Cars and bikes I’ve come across in my travels

Ha ha. The first time I ever rode one of those balloon tyre Honda trikes, I got about 10 metres before I crashed it. Never having ridden a 3-wheeler before, I tried to lean it into a corner and went straight off the road. I drag it back onto the road and have another go, remembering to turn the handlebars this time. But as it lurched to one side going over a bump, I thought it was going to fall over so I put my foot down and ran over it with the back wheel. After those couple of hiccups I got the hang of it. They're fun once you get used to them.
 
Dellortoman said:
Ha ha. The first time I ever rode one of those balloon tyre Honda trikes, I got about 10 metres before I crashed it. Never having ridden a 3-wheeler before, I tried to lean it into a corner and went straight off the road. I drag it back onto the road and have another go, remembering to turn the handlebars this time. But as it lurched to one side going over a bump, I thought it was going to fall over so I put my foot down and ran over it with the back wheel. After those couple of hiccups I got the hang of it. They're fun once you get used to them.
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Yep, self inflicted broken ankles were the common result of trying one of those. Trick is to move bodyweight to the outside and lift the inside rear wheel. They steer like a race kart with wide sticky slicks. You've got to lift the inside rear on those too.
 
My first and only had me slipping sideways down an off-camber paddock into a barbed wire fence, bouncing the front wheel up and down helped it change course. So much better 2 wheels off road, 3 seemed a bit excessive.
 
Dellortoman said:
Ha ha. The first time I ever rode one of those balloon tyre Honda trikes, I got about 10 metres before I crashed it. Never having ridden a 3-wheeler before, I tried to lean it into a corner and went straight off the road. I drag it back onto the road and have another go, remembering to turn the handlebars this time. But as it lurched to one side going over a bump, I thought it was going to fall over so I put my foot down and ran over it with the back wheel. After those couple of hiccups I got the hang of it. They're fun once you get used to them.
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I had a lot of fun on a Honda ATC, often went where no one else would even attempt. Even managed to not hurt/kill myself!

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Vince said:
I went to a local bike show years back and someone was selling 3-wheel scooters, I forget what make but the big selling point was they were apparently uncrashable. I found that hard to believe after riding one of those Ballon-tyred Honda Abosions. I think the ones at that show had 2 front wheels so maybe they actually steered. Those Hondas didn't unless you bounced its front wheel off the ground.
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‘Uncrashable’ bikes? I guess they came from the same design cupboard as the ‘unsinkable’ ships!!!
 
Ian D said:
Aus post are using a 3 wheel electric vehicle now, quoted as the largest electric vehicle fleet in OZ.
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Sure are............and 250 of them designed and put together by our very own Ian Drysdale!
Majority are of course a Swiss built shitbox, that when put to the test, fail miserably. But hey there cheap:rolleyes:

So much for our Government getting being local ingenuity and local built equipment.......
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Thanks Alzero. One of my neighbours has one of those little Diahatsu convertibles that he or she sometimes parks in the street. Whenever I've driven past I've wondered what it was, but never stopped to look. Now I don't need to!
 
Shajota said:
Wasn't sure where to post this but decided here even though pic includes my bike:unsure:
Driving through town today and saw this 1930 Ford Model A (LHD too) with similar patina to my AE. Pulled up and took a pic of both.
Couple of examples of Old Iron...........
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Similar situation, different patina 😉
 

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Not sure if this is an older bike that has been modded or a new model I’m not familiar with, but the owner was proud of it and happy for me to take his picture.IMG_1991.jpegIMG_1992.jpeg

I leaning towards a custom……
 
Honda VF400F with the OE tubular frame - but with single sided arm and USD forks from the later alloy frame VFR400.

I believe it's quite a popular resto-mod thing to do in Japan. And if I remember right a UK magazine did one pretty much the same.
 
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