So I bought a quad or 2.....

Maz · 28 Sep 2011 at 21:44

Evening Gents,

You may remember I was asking about road legal quads, I found a 09 plate chinese 250cc thing locally very cheap and bought it.

Cost me £299 to insure it for 12 months (6 Points - 2 accidents last year

one of which my fault) and I drove it for a few days to find myself completly underwhelmed....

So after a bit or reading online, I had decided that I wanted to buy a Yamaha Raptor 700 which is quick and good fun supposedly.

However they hold they're money really well and I really didn't fancy putting 3-4k into a quad which might get used once or twice a month.

So I found a Quadzilla 450RS on an 07 for sale locally, MOT just out and just over 1 months tax left - I managed to buy it for about a £1000 less than similar examples.

Went for an MOT yesterday and other than silly things like having 2 rear reflectors and front number plate it's needed a couple of track rod ends and rear brake pads.

Insurance has gone up to £395, but it's worth it because this thing is not in anyway boring

I've had a lot of very fast cars, but this little thing is just another type of fun.

I'm planning to use it off road, but it's still good fun on the road.

Anyone else here have such vehicles?

Vita · 28 Sep 2011 at 21:51

Sick of seeing Quads here, and the youths ride around in them at warp speed. Look to be good fun, but not my thing.

phil675 · 28 Sep 2011 at 22:10

Some inbred down my road at home has one and likes to go down the road at what looks about 50 making an excessive amount of noise due to the exhaust on it. I'd probably have one if I could but would rather spend a bit more to get a bike if I was so inclined.

Rilot · 28 Sep 2011 at 23:12

I just don't see the point with road legal quads.
All the bad points of a car (stuck in traffic, slow) and all the bad points of a bike (need protective gear, you get wet, dangerous) with none of the benefits of either.

Maybe I'm missing something.

Rybo89 · 28 Sep 2011 at 23:45

All steroid freaks we silly trible tattoo's drive them round here.

NVP · 29 Sep 2011 at 08:28

Rybo89 said:
All steroid freaks we silly trible tattoo's drive them round here.

Sounds exactly like my friend, he just drives his round croydon all day. He's recently gotten into stunt-skis, which are a hell of a lot of fun

SeatIbiza · 29 Sep 2011 at 09:05

As long as they keep to the council estates, who cares

Dogbreath · 29 Sep 2011 at 09:36

I had smug mode fully engaged yesterday after filtering past a quad stuck in a queue of traffic

Abraham · 29 Sep 2011 at 10:40

They're pretty much the only vehicle I can see someone driving on the road and hope that they fall off/have an accident.