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    Honda prototype Can Am bike has been located

    The Honda 3 wheel sport bike prototype has been located. Early sales were disappointing. Can Am on the other hand took the idea and ran with it adding some much needed styling improvements at the sake of not providing seating for 4.



    http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/an...134839612.html
    1970? Honda Z50... gone
    1974? Yamaha 100 Enduro... gone
    1974 Honda CB200... gone
    1981 Yamaha Virago 750... gone
    1993 Honda Shadow 1100... gone
    2008 Honda VTX 1800F
    1982 Yamaha XJ1100J w/850 final, Raptor ACCT
    1979 Yamaha XS1100SF "Chewey" Raptor ACCT

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  • #2
    Somebody should post this to a GoldWing forum.....
    Fast, Cheap, Reliable... Pick any two

    '78E original owner - resto project
    '78E ???? owner - Modder project FJ forks, 4-piston calipers F/R, 160/80-16 rear tire
    '82 XJ rebuild project
    '80SG restified, red SOLD
    '79F parts...
    '81H more parts...

    Other current bikes:
    '93 XL1200 Anniversary Sportster 85RWHP
    '86 XL883/1200 Chopper
    '82 XL1000 w/1450cc Buell, Baker 6-speed, in-progress project
    Cage: '13 Mustang GT/CS with a few 'custom' touches
    Yep, can't leave nuthin' alone...

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    • #3
      What a WASTE

      Man, talk about a waste of a decent looking and prolly nice riding Goldwing??
      He states it'd prolly be great for being in a parade... I can just see this thing loaded to the gills with clowns and when they stop they could all pile-out of the thing and you could see how many were in that contraption...
      All I ever heard of people who've been on two wheels all their life was that if they got on a Can-Am, they couldn't get back to their two-wheeler fast enough to get away from it...
      I did a test ride of a Goldwing trike at a trike shop when I was thinking about possibly triking my 1st GL1800 I owned 11 years ago...I was the same way as far as I couldn't get back to the shop fast enough to get off it and back on my GL18 two wheeler. They are the scariest thing I 've ever ridden in my life and when those little yellow signs with the "suggested speed limit" that are posted at curves show-up, you best be doing NO MORE than what it says (when I got back on my GL18, it felt like getting outta a Volkswagen and back in to my Corvette...that's how much differant they feel to a "REAL motorcycle"). BTW, why do you thing those old off-road 3 wheelers were out-lawed and discountinued??? Cause they were a death trap when people would get in over their heads and they would ball-up and roll at a moments notice. IF I ever get to the point that I can't hold up my Goldwing, I would 1st try those landing gear set-ups that deploy when you drop below 5 mph and they retract when you take-off at about the same speed. You know what they say..to each he's own...but for me, it's two wheels or it's no deal
      Last edited by tv5150; 07-18-2012, 11:57 AM.
      Current Rides:
      02 GL1800 Wing
      79 XS1100SF Sold 10-15-12
      81 XS1100H Venturer Sold 10-27-12

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      • #4
        Imagine Steve McQueen on a motorcycle. Hot blonde hops on the back.

        Imagine Steve McQueen on a trike. No hot blondes in sight...

        That's my issue with trikes.

        Can-Am Spyder MAYBE, would be fun in slick weather a bike isn't suited for, but I still don't see any hot chicks hopping on the back.

        Seriously, any sports coupe like a Z4 or a Boxster is way, way cooler than any trike. Boxters can be had for 8 grand all day, less than many used trikes I've seen.

        In any case, thanks for posting. Got a hearty laugh.
        1990 Ninja ZX-10. It's the Silver Surfer. HI-YA!!

        2006 Yamaha XT-225. Yep, I take it on the interstate. It's Blue Butt.

        1982 Toyota 4x4. 22R Cammed, 38/38, 2" pipe, 20R head with OS valves, performance grind and other fun stuff. It's Blue RASPberry.

        1969 Ford F-250 Camper Special resto project. 390 RV cam, Demon carb, Sanderson headers, 2 and a quarter pipes with Magnaflow mufflers. It's Blue Jay.

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        • #5
          Yuk! Grotesque
          XS1100F 1980 European model. Standard. Dyna coils. Iridium plugs. XS750 final drive (sometimes). Micron fork brace. Progressive front springs. Geezer regulator/rectifier. Stainless 4 into 2 exhaust. Auto CCT (Venturer 1300) SOLD. New project now on the go. 1980 European model.

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          • #6
            that's pitiful !

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            • #7
              Finally, someone who appreciates a honda for what is really is....
              1980 SG. (Sold - waiting on replacement)
              2000 XJR1300. The Real modern XS11. Others are just pretenders.

              Woman (well, my wife anyway) are always on Transmit and never Receive.

              "A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be" Albert Einstien.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by jimbyjimb View Post
                That's my issue with trikes.

                Can-Am Spyder MAYBE, would be fun in slick weather a bike isn't suited for, but I still don't see any hot chicks hopping on the back.

                Seriously, any sports coupe like a Z4 or a Boxster is way, way cooler than any trike. Boxters can be had for 8 grand all day, less than many used trikes I've seen.

                In any case, thanks for posting. Got a hearty laugh.
                Personally I think all trikes are awful. They're a quad minus a wheel, IMO. Certainly not a motorcycle, although powered by a motorcycle engine usually. Aside from the use by disabled riders perhaps, I just cannot see the point of them. Aesthetically, I can't imagine anything much worse (apart from a quad). The XS1100 seems to be a favourite donor bike, which is a shame. No doubt many XS11's have been ruined to produce these monstrosities. All IMO, of course. I'll stand by for the stream, of invective from trike riders! (I just wish they wouldn't butcher XS11's, that's all....)
                XS1100F 1980 European model. Standard. Dyna coils. Iridium plugs. XS750 final drive (sometimes). Micron fork brace. Progressive front springs. Geezer regulator/rectifier. Stainless 4 into 2 exhaust. Auto CCT (Venturer 1300) SOLD. New project now on the go. 1980 European model.

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by James England View Post
                  Personally I think all trikes are awful.
                  Have you ridden one?

                  I have a sidecar outfit which has all the same attributes as a trike, I built it (cheaply) when my kids came along so I could still go out on a bike and take them along too, we had many camping trips away with that thing, fantastic times and great memories.

                  All the worst things a bike has and all the worst things a car has, none of the advantages. But wow what fun I had riding the thing.

                  Trikes are the same, try riding one to "get it"




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                  Tom
                  1982 5K7 Sport, restored to original from a wreck
                  1978 2H9 (E), my original XS11, mostly original
                  1980 2H9 monoshocked (avatar pic)http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r...psf30aa1c8.jpg
                  1982 XJ1100, waiting resto to original

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by TomB View Post
                    Have you ridden one?

                    I have a sidecar outfit which has all the same attributes as a trike, I built it (cheaply) when my kids came along so I could still go out on a bike and take them along too, we had many camping trips away with that thing, fantastic times and great memories.

                    All the worst things a bike has and all the worst things a car has, none of the advantages. But wow what fun I had riding the thing.

                    Trikes are the same, try riding one to "get it"




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                    Yes, my brother had a Russian sidecar outfit... a Dneiper something. I took it out once and that was enough for me........
                    XS1100F 1980 European model. Standard. Dyna coils. Iridium plugs. XS750 final drive (sometimes). Micron fork brace. Progressive front springs. Geezer regulator/rectifier. Stainless 4 into 2 exhaust. Auto CCT (Venturer 1300) SOLD. New project now on the go. 1980 European model.

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