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Time magazine online mentioned "new" inventions this year. First
image I saw was a tadpole style comfort recumbent. New? No wonder all the flurry of Monster Nation, motorcycle customizing and being just a lttle different puts a person on TV or in a magazine. Interesting, but not exactly new. Chris Jordan Santa Cruz, CA. |
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Christopher Jordan wrote:
Time magazine online mentioned "new" inventions this year. First image I saw was a tadpole style comfort recumbent. New? No wonder all the flurry of Monster Nation, motorcycle customizing and being just a lttle different puts a person on TV or in a magazine. Interesting, but not exactly new. This is my idea of a comfortable tadpole. http://www.ihpva.org/incoming/2002/Dragonflyer/df2.jpg -- Tom Sherman - Rock Island County Illinois Tetrahedral carbon lattices are not forever. |
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"Tom Sherman" wrote in message ... Christopher Jordan wrote: Time magazine online mentioned "new" inventions this year. First image I saw was a tadpole style comfort recumbent. New? No wonder all the flurry of Monster Nation, motorcycle customizing and being just a lttle different puts a person on TV or in a magazine. Interesting, but not exactly new. This is my idea of a comfortable tadpole. http://www.ihpva.org/incoming/2002/Dragonflyer/df2.jpg -- Tom Sherman - Rock Island County Illinois Tetrahedral carbon lattices are not forever. Is that the new cheap Sun tadpole trike I've been hearing about? $kip |
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Tom Sherman wrote: $kip wrote: "Tom Sherman" wrote in message ... This is my idea of a comfortable tadpole. http://www.ihpva.org/incoming/2002/Dragonflyer/df2.jpg Is that the new cheap Sun tadpole trike I've been hearing about? Ask Larry Varney what it is. I want to know how it is that there's an oil spot under it And plans. 'cause I want to build a tadpole next summer, and i'm collecting ideas. |
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"Tom Sherman" wrote in message ... $kip wrote: "Tom Sherman" wrote in message ... This is my idea of a comfortable tadpole. http://www.ihpva.org/incoming/2002/Dragonflyer/df2.jpg Is that the new cheap Sun tadpole trike I've been hearing about? Ask Larry Varney what it is. -- I think Larry has had quite enough of me for the time being so I won't annoy him further by asking him to ID this particular trike. Actually I just noticed that the name Dragonflyer was incorporated in the URL. Could this possibly be your Dragonflyer? The one you snapped up on eBay before others had a chance to bid on it? It's a great looking trike. I've heard they're quite rare and almost impossible come by these days. I'm sure this one has appreciated greatly over the past several years and must be worth a great deal of money now. It must be great having an asset that appreciates rapidly and yet is such a pleasure to own. $kip |
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$kip wrote:
"Tom Sherman" wrote in message ... This is my idea of a comfortable tadpole. http://www.ihpva.org/incoming/2002/Dragonflyer/df2.jpg Is that the new cheap Sun tadpole trike I've been hearing about? Ask Larry Varney what it is. -- Tom Sherman - Rock Island County Illinois Tetrahedral carbon lattices are not forever. |
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$kip wrote:
"Tom Sherman" wrote in message ... $kip wrote: "Tom Sherman" wrote in message ... This is my idea of a comfortable tadpole. http://www.ihpva.org/incoming/2002/Dragonflyer/df2.jpg Is that the new cheap Sun tadpole trike I've been hearing about? Ask Larry Varney what it is. -- I think Larry has had quite enough of me for the time being so I won't annoy him further by asking him to ID this particular trike. Actually I just noticed that the name Dragonflyer was incorporated in the URL. Could this possibly be your Dragonflyer? The one you snapped up on eBay before others had a chance to bid on it? This is the trike that Larry Varney was trying to get on the cheap during an eBay auction, when someone else used the "Buy it Now" option. The winning bidder re-sold the trike to me the next day. It's a great looking trike. I've heard they're quite rare and almost impossible come by these days. I'm sure this one has appreciated greatly over the past several years and must be worth a great deal of money now. It must be great having an asset that appreciates rapidly and yet is such a pleasure to own. I have not been able to get an exact number on Dragonflyer production, but I believe around 170 were built. I don't think it is appreciating in value, but the price was very reasonable considering the trike probably had only been ridden once or twice, and also in comparison to suspended trikes of similar quality from Trice and Greenspeed that can easily cost in excess of $4000 US. -- Tom Sherman - Rock Island County Illinois Tetrahedral carbon lattices are not forever. |
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Tom Sherman wrote:
$kip wrote: "Tom Sherman" wrote in message ... $kip wrote: "Tom Sherman" wrote in message ... This is my idea of a comfortable tadpole. http://www.ihpva.org/incoming/2002/Dragonflyer/df2.jpg Is that the new cheap Sun tadpole trike I've been hearing about? Ask Larry Varney what it is. -- I think Larry has had quite enough of me for the time being so I won't annoy him further by asking him to ID this particular trike. Actually I just noticed that the name Dragonflyer was incorporated in the URL. Could this possibly be your Dragonflyer? The one you snapped up on eBay before others had a chance to bid on it? This is the trike that Larry Varney was trying to get on the cheap during an eBay auction, when someone else used the "Buy it Now" option. The winning bidder re-sold the trike to me the next day. It's a great looking trike. I've heard they're quite rare and almost impossible come by these days. I'm sure this one has appreciated greatly over the past several years and must be worth a great deal of money now. It must be great having an asset that appreciates rapidly and yet is such a pleasure to own. I have not been able to get an exact number on Dragonflyer production, but I believe around 170 were built. I don't think it is appreciating in value, but the price was very reasonable considering the trike probably had only been ridden once or twice, and also in comparison to suspended trikes of similar quality from Trice and Greenspeed that can easily cost in excess of $4000 US. "Snapped up"? How about STOLEN practically right out of my quivering hands! My first introduction to trikes was a couple of weeks on a borrowed Dragonflyer, and I couldn't believe my luck when that one came up on eBay. So when it was "snapped up" right when I was getting into the bidding process, I was dismayed, devastated, destroyed. All I could think of was, I hoped that it hadn't fallen into the greedy clutches of some smirking moron. But seriously, had I bought that trike then, chances are that it would have been sold already - I do have a penchant for wheeling-and-dealing, though not to the extent of that guy in Toledo - and I have had some good trikes along the way to console myself with. -- Larry Varney Cold Spring, KY http://home.fuse.net/larryvarney |
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"skip" wrote in message ...
Is that the new cheap Sun tadpole trike I've been hearing about? $kip A prototype of the Sun tadpole was made earlier, and Easy Racers is using it as a velomobile base. It has skinnier tires and a red color (apparently the main color is bright yelllow; I do not know how mine got by!), so this is not a spy photo! Chris Jordan Santa Cruz, CA. |
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"Larry Varney" wrote in message ... Tom Sherman wrote: $kip wrote: "Tom Sherman" wrote in message ... $kip wrote: "Tom Sherman" wrote in message ... This is my idea of a comfortable tadpole. http://www.ihpva.org/incoming/2002/Dragonflyer/df2.jpg Is that the new cheap Sun tadpole trike I've been hearing about? Ask Larry Varney what it is. -- I think Larry has had quite enough of me for the time being so I won't annoy him further by asking him to ID this particular trike. Actually I just noticed that the name Dragonflyer was incorporated in the URL. Could this possibly be your Dragonflyer? The one you snapped up on eBay before others had a chance to bid on it? This is the trike that Larry Varney was trying to get on the cheap during an eBay auction, when someone else used the "Buy it Now" option. The winning bidder re-sold the trike to me the next day. It's a great looking trike. I've heard they're quite rare and almost impossible come by these days. I'm sure this one has appreciated greatly over the past several years and must be worth a great deal of money now. It must be great having an asset that appreciates rapidly and yet is such a pleasure to own. I have not been able to get an exact number on Dragonflyer production, but I believe around 170 were built. I don't think it is appreciating in value, but the price was very reasonable considering the trike probably had only been ridden once or twice, and also in comparison to suspended trikes of similar quality from Trice and Greenspeed that can easily cost in excess of $4000 US. "Snapped up"? How about STOLEN practically right out of my quivering hands! My first introduction to trikes was a couple of weeks on a borrowed Dragonflyer, and I couldn't believe my luck when that one came up on eBay. So when it was "snapped up" right when I was getting into the bidding process, I was dismayed, devastated, destroyed. All I could think of was, I hoped that it hadn't fallen into the greedy clutches of some smirking moron. But seriously, had I bought that trike then, chances are that it would have been sold already - I do have a penchant for wheeling-and-dealing, though not to the extent of that guy in Toledo - and I have had some good trikes along the way to console myself with. -- Larry Varney Cold Spring, KY http://home.fuse.net/larryvarney I saw a photo of Tom with his head sticking out of a socked Tailwind. He appeared to be smirking to me. Must have been right after he arranged to buy the Dragonflyer through that convoluted deal he set up. $kip |
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