Manufacturers may spend lots of time and money promoting their ‘hero’ models, but many potential customers are just looking for a basic hack.

Not long ago the humble quad was the main means of getting around the farm.

Worksafe New Zealand’s chair says he’s asked the senior managers at his organisation to try to broker a deal with farmers over the carrying of passengers on quads.

You may be old enough to remember the movie: the year 1971, and Sean Connery aka James Bond is chased by security guards on red three-wheel motorbikes with huge knobbly tyres.

A MARLBOROUGH man has been fined $15,000 for not wearing a helmet while riding a quad bike at work – and for carrying a helmetless child as a passenger.