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<blockquote data-quote="Peezy" data-source="post: 119198" data-attributes="member: 1090"><p><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'">An <strong>all-terrain vehicle</strong> (<strong>ATV</strong>), also known as a <strong>quad</strong>, <strong>quad bike</strong>, <strong>three-wheeler</strong>, or <strong>four-wheeler</strong>, is defined by the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_National_Standards_Institute" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0b0080">American National Standards Institute</span></a> (ANSI) as a vehicle that travels on low-pressure tires, with a seat that is straddled by the operator, along with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handlebar" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0b0080">handlebars</span></a> for steering control. As the name implies, it is designed to handle a wider variety of terrain than most other vehicles. Although it is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street-legal_vehicle" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0b0080">street-legal vehicle</span></a> in some countries, it is not street legal within most states and provinces of Australia, the United States, Canada, or the United Kingdom.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'">By the current ANSI definition, ATVs are intended for use by a single operator, although some companies have developed ATVs intended for use by the operator and one passenger. These ATVs are referred to as tandem ATVs.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All-terrain_vehicle#cite_note-1" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0b0080">[1]</span></a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'">The rider sits on and operates these vehicles like a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorcycle" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0b0080">motorcycle</span></a>, but the extra wheels give more stability at slower speeds. Although equipped with three (or typically, four) wheels, six-wheel models exist for specialized applications. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engine_displacement" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0b0080">Engine sizes</span></a> of ATVs currently for sale in the United States, (as of 2008 products), range from 49 to 1,000 cc (3 to 61 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cubic_inch#Engine_displacement" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0b0080">cu in</span></a>). <img src="https://www.dirtbikeaddicts.com/static/images/smilies/lol.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="lol :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" /> <img src="https://www.dirtbikeaddicts.com/static/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Rolleyes :rolleyes:" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Peezy, post: 119198, member: 1090"] [FONT=sans-serif]An [B]all-terrain vehicle[/B] ([B]ATV[/B]), also known as a [B]quad[/B], [B]quad bike[/B], [B]three-wheeler[/B], or [B]four-wheeler[/B], is defined by the [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_National_Standards_Institute'][COLOR=#0b0080]American National Standards Institute[/COLOR][/URL] (ANSI) as a vehicle that travels on low-pressure tires, with a seat that is straddled by the operator, along with [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handlebar'][COLOR=#0b0080]handlebars[/COLOR][/URL] for steering control. As the name implies, it is designed to handle a wider variety of terrain than most other vehicles. Although it is a [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street-legal_vehicle'][COLOR=#0b0080]street-legal vehicle[/COLOR][/URL] in some countries, it is not street legal within most states and provinces of Australia, the United States, Canada, or the United Kingdom.[/FONT] [FONT=sans-serif]By the current ANSI definition, ATVs are intended for use by a single operator, although some companies have developed ATVs intended for use by the operator and one passenger. These ATVs are referred to as tandem ATVs.[URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All-terrain_vehicle#cite_note-1'][COLOR=#0b0080][1][/COLOR][/URL][/FONT] [FONT=sans-serif]The rider sits on and operates these vehicles like a [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorcycle'][COLOR=#0b0080]motorcycle[/COLOR][/URL], but the extra wheels give more stability at slower speeds. Although equipped with three (or typically, four) wheels, six-wheel models exist for specialized applications. [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engine_displacement'][COLOR=#0b0080]Engine sizes[/COLOR][/URL] of ATVs currently for sale in the United States, (as of 2008 products), range from 49 to 1,000 cc (3 to 61 [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cubic_inch#Engine_displacement'][COLOR=#0b0080]cu in[/COLOR][/URL]). :lol: :rolleyes:[/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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