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owdamer
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PostPosted: 08:22 - 15 Oct 2004    Post subject: Quads Reply with quote
Does anyone know anything about the regulations for riding a quad on the road? ie, helmet law, L plates, engine sizes and the like. Theres a young lad at work just started coming to work on it, no helmet, no L plates & as far as I know he only has a provisional license. Shocked
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Jaz
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PostPosted: 09:07 - 15 Oct 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote
Well they have just made Quads road legal, providing they comply with the regulations (lights, plate, MOT etc...) BUT he should have L plates on regardless and since it comes more under cars than bikes would not be able to drive/ride one with a provisional licence.

Check out the DVLA site.
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Jaz
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PostPosted: 09:18 - 15 Oct 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote
DVLA is usless but I found this


https://www.malaguti.co.uk/motoroma_quads/


That gives a little info and says "Requires Full UK car licence (group B1)"
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stinkwheel
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PostPosted: 12:15 - 15 Oct 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote
Some of them are registered as agricultural vehicles and can be ridden at 16 on L-plates.

Technically these are the only ones that are road legal as the tyres fitted to quad bikes are not approved for road use.
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PostPosted: 12:20 - 15 Oct 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote
I think there are new quads out now which have 'road' tires.
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Fallen Angel
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PostPosted: 12:47 - 15 Oct 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote
IMHO I think the use of quads on-roads is a bad idea! Yeah they are great fun off-road, but they do not handle well enough for road use, i.e. cornering, etc.

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stryker
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PostPosted: 12:48 - 15 Oct 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote
Fallen Angel wrote:
IMHO I think the use of quads on-roads is a bad idea! Yeah they are great fun off-road, but they do not handle well enough for road use, i.e. cornering, etc.

Just my opinion!! Thumbs Up


You can add most urban bling-tractors (4x4s) to that blanket description too, Thumbs Up as proved on top gear.
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stinkwheel
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PostPosted: 12:51 - 15 Oct 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote
Fallen Angel wrote:
IMHO I think the use of quads on-roads is a bad idea! Yeah they are great fun off-road, but they do not handle well enough for road use, i.e. cornering, etc.

Just my opinion!! Thumbs Up


Depends on the bike. I used to ride a Honda 650 twin with selectable 2-4WD and a proper differential on the rear axle (selectable diff lock) on the farm I worked on. You could blatter along quite happily at 65mph on tarmac. Cost a fortune in flotation tyres if you did that too regularly though.

A lot of the cheaper quads don't have a proper diff. These are lethal on tarmac.
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RiderOfTheSto...
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PostPosted: 13:14 - 15 Oct 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote
stinkwheel wrote:

A lot of the cheaper quads don't have a proper diff. These are lethal on tarmac.


Good for riding on two wheels though, side ways! Very Happy
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owdamer
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PostPosted: 13:19 - 15 Oct 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote
Hmmmm, seems no knows for sure what the rules are. All I know for sure is that I wouldn't ride it on the road myself, It looks like a toy. Its tiny. It most certainly wasn't designed to be road legal, looks like someones just thrown a lighting kit on & bluffed it through an MOT. The lad thats using it is a right pikey so I'd be very surprised if it is legal. I'm sure we'll find out soon, after all a pikey riding a tiny quad on the road with no crash helmet aint exactly gonna be inconspicuous to the plod is he.
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MattEMulsion
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PostPosted: 18:17 - 15 Oct 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote
You will find that the new style road legal quads are classed as a small car and therefore can only be riden/driven with a full car licence on the road. They must be MOT'd if over 3 yrs old, taxed and obviously have a number plate/registered. There is no law regarding wearing a helmet, (cos it is classed as a car) but a bit dangerous if used without, but then its the riders choice.
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