The Killer Tricycle Banned by the US Government

[Music] come out to the coast go for a rib have a few laughs what kind of villainous machine is it [Music] 1967 honda dealers are begging for something to sell during winter but not those mother canuck and ski-doos that are useless in summer they want something all terrain the term previously reserved for amphibious six wheelers so honda haves one sticking three of the big buoyant wheels on their first ever atc sidewall flex creates enough speed differential to turn so it gets away with a solid rear axle spec is to run a cushy 2.2 psi so no need for suspension either and while she doesn't float like her amphibious ancestors the bulbous tires make it nearly weightless in water so a paltry seven horsepower is plenty to churn through [ __ ] [Music] unusually basic yet unusually functional all thanks to the fat wheels and the plan is to charge 500 bucks and hope farmers pick up on the cheap practicality it's a bit like a motorcycle a bit like a tractor and a lot like a locomotive one morning down on johnson's spread johnson's tractor turned up dead johnson said don't worry me i got a honda atc but that thing makes other targets [Applause] [Music] so your family can have a hundred different kinds of fun if you want your family to have more fun this winter see the world's most complete line of three-wheelers they're at your honda dealer how far is our honda dealer daddy just keep walking [Music] [Applause] [Music] honda has surfed enough trends to not let a wave pass by these things are like machine guns when a practical tool catches on as a play thing you get you know this is safety at his best one wrong flick of the finger and right for example even on a modest incline it doesn't take much to flip a machine atcs also have an overwhelmingly grippy and heavy rear end so it takes even less to flip over backwards [Music] forwards is common too since the ass end carries an asymmetrical amount of momentum and easily outbox the front brick to ride on a farm is one thing farms are flat but no one predicted they would sell into rutted out off-road playgrounds a dirt bike can ride in ruts a quad can straddle ruts but trikes approach him like a politician obliquely always avoid crossing a rut on a downhill pick a safe line before you start as you can see protective gear is essential trails are weird too you have to think like a kardashian knowing the gaps may look wide enough from the front but not for the rear i'm losing this fight strike feels non-newtonian like every action has a random and escalated reaction [Music] the only way to beat an atc into submission is to anticipate its quirks and move your body weight to counteract them on a three-wheeler get off the seat and shift your weight well to the inside to keep the rear wheels down and if you start to high side roll off the throttle before things get out of hand problem is though not everyone has body weight having a little trouble packing on pounds or getting noticed then drink this the challenge is to run the machines as hard and fast and close to tipping over as possible it's a trap to ride out a crash you need to be big enough to counterbalance it but to ride into a crash you needn't be big enough to balance anything unlike a dirt bike any five-year-old can climb on here reach the controls if not the ground and go it's a tricycle only if you ride it like a kid's toy you'll be crushed this won't happen every time but it can happen at any time also through the freedom of information act the news director obtained some confidential government studies which characterize atvs as deceptively dangerous machines which require a high degree of skill valuable consumer information he felt was being concealed see a tentative turn at 5 kph will flip it while a pro turn at 15 kph using a big boy's fist full of throttle and a big boy's counter weight to slide the rear is actually safer like an f1 car atcs are only drivable when driven balls out they'll bite any undescended testicle who gets scared and tries to slow down battling a trike takes commitment you must never bail out because taking a foot off the peg will have it sucked under the rear wheel and besides pushing the pegs with your feet is the only way to shrug off a rollover atc's demand serious riders we sent in children raymond's so small he can't fuel to start his big machine without help once it fueled and fired off parents have to answer enough tough questions so do all you can to prevent that one jackson and diane burns tonight at 10. and now back to ford 9. you know what now i know how to kill this thing when 2.5 million atc's are sold one in three sends its rider to the hospital thousands to the morgue mostly due to rollovers causing spinal injury or suffocation and as usual no one gives a [ __ ] until we realize over 50 percent our children motorcycle expert randy nelson wearing a concealed microphone asked the salesman about an atv for his nine-year-old twin sons without hesitation the salesman recommended an adult-sized atv for the boys we got you now and the kill shot comes from the american academy of pediatrics who call for a ban having just determined that atvs pose an imminent hazard to public safety the commission will soon go to court to force the manufacturers to recall all three-wheel atv's our ammunition includes 100 grieving mothers 500 active lawsuits and a billion dollars in refund threats hell the japanese big four are lucky to sign our consent decree in 1988 whereby they avoid having to admit guilt by voluntarily ceasing all three-wheeler sales only a tiny unpopular niche of the market is allowed to continue development these odd four-wheelers called quads we killed the villain we changed the course of off-roading forever but time will not remember us as heroes it's true the trikes disappear but the accidents don't because because the vehicles were never at fault we have the riders to blame we are the villains the manufacturers knew it all along so they hid a key in the consent decree an expiry date [Music] that ensured the ban wouldn't last forever that existing three-wheelers could escape the recall that atc's will be back [Music] [Music] [Music] you

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Length: 11min 46sec (706 seconds)

Published: Thu Dec 24 2020