scrambler

valtra2

anyone know where to get one for farm work cheap and cheerfull, and what are good make, fed up with stupid dog and i am a lazy hoor:D

fergal85

valtra2 wrote: »

how much u willing to spend? I have a yz 125 for sale

Richk2012

Except chasing stock around the field , theres not much else a scrambler is good for .

Had a few bikes myself , but a fall and a broken shoulder soon put an end to that craic .
Would you consider a quad . At least then you could pull a trailer when needed , or carry square bales on the racks etc .

I know the shillings determine what can be got , but if your not goin for the quad idea and still thinkin of getting a bike , get yourself a trials bike and not a motocross .

Take it from someone who is a farmer and who had both .
Motocross are geared too high (too fast) to try an round up stock .
And the noise or the yokes , they would drive the cattle over the ditch .

The trials are full of torque , and dont squeal like a little 125 motocross ,
and with the wide back tyre it wont destroy wet ground , which was a common sight last , eh eh summer :rolleyes:

Dont be daft

Richk2012 wrote: »

Had a few bikes myself , but a fall and a broken shoulder soon put an end to that craic .
Would you consider a quad . At least then you could pull a trailer when needed , or carry square bales on the racks etc

Yet to meet someone who had a scrambler and didn't hop themselves of it.

Their's some amount of lads that have come back from sheep and dairy farms out in New Zealand early cos they got battered of a scrambler.

If you wanna get into road biking a scrambler is a great way to learn the very basics and gets you into that mentality of feeling what the back wheel is at, but using one everyday on a farm, I dunno.

Quad would probably be safer to use day in day out.

valtra2

yes i am the same had one in nz when worked overthere, cant afford a quad, just need bike for herding, nothing as bad as trying to round up cattle and they running from one end to other,

Rovi

The Farm Bikes used in NZ (Honda, Suzuki, etc) are very different to motocrossers!

Modern motocrossers are highly strung noisy racing machines that really only work properly at speed, demand a considerable level of expertise and commitment to operate at that speed, and the fuel and maintenance costs would make your wallet bleed.
They're not suitable for trickling along at cattle-walking-speed or for carrying anything other than what you can fit in your pockets.

I don't think any of the bike importers bring the NZ Farm Bike is here, unfortunately.
Perhaps something along the lines of a mild dual-purpose bike could be made to work, but it'd never be as robust or useable as a purpose built NZ type Farm Bike.
I suspect the motorcycle licencing laws here also mitigate against them.

Realistically, the quad fulfils the workhorse role here that the Farm Bike does in NZ.