Bidder Alert:
Nothing to freak out about, but today I was getting the trike ready just in case someone actually bid on it, and I noticed that there was a couple of drops of oil under it. The minor leak is coming from the selector shaft, no big deal, just a new seal. It obviously has developed the leak from spending most of its time in neutral. Anyway, if nobody buys it I'll put a new seal in it and re-list it again, only next time I'll write a funny ad.
So I would suggest that if you at all intend bidding, be aware that there is a minor leak. I will fix it for free, but you may have to wait a couple of weeks for me to get around to doing it. I think it might even be the Trike of Death shedding a few tears.
Yes, it's back. Did you really think that The Trike of Death would go away?
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After the listing ended the last time, I received an email from a very lucky man from Nigeria who wanted me to help him secure his wealth, and in return I would receive 482 tribilliongazillion dollars.
Not being greedy, I declined his offer and have since been wondering what I should do with the trike.
I have fallen over it twice while it has been sitting there on its three big wheels in my workshop. The first time I fell I was lucky to escape injury, but the second time I wasn't so lucky; I landed on a dried out leaf from the surrounding turpentine trees, receiving a 2.5 mm scratch on my hand. After that ordeal I decided that either the leaf or the trike had to go. So to save me cleaning my workshop, I'm selling the trike.
Last time I listed it I copped some savage abuse from die hard trike fans, with some claiming that I had made fools of their interest. I apologise to all those who I offended by pointing out the trike's unusual features, but I was trying to be brutally honest. I actually think it is good that you have clubs where people can go and enjoy riding these things together. It reminds me of how the prisoners on death row have fun waiting for their turn on the electric chair. Fair enough, the trike isn't an electric chair, but it is about as safe and comfortable as one.
I was also reminded of the fact that it's not the machine, but the fool at the controls. So true! The bloke at the Yamaha factory who had the button in front of him saying 'ADD WHEELS' obviously wasn't like all his workmates who knew to only push the button twice or four times, never once or thrice. But good on him I say. He created something that people can form clubs over, nobody else in history has managed the same.
