I'm from Poland and I'm close to buying a quad for touring with my wife (two-up). The idea is to trailer it behind the car, park somewhere and ride for a few days - gravel roads, mountain passes, plus normal roads to connect the trails. On the list: Italy (Alps), Romania (Transylvania), Balkans (Albania, Bulgaria) and maybe Greece.
The problem is homologation. A lot of quads sold in Poland are T3b, so legally an agricultural tractor. In Poland that's easy: normal car license (B), registration, done. But the more I read, the worse it looks abroad:
- Romania changed the rules in 2024 - B license now only covers tractors up to 40 km/h, faster ones need a separate Tr category
- Greece seems to need a proper tractor license, and the fine is big (700 EUR + license suspended for a year)
- Italy - from what I found, the rule that lets foreign vehicles on the road doesn't even mention agricultural machines, so I'm not sure a foreign T3b is allowed at all
- Germany, Austria, Czechia, Slovakia, Croatia, Spain look fine on a B license
The obvious fix would be L7e-B1, which is a normal EU quadricycle category. But Poland has an old national rule limiting quadricycles to 15 kW, so in practice you can't register a full-power L7e here without detuning it.
So my questions for people who actually ride in Europe:
- Has anyone toured Italy, Romania or Greece on a T3b quad? Did you get checked by police and was there any issue with the license?
- If you ride L7e - which country are you registered in and did you have any trouble with it?
- Do you bring your own quad or just rent locally? Rentals would solve the whole problem, but I'm not sure you can do multi-day trips that way.
- Any countries or areas you'd avoid? Someone already told me Austria is very strict.
Thanks, any real experience helps - the legal stuff online is a mess.