A Quad bike is one of many types of powered quadracycle. A Quadricycle is a four-wheeled human-powered vehicle. It is also referred to as a quadracycle, quadcycle, quadrocycle or as a four-wheel UK law recognizes a vehicle to be a quad bike if it has four wheels and a mass of less than 550Kgs^[1]. To drive a quad bike on a public road requires a B1 licence as well as tax, insurance and registration.

Contents 1 History 1.1 19th century 1.2 20th century 1.3 21st century 2 Usage 3 Safety 4 Controversy 5 References 6 See also

History

19th century

Royal Enfield built and sold the first powered quadracycle in 1893. See also Royal Enfield Motors Royal Enfield was the brand of the Enfield Cycle Company an English Engineering company. It had many bicycle components, including handle bars. The bicycle, cycle, or bike is a pedal-driven, human-powered vehicle with two wheels attached to a frame, one behind The Royal Enfield resembles a modern ATV-style quad bike but was designed as a form of horseless carriage for road use. An all-terrain vehicle (ATV is defined by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI as a vehicle that travels on low pressure tires with a seat that is straddled by The automotive Brass Era is the first period of automotive manufacturing named for the prominent Brass Fittings used during this time for such things as lights and ^[2]

20th century

In the 1930s and 1940s manufacturers in the USA and Japan began to design and build vehicles to traverse rough ground and water. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics.

After the Second World War the off road market for quads was contested by purpose built trucks. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Before this point there were many quad bikes that were laid out in a similar fashion to conventional cars. The post war period saw the introduction of the microcar in Europe, many of which were classified as quadracycles in the UK. A microcar is an extremely small Automobile, popularly referred to as Cyclecars in the 1910s and 1920s and Bubblecars in the 1950s and 1960s many of which Some were right-hand drive three wheeled versions without reverse gears for the UK market. These were classified as motorcycles and thus incurred less tax. MotorCycle is the title of a 1993 album by Rock band Daniel Amos, released on BAI Records.

In the 1970s Honda started to make trikes and quad bikes based on their motorbikes which became the modern UK quad bike. () is a Multinational corporation, engine Manufacturer and engineering corporation headquartered in Japan. ^[3]

21st century

The turn of the millennium saw the importing of many small electric vehicles made in India and the far east. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Many of these vehicles were small and slow by design because of the limitations of the technology. To make many of these vehicles viable the manufacturers reduced the quad bike's weight, at the expense of safety and comfort.

Usage

Most straddled quad bikes are designed and used off road in situations that would make using a larger vehicle difficult. Quad bikes are used for such varied tasks as herding animals and lifeguarding on beaches. A lifeguard is an Emergency service worker who is responsible for overseeing the Safety of the users of a recreational water feature such as a Swimming

Many specialist quad bikes exist such as golf carts and airport baggage tractors. A golf cart or golf buggy (officially referred to as a golf car according to ANSI standard z130

Most quad bikes are designed to perform in a similar manner to dirt bikes or tractors. MotorCycle is the title of a 1993 album by Rock band Daniel Amos, released on BAI Records. A tractor is a Vehicle specifically designed to deliver a high Tractive effort at slow speeds for the purposes of hauling a trailer or machinery used

Safety

The safety regulations for quad bikes are more permissive than those for cars or motorcycles. For non-road use vehicles, the legislation to register a quad bike for road use is similar to that of motorcycles. This means that noise protection is not addressed and devices such as seat belts are not required.

Quad bikes are not required to comply with the terms of the EU Directives for safety that cars would have to pass. They normally do not have Euro NCAP safety ratings. The European New Car Assessment Programme (Euro NCAP is a European Car safety performance assessment programme founded in 1997 by the Transport Research

Controversy

The safety issues of cars classed as quad bikes are illustrated by the case of the G-Wiz (REVA). REVAi ( REVA G-Wiz i in some markets is an Indian Electric car intended for use as a City car. This neighborhood electric vehicle is seen by some within British motor journalism as a symbol of Champagne socialism^[4] because of its popularity with some celebrities and its poor performance in almost all fields. A " champagne socialist " is a pejorative political term originating in the United Kingdom. The vehicle was given a Euro NCAP specification test. The European New Car Assessment Programme (Euro NCAP is a European Car safety performance assessment programme founded in 1997 by the Transport Research The results showed that the vehicle's occupants would suffer "serious or life-threatening" injuries in a 64km/h (40mph) crash ^[5]. The UK Department for Transport concluded that there were serious safety concerns when the REVA was crashed at 35 MPH. In the United Kingdom, the Department for Transport (or DfT) ( Welsh: Adran am Drafnidiaeth) is the government department

In the UK, quad bikes are not as poorly viewed as ATVs are in the USA. An all-terrain vehicle (ATV is defined by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI as a vehicle that travels on low pressure tires with a seat that is straddled by Most straddled quads are used by farmers, game keepers, parks officers and other similar occupations. A farmer is a person who raises living organisms for food or raw materials For the comic book series see Guy Ritchie's Gamekeeper. A gamekeeper (often abbreviated to keeper) is a person who looks after

References

See also

• All-terrain vehicle

An all-terrain vehicle (ATV is defined by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI as a vehicle that travels on low pressure tires with a seat that is straddled by

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