Filed under: BMW, Motorcycles, Special/Limited Editions
GG Quadster: Impending doom on four wheels
click above for high-res gallery of the GG Quadster
We took a look at the original GG Quad a little while back and poked fun at its piddly 106-mph top speed, which is primarily due to its mild-mannered 85-horsepower air-cooled boxer engine that displaces 1150cc. Consider that small problem resolved. The new GG Quadster utilizes Bavaria's latest liquid-cooled inline four-cylinder engine, which displaces just a bit more at 1200cc but offers a heck of a lot more grunt: 167 horses to be exact. Yep, that's just about double the ponies, and it has the desired effect on the quad; 0 to 60 drops from about five seconds to just three and a half. With its super-fat rubber, six-speed sequential gearbox and reverse gear, this latest version of the quad-of-death should offer plenty of pants peeing performance. As much as we'd love to have one of these machines, getting it registered for street use in the States would likely be an exercise in frustration. Too bad, because the fuel mileage is probably pretty good, which is exactly the purpose for this machine, right?
Gallery: GG Quadster
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Paul 3:08PM (5/23/2008)
This reminds me of a you tube video I saw of a Subaru STi inspried ATV!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mHaiLfpOdo
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John Johnson 3:18PM (5/23/2008)
At $43,000 for the base model, I wonder how many kids you have to sell to get this one.
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Kevin 3:28PM (5/23/2008)
Might as well sell 'em all, doesn't look like they'd fit on it easily anyhow...
Allan 3:34PM (5/23/2008)
Um... does it have a seatbelt? I think I'd want one.
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komamura 3:38PM (5/23/2008)
So is it Us Steet Legal?
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Mark 3:43PM (5/23/2008)
If a crotch-rocket is street legal in the States, why not this? The only problem I can foresee is rocks being flipped up and breaking the windshields of cars behind it on the highway. Throw some better mud flaps on it and send it over.
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Ligor 5:20PM (5/23/2008)
i agree,
are they sugesting this thing is not as safe a a bike?
shoot, some of the custom bike from OCC need twice the radius of a car to turn, and they can not be safer than this thing
i'd take one over a bike - i'd bet it's a bit more comfy and relaxed
komamura 5:50PM (5/23/2008)
I thought that there were diffrent standards for 4 wheel vehicles than there where for 2 wheel vehicles
jake 10:27PM (5/23/2008)
A crotch rocket has 2 wheels, the GG has 4 which makes it a car.
Cars in the US have many regulation hoops to jump through and this baby obviously doesn't qualify.
Mike 3:52PM (5/23/2008)
In the spirit of being completely backwards, they mounted the tires backwards in the main pic. LOVE IT!
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John P. 3:53PM (5/23/2008)
I think a motorcycle would be more fun, but hey, if you want it, ride it! wooohoooo!
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Duodenum 4:01PM (5/23/2008)
You can already get a BRP Can-Am Spyder in the US for about $15k. You just lose one of the rear wheels and about 60hp.
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Aki 4:22PM (5/23/2008)
I like the Work Emotions (XT7 and XD9), heh.
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Ian 4:35PM (5/23/2008)
Looks like it has an unacceptably high senter of gravity for a w wheel sports vehicle.
Gimme a Lotus any way.
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speedball3 5:01PM (5/23/2008)
Cross between a rhino and a dung beetle. There's even more dung beetle DNA in the design in the picture of someone riding away from the camera....
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LightSpecter 5:19PM (5/23/2008)
Is it just me or is the tread on those tires backwards?
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Hamud 7:09PM (5/23/2008)
Noticed that too, funny is that this particular picture isn't on the gallery when you click on it...
Anyway, that thing is terrific... o_O
ddweb 9:11PM (5/23/2008)
I'll take the non-badass, gas efficient, city friendly, 3 wheel, toned down, refined version with a storage compartment, and I'll gladly trade my SUV for it.
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