street quads..

[<DRS>GPF]

meaning highway capable...
where are they?

with rising gas prices, street bike prices/sales are going to skyrocket..

why havent any of the quad mfr's made a street legal quad? nows the tme to be developing some as the US is being forced to "greener" living..

wider footprint, anti-sway suspension, 700 to 1000cc, lower profile, etc. etc..

id buy one before id buy a bike..

[Slinky]

regulations are too tight in the US...and i'd buy a bike for the street before a quad. You can pick up a bike pretty cheep and i dont see the prices sky rocketing all that much.

[1fastR]

polaris makes one-

[Slinky]

only in europe and its only a prototype not actually in production..they are feeling out the market with it.

[<DRS>GPF]

Originally posted by 1fastR
polaris makes one-


awsome..

[infantry317]

Arctic Cat sells them in Europe

[mxdad]

Here's another one I found...

[Honda TRX250ex]

Gas gas make a street quad. Its a 300 or 350 two stroke. But its only street leagal in Europe.

[infantry317]

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[infantry317]

another

[<DRS>GPF]

Originally posted by mxdad
Here's another one I found...

now that is sharp...

with all that vectored plastic you think itd slip through any radar trap..:blah:

wouldnt they need independnt suspension??


because when going around a corner the inside tire spins slower then the outside


you would need independent suspension and a slipping def.:huh

I seriously thought of the best idea for a street legal quad. Like it works so different and its sucha good idea. I'm not even going to say it on here because i'm afraid someones going to take. :macho

[CannondaleRider]

Originally posted by 89honda 250x
wouldnt they need independnt suspension??


because when going around a corner the inside tire spins slower then the outside


you would need independent suspension and a slipping def.:huh

You wouldn't absolutely NEED it, take vehicles for example, people drive locked up trucks all the time...you just get a chirp through corners....and it wears out your tires.

Also, why would you need an independent rear end?

[Plante400]

Originally posted by mxdad
Here's another one I found...


i would defff buy one of those
Wtf bring em to the US and make some seriouse money

Originally posted by CannondaleRider
You wouldn't absolutely NEED it, take vehicles for example, people drive locked up trucks all the time...you just get a chirp through corners....and it wears out your tires.

Also, why would you need an independent rear end?



because independit suspencion has a unlocked deferencial

because you cant make a unlocked def with a straight shaft

[Bullitt]

90 percent of the vehicles out there are not independant suspension and they have "unlocked" differentials (limited slip), therefore you would not need independant suspension to not have a locked rear end. You would however need a rear differential(pumpkin)

[nosliw]

move to a rural area, they don't care if you ride them on the streets if it's just short trips.

[kyex40047]

You can have an unlocked diif and still have a staight axle, pretty much every truck ever made was like that. Also people do not go driving around with a locked diff on asphault, that would be pretty stupid to do. They would tear up thier tires way to fast. and their cars would not handle very good.

[prepracing]

as for your rear end issues, an independent rear suspension with a rear diff would definitely make it more road worthy for highspeeds and cornering BUT not a "have to have" because as you see there are street legal quads with straight axles. Yes some vehicles drive around with fully locked rearends ( rearends that have a spool or welded diff. gears, most "lockers" release when turning ) but they are few mainly just 4x4's that run on the road occasionally. ATV's making street legal quads is not the real problem anyway, its the US regulations and laws that stop them from being sold in the US. They are available and legal in most all European and South American countries

[<DRS>GPF]

so what laws are the holdup?


considering the similarities to bikes and the mods you can do with them, (completely custom, v-6's, v-8's, trikes.. pretty much anything goes..) there shouldnt be alot of excuses available..