gavin174
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| posted on 22/8/09 at 08:14 PM |
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road legal quad
i have been offered a 200cc road legal quad at a very reasonable price
my question is can i ride it on a car licence..
i passed my car test 19 years ago if that makes a difference..
http://www.essexkitcarclub.com
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CraigJ
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| posted on 22/8/09 at 08:15 PM |
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Yes you only need a car license.
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a4gom
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| posted on 22/8/09 at 08:22 PM |
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yes
Andy
Perfect planning prevents pi$$ poor performance!
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gavin174
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| posted on 22/8/09 at 08:28 PM |
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ok looks like i will be buying a quad tomorrow then...
http://www.essexkitcarclub.com
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Dangle_kt
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| posted on 22/8/09 at 09:29 PM |
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PLEASE wear a helmet. I see loads of idiots round mine that don't - as you dont legally need to.
I mean fine as a one off to feel the wind in your hair, but regularly the same planks rag round waiting to have a cars side pillar rearrange their
face for them.
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Blackcab
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| posted on 22/8/09 at 10:42 PM |
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They are shocking on the road, I had a yzf 450 with a few trick bits on - really quick off road loads of fun - scared me to death on the road thanks
to no rear diff, they have a habit of not going round bends well.
Another vote for helmets as well even if just an MotoX helmet
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 23/8/09 at 12:01 AM |
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Road legal quads appear to combine all the worst disadvantages of cars and bikes with virtualy none of the advantages of either.
No weather protection.
They don't handle well.
They aren't that fast (though fast enough for the handling deficiencies to be a problem). Not including the ones with big bike engines!
You can't filter through traffic.
Very vulnerable to cars, more so than a bike.
Unless you are a farmer getting to or from a field via a public road I just don't understand the point?
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 23/8/09 at 08:28 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Dangle_kt
PLEASE wear a helmet. I see loads of idiots round mine that don't - as you dont legally need to.
I mean fine as a one off to feel the wind in your hair, but regularly the same planks rag round waiting to have a cars side pillar rearrange their
face for them.
Guy in Ipswich died last week - driving on the public highway, fell off his quad, severe head injury. Married with 2 kids, I believe... 
A few weeks earlier I saw 2 blokes zooming round town on a quad, no helmets. The thing looked really unstable.
[Edited on 23/8/09 by David Jenkins]
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mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 23/8/09 at 10:01 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Dangle_kt
PLEASE wear a helmet. I see loads of idiots round mine that don't - as you dont legally need to.
I mean fine as a one off to feel the wind in your hair, but regularly the same planks rag round waiting to have a cars side pillar rearrange their
face for them.
Please do not interfere with the Dawin award wanabe`s.
Thats the process we use to eliminate stupid genes form the general populationl
[Edited on 23-8-09 by mangogrooveworkshop]
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