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customblast
07-01-2008, 01:16 PM
hi all,

i am coming back to the fold after a good few years away, i used to have a tri-z 10yrs ago and remember how much of a laugh it was and how i thought it would be the end of me lol.

moved from off road to road but am now sick of getting tickets and dont wanna risk losing my licence.

i have my own sandblasting/etching and powdercoating shop and blasted a 250r frame a couple of months ago for someone and it sowed the seed once again. the only problem is that getting a trike here is a nightmare they got a lot of bad press back in the day for being unstable and unsafe so prices went to nothing most were bought cheap and run into the ground then scrapped. if you can find one here now they fetch silly money.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Honda-ATC250R-trike-ROAD-LEGAL-triz-atc-250r-quad-V5-86_W0QQitemZ270250687511QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item270250687511&_trkparms=72%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C65%3A12&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

the above is a rough looking 86 250r that is up for £2500 thats nearly 5k in your money.

i have been looking at the forum and fancy a hybrid, the cr500 looks the one for me. i restore lambrettas as a passtime and to make a few bucks. so am sure i could do the work myself i got a lathe so spacers should be no problem.

so where to start? any suggestions

Gdkarma
07-01-2008, 05:51 PM
Welcome to the board new member!:thumbsup:

Do some searches for 500R, and you'll find a lot of stuff to put ideas into your head!:cool:

mazdachiq
07-01-2008, 07:52 PM
welcome!

wild200x
07-01-2008, 08:34 PM
welcome to the madness!

ADW3
07-01-2008, 09:55 PM
WELCOME!! :thumbsup:

250sx
07-01-2008, 10:52 PM
Welcome to the board! Alot of people prefer to start with a trike frame instead of basing it off the dirtbike frame for better lateral stability. Of course, there have been several built off dirtbike frames that looked good to me, but I think if you could find an ATC frame you'd be ahead of the game.

250rfan
07-02-2008, 12:48 AM
Hello Fellow Brit

Welcome to Drama central!,,,,,,,,,you'll get a right ol laugh on here,,,,:D

customblast
07-03-2008, 03:13 PM
cheers guys for the welcome, soooooooo just been looking on ebay US, you guys got it good there loads of 250r frames round about the $60 mark. never seen one yet over here.
has anyone an idea how to arange shipping on something this size, most will ship the other parts but not the frame.
i got the bug bad now lol

petesatc
07-07-2008, 08:20 AM
cheers guys for the welcome, soooooooo just been looking on ebay US, you guys got it good there loads of 250r frames round about the $60 mark. never seen one yet over here.
has anyone an idea how to arange shipping on something this size, most will ship the other parts but not the frame.
i got the bug bad now lol
Hi There....
i got 250r frames and am in the UK....PM me if you need anything also check out our UK forum....
http://clubatc.co.uk/forums/index.php?