you missed the last 3 gears the bike still has in the transmission?
Ya these bikes can do a lot more than this video gives em credit for. I've ridden lots of the trails up in Pipestone MT with a yamaha 225dx which is pretty close to where your father lives and the terrains pretty gnarly but as long as you lean forward on the inclines and chose good paths on the declines and lean into your corners the 3 wheelers can go just about anywhere a 4 wheeler can.
Yeah, so much so that he rode it incorrectly on purpose in order to make three wheelers seem dangerous. When steering a three wheeler you shift you weight over the steer tire and lean to the inside. That puts your weight over the steer tire so it bites, and off the drive tires so they slide. You do this because the drive axle has no differential. The owners manual of all three wheelers tell you this. And when going up a steep hill like that you definitely put your weight over the front tire. Jerry is an experienced enough rider to know that. But the point of this video was to make them look dangerous so he rode it wrong intentionally.
ripping these through corn fields was so much fun! so sketchy! after awhile you learn to predict the bump and use your body as a counter weight. I am so glad you didn't get hurt cause I've had a couple mishaps on that thing myself! 🤣
Day 1393773 to bring DDDD-List intro Content is on low. I dont even watch them anymore, only if i see super interesting episode and lets be honest that rare af
We had three of these we'd run through trails in the woods when I was a kid. They were the "fun" ones. Someone would have to tag along on a four wheeler with some straps for when we inevitably rolled one down a hill or abandoned ship to have it careen off into the bushes. Amazingly no injuries. Just learned how to bail.
The more you ride the less “dangerous” it gets because you understand how to shift the weight to not flip/add stability. Rode mine all the time and still do. I love it.
Yup! First motorcycle was a 110 atc. Then got a 250r. Wish They never got sold. I can ride a dirtbike and 3 wheel no problem and have fun. Some people don't care for operation of a machine to understand effort and balance. Most hop on like lets send it!!!!! And boom hospital.
My liquid cooled '86 would do 70 when it was new. That's about 110kph and that is damn fast. Dirt wheels magazine determined the top speed was 73mph due to the transmissions limits.
I miss my 3-wheelers. I absolutely LOVED them when I had some. I can see how they can be dangerous because I've seen inexperienced people trying to get a little too wild on them. But once my brother and I got used to them and learned to ride them well, man we had so much damn fun! And NEVER got hurt. Never even had a close call.
Do you know you can still buy all the old ones from the 80s . There are thousands of them on the EAST COAST, there are tons of collectors over there , they have barns and basements full of excellent to new machines . I know several guys that have new ones never rode . You can buy one any time you want one like new .
Road one many years never take your feet off pegs .you have to crouch and lean when turning and it's more stable and easier to ride when you brake the back wheels loose.the extra wheel spin makes it more manageable.more dangerous on pavement
I knew a farm boy who rode one of these full speed, drifting corners, and jumping ditches. Did it since he was a kid. Safe to say some people actually mastered these death traps
i was riding one and a teen came up on a 700 raptor was like ARENT YOU SCARED TO RIDE THAT THING, i looked at him super confused. i was just blasting around sliding
had one of these & would rip through the snow each winter while trailing a rope attached to a saucer ... hard to believe none of us in the neighborhood died from it
@@marcusborderlands6177 not true by any means. More people die in sxs and dirtbikes annually than people ever died on trikes. Trikes went away because Americans blamed the machine, not their lack of judgment and skill. The end
I think the moral of the story is that if you practice and get used to how terribly unstable these are, you know how to compensate. It's the "hold my beer" folks and kids that get on them for the first time who really hurt themselves. This one actually has different-than-stock tires that are flatter and seemingly more stable than the original. The one I had was like this but all three tires were like the one on the front. A huge donut. Super floppy and even worse for stability. But I will say, after not having been on it for a good 25 years now, I bet it would be like second nature to get back on and give it a go through the deer lease. They are tons of fun.
powerslides are your friend on those things... first bikes i was on were all atc's. people just try to turn it like a quad and get surprised when they roll it....
Had one of these back in the days and absolutely loved it. Sure had a few injuries but nothing major. All down to operator error 😊 didn’t find it any more dangerous than my dirt bikes? Problem was inexperienced riders pushing too hard.
LOL I still have one of these! Grew up riding them, still ride them! You just obviously need to be more careful riding them, just like you should with any other ATV or dirt bike. It all comes down to understanding what you're riding and the limits of it and you.
Having had both a quad and a trike back in the day, you just had to ride it correctly... If you try and ride it like a motorcycle, you are going to get what you saw here. It takes a LOT of body control to make either type of machine perform. With the slow rolling turn, ya gotta lean into it, a lot. fast speed turn, you basically use the rear end like a rudder and kick it out and slide it, drift car style to get around the corner. And going up a steep hill, you move your weight WAY forward over the bars to keep the front end down. Now, not saying these are not sketchy, they totally are. But if you actually know how to ride one a lot of the danger can be mitigated. I would LOVE to own one now.
my dad had one of these trikes when i was a kid, he had the front wheel filled with water to give it some extra weight up front, cos we lived in a very hilly area
I’ve been riding 3-wheelers since i was 5 years old. They make them seem way worse than they are. They’re no more dangerous than any other off-road machine. You just have to know how to ride them and you gotta be careful. They really aren’t that bad.
I agree, I rode one exactly like this for years at Glamis and elsewhere in the California desert and the only time I ever got hurt or even concerned was the first day after I installed paddle tires. I underestimated the grip of the paddles and did a hyper wheelie off of a jump and knocked the wind out of my lungs. I knew dozens of people that rode them safely for over ten years. What this video never showed was powering into turns like you were drifting. That is the correct way to turn them.
This episode brought back some good childhood memories. I personally think they're way more fun than motorcycles either street or dirt variety. I agree with others comments about the vast majority of injuries and such were rider skills or lack there of. Speed related turns require shifting rider weight (butt off the seat) into the turn with counter steer. Hills require weight over handlebars.
I've also been driving them for 30 plus yrs, these don't ride like anything else and you have to know how to run one, these guys don't move on the bike right, they were sitting on it like a Harley, and they do make them look worse.
I have been riding these all my life, once you get use to shifting you weight and become more in tune with the bike all the test performed can be done safely. The only time I have ever been scare was on hills way steeper than those. I have actually hurt myself on my quad more than my 3-wheeler
Ya the answer is usually just stand up and put all your weight forward and to the inside of a turn. I remember the ol three wheeler doing the tightest donuts!
@@Chris-oj7ro yeah these guys are just noobs trying to make a video to get clicks. If they had any riding skill all of those tests were totally possible. Why sit on the back of the seat trying to climb a hill, why try to turn without shifting your weight. Smmfh
Loved mine, never had major danger or at least I felt comfortable with it. If you're sitting on the seat any more than 10% then you're doing it wrong lol. You should be spending 9 out of every 10 minutes hanging over empty space for counterbalance. So much fun once you're used to them😍🥰
I've seen that too, you really got to work these things to keep all 3 wheels on the ground, all throttle or no throttle and you got to commit to your actions because they can smell fear. I dont think any random should ride one of these especially not a child but it is cool to see how these handle with a capable rider
I've been riding these things since the 90's, I'm 53 now and at the moment own 4 of them. My family owns about 11 in total. Your rollover test made me laugh, The funny thing is, you rolled over more times than I have in over 30 years!! And in the past we have ridden them hard, real hard. Like a re-bore each year hard. Love it when you hit a bump with 1 back wheel, and as the wheel lifts you see another coming on the other side, so keep the throttle wide open and let it tip you back to level. Like any bike, if it goes west - bail!! Worst injuries - gravel rash on hands, burns from exhaust, injured pride! Scariest accident - another rider went up a bank I wouldn't have and went over backwards, didn't bail and fell about 3 meters with the bike landing on him. Nothing broken, but he was 1 big human sized bruise. A quad would have been heavier and done more damage. Funniest accident - Got out of hand in some sand dunes, gave up and bailed. Went off the back, my feet hooked the handle bars, bike settled and I came out of the dunes, flat on my back looking like I was steering with my ankles. Lean out for slow turns, lean in and slide the back wheels on fast turns, never forget those back wheels are gonna hit things your front wheel won't. Respect the risks, go have fun!! But if you think it's dangerous, that's fine, more bikes for me!!
support you 100% The 3 wheel was never dangerous, idiots and bad riders made it that way. The world is filled with sissys and pansies that have no balls. The 3 wheeler was a wonderful fun machine.
My uncle had one of these in the 90's, I remember riding on it with my aunt one time, and of course we rolled it over on top of us at a very slow speed. It even had one of those crappy thumb throttles that made it even harder to control smoothly. Nearly forgot they existed!
Single rider machine only, there is even a sticker on tje trike that tells you that and what can happen with 2 people on it. Rider error not machines fault.
38 mph top speed? I had a 250r new way back when and that thing was screaming fast. If you can't get that thing up to at least 60mph there is something seriously wrong with it; I'm pretty sure the top speed on these was 80 mph.
Had one of these when I was younger, first time flipping it over taught me a lesson and I never flipped it again, was a fun thing to ride around the trails behind my house.
A childhood friend of mine died on one of these. We all had them in the 80's and early 90's. Andy Allison was his name. They still have a children's charity fun run in his honor each year. My dad still has one and uses it yearly for deer camp (Arkansas). They're actually quite sought after. He has people offer him ridiculous money for it all the time.
I’d argue, They are actually the safest 3 wheeler ever made. They most dangerous part of any atc, was getting drunk on them or getting their 18 yo or younger one of them, which should never happen.
I’ve ridden and owned a few three wheelers and I can attest that when they pull your leg under the rear tire, it Definitely Sucks!! I’ve also experienced a “cam over” going up a super steep hill on my ATC 350x in the gravel pits. Right as I was getting near the top, the rear tires lost traction and started to dig and then they suddenly grabbed and the front end popped straight up and flipped backwards… I went running down the hill with the three wheeler chasing me like that big round boulder in Indiana Jones… it was pretty gnarly. Bent the handlebars all TF but she fired right up and got me home. They’re Dangerously Fun 🥰
I love these think the best representation was by fortnine actually. TLDR: you need to move your body more, if you ride its at full attack, it actually goes far better. Its rider knowledge that makes these things. More leaning into the corner, leaning up hill, and more wheel spin, the goal ironically is to loose traction Only thing is, your riding it like the general public would, which shows why the general public hated them
I rode one at a friends house when I was 11 or 12 (no helmet of course because no one cared about that back then) and my parents were so pissed when they found out, I wasn’t allowed to go to their house anymore.
Ive been riding them for about 4 years now (im 17), and yeah they are sketchy if you dont know what your doing and this video is a perfect example of what not to do because you can litterally make the back tire come off the ground just by standing on it without it moving and swinging your weight in either direction, but if you do know what your doing they can be really fun and the atc 110 and 125 even float on water
An ATC250r was the first vehicle with a manual transmission I ever learned to ride. I was 6 years old and my uncle had one. After a month of riding it I got pretty comfortable with it and even started doing the sideways wheelie like Jerry did at the start just for fun. Now I'm 2 weeks from being 21 and wishing we still had it today...
These guys are very much exaggerating the difficulty of riding a 3-Wheeler. I started riding one when I was 5, never used a helmet and never was injured. most of the people who were injured were trying to do tricks with limited experience.
This was a throwback for me, my grandpa had two of these when I was growing up, one for their house and another for the lake, never did anymore besides across a field or down the road, but this unlocked some old memories for me, keep up the good work I felt like I was watching a show
Those 250r's do look cool, fun, and dangerous. I grew up with a Honda big red 3 wheeler, never go injured. Super easy to balance on 2 wheels, could go miles.
Environment and mods make a huge impact on how well it rides and yes it takes skill to ride an atc. Side note you guys had a 2nd gen, 3rd gens we the best and most "powerful". Widened rear axles and extended swing arm really improves stability. And riding out in the sand dunes is a Really Intense experience. My idea of Heaven ☺️
Three wheelers were very common in the 80's and no more dangerous than a dirt bike. Obviously if you put it in dangerous situations and try and make it fail it will. Anything will. I get the feeling these guys get scared of mice too.
The only thing this episode did was make me miss my 3 wheelers. I grew up riding them since I was 5 years old! I honestly still feel more comfortable on them than I do on a 4 wheeler.
I've been riding them since a young age as well, and loved them too. When that power band kicks in there's no better feeling. My uncle had a few wipeouts on his, but I never had an issue. He sold it about 2 years ago and I miss the old days of ripping around in the snow sliding the rear end out.
You guys need to do the extended swing arm and wider axle on it, they actually handle pretty good when doing that and being able to throw your body weight around against turns helps a lot too.
Yeah, the swing-arm from the 87' Honda Quadracer bolted right on and, with a wider axle coupled with flat track rear tires, it didn't take too much shifting of the body weight to throw that thing around into powerslides.
I love how Nolan acts like a worried dad about his son
He’s all like “imagine taking it through all those bumps😰….. (Dirtbike rider inside) YES! Lets go for the Whoops immediately!
Said it before I could 😂
Lol, literally came here to say that. Totally reminding me of my dad.
Here’s my ultimate worried dad thought: did Donut’s liability insurance really ok this?!?
I was about to say that same thing
I love how jerry is simultaneously one of the smartest individuals at donut, while also being one of the most deranged as well😂
This feels like a good definition of engineers, generally
@@KayBee659 eh I dunno I think our boy jerry may just be special. Imma welder, I know a LOT of engineers, my own father included. Most are boring people with average intelligence.
Idk about deranged, just confident.
Engineers are building your infrastructure, car and all factories building all kind of stuff. Engineers normally are out of the box, that's how they invent stuff...I guess engineers also love to test theory in practice🤪😅
I mean those two things have never been mutually exclusive.
i love how donut is slowly becoming mythbusters of the modern era 😂
Right? I was going to say this video's cinematography even felt like Mythbusters.
I almost died on one these when I was 16. No one saw and I never told anyone.
Yes! When the fake leg came out especially 😅
The tool episodes are dope like the impact one
Honestly just wish they actually wrote down the data and made the extra effort to at least get close to being scientific about it.
The real problem with ATCs was people not understanding that you have to swing your body to either side to counter balance the bike. Staying neutral on an ATC is gonna create instability, an experienced rider knows that. That’s where so many inexperienced riders got hurt because the manufacturers and dealers didn’t explain proper riding position to customers.
exactly.
You don`t just sit on a 3 wheeler, squeeze the throttle and go! You have to pivot and move with the bike and actually learn how to handle them. They were a machine you respected and a TOTAL blast to ride! I miss mine.
amen.
i grew up on 3 wheelers. 1st 3 wheeler was a 1983 Honda ATC 110 then a 1986 Polaris Scrambler 250R/ES 3 wheeler that my dad bought new and i still own. Leaning/weight distribution is essential to 3 wheeler operation
yep.
As someone that drove these things - high performance ones - for years and loved them I can say, the major problem was that people tried to ride them like motorcycles. That will mess you up in a hurry. The methodology for moving these around in space is totally different. BUT, once you understand that, man, you have a much larger contact patch with the ground, and you counter steer while power sliding through the curves. Such a blast. I spent a large percent of the time down beside the engine on the inside of the curve with the rear wheels spinning and sliding. It was drifting before drifting was cool. P.S. if you 250 would only do 38 mph, something was wrong.
I pretty much said the same thing before I seen this comment. It seems like we've gotten so far away from them that people forgot how they were used lol I suppose that happens
I had a 200x that went over 30. Buddies 250R was much, much faster. I hauled it from MN to CA. Went riding on salt flats, in SD, CO then CA. Pismo Beach.. I flew back 2 years later. Rented a Polaris 4 wheeler. Absolute dog. Guy at rental had a 250R he had just overhauled. He let me take it. They were as dangerous as rider.
38mph is slow for 250cc 2 stroke ...
Yeah I ride my big red way differently than a quad or bike and way more cautiously/conservative than any other offroad machine, nothing else I own is a "deathtrap"
I bet the previous owner geared it down son he would never hit 50 :D
I love jerry. We need more episodes with him and his cool helmet and weird bikes
Give this comment some love
I wasn't a fan of him at first but he's grown on me and got better
More motorcycle content!!
I’d love to see a few segments where Jerry tries to mod it to make it less sketchy; maybe using modern suspension, different wheels/tires, trying to adjust weight distribution, etc.
Doubt they would do that with this because a lot of this episode feels like they are trying everything they can think of to maximize the feeling of sketchiness probably for liability reasons.
This sounds like a great idea!
Check out Bvc trikes , the build new ones with modern equipment.
@@shockashoota cboys tv has a conversion kit for a quad that makes this. They also did some mods
Training wheels
I used to think the same thing until I rode my dirtbike with someone who actually knew how to ride a three wheeler. You have to get the back end to break traction by using the throttle and weight distribution. We were trail riding and he was as fast as a dirtbike. It was impressive.
Unfortunately, they were marketed to everyone, including making small versions for little kids (who were getting smashed by them). And they were huge sellers.
idiots have to learn too!@@jeanaprewitt9658 How about Pitbull's
I had a few of these, even rode a little one as a kid. You learn to hang off the side and distribute your weight. It is a blast!
The thing about these as well is that they were widely marketed to inexperienced riders, as well as children as a "safer" alternative. If experienced riders think this thing is a deathtrap, you could imagine what would happen to an unsuspecting kid
The kid would die in 10 seconds.
My grandparents had one of these I remember driving around their farm on it when I was 10. It wasn't that dangerous if you didn't push it. I mean compared to the dirt bikes.
He doesn't look all that experienced as he says. Or he was riding like crap to be dramatic. Either way, this is a joke.
@@radiolotek To be fair they have been effectively banned for 34 years how many people are actually experienced with them.
@@FakeSchrodingersCat while true, anyone who rides quads or even dirt bikes can plainly see he was riding like crap to be dramatic. You don't sit on the seat like that through whoops. And you don't sit all the way on the back of the seat while trying to climb a hill. You absolutely slide your body weight inside during cornering. He rides bikes, he knows this. He rode like crap to make it look worse.
I think the trike can mislead drivers. You see the front wheel and think you can do things that you can do on a motorcycle, like put your foot down in the side, ride between some narrow obstacles, or lean into a corner, but any of those maneuvers are likely to get you hurt on this thing.
So the issue is psychological, in addition to all of the problems with the vehicle dynamics.
I grew up ridding a honda big red from 8 years old, one of the most fun bikes ive ever been on. Also the most dangerous lol.
@@EliasC425 That was the other big danger: because of the small size of these trikes, people would let children ride them. Children, as you may know, are REAL STUPID and have effectively no capacity for risk assessment, so all the design features of the trikes that make them dangerous for adults are actually magnified.
I think the inherent unstable vehicle dynamics has way more to do with it than people's psychology and people subconsciously thinking they're on a motorcycle...
A lot of ppl buying trikes then came from dirt bike riding and they assumed the same rules of riding would apply hence so many accidents. Even riding it "properly" is still sketchy given the low center of gravity, short rear axle and fat bouncy tires.
What's wrong with all of you? you drive it like a 3 wheeler and theres no issue. if someone let kids ride it before they were capable thats on them. And if you think youre on a motorcycle you shouldnt be operating any motorized vehicle. If you arent aware of your surroundings you're a risk to yourself and everyone else around you. Seriously people that cant use their brain shouldnt have been the issue for their demise. I've owned at least 3 of these maybe 4 (not a racing model like this) and have NEVER rolled one or crashed because of it being a trike. I also drove it properly and leaned the opposite direction of my turns, threw my body back and forth to distribute weight etc. You need to be shown how to ride first if you can't figure out how to properly drive one. That may have been the biggest problem was zero documentation on riding them. Because i know at least 2 of mine had a sticker saying NO riders under 18 unsupervised. That could be a Canadian thing too though. My point being is don't knock them if you havent experienced all they have to offer. They are very versatile and are great in plenty of scenarios.
Dude, Jer is the beast. I have to say the episodes where he shows up always are the best IMO.
Hells yeah, the way he was working those handle bars over those bumps I was just wondering when he was going to eat it, but he powered through!
I would love to listen to him rant IRL without censorship!!
I survived 25 years of riding a 1985 Honda 200M. That butterflies in the tummy thing when it gets squirrely is similar to the feeling you get when the backhoe starts to tip over. I miss my ATC.
Always hillclimb in heavily wooded areas. The trees will stop the tumbling ATC reducing the distance you need to walk to retrieve it.
I like how Nolan is the dad figure in this episode….
He’s concerned but also pushing Jerry to go further
Like any good dad would do
The day I bought one of these as an adult was prime time fun.
I regularly had my 250R up on two wheels working through rough terrain.
You learned just how dangerous the trike is, it’s limitations, and you either exploited them (I could trail ride into places 4-wheelers couldn’t because the third wheel could be maneuvered about), or you learned safe ways to bail.
You also let out air from the front wheel when jumping so you didn’t have a bouncing balloon on the front if there was any height to be had.
All that said: there’s no WAY kids should ever have had those things. They’re death machines if you don’t respect them, and even when you do, you run the risk of them jumping up and biting you if you misjudge something.
Happily sold mine after a summer of fun. Warned the buyer to be careful. No regrets.
I had one as a kid, my friend had one in our early 20s. We were both experienced MXers and both got injured. Another friend bought one as an adult and managed to sell it before dying.
As kids we had probably 8 or 9 of these. From a 150(i think) to a 500. 3 wheelers are just insanely fun. Kids should absolutely NOT have these. Looking back I can't believe we had so many with the land we had and nobody died. A 3 wheeler with big balloon tires is just absurd fun/danger.
did you guys ever float yours? we had some pretty wide and deep creeks we'd float over, but the best was the trike was the only machine that we could use to cross the bottoms swampy area. Could even toe out gear to set up camping on the few dry "islands" out in the bottoms. damn what fun we had
As someone who rides a moded atc 110 almost daily I agree.
You have to be smart and know the limitations.
My goodness, get over a little danger Mommy and Daddy kar1ns..
I had an '86 ATC 250r at 14yrs old. I ran the crap out of it daily, getting chased by over zealous cops for merely driving down some desolate back road to get to the next trail, flying through some trails 5th gear wide open, heck I even used to practice riding on a local track with 2 riders, 1 a guy who raced in the professional class and another who raced in I believe intermediate class..
Anyway, my goodness, start out slow, learn how to ride it and you will be fine...
Growing up in the country I was around these a lot. I flipped one going about 50mph, landed on my back, 3 wheeler landed on top of me. I was lucky to walk away with scrapes, an exhaust burn, and a clicking noise in my ankle for the rest of my life.
I lost a friend to an uphill flip-over accident, handlebars hit her right in the sternum and stopped her heart. God knows I did plenty of stupid shit that could've killed me too, just remember every day is a gift.
@@mark20044 I worked under my car on gravel. I went inside, came back, and my car had tipped off the jack stands.
I started trying to figure out what to put under my stands and decided to just always move my cars so I am working on concrete.
My best plan had been to have a shop cut foot-square pieces of diamond plate.
i crashed a dirt bike when i was like 11 and both of my ankles click also 😂😂
@@drippingwax that happened to me like 2 weeks ago. scary to think about
my mom flipped one on top of herself when she was 11 and messed up her back but she didn’t tell anyone bc she wasn’t supposed to be on it and didn’t want to get in trouble. when she had me at 21, she got an epidural that didn’t work properly because of bulging disks. and all of her spine issues were noted in her autopsy last year and it nearly became a lawsuit until they realized her death had nothing to do with her spinal injuries. but for a second there, her death was considered a homicide
My cousin and I rode a 250R back in the day. He had it for a couple years. What we found was every time we rode it, we would find a new way to fall off and no matter what it roll over top of us. Fall off the front, side, back it didn’t matter. The other thing I noticed was your seems to have upgraded, quad style tires. The originals were more balloon like and were super susceptible to different air pressures. With a slow leak one side would be significantly larger than the other causing it to want constantly turn. Fun!!! Yeah! Sketchy as hell defiantly.
The ones these guys are riding were a race version of the atc
The 3 wheelers have been banned in Australia for over 20 years.
There were hundreds of deaths of people mostly children on rural country farms being killed in accidents riding them.
They are just like driving a Robin Reliant as they love to just rollover turning a corner when going just a little bit faster than really slow.
Yeah these were banned in the states in 88. But that just meant manufacturers could no longer sell them. You could still buy parts and could still sell them on the secondary market. Nearly 35 years later there are still quite a few of these out in the wild. A quick check of FB marketplace shows there are about 15-20 within a couple hundred miles of where I live.
reliant robins aren't as unstable as people think, i'm assuming you've watched the top gear one where jeremy kept flipping it, that one was modified to do it, they are actually quite stable
same in canada
Most people that crashed these are horrible riders.
@@brettbrettson69 I think it had a lot more to do with ATV's being a totally new thing when the 3 Wheeler was introduced. Everyone was a bad rider, because unless you owned a dirt bike you had 0 ATV experience.
I think I speak for all of us when I say, I want to see more vids like this. Testing sketchy atvs/dirt bikes/motorcycles/cars is very fun to watch and I want more
so, Jackass but with science?
Check out a guy on UA-cam called fotnine
What I have been saying!!
Yeah cause fuck thier safety and well being right?😅
you thought wrong
I used to own one of these in the 80's
They weren't as hard to ride as it looks. If you don't lean on a bike it will tip. So lean into turn and stability is 80% higher. Used to hunt with these and lived across from a gravel pit in Alaska. Best times in my life were memories from launching one of these off a gravel hill. These and snow machines omg never forget them
Jeremia's riding skills actually made it looks less dangerous than it really is
I really feel that they under sold the danger of the low speed roll over
Its no more dangerous than any other off road recreational vehicle.
@@nedkelley4810 were you doing like 5mph when it rolled? I doubt it
@@nedkelley4810 is this leading into that spy plane speed story again?
Been riding these things 20 years, the more careful and timid you are, the more dangerous it is.
Jerry has fully embraced the Florida Man we all know he is
Nah a REAL FLORIDA MAN could actually ride an ATC.
Nolan is like the friend that is more worried bout his friends than they r. I could see him trying to talk friends out of doing something dangerous.
he just like me fr
The true issue with this bike was parents bought them for their kids, and sent them off unsupervised. They thought, " Oh it has three wheels so they wont tip over." I rode and raced these for decades and still have one. We drift them and wheelie in every direction. Never got hurt on a 3 wheeler.
Imagine if parents tried to say they didn't realize wing suits were dangerous
That along with people who'd ridden dirtbikes/quads and expect them to act the same. My dad rode them growing up and the only injury he ever got was losing his finger, but that was because he wasn't paying attention and ran into his cousin. Would've happened regardless of what he was on.
you are skilled and lucky
yeah i started riding mine at 9 but i had a 4 wheeler for a few years before never hurt on the 3 wheeler 9 years later and only been rlly hurt on the quad or dirtbikes
4:44 alright, Jerry legit got a ton of respect from me there. The first 2 wheeling was impressive, but that was just mad.
Lmaoooo Jerry is too good of a rider that he just naturally stops all of the poor design hazards. You can see he's like trying to imitate a bad driver in some instances but not in others, then the trike rolling down the hill is funny af when you pause it right before.
That's the main reason these bikes were banned, they were marketed towards children and new riders when an atc should only be ridden by an experienced rider.
Lol I learned to ride on these when I was 3. U can see him sitting back on the seat well going up hill ... he should be leaning forward. body weight always goes towards the top of the hill.. also on the u turn test why did he not lean and pitch the back end around. Clearly trying to make it look dangerous.... someone wanted an ATC and found a way to write it off.
But if you don't know how to ride one of these, would you do that?
His body language is bad, i wouldn't say hes a good rider at all.
@@zippityzbrake NEVER BANNED, MISCONCEPTION
Yall should try to mod it to see if you can “tame the beast”. Maybe add some wheel spacers in the rear, different spring rates, possibly even a different head angle. That would definitely be worth watching.
They are not dangerous you just know how to ride
Follow me on this.....it might be a crazy mod but how about 1 more wheel in the front for extra stability? Yeah I know, I'm a dumbass. That would never work.
@@disarray8244 there was a kit back in the 80s ,if I recall it was called 3x4 or something like that ,and that's exactly what it was.
A subframe to add to the front ,after removing the forks, to turn it into a 4 wheeler.
@@MrTheHillfolk That's cool but I was just joking around. lol
Theres parts you can get for them such as an extended swing arm and extended axles that can make it alot more planted
I grew up with two Honda 200 ATCs and several friends had them too. We converted nine acres of hilly land in IL into a big three-wheeler trail labyrinth, hauling ass between oak trees and up insane hills, creek beds and cliffs edges. For six years or so we rode like maniacs and nobody got hurt one time ever. You learn how the bike works, how to shift your weight, how to jump and land...it was a blast. It boggles my mind that these things scare young people now. Or really, it doesn't boggle my mind if I'm being honest.
I had Honda 200’s as well. Never got hurt, always hauled ass, wide open or nothing. As long as you don’t ride over your ability to ride, you shouldn’t be getting hurt. On the other hand, I’ve seen some dumbassess go balls to the walls being stupid and getting in a wreck.
Grew up on 200x. Same experience. I think it was a unique ride that required specific experience. Too many people tried to ride beyond their experience.
My son is into 3 wheelers. He had a couple big reds and currently has a 200x. He knows the machine's dangers, limitations and how to ride them. The worst thing about them is the suspension, or lack thereof, making it impossible to keep pace with modern bikes. Sure they can be dangerous in the wrong hands, but I believe the ban was a lot of fear mongering to make room for the new 4 wheeler tech that was just invented.
250sx in the end, but started with a 70, got run over twice by it, whilst on it! i was three or four years old, never happened again ;)
Also when travelling narrow trails you can hook a tree with the rear tire, instantly sending you over the handlebars. Happened to me and never rode it again.
you found out the hard way what they were really designed for- and it wasn't trails.
These are like full blown shows and they are so well done! Jerry is a beast and Nolan provides a perfect complement 😁 Editing is next level as well!
Very on point !
Are you guys gonna sell this thing? I’d really love to buy and get this thing off your hands guys!
aww, your comment got a little heart on it.
I love how Jeremiah is describing the unholy dangerous things he's going to try with an ear to ear smile.
Relatable
3 Wheeler was one of the best parts of my childhood
love how Nolan is like the concerned father of Jeremiah 🤣
He's more nervous than Jeremiah who's actually riding that thing
dude is scared of his own shadow.
The chances of someone from Donut actually reading this are slim but I still have to say it. THANK YOU ALL. Because of what you do and how much you all inspire me I finally decided to take the plunge and apply for a few technician jobs. Yesterday I got hired as a full time mid level tech for a place I'm super stoked on. At 30 I'm going to finally start a career path and it's because you all are so inspirational and driven that it made me want to take my driveway hobby and turn it into my day to day dream. I can't say it enough thank you for everything you do.
Just curious what kind of experience level do you have? I have been spending the last few years doing all my car repairs myself, teaching myself through youtube and forums, and was interested in that career path as well as the satisfaction with a completed repair is awesome. Like do you not only do stuff like brakes/suspension/fluids/engine accesories, but also stuff in the actual drivetrain? I can't do stuff like tearing into parts of a drivetrain yet, oustide of one time I did a valve adjustment on a Honda (that was easy, thank you Honda engineers), but I can do a lot of other stuff now. I suppose at best I might be low-level at this point. Was just curious!
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Good for you man! I hope it works out for you. Nothing better than getting a job doing something you enjoy. Hell yeah
better late than never! i became a propeller airman at 30- most fun i ever had on the job. the best part was telling airframe & power plant techs they were forbidden by the FAA to mess with their props- job security!
My dad had 3 of these when he was a kid. He lived in rural Illinois, so it was mostly flat farm land. No idea how he made it out alive.
Fellow illinois fella here. We used to ride em all the time too. I know a guy who lost the tips of two of fingers and one who lost half a foot to three wheeler accidents.
Fun fact: everyone I know who owned one of these growing up died at least 3 times a year
My Dad got me a Honda Big Red for Christmas when I was 12. Best gift ever. It was a blast in Maine. I only rolled it once.
I’d love to have seen a side by side comparison with a 4 wheeler on these tests. The jump especially seems like it would have been a similar result, but the hill climb also may have struggled.
was thinking this, it's not like quads don't want to fall over when you throw them around on a soft surface
I knew multiple people who broke their legs with those back in the 80s just while turning. I don't see the point in restricting them because some people just have to learn the hard way. But it is a flawed design.
He was riding it like a beginner would. I'm sure on purpose. An experienced rider would be standing up and using his body as counterbalance but those things are definitely crazy dangerous fun...
@@RJT80 exactly 💯!!
I think the demand probably would have moved to 4 wheelers eventually since most are easier for inexperienced people to ride..
Naw give me trx450 and I’ll climb most hills. He thing is you have to stand and also lean when you turn. But also crashing is the best lesson to get better
This whole video reminded me of a story my dad told me. Back in 1992-93, he was 17, and had this friend, Robby. Robby had a Yamaha Banshee, and him and my dad “lightly” modified it. By lightly I mean it was fast enough to easily kill you. So them, and two other guys drove out to this farm dirt road to test it. And the end of this road was a county road that ran a T past it, so a three way intersection. They set up some chairs, and chilled on the side of the county road, and corner of the dirt road. Their buddy got on, drove down the dirt road, and they thought nothing of it, they’d been doing it all day. So they heard their buddy riding back, flat out, I mean flying, mach chicken. The problem was, he wasn’t letting off, due to him miscalculating where the end of the road was. So at the end of this road was the county road, like I said earlier, and a ditch that ran parallel to the county road and pasture off to the side of the county road. Their buddy flew past the county road, over the ditch and rolled into the pasture. Ended up with a broken arm and a few cracked ribs. So the other guys took him to the ER, while Dad and Robby stayed behind, within 30 minutes, they had the Banshee running again, and Robby was back out riding it like nothing happened. He now owns a shop and is a reputable mechanic, known for being able to rebuild a transmission faster than you can tell him what’s wrong.
His buddies arm and ribcage were sacrificed in the name of robbys progress
Mach chicken! Never heard that before
As someone who's currently in highschool, this totally sounds like something me and my friends would do. Banshees are badass man. Great story 👍
@@hudsongothard3426 “mach chicken”- “An undefined velocity of an object in motion usually applying to something moving very quickly. Most often used when the person using words is in an excited state of storytelling.”
“He was driving his truck at “mach chicken” when he hit the meridian and launched his truck over the ditch.” - 2008 urban dictionary
Pretty badass
A friend had a Kawasaki 3 wheeler with a Tecate race motor. That thing was quick. He let his other friends ride it on pavement and they didn't realize you had to lean into the turns. They'd turn the handlebars and the thing just kept pushing forward. Of all the motorcycles I've ridden, that was the only one I ever dumped. We were taking turns doing a steep hill climb. We all dumped it. I remember falling backwards and bracing my feet on the pegs and monkey flipping it over me so it wouldn't land on me.
I remember my Dad got one of these when I was a kid, with the idea being that it was something we could ride in the fields out the back of the house, a lovely shiney red Honda.
He took it for brief "test ride" down the street and then managed to slowly topple it over going around the cul-de-sac (which had a turning circle designed for garbage trucks). It was gone the next day.
hahahahah "Keep filming" bro wanted to let all out, what a legend!! 7:14
It's crazy how much his experience takes away from how dangerous this really is
except look at the statistics from the 80's wen these were banned and the numbers were just over the same numbers from ATV (4 wheelers) and Motocross bikes. and lets not forget people are comparing modern Quads to this compare the 80's style quads and there about the same close up narow with. narow front to back compared to most now.
also wanna add the ban on them is expired now
It’s not dangerous if you know how to ride lol
@@jonathantangjerd lol, aren't you trogs supposed to be over on Yammie Noobs channel? Not a respectable joint like Donut.
@@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing respectable lol half the videos are react videos this is a finally decent video
@@jonathantangjerd cool! I'll take it out and put it you you next girlfriend
The biggest thing that helped make these machines more stable and I always felt fairly comfortable on them was by adding 3-in hub extenders to the rear. the 250R already was wider than the rest of the machines. And had the flat sport tires which also helps. However in this video it looks like that 250r is narrower than normal. The most dangerous situation with the three wheelers no matter how wide they are though is breaking while turning while also heading downhill that thing's going to roll in a 45° angle every time if you're not super super careful
I've always been impressed by the video editing and graphic design animations in donut videos. Props to the team behind them
Great video! Growing up we had this exact 3-wheeler and the Big Red version. This one is way easier to flip (or do tricks on!) than the big red which has some suspension components. I almost got severely injured on that one many times, however, the machine that put me in the hospital was a dirt bike. Any machine is dangerous if you ride it like a maniac like I always did.
No, doesn’t the 250r have suspension and the big reds did not along with being shaft driven
I have a big red also and I love it its very capable off road
Yeah this machine seriously put a damper on my childhood. I was doing BMX and getting ready to get into dirt bikes when one of my mom's friends kids lost like six teeth in front in a three-wheeler accident.
The whole putting your leg down and running over it. First time I did that was on an older quad before they had the steps on the side to keep you from doing it. I have rode 3 wheelers since I was a kid and my getting hurt ratio has been no worse than anything else with 2 or 4 wheels. They are all dangerous especially with people who do not know what they are doing when they ride.
Exactly. They’re all dangerous. The 3 wheeler has its own quirks but it’s not like 10 times more dangerous than a 50hp motocross bike or an ATV with 1,000 ccs.
Absolutely. I don’t know if I ever really sat down on my 3-wheeler.
I so agree... My cousin was killed on his quad while he was riding in a ditch. The front wheels came up somehow, it went backwards and landed on him... All vehicles are dangerous - so just know how they react to situations and understand their limitations.
I'm surprised that the ATV could drive at all with Jeremiahs massive balls in tow.
The thing with ATC's is to kick the tail end out to take corners, if the terrain allows, they are an extremely fun experience tho, I prefer them much more than bikes and ATV's
Exactly. Shift weight forward and use your knees on the tank to throw it around.
I came here to say exactly this, even use brakes to induce oversteer if necessary and drift it around
Ya that's why at speed it was fine as it was easier to kick the rear out in a power slide. St slow speeds the rear tires get too much traction and it pivots on the outer wheel.
Completely agree I had them and some friends still do. You'll never find anything more fun in the snow either
Finally! someone with a brain! Yes you need to move around not be a limp lol. Trikes are so fuckin fun! Honestly nothing compares to it
I love Jerry's desire to keep pushing Nolan's comfort levels by putting himself in sketchy situations, and that rant with the camera cutaway had me rolling.
I had an 1986 250R, put an extended swing arm and slid the front shocks up about 2 inches made it way more stable. A 4 wheeler would have rolled in that test just like the 3 wheeler.
also helps to ride the 3 wheeler up on the tank more like a dirt bike.
back straight, Hips unlocked. head up, feet on the pegs, elbows up, it was nice seeing jerry applying all of that. He would be an awesome guest on Gypsy Tales.
And can we talk about the 38 mph bs on a 250r
He went about taking that corner wrong in either a 4 wheeler or 3 wheeler, I would have shifted my weight to the inside corner as low as possible, dropping the clutch to kick the rear end out and the power it through the corner
@@griffinbest3812 You gotta remember that it's over 30 years old and was very likely ridden hard and put away wet quite often for a significant portion of those 30+ long years before sitting unused and forgotten about (which is one of the worse things you can do to any kind of motor vehicle) in some musty old shed or out in the elements for quite a bit more years. It's not going to have anywhere near the power or performance it had in its prime. It probably struggled and took all it had to get up to 38 mph.
@@robertmyles9124 in the same breath, these guys are mechanics or at least claim to be, you’d assume a tune up would be in order
I grew up in Wyoming and had a three-wheeler. We would ride around with 3 of us on it (the rider at the back definitely had to be careful not to get their leg stuck under one of the rear tires). We also tied an old tractor inner tube to it during the winter and pulled each other around in the snow. Lots of great memories from my three-wheeler.... May it rest in peace wherever it is now.
Most people we had on 1 trike was 5. We were going from camp to camp. And we had a small hill to climb. And we were drunk, every last one of us. That small hill was 3 times bigger that night I'm certain. Made it to the top with 4 of us. 1 was sacrificed on the way to save the others. Good times....
I like how he said that's the most powerful version of Honda ATC made in the 80's... Wrong. That's an air cooled. The 85 and 86 water cooled made way more stock horse power than the 81 to 84s. Still have our big bored water cooled trikes and a 140 swapped ATC 70. Love them!
I noticed that too
The 85 and 86 were just flat fast.
That's what I said
And what about the 350X?
Grew up on one since i was about 9. Still have it at age 38. 84' Honda 200es. Also have a Honda 110 and 185. Oh, and a Kawasaki LT200 (look that weird bastard up). Love them. Sure i rolled the 200es down the side of the rail road tracks as a kid, thats half the fun, just gotta know how to bail. Turning, lean way into the turns, like hangin over the ground. Hill climb, lean forward, as he did not do at all. People are just such candy a**** these days. Not all , but most. Let the guberment dictate what you can have. That always works out well for countries.
I had a 3wheeler when I was about 10-14. I hit a drainage pipe, flew through the air and it landed on top of me. 10 out of 10, would ride again.
Nope better ban it because 4 wheelers are much safer
I caught the back wheel on the corner of a concrete building I was zooming past in between it and a fence. Woke up sitting next to the bike with my butt on the ground in front of the rear tire and right foot on the seat. 10/10 did ride again. Over and over.
I was riding an ATC 90 starting around 1970 . Rolled it a few times (my fault) but usually pretty safe. Had large balloon tires and if you laid on your belly on the seat with you legs hanging back you could actually cross small ponds and streams that were too deep to ride through. You floated across with the spinning rear tires propelling you.
I just gotta ask how you figured that last part out
@@OGYeetKing i hope he comes back and tells us how.
@@OGYeetKing Pretty sure he just lied
@@adestimare5985 seems a little specific and useless to lie about
@@OGYeetKing many ATVs can float on streams and rivers. I assume the name ATC means it has some of that same DNA
My dad has, and still occasionally rides, a street registered Honda '85 250R in Gallatin County, Montana. We've both driven it on iced roads numerous times.
I saw people doing insane things with 1984+ Honda 250R's and Kawa Tecate 3's in the mid 80's. Hillclimbs & motocross style jumps that would've required these video creators to bring multiple pair of drawers just to watch. Windy Point/Whitewater + Edom Hill in the Palm Springs area back when you could still ride them. The song "Everybody wants to rule the world" by Tears for Fears filmed guys out at Windy Point for part of their MTV video.
I started riding the 250R when I was 10. Never had any accident of any kind on it to this day. If you're taught how to properly ride these and know the limits of the machine, they not only haul azz but are rewarding and fun to ride. Taking a 4th gear turn faster than the "top speed" in this video with the upper half of your body leaning off the bike, drift controlling the steering while applying the right amount of throttle to keep the back tires performing just how they should is bliss.
The guy driving in this vid sounds like he is at half throttle/wrong gear most of the time. 38 MPH top speed = you missed the last 3 gears the bike still has in the transmission?
Ya these bikes can do a lot more than this video gives em credit for. I've ridden lots of the trails up in Pipestone MT with a yamaha 225dx which is pretty close to where your father lives and the terrains pretty gnarly but as long as you lean forward on the inclines and chose good paths on the declines and lean into your corners the 3 wheelers can go just about anywhere a 4 wheeler can.
I’ve been riding ATC’s since I was like 5, and my back yard is full of them 😂 the sound of them are so amazing as well! Love the video, always 🔥🔥
My favorite is the Yamaha Tri-z . Sounded soo good
This is 10 solid minutes of Jerry flexing on his riding skills. Keep it coming it was well worth watching!
Yeah, so much so that he rode it incorrectly on purpose in order to make three wheelers seem dangerous. When steering a three wheeler you shift you weight over the steer tire and lean to the inside. That puts your weight over the steer tire so it bites, and off the drive tires so they slide. You do this because the drive axle has no differential. The owners manual of all three wheelers tell you this. And when going up a steep hill like that you definitely put your weight over the front tire. Jerry is an experienced enough rider to know that. But the point of this video was to make them look dangerous so he rode it wrong intentionally.
ripping these through corn fields was so much fun! so sketchy! after awhile you learn to predict the bump and use your body as a counter weight. I am so glad you didn't get hurt cause I've had a couple mishaps on that thing myself!
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3-wheeler: tips over every time they turn. Donut: this is not dangerous.
Day 459 of asking Donut to bring old B2B back
Please
Old b2b is great
Day 1393773 to bring DDDD-List intro
Content is on low. I dont even watch them anymore, only if i see super interesting episode and lets be honest that rare af
and up2speed and James lighting LIGHTNING LIGHTING MORE POWA BABEH AND HIS FUCKING DOPPELGANGER!
Pls bro. PLEASE
We had three of these we'd run through trails in the woods when I was a kid. They were the "fun" ones. Someone would have to tag along on a four wheeler with some straps for when we inevitably rolled one down a hill or abandoned ship to have it careen off into the bushes. Amazingly no injuries. Just learned how to bail.
The more you ride the less “dangerous” it gets because you understand how to shift the weight to not flip/add stability. Rode mine all the time and still do. I love it.
If it requires significantly more effort than the alternatives, it's automatically shit.
@@aniquinstark4347 or maybe people have different likes lmao. Crazy how that works, government has no need to be peoples parent
@@aniquinstark4347 it does require more effort, but that’s also what makes me enjoy it, just because something is harder doesn’t mean it’s shit.
Yup! First motorcycle was a 110 atc. Then got a 250r. Wish They never got sold. I can ride a dirtbike and 3 wheel no problem and have fun. Some people don't care for operation of a machine to understand effort and balance. Most hop on like lets send it!!!!! And boom hospital.
@@mumbols I had a Honda 110...with the high/low transmission. I was doug demokus on it lol. Then I got a Suzuki 250 quadracer.
I really like the mythbusters-style blueprint explanatory cartoons. Such a throwback to my old comfort show.
I know with 100% all of my heart that this thing will go far faster then 38 mph
Absolutely. Should be somewhere around 70-80. That one sounds tired
My liquid cooled '86 would do 70 when it was new. That's about 110kph and that is damn fast. Dirt wheels magazine determined the top speed was 73mph due to the transmissions limits.
my 185s goes faster than 38! cmmoooon
It has no top end right now 😅 need to go through the carb and get it running right
Commented after you but agree 60mph plus should be no problem. I have a 81 .
Jeremiah looked genuinely shocked after it tipped over and the trycicle rolled down the hill
Excellent video as always
Slow the video down to .25 at 10:13. He pushes it over.
@@justjon0282 exactly, it looked soooooo fake.
@@arindomchakraborty5380 and they tested a small one. The large ones are more stable
I miss my 3-wheelers. I absolutely LOVED them when I had some. I can see how they can be dangerous because I've seen inexperienced people trying to get a little too wild on them. But once my brother and I got used to them and learned to ride them well, man we had so much damn fun! And NEVER got hurt. Never even had a close call.
Sending this video to my friend who made his own 3 wheelers for playing on the dunes
Yup I have a 200 shaft drive they are so easy to ride I don't get how people hurt themselves
Do you know you can still buy all the old ones from the 80s . There are thousands of them on the EAST COAST, there are tons of collectors over there , they have barns and basements full of excellent to new machines . I know several guys that have new ones never rode . You can buy one any time you want one like new .
@@Tomminer78 to bad I'm in canada
@@thegman4759 there are some big collections in Canada , they know most the guys on the East Coast in U.S. .
Road one many years never take your feet off pegs .you have to crouch and lean when turning and it's more stable and easier to ride when you brake the back wheels loose.the extra wheel spin makes it more manageable.more dangerous on pavement
I knew a farm boy who rode one of these full speed, drifting corners, and jumping ditches. Did it since he was a kid. Safe to say some people actually mastered these death traps
Everyone else: "These are sketch. Avoid like plague."
Dirt bike riders: "Hmmm...yeah, I dig it."
i was riding one and a teen came up on a 700 raptor was like ARENT YOU SCARED TO RIDE THAT THING, i looked at him super confused. i was just blasting around sliding
had one of these & would rip through the snow each winter while trailing a rope attached to a saucer ... hard to believe none of us in the neighborhood died from it
Yep. Same here. Grew up on these without any issue
dad used to tow us around in the figure 8 track in the long grass on a old car bonnet haha was the best fun ever when we was kid's
Not that many people died. It's exaggerated.
@@TheSuperBoyProject the issue is how easy it is to get injured compared to EVERYTHING ELSE close to it (dirt bikes, 4 wheelers, etc)
@@marcusborderlands6177 not true by any means. More people die in sxs and dirtbikes annually than people ever died on trikes. Trikes went away because Americans blamed the machine, not their lack of judgment and skill. The end
I had a 250 Tecate for years - no problem. Idiots can mess up a wet dream with an included meal
I think the moral of the story is that if you practice and get used to how terribly unstable these are, you know how to compensate. It's the "hold my beer" folks and kids that get on them for the first time who really hurt themselves. This one actually has different-than-stock tires that are flatter and seemingly more stable than the original. The one I had was like this but all three tires were like the one on the front. A huge donut. Super floppy and even worse for stability. But I will say, after not having been on it for a good 25 years now, I bet it would be like second nature to get back on and give it a go through the deer lease. They are tons of fun.
powerslides are your friend on those things... first bikes i was on were all atc's. people just try to turn it like a quad and get surprised when they roll it....
Man I love this channel. In my top 5 for sure. Great "scientific tests" and even better humor! 10/10 😂
Had one of these back in the days and absolutely loved it. Sure had a few injuries but nothing major. All down to operator error 😊 didn’t find it any more dangerous than my dirt bikes? Problem was inexperienced riders pushing too hard.
I had a 3 wheeler growing up and I loved it!
LOL I still have one of these! Grew up riding them, still ride them! You just obviously need to be more careful riding them, just like you should with any other ATV or dirt bike. It all comes down to understanding what you're riding and the limits of it and you.
Having had both a quad and a trike back in the day, you just had to ride it correctly... If you try and ride it like a motorcycle, you are going to get what you saw here. It takes a LOT of body control to make either type of machine perform. With the slow rolling turn, ya gotta lean into it, a lot. fast speed turn, you basically use the rear end like a rudder and kick it out and slide it, drift car style to get around the corner. And going up a steep hill, you move your weight WAY forward over the bars to keep the front end down. Now, not saying these are not sketchy, they totally are. But if you actually know how to ride one a lot of the danger can be mitigated. I would LOVE to own one now.
“Whenever a machine does something you weren’t expecting, it’s a little bit of a surprise” -Jeremiah 2022
Quote of the century right there bud😂
The new Will Buxton
my dad had one of these trikes when i was a kid, he had the front wheel filled with water to give it some extra weight up front, cos we lived in a very hilly area
I’ve been riding 3-wheelers since i was 5 years old. They make them seem way worse than they are. They’re no more dangerous than any other off-road machine. You just have to know how to ride them and you gotta be careful. They really aren’t that bad.
they were designed to negotiate sand and loose dirt- people ignore that and thats why they were outlawed....
I agree, I rode one exactly like this for years at Glamis and elsewhere in the California desert and the only time I ever got hurt or even concerned was the first day after I installed paddle tires. I underestimated the grip of the paddles and did a hyper wheelie off of a jump and knocked the wind out of my lungs. I knew dozens of people that rode them safely for over ten years. What this video never showed was powering into turns like you were drifting. That is the correct way to turn them.
Yup it’s the rider not the machine
This episode brought back some good childhood memories. I personally think they're way more fun than motorcycles either street or dirt variety. I agree with others comments about the vast majority of injuries and such were rider skills or lack there of. Speed related turns require shifting rider weight (butt off the seat) into the turn with counter steer. Hills require weight over handlebars.
I've also been driving them for 30 plus yrs, these don't ride like anything else and you have to know how to run one, these guys don't move on the bike right, they were sitting on it like a Harley, and they do make them look worse.
I have been riding these all my life, once you get use to shifting you weight and become more in tune with the bike all the test performed can be done safely. The only time I have ever been scare was on hills way steeper than those. I have actually hurt myself on my quad more than my 3-wheeler
Same.
Ya the answer is usually just stand up and put all your weight forward and to the inside of a turn. I remember the ol three wheeler doing the tightest donuts!
@@Chris-oj7ro yeah these guys are just noobs trying to make a video to get clicks. If they had any riding skill all of those tests were totally possible. Why sit on the back of the seat trying to climb a hill, why try to turn without shifting your weight. Smmfh
Loved mine, never had major danger or at least I felt comfortable with it. If you're sitting on the seat any more than 10% then you're doing it wrong lol. You should be spending 9 out of every 10 minutes hanging over empty space for counterbalance. So much fun once you're used to them😍🥰
I've seen that too, you really got to work these things to keep all 3 wheels on the ground, all throttle or no throttle and you got to commit to your actions because they can smell fear. I dont think any random should ride one of these especially not a child but it is cool to see how these handle with a capable rider
@@codybrady6637 well said, definitely what my comment should have said 🤘
@@codybrady6637 facts my dad wont let me ride it lol
The reason they were banned because kids were dying on them. Parents were letting children ride them.
Oh so there's the problem: it's giving you the illusion of balance if an ATV while impairs your counterbalancing maneuvers
I've been riding these things since the 90's, I'm 53 now and at the moment own 4 of them. My family owns about 11 in total. Your rollover test made me laugh, The funny thing is, you rolled over more times than I have in over 30 years!! And in the past we have ridden them hard, real hard. Like a re-bore each year hard. Love it when you hit a bump with 1 back wheel, and as the wheel lifts you see another coming on the other side, so keep the throttle wide open and let it tip you back to level. Like any bike, if it goes west - bail!! Worst injuries - gravel rash on hands, burns from exhaust, injured pride!
Scariest accident - another rider went up a bank I wouldn't have and went over backwards, didn't bail and fell about 3 meters with the bike landing on him. Nothing broken, but he was 1 big human sized bruise. A quad would have been heavier and done more damage.
Funniest accident - Got out of hand in some sand dunes, gave up and bailed. Went off the back, my feet hooked the handle bars, bike settled and I came out of the dunes, flat on my back looking like I was steering with my ankles.
Lean out for slow turns, lean in and slide the back wheels on fast turns, never forget those back wheels are gonna hit things your front wheel won't. Respect the risks, go have fun!!
But if you think it's dangerous, that's fine, more bikes for me!!
Hell yeah brother! Been riding them since the 80's and am with you a 100%
support you 100% The 3 wheel was never dangerous, idiots and bad riders made it that way. The world is filled with sissys and pansies that have no balls. The 3 wheeler was a wonderful fun machine.
Nolan is just the mom that’s trying to be supportive of her son but also really uncertain about what’s going on
My uncle had one of these in the 90's, I remember riding on it with my aunt one time, and of course we rolled it over on top of us at a very slow speed. It even had one of those crappy thumb throttles that made it even harder to control smoothly. Nearly forgot they existed!
Quads still use thumb throttles.
I put a thumb throttle on my motor cycle way more control no floppy odd angle wrist twisting down deep in corner.
Single rider machine only, there is even a sticker on tje trike that tells you that and what can happen with 2 people on it. Rider error not machines fault.
I love how Nolan turns into a protective parent and Jeremiah is like mo danger baby!
My grandpa would ride a one handed wheelie on his 3wheeler ( Honda 250R ) while drinking a beer ...true story
38 mph top speed? I had a 250r new way back when and that thing was screaming fast. If you can't get that thing up to at least 60mph there is something seriously wrong with it; I'm pretty sure the top speed on these was 80 mph.
I was thinking the same thing , I feel like it never hit power band or was breaking up bc it should rip harder
I agree. I have a 83 185s that’s quicker. It definitely should be way faster than that being a 250r
@@Ardie-J23 same thing I was thinking. Didn't sound like it got into powerband at all. Prob needed a new plug or dirty air filter.
Producers probably throttled it when the boys weren't looking. Can't have a trike kill one of their cash-cows!
@@RtotheK605 I wouldn't doubt it honestly
Had one of these when I was younger, first time flipping it over taught me a lesson and I never flipped it again, was a fun thing to ride around the trails behind my house.
A childhood friend of mine died on one of these. We all had them in the 80's and early 90's. Andy Allison was his name. They still have a children's charity fun run in his honor each year. My dad still has one and uses it yearly for deer camp (Arkansas). They're actually quite sought after. He has people offer him ridiculous money for it all the time.
I’d argue, They are actually the safest 3 wheeler ever made. They most dangerous part of any atc, was getting drunk on them or getting their 18 yo or younger one of them, which should never happen.
I’ve ridden and owned a few three wheelers and I can attest that when they pull your leg under the rear tire, it Definitely Sucks!! I’ve also experienced a “cam over” going up a super steep hill on my ATC 350x in the gravel pits. Right as I was getting near the top, the rear tires lost traction and started to dig and then they suddenly grabbed and the front end popped straight up and flipped backwards… I went running down the hill with the three wheeler chasing me like that big round boulder in Indiana Jones… it was pretty gnarly. Bent the handlebars all TF but she fired right up and got me home. They’re Dangerously Fun 🥰
Had knobby tattoos on my calves all summer from one bad wheelie feet went down you know the rest!!
@bobi miiu then you weren't riding it right. Look at all the Harley three wheelers they are setup the same way
I love these think the best representation was by fortnine actually. TLDR: you need to move your body more, if you ride its at full attack, it actually goes far better. Its rider knowledge that makes these things. More leaning into the corner, leaning up hill, and more wheel spin, the goal ironically is to loose traction
Only thing is, your riding it like the general public would, which shows why the general public hated them
its wild to think KIDS were using these things in the past, that thing looked super sketchy even with how good a rider jerry is
I rode one at a friends house when I was 11 or 12 (no helmet of course because no one cared about that back then) and my parents were so pissed when they found out, I wasn’t allowed to go to their house anymore.
Ive been riding them for about 4 years now (im 17), and yeah they are sketchy if you dont know what your doing and this video is a perfect example of what not to do because you can litterally make the back tire come off the ground just by standing on it without it moving and swinging your weight in either direction, but if you do know what your doing they can be really fun and the atc 110 and 125 even float on water
An ATC250r was the first vehicle with a manual transmission I ever learned to ride. I was 6 years old and my uncle had one. After a month of riding it I got pretty comfortable with it and even started doing the sideways wheelie like Jerry did at the start just for fun. Now I'm 2 weeks from being 21 and wishing we still had it today...
These guys are very much exaggerating the difficulty of riding a 3-Wheeler. I started riding one when I was 5, never used a helmet and never was injured. most of the people who were injured were trying to do tricks with limited experience.
I love the. Back and white reminiscing scenes 😂 they’re perfect.
This was a throwback for me, my grandpa had two of these when I was growing up, one for their house and another for the lake, never did anymore besides across a field or down the road, but this unlocked some old memories for me, keep up the good work I felt like I was watching a show
Those 250r's do look cool, fun, and dangerous. I grew up with a Honda big red 3 wheeler, never go injured. Super easy to balance on 2 wheels, could go miles.
Environment and mods make a huge impact on how well it rides and yes it takes skill to ride an atc. Side note you guys had a 2nd gen, 3rd gens we the best and most "powerful". Widened rear axles and extended swing arm really improves stability. And riding out in the sand dunes is a Really Intense experience. My idea of Heaven ☺️
Three wheelers were very common in the 80's and no more dangerous than a dirt bike. Obviously if you put it in dangerous situations and try and make it fail it will. Anything will. I get the feeling these guys get scared of mice too.
The only thing this episode did was make me miss my 3 wheelers. I grew up riding them since I was 5 years old! I honestly still feel more comfortable on them than I do on a 4 wheeler.
I've been riding them since a young age as well, and loved them too. When that power band kicks in there's no better feeling. My uncle had a few wipeouts on his, but I never had an issue. He sold it about 2 years ago and I miss the old days of ripping around in the snow sliding the rear end out.
Parker Covieo same here 100%. So Much fun when you no how to ride them correctly.
Same
You guys need to do the extended swing arm and wider axle on it, they actually handle pretty good when doing that and being able to throw your body weight around against turns helps a lot too.
Yeah, the swing-arm from the 87' Honda Quadracer bolted right on and, with a wider axle coupled with flat track rear tires, it didn't take too much shifting of the body weight to throw that thing around into powerslides.
@bobi miiu 16yrs minimum age requirements and proper training could have prevented many from being hurt in 3wheeler accidents.
@@SPHYNX99752 Wait, you could drive these things when you were younger than 16?
@bobi miiu dont get an unsuspecting kid a 3 wheeler then...