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4-wheelers modified to be street legal (aka quadricycles) are getting pretty popular in Europe since fuel prices are so high. So now Polaris has made a concept quad that is built to be street legal. Word is that they are trying to make it legal in the U.S. Pretty cool idea. I would buy one over a motorcycle (if its priced along the same lines as a higher end sport bike) just to have something a little larger and different. Plus you can always do a little light off-roading with it. The iPod integration on the concept is pretty cool since it turns it into the instrument cluster.

It looks uncomfortable for any kind of long trip. Maybe a back rest on the seat or a not-so-crotch-rockety seat would be more appealing.

maybe, but if you really want that, im sure it could be made or bought aftermarket shortly after. However the way you sit is supposed to be like a sport bike. If you want comfort you can get a cruiser bike or one of those trike things, and thats not really want they are going for with it. It supposed to be sporty but a stripper.

i'ts just another way to get black people to blow their money

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To meet regulations here in Ohio, it would need fenders. Then it would look :gaysign:

I think that's a good idea, well here people will be pleased to have the right to go on the streets with a quad! and when you find your mud pit, let's go! I'd rather have that than a bike myself! Put some beefier tires and it's a all go!

they allready have street legal quads out here, i have riden one, and they are VERY unstable. i'd actually deem them dangerous to people with no high-speed quad experiance. they are also very tireing when it comes to corners as you need to lean off them inorder to stop from flipping. so all in all. Cool idea. but not practical at all.

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1994 Jeep Wrangler 4.6L Stroker (The Desert Rat)
1997 Fiat Brava 1.6L (The Euro Beater)

Dunno if it will take a good share of the market in Europe.... isn't mostly for scooters and motorcycles......? (well for IN town moves)

hey, thats kind of wrong man. i know one of the dumb things people do is put big chrome wheels on regular quads, but this is a little different
it has fenders, well kind of...
well thats actually kind of why they created this. it was designed for being street legal and on road high speed perfromance. its not just a regular quad that was modded to be street legal. its got a lower, wider stance with a longer wheel base, bigger brakes, high performance tires, but most importantly is the steering system it uses. It actually dampens at high speed so it turns less and less when the bars are moved as speed increases.

ach, dude, it wont work. go ride a quad, then get back to me :thumbsup:

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1989 Toyota Celica ST165 GT4 3SGTE 2.0L TURBO (Under Construction, Engine Rebuild, Bigger Turbo, big FMIC) :rockwoot:
1994 Jeep Wrangler 4.6L Stroker (The Desert Rat)
1997 Fiat Brava 1.6L (The Euro Beater)

sorry guess i should have mentioned that i love riding quads. i used to have a pretty nice warrior, but i had to sell it, school and money issues. now i really have no way to keep one here even if i could afford another one.

granted it takes a lot of skill to ride at high speed, but its doable. Im not saying you should ride this thing at 120 mph, but something built for this type of riding isn't really all that hard to create.

well i was doing.... roughly 110, going into a turn at speed, my ass was literally about 2-3 inches off the ground when i enterd the turn and the thing still went up on two wheels, not really a practical desigen, way way too many flaws.

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1989 Toyota Celica ST165 GT4 3SGTE 2.0L TURBO (Under Construction, Engine Rebuild, Bigger Turbo, big FMIC) :rockwoot:
1994 Jeep Wrangler 4.6L Stroker (The Desert Rat)
1997 Fiat Brava 1.6L (The Euro Beater)

why were you trying to turn at 110? you didn't see that coming?

they said it can do everything a bike can do. so i tested it, my bike is still better :p

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1989 Toyota Celica ST165 GT4 3SGTE 2.0L TURBO (Under Construction, Engine Rebuild, Bigger Turbo, big FMIC) :rockwoot:
1994 Jeep Wrangler 4.6L Stroker (The Desert Rat)
1997 Fiat Brava 1.6L (The Euro Beater)

haha no way it can do anything a bike can do, who ever told you that probably wanted you dead

it was a test drive. i won the bet tho so i got last say, and it fucking sucks.

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1989 Toyota Celica ST165 GT4 3SGTE 2.0L TURBO (Under Construction, Engine Rebuild, Bigger Turbo, big FMIC) :rockwoot:
1994 Jeep Wrangler 4.6L Stroker (The Desert Rat)
1997 Fiat Brava 1.6L (The Euro Beater)

well i still say that there is probably a big difference between one built for the purpose of being rode on the street and one moddified to ride on the street. however you can't expect it to ride just like a bike. the only way that would be possible is if the entire body, motor, seat, and upper part of the frame all leaned with the rider like on a bike and left all four wheels planted firmly.

Maybe where you're at, but where I'm from people drive ATVs, tractors, dirt bikes, and even riding mowers on the roads. My old man's buddy drives a 71 Monte that has the fenders cut out to fit his 33s.... And that's typical for the area.

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i wanna know why theres an i pod hook up on it. Its not like your gonna be able to hear it if it sounds like the polaris quad i have been on.

read and the answers will be found. they did that on the concept so the screen could be used for the gauge cluster. its more of an attention getter than for function.