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Watch a Three-Wheeler Go Head-to-Head With a Four-Wheeler and Nearly Flip

We got rid of three-wheelers back in the day for one very obvious reason: they're dangerous as all hell. 

The inherent instability of three wheels, with a lone wheel in the front, combined with high horsepower and torque from two- and four-stroke motors, meant a lot of people ended up in the hospital. And, after a host of accidents, crashes, and public calls for banning the machines, nearly every manufacturer stopped making them. 

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