Using a dirt bike.

[Taudisio]

How much trouble is it to pack meat without a rack? It seems there are only a few models that have options for a robust rack that doesn't just mount to a plastic fender.

I’ll be sure to post if I get a spring bear down. They do have pannier panels for the bike if you were so inclined. I went with the tusk rackless setup. Maybe I’ll put 30 pounds of weight in each side, 30 on the back of the seat, and 10+ my rifle in the backpack and do a 10 minute run up the mountain and back. I don’t foresee any issue when it has foot pegs for another second rider. Just going to have to take it slower than normal.

 

[ID_Matt]

How much trouble is it to pack meat without a rack? It seems there are only a few models that have options for a robust rack that doesn't just mount to a plastic fender.

In my opinion racks aren't going to do you much. The most weight I would want to put on fenders is something like 10 lbs anyway. Weight does much better on your back because you can move it to balance. Much weight on your bike is just going to add instability and make the bike tip over that much harder/faster in my opinion.

 

[TheGDog]

I’m going to preface this with the fact this is my first experience on a “dirt bike” that is larger than a Honda 100, 20+ years ago. Coming from the street side, it’s a whole new world. I am 6’ 210-215 depending on the day. What sold me on the klx over the Honda was EVERY review I watched said the suspension between the two are night and day. I haven’t had any sore back or coccyx on the stock suspension and seat. I’ve had street bikes in the past that I couldn’t ride more than two hours and be sore for 2 days after. I rode from 9am-330p yesterday and did 130 dirt miles and 40 road miles back home (gas bill was $11). Zero pain today. I have not adjusted the sag or rebound yet.
Everyone says the Honda is sprung for a 100 pound person and non-adjustable, but engine/vibrations are a little more refined.

My only gripe with the klx is the little gas tank. The low gas indicator has come on twice which always sends my mind into a panic, hence the newly acquired rotopax that holds 1.75gal. I used it once yesterday and from the light being on up to the brim, there was still gas in the rotopax. I wish a 4+ gallon tank comes out for the klx sooner than later.
Handle bars, barkbusters, foot pegs, and luggage are next and waiting in the garage for install.
Being my size, I was impressed she got up to 76mph on the flat highway on my way home. Wasn’t very comfortable, but it also felt like she was also capable of a smidge more if I had some more flat tarmac. I had my pack, rifle, and full rotopax on the back. So maybe 240lbs total extra weight on the bike.

Brother? Thank you SO MUCH! For that quick break-down!

I'm right around your size/weight (only shorter now at 5' 9"-ish, from all the prior damage.) And since I have some significant lower-back issues I deal with now as leftovers from a MASSIVE slam to coccyx/iliac-crest before on Hard-Pack long time ago.

So you also forwarding that info about not being sore afterward is highly valuable information, so thank you!

 

[Taudisio]

Brother? Thank you SO MUCH! For that quick break-down!

I'm right around your size/weight (only shorter now at 5' 9"-ish, from all the prior damage.) And since I have some significant lower-back issues I deal with now as leftovers from a MASSIVE slam to coccyx/iliac-crest before on Hard-Pack long time ago.

So you also forwarding that info about not being sore afterward is highly valuable information, so thank you!

I don’t know if I was just sensitive to it in the past or what, but I seriously had some major coccyx pain on my first road bike. I enjoyed riding it so much, besides the pain, that I bought a coccyx pillow and rode on top of that
I traded it for a versys 650 and that comfortable, old man bike, still hurt my back.

I thought for sure I was going to have to buy the seat concepts for the klx, but I seriously have no pain from all day riding, and I sit down a lot. Probably more than I should. Old habits I guess. I would say in that 6.5 hour trip, I was off the bike for a total of 30 minutes. Photo ops, and gas refills only. The sub 4k rpm break in was killing me so I wanted to knock out those first 150 miles. I started the morning with 64 on the odometer. I would not put what I did yesterday anywhere near hardcore riding but some of the spots were a good test for the bike. A few spots I wouldn’t take my truck, and that’s saying something. I would never be able to drive my truck at the same speeds on some of the roads I was on.
The worst part of the trip is I haven’t replaced my riding gloves, and my Kuiu attack gloves don’t fend off the wind as well as I hoped. Two new pairs of gloves have been shipped today