V8 RAT TRIKE!!!!! - motorcycles/scooters - by owner - vehicle automotive bike sale - craigslist (2024)

THE GOOD:

Nearly everything except the frame is new. I have put nearly 20K into this over the past 15+ years, with most of the shop reciepts to prove it. Partial list of new parts: belts, hoses, plugs, wires, coil, distributor, battery, alternator, ignition switch, wiring harness, motor mounts, oil pan, transmission pan, water pump, fuel pump, master cylinder, brake lines, fuel lines, calipers, rotors, rear tires. Has only had high octane premium fuel the whole 15+ years I've had it.

The weak point of any trike is STABILITY. Not this one. Frame is wide and low, perfectly balanced, corners great, no vibration at any speed.

Engine was replaced with a freshly rebuilt 307 (less than 1500 miles on the new engine)

Rochester Quadrajet freshly rebuilt and tuned.

Automatic transmission completely rebuilt (less than 100 miles on the rebuilt transmission).

Custom straight pipes have baffles spot welded in each. Sounds great, but not so great you'll get a noise violation ticket (with the exception of Golden, who tickets everyone for that).

THE BAD:

Carb is tuned to race. I never raced it, just wanted to see how fast it would go (got scared at 130, does 0-50 within a single block now, in like 4 seconds, there's no weight to it aside from the engine and transmission, it takes off like a rocket if you floor it). If you just wanna putt slowly around town, Perry's original configuration had the secondaries disconnected and wired shut, making it a 2 barrel to save gas on long trips (top speed on the 2 barrel is about 95). Easy DIY mod or cheap at a shop, I am not doing this for you, don't even ask.

Wife had those stupid plastic spikes on her lugnuts and I accidentally tagged the fender pulling out. Very simple cosmetic fix with a soft hammer, which I do not have. Don't ask me to bend the fender either. I was actually considering removing both fenders to make it lighter and cooler, but apparently Denver requires fenders for some reason.

THE UGLY:

It is painted Rustoleum rattlecan flat black, because "Mad Max." You probably want to repaint it to make it less cool, and that's okay.

The front brake doesn't work. Doesn't need a front brake, but I wanted a backup brake for the mountains and had one installed, and a few years back it stopped working. I ordered replacement parts, including NOS fork springs and boots. All the shops had a 4 month wait list so it never got done.

EXTRAS!

Comes with all the afforementioned parts ($500+ value!) still in the shipping boxes. Also comes with a $300 black sheepskin seat cover and a ton of work reciepts. ACT NOW and get a FREE biker wallet and goggles! lol

Title is clean, titled as a homebuilt motorcycle, no need for emissions testing.

WHY AM I SELLING?

I'm old, I rarely ride it anymore, it's too hot out, tweaker hobos at stoplights, trucks with no licence plates flying through stoplights, everyone wants to talk to me about the trike and take my picture, getting in fights because drunks like to sit on the trike outside the club, half my friends getting in serious accidents, and also I am restoring a classic Lincoln and would like to put the money towards that instead.

If you are a SERIOUS buyer, send me an email that says more than "is this still available?" because I will not even reply to those. And no, you cannot randomly stop at my place to "look at it" nor can you take it for a "test drive." Feel free to look it over all you want, I will even take you for a short ride if you want and answer all your questions. If you prove yourself serious, I will drive this trike to you (with parts and papers), sign the trike over to you, then take a Lyft back home. Please put your number in your email and feel free to ask whatever questions you want. I am in no huge hurry to sell, so lowball offers will be ignored. I just spent $4700 getting the transmission rebuilt and am asking a grand less than that, don't push my generousity here.

As it sits, this trike is worth $5000. I hate haggling, so I saved you the trouble and listed it at $3800. If you do not have $3800, and nobody is willing to trust you with a loan, then sucks to be you. No, you cannot "make payments" or barter or write me a check. Go to the bank and get 38 hundred dollar bills that do not say "movie prop money" on them and we're good. If you want to put it on your card, I have Zelle, Cashapp, and Venmo. If you want to make a fair and reasonable CASH offer, I will consider it, but if your offer is insultingly low I will not reply and will likely block you. $3800 is a GREAT deal on this!

I STRONGLY PREFER A LOCAL FACE TO FACE TRANSACTION! However, if you live in another state and are willing to Zelle me $5K, I will arrange for a shipping company of my choice to deliver the trike to you, and ship the paperwork and extras seperately via Priority Mail.

This is literally a ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY to get a TURNKEY trike DIRT CHEAP and ready to go. It needs no work done at all, except whatever you choose to do to it. Be careful with this thing and try not to die. Denver traffic has been nuts lately. Thank you.