Sometimes, you just gotta dig down deep.

['08SEAL]

Yessir. That's me in my little Honda Recon. 2WD+front brakes+1st gear= Pulled out by a winch.

[RodneyBad]

Ya just can't go 4wheeling in 2wd

What? ya just couldn't pick up the back end?

[Dragline]

I had a 3 wheeled Honda 110 back in 79. It never needed a tow.

Of course, I broke my leg that winter on it. Perhaps 3 wheels were a bad idea?

Jus sayin.

Bob

[Evil Appetite]

I had a 3 wheeled Honda 110 back in 79. It never needed a tow.

Of course, I broke my leg that winter on it. Perhaps 3 wheels were a bad idea?

Jus sayin.

Bob

I remember those things did alot of bouncing around. I remember seeing more than one person get thrown off

[Dragline]

I am positive that there is a video of us dragging Ricky Miguel down the street winter of 79 in the middle of the night on a snow packed street.

Remember how they had a chrome plated hang bar on the back? I personally remember dragging that kid all around under city lights.

4lbs of tire pressure and ZERO brains = Jackass 1979

Bob

[Joe Handley]

You guys have just reminded me of a poster I recently saw

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v72/Raptorman57/ffdfdc5b.jpg

[Evil Appetite]

You guys have just reminded me of a poster I recently saw

http://img.photobuck...57/ffdfdc5b.jpg

That...says it all!! hehe

['08SEAL]

Ya just can't go 4wheeling in 2wd

What? ya just couldn't pick up the back end?

Sorry man. No can do. I couldn't pick it up. My dad probly could've. He just winched it out though.

[Rob McKee]

Love that poster. It is sooo true.

How did we make it through the 70s?

[Sixx]

You guys have just reminded me of a poster I recently saw

http://img.photobuck...57/ffdfdc5b.jpg

Oh man, I bet that landing hurt!!!!!!!

[Joe Handley]

Oh man, I bet that landing hurt!!!!!!!

Judging by the look on his face, the take off probably did too :lol

That one poster has spawned a 4 page thread on RC Crawler

Edited January 27, 2012 by Joe Handley

[espo]

That poster reminds me of my #1 son when he was 5 or 6. He also had a Big Wheel and would get going as fast as he could on the sidewalk and turn down the driveway toward the street. The side of the driveway was like a mini ramp where it would meet the curb. He used this to launch himself into the street. I don't think he every got that much "air" as this poster. I had to weld up the front forks about once a week.

[Hypermung]

3-wheelers made for some wild rides, especially with no rear fenders and two riders

never crashed on my 2-wheeler, but did on my 4-wheelers a lot go figure.

the stiff suspensions on those Honda's can get a little dicey on the trails, be careful Lane

The Honda ATC 70s, 90s & 110s didn't have rear suspension.... They relied on the baloon tyres for that. I have a friend from the 70's that is a parapalegic because of a Honda ATC 110. I remember riding it before his accident, & I can vividly recall it being VERY unstable thru high speed left or rights. If you didn't have your weight on the correct side, then you were 'off camber' two wheelin thru the corners. Pretty dicey stuff. The later, larger capacity ATCs got the front & rear suspension, but they were still a handfull to ride. Another mate had a new ATC with the CR250 R engine in it. I NEVER wanted to ride that one as you had to weight the inside & break into a power slide to navigate any corner. WAY too scary for me. I seem to recall from the mid 80s (before the first Suzuki 4 wheeler racers hit the market), that the Australian government was moving to outlaw 3 wheelers because it was costing the taxpayers way too much in medical costs & invalid pensions.

[novadose71]

Started riding a 72 ATC 90 when I was 5 or 6, Dad had it bored with a header and replaced the rimless balloon tires with regular rims and knobby tires. Moved to a 185s, 200x (finally some suspension travel:), then on to a 250R, we dubbed that one "the mother of all things fast". My friends and I would leave to go riding in the morning, come home to gas up the machines a few times throughout the day, and come home after dark) I am currently looking for an old 90 to restore, and a 250r for riding. Dad and some cousins of mine have had several different 4 wheelers since then. It takes a different riding style that I don't really care for....give me 3 wheels any day.

That big wheel pic is great . Reminds me of tying them to the back of the 3 wheelers and pulling each other around (don't even think of putting your feet on the pedals at speed )and doing the same with sleds and tractor innertubes in the winter. We might have been a bunch of idiots, but being a kid was a blast back then. Beats the heck out of video games and watching TV, which is all my son seems to want to do.