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a motorcycle that refused to commit to balance and somehow gained two friends.
means A small four-wheeled motor vehicle, designed to be ridden like a motorcycle but steadier, used off-road for farming, sport, or recreation.
from From Latin "quattuor," meaning four, by way of the prefix "quad-" that we bolt onto anything with four of something — quadrangle, quadruped, quadrant. Pair it with "bike" (a clipping of "bicycle," itself from Greek "di-" two plus Latin "cyclus" wheel) and you get a cheerful little contradiction: a four-wheeled two-wheeler. The term is a 20th-century coinage that rode in alongside the machine itself, which evolved from earlier three-wheeled all-terrain vehicles; the makers added a fourth wheel for stability and the name followed the count.
- origin
- Honda invented it in 1970 as a snow alternative
- rollover risk
- high center of gravity makes them tip with ease
- farm tool
- now a workhorse on ranches worldwide
- name
- "quad" means four, for the wheels
- racing
- competes in the brutal Dakar Rally
yamaha raptor 700 — best-selling sport atv with over 500,000 units sold since 2006
polaris sportsman 570 — utility quad bike dominating north american sales since 2014
honda trx450r — competition racing quad bike used in professional atv motocross events