1986 Honda 3 wheeler still in the crate sells at auction

Fest time I ever rode one, I drove over both my legs at the same time and pushed my balls up into my pelvis.


The fella that owned it, stenciled the name “Sweetie Pie” on the side of the gas tank.

I hope you’re reading this now Dave. Have a laugh.

That’s a heck of a return on investment. If I remember right, that bike was purchased for about $70k just a few years ago.

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1985 - 1986 Honda 250ES
Original Price




1985 250ES Approximate MSRP: $1,968.00

1986 250ES Approximate MSRP: $1,998.00



For comparison prices in 1985 and 1986.



1985 Honda ATC 250R $2,298

1986 Honda ATC 250R $2,348

1985 Chevy Chevette $5,340

1982 GMC 1500 Pickup $7,764

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Wanted to see the cost when new back in the day and I thought this was interesting. Crazy to think that they cost 40% of a new pickup.

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Fest time I ever rode one, I drove over both my legs at the same time and pushed my balls up into my pelvis. The fella that owned it, stenciled the name “Sweetie Pie” on the side of the gas tank.

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Can you expand your story?

Back in the 80’s a guy I went to HS with was thrown over the handle bars on his 3 wheeler. One of his nuts hung up on the gun rack. He de nutted himself

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Can you expand your story?

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Sure.

I was in Galax Va drunk with my roommates in college.

Never had money as a kid to ride three wheelers or dirt bikes.

Dave hauled his old Honda three wheeler there. Second might we were there, I said, hey man. Lemme ride that thing.

He said, do you know how to ride these?

I said, of course I do arse-ole.


Got on it and said, how do you start it. He laughed.

Started it for me. Showed me the throttle and brake and laughed while he said go.


I kept my feet on the ground and throttled up and starsted running g over the back of my feet. It felt like I was splitting like a wishbone.

The other fraternity brothers all started laughing.






I look back on that place and we’ve been doing there for 30 years now.
The only thing that changed is he’s finally got a septic tank and no more outhouse. Now we all take our sons up there and let them run wild until 10 o’clock at night. No women to ask us to check on them. They just go.


The place is awesome too.

You cannot get there with the 2 Wheel Dr. you have to four wheel 1 mile up the mountain, and then 1 mile down the mountain. It is a unmaintained logging trail and then you have to cross the to get there. We’ve seen some crazy shite there over the years had one fraternity fall off a rock face 25 feet high and land in 2 feet of water and somehow only broke his collarbone.

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Those were the bikes of my dreams growing up

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185s for me!

To this day my favorite ATV was the Honda Big Red I grew up riding in the sugar cane fields of Glencoe, LA. Fond memories, and I enjoyed every second of how I grew up. Cool article.

Oh my god. No. Ouch.

I would have never guessed a truck would cost more than a corvette.