Farm bike - do you have one?

[HolzKopf]

Steady, steady, no googling otherwise you'll come up with something completely unintended

Anyway, I tend to walk around the place a lot. With dog, without dog. If it's a job and a tractor isn't needed then it's the old Hilux. But what about a bike? Not the pedal type, one with a motor.

Years ago I rode a Yamaha XT125 about the place. Road legal but it needn't have been. 6v electrics, lights went out on tickover when the battery was feeling the cold.

Forget quads and utv's - anyone checking the fences, gates and stock on a motorsickle? If so, what?

HK

 

[Bill dog]

Honda crf 230 here , bombproof bike, and I bloody love it . Not overly practical for giving the dog a lift, but it’s much better on fuel getting away checking the stock than a quad !

 

[hintonroadhero]

Suzuki Trojan are one of the favourites over here...closely followed by YamahaView attachment DN 434 October 29 27-Suzuki Trojan.pdf

 

[Kiwi Pete]

I've a Honda CT-X200, one of "the south-American assembled Hondas". I don't think they're available in the UK market but they're a pretty ideal farm bike.

Suzuki DR200 'Trojan' are also really good, same deal: front disc brake, electric start 200 capable of a 60mph cruise

Yamaha TT-R is a better ride than those XLR125 Hondas

Not too sure what you can get, CRF150 is good if you're smaller, or a 230. Shame they stopped making proper XRs.

 

[Hammer]

I use my Dad's 1979 Bultaco Sherpa, which he bought when I was about 5 in the early 80's. I gave it a rebuild last year and use fairly regularly for crop 'walking'

 

[ARW]

I really want a yard moped, something that you can just jump on and press a button to start and zoom up the yard to open the gates, I could waste half an hour some days unlocking and locking the gate

 

[Bob lincs]

Yamaha TW 125 here for looking at crops .

 

[JD6920s]

Yamaha TW 125 here for looking at crops .

Do you not use the homemade fatboy you built?

 

[Drillman]

I really want a yard moped, something that you can just jump on and press a button to start and zoom up the yard to open the gates, I could waste half an hour some days unlocking and locking the gate

Remote control Electric gates? Of maybe a fencing contractor who has a digger to move the gates and drive to a handier location.

I know a chap I would recommend I will pass you his number on

 

[Tomr10]

Depending on bugget I'd take a look at a electric bike

 

[polk_farmer]

We bought a year old Honda CRF 125 a couple of weeks ago, looks brand new, hardly done anything and was about £1700. Only a teens bike ( my missus is small so it suits her), bit small for me but great for nipping round the sheep and isn't a great lump of a thing

 

[Bob lincs]

Do you not use the homemade fatboy you built?

No it’s not road legal

 

[Farmer Roy]

2 wheel farm bikes are very common & popular over here

 

[Happy hillbily]

Years ago had a Yamaha V90 step through scooter, swapped the sprockets for v50 ones, and put chunky tyres front and back, did 10 years hard work and cost nothing bar petrol and 2 stroke oil in that time.
Used many an AG bike in oz 20 years ago, can't understand why their not sold here?

 

[Hooby Farmer]

Have a 300ktm enduro great for scooting about and road legal but pants if you need to take something bring something back. Would really like a Beta 200rr dealer still hasn't phoned me back. I've had a few bikes now always make sure they have a kick stand it can be surprisingly hard to find somewhere close to rest them up close to where you are working. Good example one side of the fence hedge open gate ride through go to close ditches in both sides for 100m.....just have to drop her.

 

[JP1]

Years ago had a Yamaha V90 step through scooter, swapped the sprockets for v50 ones, and put chunky tyres front and back, did 10 years hard work and cost nothing bar petrol and 2 stroke oil in that time.
Used many an AG bike in oz 20 years ago, can't understand why their not sold here?

This is what I always wanted but sadly you just can't get them here even on import because of the emissions regs

 

[Wombat]

I have a farm push bike does that count? gets hung on the back of trailers and all over as we move about

 

[Yale]

Electric mountain bikes are the way forward for stock checking,take the vat off and tax relief,no brainer.

 

[Tomr10]

A History of Bultaco

A Spanish motocycle company, Bultaco branched into the electric bike world back in 2015 with their electric hybrid bicycle/motobike.

www.fullycharged.com

 

[Bill dog]

Atv services nr Ayr are going to be selling these. All electric 2 wheel drive off road bike . Looks very interesting. They’re from nz I think !