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12-18-2011, 06:59 AM
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what do you call your "quad" in your parts
it seems to be a regional thing, ive heard bike, quad, quad runner, fourwheeler, wheeler, and maybe one or two others.
around hear wisconsin, Il, UP normally quad or fourweeler. once in a great while i'll hear a guy call it a bike which is really odd to me. bike is short for bicycle not quadcycle LOL idk just funny to me like a pop or a soda
same thing with "snowmobiles" seems like the midwest calles them snowmobiles or sled for short out west they seem to be snowmachines. i remember when i was 16 out in montana i was talking with the owner of this campground we were staying at, and he pulls out a newspaper and says "look at these guys riding there snow machines on water". i had to ask him WTH he was talking about because here in wi a snowmachine makes snow so you can go down the ski hill LOL.
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12-18-2011, 07:11 AM
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I call them wheeler or quad.
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12-18-2011, 07:28 AM
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4wheeler is what I call em. Specifically, my 2010 550 eps is called Lolita. My wife got jealous that I was spending so much time with her and had to name her.
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12-18-2011, 12:15 PM
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ATV here!
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12-18-2011, 12:56 PM
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Mostly quad or ATV. Here in Alberta, they are classified as a motorcycle on the vehicle registration. I don't know why that is. But to be fair, we do a lot of things in Canada that no one knows the exact reason for.....LOL!
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12-18-2011, 01:56 PM
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I hear 'quad',4-wheeler, 'wheeler', sometimes 'bike',which is confusing as I ride a Harley also. Snowmobiling is usually called 'sledding'. Some call it 'SnowCatting'.
I know one guy who calls it 'Cattin' and he rides a Ski-Doo!
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12-18-2011, 02:32 PM
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I have noticed most of those who have come from the motorcycle scene to ATV's call them "bikes".
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12-18-2011, 03:12 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Clinebo
I hear 'quad',4-wheeler, 'wheeler', sometimes 'bike',which is confusing as I ride a Harley also. Snowmobiling is usually called 'sledding'. Some call it 'SnowCatting'.
I know one guy who calls it 'Cattin' and he rides a Ski-Doo!
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Think that's why it seems Odd to me riding a street bike myself
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12-18-2011, 03:59 PM
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Up in NY, we call them quads or ATV's. Calling them bikes is just weird...
-Rocko
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12-18-2011, 05:38 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Thor
I have noticed most of those who have come from the motorcycle scene to ATV's call them "bikes".
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That would be me, lol. Most of us that have both, typically call everything a "bike" . It sometimes gets confusing, so I've been trying to re-train myself to call the ATV an "ATV". Most of the strictly 4-wheeler crowd will call the utility quads "ATVs", and the sport quads, "Quads".
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