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Deeters posted:This thing was in it too, not sure how it's not a car That guy passed me on some Bethel backroad down by the train tracks one day. Glad you caught it, I couldn't get my camera out fast enough. Whatever it is, it's a two seater, he had some very embarrassed-looking passenger with him.
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I saw one of those in Durango. IIRC it was called a Stallion? Looked like it was a Ford Focus or similar chopped up and turned into a RWD 3-wheeler.
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clutchpuck posted:I saw one of those in Durango. IIRC it was called a Stallion? Looked like it was a Ford Focus or similar chopped up and turned into a RWD 3-wheeler. http://www.dfwtrikes.com/ Man, that is horrible. That 2.3L Ford motor must be the Duratec. This trike has the same shifter as my '06 Focus (which has the 2.0 Duratec).
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Gay Nudist Dad posted:http://www.dfwtrikes.com/   quote:In the automotive world, the world "stallion" usually either conjures up images of a mustang or a certain prancing horse from Italy. Thoroughbred Motorsports would like to change that perception with their new three-wheeled vehicle. AHAAHHAHAHAHAHA 
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ReelBigLizard posted:
I have dreamed of this for so long. And now, my dream has become...today What the gently caress, seriously? Who is this meant to appeal to? I want to know the mindset of the designers and the (I assume) group of people who thought putting money into it was an awesome idea. Also in their blurb the trumpet the fact that the 2.3 ford engine is made in ~~cologne, germany~~
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From the DnD pics thread.
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 It's worse than I thought. Some of the interior shots you can even see where they covered the Ford logo with their own.
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Deeters posted:
I ran into a retired couple touring in one of these in Traverse City, MI. They looked pretty traumatized. The interior was completely trashed by rain and road dirt.
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Sep 9, 2013 18:33
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THE STALLION: For people who want to pay way too much to do way less than a bike can.
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:TRIKES: For people who want to pay way too much to do way less than a bike can. Also applies to reverse trikes like the can-am things and those VW engines atrocities. \/\/ Ok that is an exception I agree, the Morgan is awesome NitroSpazzz fucked around with this message at 21:56 on Sep 9, 2013 |
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  If I were gonna spend money on an open-cockpit, toy, though, I'd probably just save a bit more for an Ariel Atom.
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Slim Pickens posted:
Yeah. The atom really is a car that can match a bike. Driving one still isn't anything like riding an actual bike though, despite what top gear may believe.
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Oh my god, I need an 899.
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Slavvy posted:What the gently caress, seriously? Who is this meant to appeal to?
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I need to stop finding these terrible things https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URsj-8GiiY4
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Deeters posted:I need to stop finding these terrible things wait... what's that? That's a friggin' license plate? 
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Kenny Rogers posted:That's a friggin' license plate? Yeah but I'm not seeing the disabled pass
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If atv's could be made street legal easier in the US I wonder what the effect would be on traffic? Would we see numbers of people commuting on ATV's as cheaper alternatives to cars? I imagine they would appeal to the same people who use golf carts as neighborhood vehicles.
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In areas in the US where they are legal, neighborhood vehicles is the only way I see them used.
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Coredump posted:If atv's could be made street legal easier in the US I wonder what the effect would be on traffic? Would we see numbers of people commuting on ATV's as cheaper alternatives to cars? I imagine they would appeal to the same people who use golf carts as neighborhood vehicles. they can be street legal in the UK and other European countries, but they don't seem to be that popular. Having none of the advantages of a car and none of the advantages of a bike either probably have something to do with it.
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They aren't legal to run on the street but if you go to any rural area you'll see quads on the road all the time. In fact I checked my imgur history....  I passed that guy when I was riding to Shawnee State Forest in SE Ohio. I pulled over to snap a pic and he passed me again, changing the track on his ipod. Seems like he'd fully ready for the road.
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BlackMK4 posted:Oh my god, I need an 899. Holy gently caress! WANT! Pretty much sums up my reaction. I already thought the 848 was the most beautiful of bikes.
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nsaP posted:They aren't legal to run on the street but if you go to any rural area you'll see quads on the road all the time. They can be legal, especially in rural areas. I know Idaho provides restricted plates for them, which means you can ride them on any county road that hasn't been designated a no-ATV road by a city or county with jurisdiction over that road. Of course, typically the places they're allowed tend to line up pretty closely with rural areas. (e: almost the entire state of Idaho lines up with rural areas, for that matter) They were kicking a similar bill around in Olympia not to long ago, if I remember right. Didn't pass. clutchpuck fucked around with this message at 22:59 on Sep 10, 2013 |
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That's pretty cool, never heard of that. Here I think the police just don't care. Hell, the cop is probably your neighbor and doing it too.
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Here's my friend channeling his inner Macguyver to start his Ducati: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4x7nQayany8 His explanation - "The neutral switch crapped out on me. So the drat Italian Magneti Marelli ECU doesn't get a signal from said faulty switch to tell it that it's NOT in gear all the time, even when its actually in neutral. The ECU doesn't allow the starter to run if it's not in neutral. So I have to "strategically" ground out the wire that goes to the sensor to make it "think" that it's working. A paper clip does the charm"
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 I did a search for my car's paint "Sunburt Gold Metallic"; I am shopping for a new color for the Ulysses. Doesn't look half bad on a beakster.
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Ironsights posted:Here's my friend channeling his inner Macguyver to start his Ducati: Is his clutch switch broken too? Edit - And his kickstand switch? Shouldn't it die when he removes the paperclip? Legdiian fucked around with this message at 02:16 on Sep 11, 2013 |
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nsaP posted:They aren't legal to run on the street but if you go to any rural area you'll see quads on the road all the time. Not sure if they're just on meth runs or what, but I see them so often now I don't even give a second look.
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When I was in Chamonix back in 2007 apparently they were street legal in France. (Click for big)
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Here in the Netherlands you see more and more running around. Provided they have indicators and such they can be street-legal. They are basically treated as cars law wise (since every vehicle with more then 2 wheels is). IIRC you don't even have to wear a helmet though you'd have to be an idiot not to.
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That'd be cool as hell, I'd love to see em around an plated. In KY they aren't some 'alternative transportation' or anything like that, more like an easy way to get to a neighbors that's a half mile away. I can see em getting popular in the city tho, with kids and people who work in the city, raise kids in the burbs and have farmland a ways out. I was always under the impression that they couldn't be street legal cause of fed and state safety regulations that focused on 4 wheels and up. Here 3 wheels and under is a motorcycle.
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I remember a kid in KC in the early 2000s put some big wheels on his quad. His attempts to make it legal were in the news at least once, but he failed. I've also seen AK State Troopers or Wild Justice (TV Shows) yelling at kids to get off the road (in bumfuck AK, who cares.) I rode out to this "ghost town" (with people still living in it) in SE Kansas and everyone was riding quads and side by sides.
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They're street legal in Sweden as long as they're registered and have all the necessities (turn signal, brake light, etc). I see them on the streets occasionally. I've seen at least two guys 12 o 'clock them trying to wheelie. 
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I the US they are street legal in (I believe) some parts of South Dakota and Wyoming. I had a buddy who went to Wyotech and he said that they were pretty frequently on the street down there. Street legal for everything except highway use.
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I've seen teeny towns in nowhere eastern WA that have zones where quads can be ridden on the street. That and of course the free world of Baltimore.
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Heck, we used to ride the 3wheeler around the streets in Falmouth, MA. No idea if it was legal though, I was like 7.
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Collateral Damage posted:They're street legal in Sweden as long as they're registered and have all the necessities (turn signal, brake light, etc). I see them on the streets occasionally. Street legal in Denmark as well, provided you have all the necessities and have paid the horrendous registration tax. Or, you can plate it as a tractor, which is a whole lot cheaper. But you'll have to install a 40km/h limiter and the ticket for circumventing the limiter may include the entire cost of the registration tax you dodged by registering it as a tractor in the first place. Nevertheless, ATVs have started to show up on the roads around here, fully plated and everything.
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