We still ride and collect old ATCs though – the old ones are why our 3 wheeler roots run so deep and we plan on riding both old and new 3 wheelers for years to come. But equally as important – we’re a family race team having a blast together in the sport. It should be noted that we are not really a “business”, not just yet anyways. Tim Keister: For the most part yes, Tionesta Trikes is now mostly known for our quad to ATC conversions and the name remains the same. We have since sold off about seven machines from the collection so it is no longer complete – but the website reflects what we worked so hard for so many years to accomplish.Īnd now Tionesta Trikes is all about conversions correct? I’m proud to say we accomplished that about two years ago! That is really where Tionesta Trikes got its name. I then started my website back in 2003 and my wife and I set out to own one of each and every Honda ATC models ever produced. A few years later I got married and my wife caught the 3-wheeler bug as well. I then purchased a few more trikes, that year. All the sudden it got very expensive doing upgrades and repairs, so we decided to fix up our 1985 ATC200S that we had from childhood, and beat around the woods with it instead of the trucks. At the time we were into off-roading our Toyota pick-up trucks. Tim Keister: It started back in 1999 when my brother Bill and I were getting “back to our roots”. Tim and brother Bill Keister at OTC Jamboree at Lightning MX Track in Tippicanoe, Ohio So, here it is, I’m happy to introduce two cousins that are passionately dedicated to keeping 3-wheeling alive, Tim and Jake Keister of Tionesta Trikes…. With that, I felt that ATV Scene definitely needed a Tionesta Trikes feature. That’s how well done these conversions looked. In the second version of time, the one with no ban, I got to see what the manufacturers would be offering as part of their ATV line ups. There before me was Tim and Jake’s brand new shiny and clean Honda TRX450R and Suzuki LTR450, but in three-wheeler-form. As I got a closer look in the cold pre-staging-area, I felt like I had time-warped into a second version of reality, one without the 60 Minutes ATV massacre led by Barbara Walters in 1987, one without frivolous lawsuits and one with no record of three wheelers being “unsafe” and banned. Tim Keister (left) and Jake Keister are the owners of Tionesta Trikes.Īmong the twenty-some ATC 250Rs, Tecate 3s and Tri-Z 250s a few of Tim and Jake’s Tionesta Trike conversion projects got my attention. The news that 3-wheelers will be included at eight stops on the CRA schedule has several 3-wheeler die-hards in the Ohio and PA area pretty excited, but none more than Tim and Jake Keister, who own a 3-wheeler fabrication business in Tionesta, PA called Tionesta Trikes. Thanks to the open minded moto enthusiasts at the CRA, for the first time in over twenty years 3-wheeler riders will have the opportunity to compete in a recognized points-paying ATV racing series. The Keister cousins seemed to be leading an Ohio/PA 3-wheeler racing brigade with some of most innovative trike equipment seen since the days that Curtis Sparks and Stevie Wright won championships in the 200cc Pro 3-wheeler classes with their heavily breathed-on 200X and 200R one-of-a-kind three-wheelers. While at Wayne’s annual event at the Summit County Fairgrounds, which was the tip off of the mighty 2011 CRA (Competition Riders of America) season, I met cousins Tim Keister and Jake Keister. I recently attended an annual indoor motocross event promoted by my old friend Wayne Phillips of Patriot Promotions, (who we teamed up with to promote the ATV TT National at Wayne County Speedway in Orrville, OH).
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