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1303Steve Scirocco Rare

8,650 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#531065
Man builds Impreza quad bike

The sort of stupidity that breeds a Subaru Impreza STi-based quad bike can only be found in the remotest parts of the world.

Take New Zealand, for instance. Here's a country cut off from the rest of the right-thinking world, a place so isolated that they need to fill their
time somehow.

Ken Brough has filled his time building just such a quad, and his reasoning for it? "Why not?"

Complete with a 230bhp turbocharged 'flat' four engine, the 530kg quad has a power-to-weight ratio of 434bhp per tonne, or more than twice a normal Scooby's.

The original Impreza's four-wheel drive is still in place, and Ken describes the quad as "awesomely quick".

Even with four-wheel drive, the STi-ATV - as Ken calls his machine - manages to lift up the front wheels under hard acceleration to do wheelies

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malcolm Insano Dub Head

812 posts · joined Nov 2004 ·

#531067
don,t show that to the farmers near me 😀

squizy Thinking about another dub...maybe

4,082 posts · joined Dec 2002 ·

#531073
Now those sheep won't get away.

malcolm Insano Dub Head

812 posts · joined Nov 2004 ·

#531074
its a wonder it doesn,t have velcro on the front:duh

seagull Compulsive Aussie Vee Dubber

4,979 posts · joined Dec 2003 ·

#531082
I have taked to this guy as some one sent him a photo of my trike .

Got to love subaru powered machines
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71superbug The Itch Itcher

1,184 posts · joined May 2004 ·

#531098
yeah this quad was in a fast fours magazine a while back i believe.

Anthony

GeorgeL Officially Full-On Dubber

231 posts · joined Feb 2006 ·

#531102
Hmmm, put a set of sand paddles on that and take to the dunes!

Of course, if the throttle sticks you learn the true meaning of the word "passenger"!

Next they will be making ride-on F1 cars...

rocknrob Insano Dub Head

844 posts · joined Dec 2003 ·

#531118
thats not a genuine number plate on the back is it?🤪

kevo Officially Full-On Dubber

371 posts · joined Mar 2005 ·

#531195
yer george that would bbe nuts with paddles eh,
id love to ride it

what a champ! i wonder where that idea came from
76 baywindow kombi - V8 & Weddle racing diff and gearbox
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GeorgeL Officially Full-On Dubber

231 posts · joined Feb 2006 ·

#531209
kevo wrote:yer george that would bbe nuts with paddles eh,
id love to ride it

what a champ! i wonder where that idea came from
All projects of this sort seem to start with beer.

Only problem with sand use is that you'd get sandblasted from the front paddles!

No, I don't think that that is a real registration, though stranger things have happened. IIRC, there are a few US states (arizona, wyoming, etc. in which you can register quads for street use. I wonder if that thing retains power steering or is it armstrong? Torque steer would be pretty impressive if one wheel lost traction!

pete wood 23 Windows of Awesome

6,828 posts · joined Jan 2004 ·

#531222
it's actually registered...as a TRACTOR. :duh:

Yes, there's something inherently wrong with New Zealand. All the good Kiwis seem to want to move hear.
"stoopid is stronger than axles"
http://drivingnotpolishing.blogspot.com.au/

GeorgeL Officially Full-On Dubber

231 posts · joined Feb 2006 ·

#531694
pete wood wrote:it's actually registered...as a TRACTOR. :duh:
Gives a whole new meaning to the term "plowin' the back forty"!

George

ElusiveStranger Officially Full-On Dubber

330 posts · joined May 2006 ·

#531968
GeorgeL wrote:No, I don't think that that is a real registration, though stranger things have happened. IIRC, there are a few US states (arizona, wyoming, etc. in which you can register quads for street use. I wonder if that thing retains power steering or is it armstrong? Torque steer would be pretty impressive if one wheel lost traction!
You can get road legal quads in the UK now. Pretty scary seeing them on the motorways around us.
We have to wear approved crash helmets on motorcycles but you don't have to on a quad!

newoldmanx Wolfsburg Wizard

468 posts · joined Aug 2006 ·

#532547
oh yeah thats ken's ride, isnt he the bloke with the really really long arms????????
and cmon guys theres nothing wrong with new zealand cept acourse that little being above sea level thingy:P
its just a car for f*%k sake