Is Your Son Ready For A Road Legal Quad?

If you and your son love nothing more than riding your quads at the local venue, there will come a time when your boy can obtain a provisional licence and take his quad onto the roads. Of course, this is always a worrying time and with that in mind, here are a few signs that your son (or daughter) is ready to take to the roads on a street-legal quad.

• Minimum One Year Riding Experience – If your son has been riding a rented quad for more than a year, they would have the basic skills to control the machine. As you always accompany your son when he rides, you have already passed on the knowledge he needs for riding on the roads. Practice on tarmac often and that will be good preparation for riding on the roads.

• Road Surface Practice – Riding a quad on dirt is very different to tarmac or concrete and your son does need some hours on road surfaces. There are bike clubs that have coned-off training areas where students practice cornering, braking and control.

• Ready For The Driving Test – If your son has a couple of lessons with a driving instructor, he should be ready to take his provisional test and get that learner’s licence that allows him to ride his quad on the roads. Once he has his provisional licence, you may want to head offer to a reputable dealer. Quadbikes R Us has the best road legal quad for sale or you can head over to Google and search for a bike dealership near you.

• Good Understanding Of Safety – Road sense doesn’t come naturally for some and we all need to read and fully understand the Highway Code, which contains important information. Every rider learns from experience and most have had a spill at some time or other. Of course, the helmet is the most important piece of kit and it should be tightly fastened and the right size for your head.

• Test Ride – Search online for a local quad dealership and book your son for a test ride on a road legal quad. They have a cordoned off area of the car park that is for bike and quad riding. Bear in mind that a small road legal quad would be 450cc, so your son needs a corresponding licence to ride on the streets. The dealer can set you up with comprehensive insurance and they offer attractive finance deals that spread the payment over a few years.

• Responsibility – When you ride on the public roads, you must have a high level of responsibility. It isn’t only your life that’s on the line, other road users rely on you understanding the rules and abiding by them. Only you know if your son is mature enough to be let onto the streets with his new quad.

Make sure he has all the protective riding gear and you might want to follow him a few times, just to give you some peace of mind. We all reach that age when we are ready to leave the nest and becoming a rider is a milestone that brings with it independence and a lot of enjoyment.