Thanks. All said and done, including the ATC that I had to buy, I've probably got about $6,500 and a lot of time invested in it. It wasn't too bad because I bought the stuff when the money was there, so it was kinda like just making a monthly payment. The end result makes it very easy to see why this quad has been on top for so long. I am very enterested in the new yamaha and the new honda coming up, though. I truly hope they will out perform the R. This is the only way our sport will grow. Even if they are the hottest things out there, I think I'll still keep my R for quite a while. I hope to have it 10 to 20 years from now so that I can see the faces on the young punks when I spank them on a quad from the late '80's! Ha! Wouldn't that be GREAT!
JP

 

so what did you do with the 85 atc? please tell me you didnt just let it go to waste.

 

I set it by the road and the trash man got it. Just kidding. I sold what was left, which was VERY little, to a local shop for $75. I was happy. One thing I really miss about the three wheeler form is drag racing. I road it out at the sand dunes of armagosa in Nevada and I was doing some serious spankin' with that thing when drag racing up the dunes. A lot lighter plus the front tire probably only has about 30lbs of wieght on it when sitting on flat ground, much less when going ***** out up a steep sand dune, so there was really only two tires that had to push sand. It was a rocket! If I only road the dunes and wasn't conserned with jumping, I'd be talking about a tricked out ATC right now.
JP