Why hasnt a quad ever won the Paris-Dakar?

We werent in a race so that really isnt a relavent reply, we traveled 8 months covering 17 countries.
I agree that a small bike, a 250, would be the best bike to travel Africa but on a small bike the amount of gear you can take for an 8 month trip is very limited. Like I said we carried food and water for a week, this made us very independent and we could go pretty far out into the back country.


As far as paper work Quads are street legal in Europe so no problem their and in Africa we never had a single problem with our paperwork as far as the rest of the world cant say. In the US some states they are not legal but several people have crossed the US on them doing back roads. So where there is a will there is a way.

I refuse to travel by landcruiser or a VW bug, the difference being that you are sitting in something and on a Quad you are riding. A quad still has all the same adventure of a bike if not more because of the places that can be accessed.

I love when people make arguements that they have seen horrible accidents on Quads. Uhhmmm go talk to the local policeman and ask him how many motorcyclists they have scraped off the highway, way more than quads for sure.

Finally
You still wont get past the "4-wheels move the body and 2-wheels move the soul" issue!
I am a die hard motorcyclist, as soon as I got home I couldnt wait to take my BMW out and I am jonesing for a track day on my sport bike. But after 8 months in Africa when you hit the hard the roads trust me moving the body is just as important as moving the soul. Plus Quads arent this boreing souless vehicle they are a blast and do have character of their own.
Like threewheelbonnie said "It is a different vehicle entirely, not a landcruiser, not a bike."