What cage should I buy?

[SMOKEU]

I'm looking at buying a cage that can carry 2 dirt bikes, but I'm not sure if I should buy a van or a ute. I don't have any room on my property to store a trailer. I'm looking at spending $2000 the the very most, so what should I buy? I know I can't expect much for that price.

[scissorhands]

You can lock a van, alarm it and go for a coffee. You can sleep in a van, have holidays with free accommodation. You can have sex in a van. Get a van.

Be wary re rego cost. A diesel ute or commercial diesel van will cost $200 more a year to register compared to a diesel coach, that you remove the seats from.

[FROSTY]

I agree withg all of the above.

[bogan]

agree with the extra security and versatility of a van, though if you want 2 bikes in it you have to look at bigger ones, my L300 barely fits one bike heightwise. Even if I took the folding seat and toolbox/sub out I don't think you would get two in there. Also you'll be bloody lucky to get a decent one for 2k!

For that money you may be limited to a cheap ute and just bolt a lockable container on the back for your tools and gear if you are likely to go to dodgy places.

[hellokitty]

I found with my ute, that I had no room for my gear in the cab, pain in the ass having to cram motocross boots, helmets, armour and stuff all over the person in the passenger seat! Especially when it is covered in mud.
Get a van = you can fit all your stuff in the back and sweep all the muck out afterwards.

[2wheeldrifter]

I agree... sex in your van with you bike is great fun, just tint the windows :) ......

shit did say type that out loud?

[tri boy]

Valiant Ute.
Fooking big tray, and way cool.
El Dorado ute if ya got pingers.

Edit. Just saw that you only have $2k.
It will end in tears and bills.

[hayd3n]

falcon ute?

[mashman]

:shifty: be prepared for every occasion :)

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[marty]

i just bought an 89 navara double cab ute for $1500. petrol (rego cheaper, no RUC) and would easily carry 2 mx bikes

[Phreak]

Get a van bro, heaps on trademe for under $2k, no worries!

[SMOKEU]

agree with the extra security and versatility of a van, though if you want 2 bikes in it you have to look at bigger ones, my L300 barely fits

Yesterday my mate and I managed to fit an XR250 and a DR250 into a 1994 L300 quite easily. Those bikes are quite a bit smaller than a lot of other dirt bikes though.

[bogan]

Yesterday my mate and I managed to fit an XR250 and a DR250 into a 1994 L300 quite easily. Those bikes are quite a bit smaller than a lot of other dirt bikes though.

yeh, mine is a mx bike, so significantly taller, and possibly a bit wider bars, they are some of the cheaper vans though, and with some creative tie-down hooks and two people to load it you may be alright with proper dirt bikes too.

[Insanity_rules]

Good ol cheap Toyota Hiace will do the job well and they're damn near bulletproof. Petrol engine is the best. You can use it to cart your bikes (really useful size) and good for holidays too. Failing that a 4g63 engined (2 litre petrol) Mitzi L300 is a good choice too.

[bogan]

Failing that a 4g63 engined (2 litre petrol) Mitzi L300 is a good choice too.

carby ones are fucking gutless though...

[Insanity_rules]

carby ones are fucking gutless though...

True but long lasting. If your going to go down the Mitzi road try to get a petrol sport pack L300 as the later ones are injected and comfortable to drive.

[SMOKEU]

I drove a diesel L300 yesterday, and it was a cunt of a thing to drive with the column shift manual box.

[bogan]

True but long lasting. If your going to go down the Mitzi road try to get a petrol sport pack L300 as the later ones are injected and comfortable to drive.

musta got mine at the end of its life then, 260thou km and was really bad starting, leaked oil quite a lot, couldn't hold a hundy into a decent wind or hill. Its got an injected engine in it now though, so much better :D


I drove a diesel L300 yesterday, and it was a cunt of a thing to drive with the column shift manual box.

columns are all good once you get used to them, but they are a lot easier to move the stick into a dead-zone at the top and bottom of the column I found. Though you always get some good cunt in the center seat who thinks its halarious to chuck hi knee in the way every time you go for fourth. Way better than center shifter cos you get an extra seat! can take yourself, a mate, two bikes and gears, and a medic to the track now, or cheerleader :yes:

[marty]

I drove a diesel L300 yesterday, and it was a cunt of a thing to drive with the column shift manual box.

some of us learned to drive and did our licence test in column change manual XA Falcon stationwagons so htfu

[Insanity_rules]

musta got mine at the end of its life then, 260thou km and was really bad starting, leaked oil quite a lot, couldn't hold a hundy into a decent wind or hill. Its got an injected engine in it now though, so much better :D



columns are all good once you get used to them, but they are a lot easier to move the stick into a dead-zone at the top and bottom of the column I found. Though you always get some good cunt in the center seat who thinks its halarious to chuck hi knee in the way every time you go for fourth. Way better than center shifter cos you get an extra seat! can take yourself, a mate, two bikes and gears, and a medic to the track now, or cheerleader :yes:

Shit my old one is up to 409 thou and still on the same engine. I don't own it anymore but my mates rapt with it.

[Flip]

some of us learned to drive and did our licence test in column change manual XA Falcon stationwagons so htfu

Those bloddy 3 speed borg warner boxes were shit. But your XA probably had heaps of low range horse power. I had a XT.

[avgas]

carby ones are fucking gutless though...
Yeah was a shame that.
The dual carb 4g62 went like a cut cat.

I blame the DOHC