3 & 4 Wheel Farm Bikes- Why???

**Motig** · 23rd January 2005, 09:42

Why are 3 & 4 wheel things classified as MOTORBIKES. A motorbike has two wheels not three or four. A thing with four wheels is called a car! And every time theres an accident or death (as just happened to an unfortunate young girl yesterday) on one of these thing it just goes towards another reason to ban or make bikes so expensive to run (ACC).or am I just having a bad hair day :spudwhat:

**Motu** · 23rd January 2005, 10:22

You are having a bad hair day,get over it.

They are classed as a motorcycle because that's where they came from.Originaly just a kids play trike with a Honda 90 engine and forks with no springs,just soft tyres.They have been developed into a sophisticated class all of their own,from a humble motorcycle begining.

**merv** · 23rd January 2005, 10:37

I first saw them on a James Bond movie when I was young - anyone remember that?

**Jackrat** · 23rd January 2005, 11:09

Reliable rumour has it that because NZs cockies are to thick to wear protective gear,ACC is pushing for safty frames to be fitted to them in the same way they did with tractors.

And yeah mate,your having a bad hair day.
I don't have em' myself,more like a bad scalp day for me

**Hitcher** · 23rd January 2005, 12:23

Safety frames on tractors actually led to an increase in tractor accidents. This is because Joe Cocky formed a view that because a tractor was fitted with a frame q.e.d. it must be safer. Doh.

Most "safety frames" are more correctly called "roll-over protective structures" or ROPS. They are designed purely with one intention -- to stop the tractor rolling over. They do that frighteningly well. However what Joe Cocky fails to realise is that if you're going to put your tractor and yourself into a position where the ROPS comes into play, you really should be wearing a seatbelt -- preferably a full harness -- so you remain anchored to the tractor's seat, rather than being lightly tossed off to be either crushed or smeared by a descending ROPS. The numbers of cockies who wear seat belts on tractors can, to the nearest significant figure, be counted on Venus de Milo's fingers...

**Motu** · 23rd January 2005, 15:18

Oh,and the riders of early Honda trikes are fine people...I'd really like to meet this Honda rider...

**Hitcher** · 23rd January 2005, 16:18

Originally Posted by Motu

Oh,and the riders of early Honda trikes are fine people...I'd really like to meet this Honda rider...

Now that's gotta chafe...

**Gixxer 4 ever** · 23rd January 2005, 21:11

Originally Posted by Jackrat

Reliable rumour has it that because NZs cockies are to thick to wear protective gear,:

That's an interesting comment. Are you working on the land or are you looking over the fence? And as this is a public forum I take offence to this reply so fuck you and your attitude. What do you do for a living? A large number of the deaths come from lifestyle riders and beach riders. Some farmers yes but go and look at the stats. So are all road riders "thick" for riding bikes on the road as a few of us have been killed in the last few years?

**inlinefour** · 23rd January 2005, 21:12

you are having a bad hair day, sorry dude

**Jackrat** · 23rd January 2005, 22:18

Originally Posted by Gixxer 4 ever

That's an interesting comment. Are you working on the land or are you looking over the fence? And as this is a public forum I take offence to this reply so fuck you and your attitude. What do you do for a living? A large number of the deaths come from lifestyle riders and beach riders. Some farmers yes but go and look at the stats. So are all road riders "thick" for riding bikes on the road as a few of us have been killed in the last few years?

My family owns land in the Waikato,My brother in law is a fencing contractor,I've worked on both Dairy and dry stock farms,I live on a dry stock farm in Waiuku,I still do most of the dirty work on my familys place as well as my inlaws place where I live.
And yes,to many farmers are so fucking thick they do need laws to make them get their shit togeather,so take all the offence you like.
If the simple truth bothers you so much,please don't read any resent news papers,even more so those that talk about the very resent deaths of farmers and their kids.
That kind of truth might just cause you real offence.

As far as fucking me an my attitude is concerned,your gonn'a have to do a lot better than that.
I mean come on,that was really weak,put some effort into it man.

**Stevo** · 23rd January 2005, 22:57

Kinda like my quad bikes
And my road bikes
And dirt bike
And my mate's trials bike

Seriously though, How silly would the above bike look with a roll frame??

**What?** · 24th January 2005, 05:26

[QUOTE=Motig]

Why are 3 & 4 wheel things classified as MOTORBIKES. A motorbike has two wheels not three or four.[QUOTE]

I blame the education system. The yanks call them ATV's, which better describes what they are. You see the same sort of crap with car dealers advertising extras (esp ute canopies) as being colour-coded. Presumably "co-ordinated" has too many syllables for them...

[QUOTE=Motig] A thing with four wheels is called a car! [QUOTE]
Or a truck, tractor, buggy, perambulator, ATV, mars rover, binary buzzy bee...

**Gixxer 4 ever** · 24th January 2005, 06:25

Originally Posted by Jackrat

them get their shit togeather,so take all the offence you like.
If the simple truth bothers you so much,please don't read any resent news papers,even more so those that talk about the very resent deaths of farmers and their kids.
That kind of truth might just cause you real offence.

As far as fucking me an my attitude is concerned,your gonn'a have to do a lot better than that.

The fact that you have so many contacts in and are yourself based in the industry shows you have good insight in to the operations and understand how and what is needed to do the work.
Thanks for the reply.