Thread: 2 wheel motorbike hunting with dog

Originally Posted by XR500

This thread has a few pics of bike carriers for vehicles:

https://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co....wheeler-75578/

I can't find a thread where I laid out what you need to do to your bike to make it 'hunting compliant', so I'll rattle off a few of the more important things:

2 wheels have their place. But a quad can carry much much more, far easier.

The two wheeler wins when the going gets too steep/tough/unsafe for a 4 wheeler. But you will need to be travelling superlight if you intend to bring venison back out, as its going to be on your back. Or backend stropped down across the fuel tank, hocks tied down to the frame in front of the engine.

If you are going to access hunting land across paddocks, or farm/forestry tracks then leave the gearing standard. But if you hunt the sorts of places I go you may want to lower the gearing. I run 12/53, which anyone who knows bikes will know that's pretty low. As in 70kph flat out in a 6 speed, 45 horsepower bike.

Then there's traction. If you can't spend the money to have a decent tyre on the back, get stuck into the front edges of the knobbies with a 125mm angle grinder and a parting off wheel (oh and the one decent use of a surgical mask, use here to stop inhaling a mist of burnt rubber particles!!

Traction is everything on a 2 wheeler when getting in and out of hunting country. So make sure you have a good rim lock, or go the tubliss way for ultimate traction.

If its a jap bike, they are still stuck in the 19th century for clutch operation, so make sure you regularly lube the clutch cable.

For tracks and paddocks, farm bike suspension is fine. If you intend to go to nasty terrain, an enduro bike with 300mm of suspension travel is what you need.

Don't head bush without some basic tools. Puncture repair, spark plug replacement and wheels on wheels off sort of tools.

See you in the bush!

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Mean, cheers mate

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