There's a few around here.
No front number plate. So are they a bike?
No helmet on rider. So are they a car?
Tyres appear to be off-road. Blocks of rubber not tread.
Exhaust sounds much louder than street legal.
On a side note. If a motorcycle combination doesn't require a front number plate. What about a three wheeler (Reliant)? I'm thinking money-making (sorry speed) cameras.
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Used to see one regularly on the Edinburgh bypass - the rider (driver?) was certainly wearing a helmet. Havent seen it for a while but it used to "filter" fairly rapidly between the 2 lanes of cars doing 40-50 so he may have come a cropper at some point.
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I saw one here no helmet going like the clappers weaving around traffic. Somehow I don't think a Robin Reliant has much to fear from speed cameras forward facing or rear facing.
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Lots round here, fun and farming, good fun to, I have ridden a couple.
IIRC regs are much as a motorcycle though 4 wheels means a helmet is not mandatory.
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good fun *too*
Not as much fun as two wheels mind!
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to be on the road they should be fitted with a road kit including regulation lights indicaters etc
cheddar they also do a 2 wheel version which is not too fast but lots of fun look here www.ecorider.com/
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Lots round here, fun and farming, good fun to, I have ridden a couple.
Not much fun when you are a nearby resident and have to suffer the noise!
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>> Lots round here, fun and farming, good fun to, I have >> ridden a couple. Not much fun when you are a nearby resident and have to suffer the noise!
I don't see the link between the two. Local farmer has a road legal quad bike he commutes between home and 'office' and it's as quiet as a car.
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I read somewhere that most quads won't pass an mot after three years because they don't have a diff on the rear axle.
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I read somewhere that most quads won't pass an mot after three years because they don't have a diff on the rear axle.
Some old cars didn't have diffs either. Is it an MOT requirement?
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I read somewhere that most quads won't pass an mot after three years because they don't have a diff on the rear axle.
Never heard of that & I've run comp cars in the past with VERY tight locking diffs. However they can be a problem on the brake rollers, but that can be tested on the road, with a meter & bikes aren't tested like that anyway..
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I read somewhere that most quads won't pass an mot after three years because they don't have a diff on the rear axle.
Offroad quads would not need a diff,in fact it would be a great disadvantage.Road going quads would need a diff to prevent tyre scrub or twisting the axle.AFAIK they need lights and reg plate,no helmet as more than two wheels doesn't need one,foolish not to use one tho'.
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>> Not much fun when you are a nearby resident and have >> to suffer the noise! I don't see the link between the two.
I think what L'escargot is referring to is the non-road-legal quads (some v. noisy) that teenagers ride up and down footpaths. We used to have these flying up the public footpath 30 yards from our house, every day at all times of day; making a racket and risking collisions with pedestrians and cyclists. Luckily the council put some elaborate barriers in to stop them.
I do think they're great though, my brother used to have a proper 2-stroke 250 Yamaha racing quad but we used to take it to a track, not ride it round the streets.
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I don't see the link between the two.
I was referring to those described by bathtub tom (the original poster) thus
"There's a few around here.
No front number plate. So are they a bike?
No helmet on rider. So are they a car?
Tyres appear to be off-road. Blocks of rubber not tread.
Exhaust sounds much louder than street legal."
These are usually driven round and round an off-road track purely for the enjoyment of the owners, apparently without a thought to the noise nuisance they are causing nearby residents. Believe me, it happens!
On the other hand I have no doubt whatsoever that the road legal quad bike used by your local farmer causes no nuisance of any kind, nor to anyone, during his commute.
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We used to go to Armthorpe Moto Parc near Doncaster, which I thought was a long way away from any housing. You dont live within earshot of that place by any chance do you L'escargot?
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You dont live within earshot of that place by any chance do you L'escargot?
No, I'm thinking of impromptu circuits on grass ~ some with the permission of the landowner and some not. There's one alongside the A46 Lincoln bypass. The vehicles and trailers used to transport the quad bikes there totally hog a layby practically all day every Saturday and Sunday, and the fence erected alongside the road (part of the road building programme when it was first built) has been torn down to enable the quad bikes to get access to the field. I'm sure this isn't an isolated example of this sort of behaviour. Fortunately when I viewed a nearby property the site was in use so I found out about it at an early stage and was able to stop myself falling into the trap of making an offer. It was a pity because it was a nice property, but it was completely blighted by the noise of the quad bikes.
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what exactly does " a two wheeled version of a quad bike " actually mean? is it by chance a motorcycle?
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what exactly does " a two wheeled version of a quad bike " actually mean? is it by chance a motorcycle?
if you look at the link although technically it has 2 wheels it fits the usage type it more often connected with quad bike than motorcycle dont you think?
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