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robbie:
Does anyone have any experience of Quad Bikes and if they are actually the fun they look to be :)

I have no knowledge of them and interested in your views :)

HiFonics:
Quad bikes are great fun but you really need somewhere to use them. You can road register them but its a bit of a nightmare and they are still really classed as an agricultural vehicle. You need to know what your doing though as they can be fairly leathal to corner and can get up to some silly speeds. I tried a Raptor 660 and it plained scared me. Most of my quad riding has been done on a Honda Bigred which always tended to be th farmers weapon of choice due to them being pretty much indestrucible. It will do 55mph across fields and up the roads but as it has no centre diff it corners like the QE2.

The Bigred is 4 stroke and tends to be very dependable. The 2 stroke quads in my experience tend to be a little temperamental. The Polaris Diesel is bloody noisy and really just a workhorse. You really need to think what you would want one for and when you would use it, then try a few out.

To get anything decent though you wll probably need to spend some pretty serious cash, otherwise expect to have it in bits more than you ride it. A decent one can cost up to £5k!

Cheers,

ben

muddyweb:
Just a quick note...

According to our local Ambulance service, Quads are the cause of more fatalaties on farms in Dorset than anything else.

It seems that people have a tendency to roll them and end up getting squashed.

They can be fun....  but IMHO, a trials bike is safer....  or stick to a Land Rover ;-)

robbie:
Thanks Guys, it was just a thought for the summer, but I think I will stick with the suzie (or Land rover if I see a good one I fancy for about £500)

:D

karloss:
Robbie, you said good land rover and £500 all in the same sentance. That's no quite how it works with landy's mate, sorry. :lol:

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