Random pictures that you took

MikeInMa That is quite the shop. More of a museum than a store. I am glad I am not the one cleaning the place.

 

I have left a few paychecks there over the years!

 

Easy to do.

 

Why?

 

Down here there's still products branded as Cabelas.

I went to a Cabela several years before the buyout. I came away with the feeling of it being a BP-lite.

 

I had one of those POS Tri-Rods as a kid!
Mine was red, and looks like it was a little more basic model than that one.

 

It took awhile, a few injuries and even a few deaths but they finally got it right!

 

Those weren't the machines that caused 3 wheelers to be outlawed, that was the 3 wheeled version of the modern 4 wheeler ATVs.
Which I still have my old Honda 3 wheeler, love that thing! Made the mistake of selling the first one I bought back in 1985, won't do that again!
3 wheelers aren't that dangerous, if you know how to ride them...but if you want to just sit on them and steer, like you driving a Civic or something, you gonna get bit.

 

Yup.

I think those were the machines that morphed another wheel and was called the odyssey (not the van).......and then became the modern day 4-wheeler.

Then, three wheelers, or ATC, were so popular but did require some skills to drive-so were discontinued.

 

3-wheeler is it's own animal in terms of riding with shared dynamics from both 4 wheeled ATVs and Motorcycles. Physical rider input/counteraction is paramount and what got so many into trouble. Also why the sport buggies are so popular now. Zero skills/experience needed to operate.

 

The Odyssey (atv) model started in '77 as a 250cc machine...no suspension in back, minimal in the front, balloon tires, basically just a big go-cart with balloon tires, then they upsized the engine to 350 in '81 and went like that to '84.
They finally did a full redesign and put some decent suspension on them front and rear in '85.
In '89 they went to a water cooled 400cc engine (the 85-88 models had some overheat/engine seizing issues, especially the early ones/IIRC they even recalled the early ones and swapped engines on some) they changed the name to "Pilot" for '89-90, then that was the end of the model.
The Evolution of the Honda Odyssey ATV: A Journey Through Time
Suzuki was the one that added the 4th wheel to their 3 wheeled ATV's (named it Quadrunner) in '82 IIRC, and those basically lead the way to the first mass produced version of what is the modern 4 wheeled ATV...more or less. Honda released their first "ride on, not in" 4 wheeler in '84, the TRX200.
I was working at the local dealership during the time that they "outlawed" 3 wheelers...if I knew then what I know now, I'd have bought every Honda ATC250R and 350X that I could have afforded...nice ones bring the big bux now, even average condition ones will bring more than they sold for new!

 

Zuki gets credit for quads. I was on a yellow 50 3 wheeler of theirs for about three months, then the orange 50 quad came out and pop traded in. Zuki also owns credit for the first 'race' quad in the LT250R.

I think that Suzuki may have actually been at the top of the heap for a few years there before Honda could gather themselves. It's wild that Suzuki is nearly gone from powersports now other than road bikes. It's like they just gave up.

 

I'd agree with that, as far as 4 wheelers go anyways, suzis 3 wheelers were kinda meh.

 

I was going to mention the suzuki quads myself.

There sure were a lot of them all around "back in the day".

 

Caught 6 racoons and a possum
I've been here 13 years and never had coons here
I don't put any food or trash out
I relocated them.