Quad bike

[Stewartry hill]

I wonder if a lot of quad work could be replaced with a cheaper 2 wheel bike. Would improve quad lifespan and reduce fuel consumption/costs.

It would but I would be more likely fall off and break bones

 

[unlacedgecko]

I rode side saddle alot on qaud between gates and jobs etc...quick on n off, a 2wd would be painful in my situation as a ozzie beef cocky.

Ant...

A man of your ability could easily put ramps in, thereby negating the requirement to open gates at all.

 

[unlacedgecko]

Stop a quad and jump off, it just sits.

Stop a bike and jump off ...................................!

Put the kick stand down.

You can even move your dog on a 2 wheel bike.

 

[livestock 1]

I wonder if a lot of quad work could be replaced with a cheaper 2 wheel bike. Would improve quad lifespan and reduce fuel consumption/costs.

Only if you like pushing it in our case

 

[livestock 1]

This is what I wear to ride my 400 KingQuad.

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UwU

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I will ride anything

 

[livestock 1]

Wasnt my old one was it

This is a second hand one in decent nick hasn’t seen the wear or use ours have. 420 with power steering not sure I need power steering

 

[Poorbuthappy]

If there was good grants on E mountain bikes I'd get one of them.a good one cost nearly as much as a 500cc quad though.

I toyed with getting 1. (Wouldn't have been a mega expensive 1)
But not very practical for the dog. Or bringing back the dead sheep you find up the road at grass keep.

 

[hally]

Put the kick stand down.

You can even move your dog on a 2 wheel bike.View attachment 1171750

Too wet around here for a stand like that's

 

[Optimus]

I toyed with getting 1. (Wouldn't have been a mega expensive 1)
But not very practical for the dog. Or bringing back the dead sheep you find up the road at grass keep.

Dog would just have to run with me, not got miles to go so no big deal.would just go back with the bike to pick up dead stuff.
I'd be after using it for leisure purposes too,which is why I'd be going for an expensive one.

 

[TelesnaAg]

A man of your ability could easily put ramps in, thereby negating the requirement to open gates at all.

Lol my jobs list is a bit too long..by the time they done ill be using a suzuki hover board around the paddocks, powered by anti gravity element 115.

Ant...

 

[Poorbuthappy]

Dog would just have to run with me, not got miles to go so no big deal.would just go back with the bike to pick up dead stuff.
I'd be after using it for leisure purposes too,which is why I'd be going for an expensive one.

That's ok if very quiet roads.
Kind of defeats the object if you have to go back if there's any issues/ treatments needed though.
1 of these is quite tempting though (moving away from the pedal power)

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[Fendt516profi]

I'll add my continual criticism of Quads.
Why do we not have a "flat deck" design Quad , UTV style. Bugger this leg over wearing waterproof trousers and catching on pedal carrier. Leaving lumps of gutters on the seat from boots.

Getting Older and Stiffer.

Bombardier? Can-am predecessor

 

[Fendt516profi]

 

[unlacedgecko]

That's ok if very quiet roads.
Kind of defeats the object if you have to go back if there's any issues/ treatments needed though.
1 of these is quite tempting though (moving away from the pedal power)

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What's the realistic range?

 

[Hilly]

I wonder if a lot of quad work could be replaced with a cheaper 2 wheel bike. Would improve quad lifespan and reduce fuel consumption/costs.

I tried that …… back to quad …

 

[yoki]

Put the kick stand down.

Soft ground or uneven ground, forget it.

Same goes for shifting it, drive a quad on to a trailer, drive off.

Bike needs strapped.

There's a reason why Suzuki's 70's "farm bike" didn't catch on!

 

[Andy84]

I wonder if a lot of quad work could be replaced with a cheaper 2 wheel bike. Would improve quad lifespan and reduce fuel consumption/costs.

i workerd somewhere that thought this and replaced quads with those Ecorider Hippos because they did about 160mpg on red…..it lasted about 6 months before going back to quads!

 

[unlacedgecko]

Soft ground or uneven ground, forget it.

Same goes for shifting it, drive a quad on to a trailer, drive off.

Bike needs strapped.

There's a reason why Suzuki's 70's "farm bike" didn't catch on!

Interesting these aren't issues in Australia/NZ.

 

[yoki]

Interesting these aren't issues in Australia/NZ.

Not really.

Michelin have three grades of off-road tyre, soft, medium, hard.

In the UK we nearly always use soft, maybe for a few weeks in a particularly dry spell a medium may be suitable but it's so rare that few spend the money on them.

In places like Australia and western states of the US they seldom use anything other than the hard, Michelin don't even import it to the UK!

I befriended a world traveling Aussie a few years ago, his father worked a cattle station in the outback which he would return to but wanted to see a bit of the world first. He used a moto-x bike as he said it was the only thing fast enough to cover the amount of ground he needed to travel. I asked him what he done when he needed to stop (moto-x bikes have no stand of any description), he said he didn't stop very often!

 

[Fendt516profi]

Yeah the trip button, when you get to kilometres just hold it down, will take a few seconds to change.
Someone posted how to do it on here a few years ago

Miles on ours, pretty sure you can choose

Tried it but didn't work mines the old dash on the hydrostatic auto