Thread: Off-road e bike

I’d love one of these

https://www.bakcou.com/ebikes

I gather the power makes them a moped under NZ laws ...

Originally Posted by faregame

I’d love one of these

https://www.bakcou.com/ebikes

I gather the power makes them a moped under NZ laws ...

Too powerful to use on DOC tracks AFAIK, doc workers use them though

this is a bit more like it, not cheap tho

https://www.ktm.com/en-us/models/e-r...e-xc-2020.html

If you are looking at a full sized bike, these seem to have the best reputation and performance. Front and back tyres are identical (standard 21 inch trailbike size) There appears to be a NZ rep. Some good NZ YT footage too.

This YT shows how close in performance the Sur Ron is to a high performance 2 stroke 250:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vcHRgAbzMw

30-40 mile range. 7.5K ish NZ

a guy i follow on instagram uses one for camera hunting hogs
the camera send a photo to his phone and he scoots up to it with his 308 on the front and pops them
virtually silent approach
I like the idea of them but I dont have a use for one at this stage

very interested to hear how you get on, this could be very handy for us more "mature hunters". Imagine very cold temps might also eat into your battery life ?

Shit it looks like that thing can take a pounding. Plenty of grunt too. I wonder how the batteries hold up over time with a bit of bashing. No shortage of power though. I'm thinking about getting an E bike for a combo of commuting and off road. These look like it could be a contender

Originally Posted by XR500

If you are looking at a full sized bike, these seem to have the best reputation and performance. Front and back tyres are identical (standard 21 inch trailbike size) There appears to be a NZ rep. Some good NZ YT footage too.

This YT shows how close in performance the Sur Ron is to a high performance 2 stroke 250:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vcHRgAbzMw

30-40 mile range. 7.5K ish NZ

What about one of these
https://www.ubcobikes.com/products/2x2-utility-bike/

Originally Posted by mikee

What about one of these
https://www.ubcobikes.com/products/2x2-utility-bike/

Currently being trialled by the NZDF according to TV news a couple of weeks back.

Originally Posted by berg243

if @Ryan_Songhurst would try one on his dairy farm and give it a review on how well it does and distance travelled and battery life that would give us all a good idea.

Pretty sure he already had one on farm


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Originally Posted by NZShoota

Currently being trialled by the NZDF according to TV news a couple of weeks back.

Not sure why they would want to trial any of those lightweight Ebikes. I've ridden the Ubco. Its far more Raleigh twenty than MTB when negotiating lumpy terrain, and slow, and has little suspension travel. The 2WD function is more fad than practical, as anyone who rides an enduro bike half well could vouch for. It needs the 2WD 'cause its wheels are so small.

A soldier, even a small one, has to cart quite a bit of 'essential kit' wherever they go. Especially when travelling off track. NONE of those MTB variants have the strength of frame and ruggedness of suspension to cart that sort of weight cross country.

The only advantage I can think of that an Ebike could offer mil forces is stealth. It loses out big time on range and top speed, esp when loaded up with soldier, belt order and personal weapon. Current SF bikes crank out 50ish Hp and have a foot of suspension travel, and cart 130ish kg. Any Ebike being considered would have to be able to measure up to those sort of specs

Originally Posted by MSL

Pretty sure he already had one on farm


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Had an Ubco for a while that we won off fonterra. Was ok in nice weather but no power for getting you out of the shit. Ended up just giving it to calf rearers to travel from home to calf sheds

i have been repairing modding a few e-scooters. the lower end models all seem to use the same generic motor controllers and by cutting the feedback from the motor to the controller it lets them rev right out to maximum. one scooter i worked on was limited to 27k, after modding it did 40. sounds slow until you are standing on one hooning down the street

Just got into camp bike went well going about 3.5km of constant uphill lost about 10% of battery life loaded with gear. Definately wouldn’t tap out at full speed but enough to mooch along at a sprint. Pretty happy so far. I’ll see how it goes on the way out on Sunday hopefully loaded with venison! I’ve definately got fresh legs for the weekend

What happens if you cross creeks with these e bikes?