Motorcycle Hunting

[nphunter]

Here is one you don’t see very often. A trials bike with a seat. Bike is a 300 and weighs 150 pounds. Had to try something different. It had its pros and cons.

Low seat height with great clearance and gobs of power down low. Seat sucked and suspension was taxed with a quarter on my pack.

Dave

I'm loving my Montesa 4RT with a trail seat.

 

[nphunter]

Just got back from Idaho and used my Montesa 4RT on a hunt. My last trip 2 years ago to Idaho is what caused me to get rid of my TW, that thing was scary and dangerous. I took the 4RT in the same area this year and had a blast, almost forgot I was hunting, I could easily go anywhere I pointed the bike with ease even with my backpack, bow and gear on my back. Several long steep uphills had me a litte nervous at first becasue I could tell other bikes had struggled to get up but the 4RT made it with ease, I got a little crossed up in a rut one time and was able to just side hill out of the rut and keep on going up a very steep hill.

I wish I had taken pictures. Another thing I love about the light little bike is that I was able to toss it into the back of my pickup under the topper by hand. Being fuel-injected I was able to just lay it on its side and not have to worry about flooding it. The only thing I need to do now is modify the fuel tank to hold more fuel, I put a handlebar tank on it for the trip and it worked well as a reserve but it's definitely not ideal.

I wish I had ditched the TW's years ago. My last TW was my 5th or 6th TW, I've also had BW200's and several XR's, KDX's, and two strokes over the years. IMO this Montesa is by far the best dedicated hunting bike I've been around. I'm also 5'6" and 165lbs so the low seat is a must for me, I wouldn't mind picking up a something like a Beta someday for more of an all around bike to use for longer adventure rides but I can't imagine anything outperforming the trials bike in technical stuff.

 

[idahodave]

The 4-stroke Montessa (with seat) is THE bike to do that with imho. I'd have strongly preferred that, but couldn't find one locally when I went looking and opted for the Evo.

Dave