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
1303Steve ·
2nd photo
malcolm ·
don,t show that to the farmers near me 😀
squizy ·
Now those sheep won't get away.
malcolm ·
its a wonder it doesn,t have velcro on the front:duh
seagull ·
I have taked to this guy as some one sent him a photo of my trike .
Got to love subaru powered machines
71superbug ·
yeah this quad was in a fast fours magazine a while back i believe.
Anthony
GeorgeL ·
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 ·
thats not a genuine number plate on the back is it?🤪
kevo ·
yer george that would bbe nuts with paddles eh,
id love to ride it
what a champ! i wonder where that idea came from
GeorgeL ·
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 ·
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.
GeorgeL ·
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 ·
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 ·
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