Farm bike - do you have one?

[steveR]

That's interesting. The only adverts for UBCO bikes I've seen over here are very much aimed at the leisure and commuting market.

I wonder if the uprated gearing hasn't made it to the UK?

It would be interesting to see if the Farm model has different specs, but I don't think so. For sure, it looks much better...

I guess the marketing is down to their perceived customer base? Most prefer a quad here I'll guess.

 

[Kiwi Pete]

That's interesting. The only adverts for UBCO bikes I've seen over here are very much aimed at the leisure and commuting market.

I wonder if the uprated gearing hasn't made it to the UK?

I daresay it will have, maybe they just don't want you wrecking the bike !? I suppose from a dealer's POV the worst possible thing is to have someone kill a bike on a farm.... farmers all talk you know....

 

[Cows 'n grass]

I daresay it will have, maybe they just don't want you wrecking the bike !? I suppose from a dealer's POV the worst possible thing is to have someone kill a bike on a farm.... farmers all talk you know....

What are you trying to say, that us stock farmers sometimes aren't entirely sympathetic towards machinery?....

 

[Kiwi Pete]

What are you trying to say, that us stock farmers sometimes aren't entirely sympathetic towards machinery?....

I can only speak for myself.... at least I haven't forgotten to lube the chain this month

 

[scholland]

Skyteam 125 Trex type thing

quite cheap, fat tyre, easy to ride, makes me smile. We will see how long it lasts

 

[Bill dog]

That looks awesome!

 

[RJ1]

Skyteam 125 Trex type thing

quite cheap, fat tyre, easy to ride, makes me smile. We will see how long it lasts
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I imagine a Van Van would be ideal too.

 

[scholland]

I imagine a Van Van would be ideal too.

This is a cheap imitation van van.

 

[RJ1]

This is a cheap imitation van van.

Looks more like the Honda Grom(?). Same principle, nice low seat etc

 

[steveR]

Pretty comprehensive and positive "long term" review Pete I guess the "owner" is pretty happy with them, if he is running so many UBCO machines!

I saw elsewhere that the earlier bikes were not really up to hard work, but reckoned 5-6 years down the line they should have sussed the problems... Interesting to look at the pics (and reviews) of earlier machines and you can see the difference.

Intriguing that the hubs really do benefit from the finned castings...

Now trying to suss out the differences between the Gen 4 and Gen 5 machines.

Nothing on the net that I can see, so I have asked UBCO in Kiwiland and see what they say!

Found an ex hire low mile Gen4 machines, but wondering whether to spend more for a new type model in the hope it is a more robust machine/

 

[JP1]

Skyteam 125 Trex type thing

quite cheap, fat tyre, easy to ride, makes me smile. We will see how long it lasts
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Where are they made? Just the exposed chain puts me off. Fat tyres should do well for you

 

[steveR]

Where are they made? Just the exposed chain puts me off. Fat tyres should do well for you

Put an X-Ring chain on and forget it

 

[scholland]

Where are they made? Just the exposed chain puts me off. Fat tyres should do well for you

Chinese bike, seem to be decent supply of parts online.

It's a balance between cost and use. I won't be doing thousands of miles on this so wasn't going to spend thousands

 

[JP1]

Chinese bike, seem to be decent supply of parts online.

It's a balance between cost and use. I won't be doing thousands of miles on this so wasn't going to spend thousands

Thanks

Always interested. It's the reason I bought a little Yamaha Gear as it's Japanese and was cheap as an import

 

[steveR]

Chinese bike, seem to be decent supply of parts online.

It's a balance between cost and use. I won't be doing thousands of miles on this so wasn't going to spend thousands

Cheap as chips really from a localish Dealer (to me)

CG Chell Motorcycles

 

[steveR]

IO assume thisbeast is NOT road legal, but great around some boggy ground!!

CG Chell Motorcycles

 

[ATV Services Scotland Ltd]

£6k plus now!!! , you`ll get a hell of a petrol enduro or trials/trail bike for that much such as a CRF300 Honda
for just over £5k , take the VAT off , hell of a bike , hell of a deal .

Hi there, just a wee correction on the price. The price for an Adventure machine with the largest battery on the Plug In Vehicle Grant is £5360 inc vat (£4243.33 ex vat)

 

[ATV Services Scotland Ltd]

A bit of a surprise that, I would have thought the Kiwi's would have sussed out any problems by now? They use their farm kit hard... @Kiwi Pete?

I wonder what is causing the problem?

There has been a couple claimed for sure, like any product issues can happen, but I have to say these have been isolated and usually linked to something else be it overloading or a brake stuck on due to contaminants, and replaced under the UK warranty as a courtesy. In any system or drive train there needs to be a softer point or the potential is there to destroy everything, that said there is always developments and with these isolated cases we are very much looking into what has happened.

 

[Kiwi Pete]

There has been a couple claimed for sure, like any product issues can happen, but I have to say these have been isolated and usually linked to something else be it overloading or a brake stuck on due to contaminants, and replaced under the UK warranty as a courtesy. In any system or drive train there needs to be a softer point or the potential is there to destroy everything, that said there is always developments and with these isolated cases we are very much looking into what has happened.

The 'weak links' are reaally cheap though.

Looking back at the early bike there were quite a few soft spots - headstock, keyways, o-rings on the brake caliper banjos, spokes, planetary gears... so good to see the improvements made, and made properly, the new bike is an animal compared to the early model

 

[ATV Services Scotland Ltd]

The 'weak links' are reaally cheap though.

Looking back at the early bike there were quite a few soft spots - headstock, keyways, o-rings on the brake caliper banjos, spokes, planetary gears... so good to see the improvements made, and made properly, the new bike is an animal compared to the early model

Absolutely, we as a company (UBCO UK) didn't have a huge experience of the the older machines but we did bring in one for testing and the newest Gen5 are a real upgrade from what has come before.