[unclebilly]

Ever watch any of the Top Gear specials?

The 'producers' always provided a crappy back up car incase one of the 'legendary 3' broke theit vehicle and werent able to keep it going.

My dad was way ahead on this strategy in 1984. We had a Honda Trail 90 (just like the one pictured) in the family. It was available to my brother and I if we broke our XR100s or were waiting on parts.

We spent our childhoods on our dirtbikes (much like my son does now).

That trail 90 is a total POS. It weighs 900 lbs, is slow, has low and high range with 4 speeds in each, it's gutless, the riding position is comfortable for the road... maybe but not appropriate for high speed singletrack.

Eventually dad sold te 90 to a long time friend of mine. We were riding on the beach one time and we all whisled through the deep mud with ease. When my friend it the same spot on the 90, he sunk. SUNK. SUNK deep. We were all laughing too hard to help extract him. When the belly laughs subsided, it took 4 of us probably 15 mnutes to extract the 90 from the quagmire.

So to recap... heavy, terrible rider ergonomics, slow, dorky looking, heavy, poor suspension, weird handlebars, heavy.

Dad rarely rode with us kids and I think it was becasue he didnt want to ride the Trail 90 either.