(29-10-2014, 05:24 PM)Dum-Dum Wrote: Hi all, I'm considering a road legal quad bike to use for commuting and popping to the shops and that to keep the mileage off the rallye. One of those cheap chinese 350cc things.

Does anyone have any experience of getting insurance for them as I've tried a couple of the bike comparison sites that say they do quad bikes and they are all refusing to offer me quotes. I'm wondering if its a glitch in the software where its ignoring the fact I have had my full UK car licence over 10 years but its seeing only have a provisional motorbike.

Has anyone ever had quotes on one and if so how much?

(29-10-2014, 05:43 PM)Mattcheese31 Wrote:

(29-10-2014, 05:24 PM)Dum-Dum Wrote: Hi all, I'm considering a road legal quad bike to use for commuting and popping to the shops and that to keep the mileage off the rallye. One of those cheap chinese 350cc things.

Does anyone have any experience of getting insurance for them as I've tried a couple of the bike comparison sites that say they do quad bikes and they are all refusing to offer me quotes. I'm wondering if its a glitch in the software where its ignoring the fact I have had my full UK car licence over 10 years but its seeing only have a provisional motorbike.

Has anyone ever had quotes on one and if so how much?

i thought it was a 250cc limit for provisional MC riders? . . . .

(29-10-2014, 05:48 PM)eskimogod Wrote:

(29-10-2014, 05:43 PM)Mattcheese31 Wrote:

(29-10-2014, 05:24 PM)Dum-Dum Wrote: Hi all, I'm considering a road legal quad bike to use for commuting and popping to the shops and that to keep the mileage off the rallye. One of those cheap chinese 350cc things.

Does anyone have any experience of getting insurance for them as I've tried a couple of the bike comparison sites that say they do quad bikes and they are all refusing to offer me quotes. I'm wondering if its a glitch in the software where its ignoring the fact I have had my full UK car licence over 10 years but its seeing only have a provisional motorbike.

Has anyone ever had quotes on one and if so how much?

i thought it was a 250cc limit for provisional MC riders? . . . .

nah just need car license for quads

(29-10-2014, 05:35 PM)eskimogod Wrote: not really a answer to your question but if you have your cbt why not just get a 125? quads get boring quick on the road..

(29-10-2014, 05:48 PM)eskimogod Wrote:

(29-10-2014, 05:43 PM)Mattcheese31 Wrote:

(29-10-2014, 05:24 PM)Dum-Dum Wrote: Hi all, I'm considering a road legal quad bike to use for commuting and popping to the shops and that to keep the mileage off the rallye. One of those cheap chinese 350cc things.

Does anyone have any experience of getting insurance for them as I've tried a couple of the bike comparison sites that say they do quad bikes and they are all refusing to offer me quotes. I'm wondering if its a glitch in the software where its ignoring the fact I have had my full UK car licence over 10 years but its seeing only have a provisional motorbike.

Has anyone ever had quotes on one and if so how much?

i thought it was a 250cc limit for provisional MC riders? . . . .

nah just need car license for quads

(29-10-2014, 05:48 PM)DAN@ADRIAN FLUX Wrote: Hi Dum-Dum,

We are able to offer road legal quad insurance through our Bikesure department.

Feel free to PM me your details and I can arrange for our quotes team to get in touch to take a few details to see what sort of figure you are looking at.

Kind regards,
Dan.

(29-10-2014, 06:14 PM)Dum-Dum Wrote: I am in the process of doing my bike licence however I work some night shifts and would like the extra security of the quad and not having to worry about balancing it too much. Also the bigger size will hopefully discourage me from being stupid on it whereas I think as soon as I got a bigger bike I'd spend my whole time in 3 figure speeds weaving between traffic and 125s are uber slow so I aint getting one of them.

(29-10-2014, 05:55 PM)Mattcheese31 Wrote:

(29-10-2014, 05:48 PM)eskimogod Wrote:

(29-10-2014, 05:43 PM)Mattcheese31 Wrote: i thought it was a 250cc limit for provisional MC riders? . . . .

nah just need car license for quads

ahhh rightho, quads have four wheels yes never thought about it before lol, it is 250cc for bikes though right?

(29-10-2014, 07:10 PM)Adam-m-h Wrote: Rampdale are good for insurance my brother had a bashan 250cc quad and it was less then £700 for the year and he's only 21 had had his licence 2 years

(29-10-2014, 07:32 PM)Dum-Dum Wrote:

(29-10-2014, 07:10 PM)Adam-m-h Wrote: Rampdale are good for insurance my brother had a bashan 250cc quad and it was less then £700 for the year and he's only 21 had had his licence 2 years

See thats the sort of answer I was looking for thanks. I assume that would be cheaper or about the same sort of price as say a 306 DTurbo for him?

(29-10-2014, 07:31 PM)procta Wrote: f*ck the Chinese things
get one of these!

(29-10-2014, 07:48 PM)Dum-Dum Wrote:

(29-10-2014, 07:31 PM)procta Wrote: f*ck the Chinese things
get one of these!

No. I saw that scooby engined quad in Max Power years ago and it looked big and unwieldy back then.

I want to build something like one of these but probably with a ZX11/ZZR1100 engine as they go cheaper than most similar bike engines of the era.

Also gives me with a good use for my nitrous kit.

Bike engined ones are so much better.

(29-10-2014, 08:02 PM)Seb_Ryan Wrote: Be warned.. Quads on roads are not easy to drive.. You have to lean the same as a bike, otherwise you end up on 3 wheels, or understeering lol

(29-10-2014, 08:00 PM)procta Wrote: those sound epic! the squall from them engines is to die for! only thing is I recon you would kill your self to easy. Was the Scooby one custom built?

(29-10-2014, 08:02 PM)Seb_Ryan Wrote: Be warned.. Quads on roads are not easy to drive.. You have to lean the same as a bike, otherwise you end up on 3 wheels, or understeering lol

(29-10-2014, 08:27 PM)lolsteve Wrote: F*ck quad bikes and anyone who drives them!
Most annoying things on the road, every year at uni during the summer revision periods all the dick heads would hit the streets on the quads over taking cars doing 60 mph, racing each other and being generally annoying. The noise they make travels far too so whether at home or the libaray all I could here is their shitty engines and know some prick was driving it around looking at all the pedestrians hoping for their seal of approval while wearing nothing but a helmet and a tshirt to show off the muscles they got in their uncles basement lifting stolen weights while the uncles watches and picks at his belly

(29-10-2014, 08:27 PM)lolsteve Wrote: F*ck quad bikes and anyone who drives them!
Most annoying things on the road, every year at uni during the summer revision periods all the dick heads would hit the streets on the quads over taking cars doing 60 mph, racing each other and being generally annoying. The noise they make travels far too so whether at home or the libaray all I could here is their shitty engines and know some prick was driving it around looking at all the pedestrians hoping for their seal of approval while wearing nothing but a helmet and a tshirt to show off the muscles they got in their uncles basement lifting stolen weights while the uncles watches and picks at his belly

(29-10-2014, 08:14 PM)procta Wrote: knowing you dum dum, you will just build a XUD or a HDi powered one.

(29-10-2014, 08:19 PM)Adam-m-h Wrote: F*ck it! hayabusa smart car! ( youtube- Diablo smart car)https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4gseTGwppbg
Least has Abit of a shell to protect your body

(29-10-2014, 08:27 PM)lolsteve Wrote: F*ck quad bikes and anyone who drives them!
Most annoying things on the road, every year at uni during the summer revision periods all the dick heads would hit the streets on the quads over taking cars doing 60 mph, racing each other and being generally annoying. The noise they make travels far too so whether at home or the libaray all I could here is their shitty engines and know some prick was driving it around looking at all the pedestrians hoping for their seal of approval while wearing nothing but a helmet and a tshirt to show off the muscles they got in their uncles basement lifting stolen weights while the uncles watches and picks at his belly

(29-10-2014, 08:47 PM)procta Wrote:

(29-10-2014, 08:27 PM)lolsteve Wrote: F*ck quad bikes and anyone who drives them!
Most annoying things on the road, every year at uni during the summer revision periods all the dick heads would hit the streets on the quads over taking cars doing 60 mph, racing each other and being generally annoying. The noise they make travels far too so whether at home or the libaray all I could here is their shitty engines and know some prick was driving it around looking at all the pedestrians hoping for their seal of approval while wearing nothing but a helmet and a tshirt to show off the muscles they got in their uncles basement lifting stolen weights while the uncles watches and picks at his belly

I bet you tried to race one in your posh rover and got your arse handed you

(29-10-2014, 08:58 PM)Piggy Wrote: I'd rather a bike with a bike engine in with all the benefits of a bike rather than the worst of a car coupled with no benefits of the dangers of a bike!?

Cheaper to insure too

I can insure a 200bhp bike fully comp for about £15 a month!