Quads?

[Milky]

My mate is after a quad. He's currently riding a 50cc ped on a CBT and is 17. What are the requirements to riade a quad on the road? Do you need a full bike or car liscence or can it be done on a CBT? Thanks!

[deej]

car licencse as it has 4 wheels,no helmet required either

if hes on a cbt and no car licencse he can drive a q-pod or possibly ride a trike

[delvey91]

My mate had a 50cc Derbi quad that he rode on a CBT at 16. I dunno if it was legal or not though.

[Milky]

aparently you can drive a robin reliant on a cbt if you have l plates and take the reverse gear out?

[Daresay]

OK... so we have a quad "bike" which has handle bars to steer & is fairly light & manouverable,but you need a car licence to ride/drive.

And then there's a Reliant Robin which has a steering wheel to steer & is big & bulky just like a car,but you can drive( yes drive cuz you don't ride one) it with a bike licence.Plus how the hell are you supposed to manouvere it without a reverse gear.

Don't seem right some how.

[ock]

think a quad is classed as a car so you need a full car licence to ride one and a robin can be driven on a bike licence if it has no reverse because its got three wheels just like a trike or bike with sidecar

[Daresay]

Does seem a bit backwards though dunnit.

I wonder what fool made that law up.

[ock]

I remember years ago you could ride a bike with a side car on a car license, or something like that, so people were buying GPZ 1100`s and stuff and sticking on these things called sidewinders which were a little arm with a hinge on it that stuck out the side of the bike with a little wheel on the end, and this was legal, the laws nuts sometimes

[Daresay]

Yeah i vaguely remember those. Didn't the side car wheel lean with the bike round corners?

[ock]

yeah, thats the one, also back in the day you could pass your test at 17 by riding your bike round the block a few times, then you could ride anything, my mate Jer, who`s a few years older than me, passed his test on his 17th birthday and jumped straight on his new GPZ 1100 , I`ve got a photo of him on it somewhere, he just looks like a little kid sat on it, hes only about 5`5" too , it only lasted about two weeks before he wrote it off though , oh the good old days

[Banditmax]

You can ride a 125cc quad on a cbt at 17.