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Honda TRX 450R race quad<br />
Words: CP Pics: Stevie P<br />
KIK SOME ASS!<br />
Occasionally, you get to ride something really special<br />
and rarely is it something taken straight out of the box.<br />
Many hours and much experience, not to mention expense,<br />
often go into such creations. When such a beast is encountered<br />
the temptation is to dive into an adjective frenzy in a puerile<br />
attempt to convey the experience to you, the reader.<br />
In this case it is a full-on, Honda<br />
factory supported, race quad, from<br />
the HM plant backed, KIK team.<br />
After a few minutes in (or rather<br />
half out of) the saddle, all I can say<br />
is “Wow! This mother is fast.” Not<br />
much of an adjective I know, but<br />
it’s there all the same.<br />
Not only incredibly rapid but rock<br />
steady and stable, striding with ease and<br />
control over the rough stuff as if it wasn’t<br />
there. It is like being in a surreal dream<br />
world, where bumps and hollows that<br />
normally impact and interrupt a quad’s<br />
trajectory, simply do not exist. If you’ve<br />
ever ridden a quad then you’ll understand<br />
the fun to be had. Even the cheapest, low<br />
capacity, four-wheeled machine will have<br />
you grinning from ear to ear within<br />
minutes. Imagine then, the experience of<br />
riding this machine. The difference is like<br />
getting out of a 10-year-old MoT failure<br />
Ford Fiesta and getting into a F1 car.<br />
Every part of this superb machine is<br />
there, with one purpose in mind – to<br />
propel you around a track as fast as you<br />
dare go. The only limits are yours; the bike<br />
possesses none (certainly none that the<br />
average human is capable of tapping<br />
66 NOVEMBER 05
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