There isn’t a full engine photo so I put these two together. Sadly, quite a few folks went to the great sand dune in the sky after having some sort of accident on a three-wheeler. Sometimes, the bounce was too much, and rather than ATC, they were known as ToD: Triangle of Death. These have almost cartoon-like patches on them, like Porky Pig with the crossed-band-aid repairs on his tires in old cartoons. There is no suspension on the early models, those gigantic and almost impossible-to-find-or-afford balloon tires provided the suspension. The seller says that all of the tires hold air and that’s a good thing, they’re almost impossible to find. The US90 came out for the 1970 through 1973 model years at which point, Honda successfully trademarked the ATC name and the rest is history. Honda’s ATC came out for the 1974 model year through 1978 and they’re the company’s second-generation three-wheeler. Can you think of an earlier all-terrain cycle than Honda’s US90 that came out in 1970? Does that make sense? I’m thinking of older three-wheelers that may have come out before Honda’s models. So on that basis alone, I guess a person could say that yes, Honda had the first ATC. One argument for Honda having the first ATC is that they actually trademarked the term in 1973, as “All Terrain Cycle”, or ATC. Here is the original listing, and thanks to Lothar… of the Hill People for sending in this tip! In any case, this 1974 Honda ATC90 is listed here on Facebook Marketplace in Green Bay, Wisconsin with an asking price of $3,000. It almost forces people to research it and prove us wrong, so I won’t say that Honda came up with the first ATV, maybe one of the first. Many sources list the Honda US90, the predecessor to the ATC90, as “the first ATV.” It’s always dangerous to list something as the first, last, biggest, smallest, oldest, whatever.
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