What would the ultimate beach racer bike be?

[pete376403]

That second pic of the grass tracker - even better. Rear suspension and brakes out of the box.

[Big Dave]

One of the bolts has fallen out of the engine cover.

[Drew]

One of the bolts has fallen out of the engine cover.

Weight saving, it's only the flywheel cover.

[blackdog]

Whadya reckon?

[Conquiztador]

Whadya reckon?

I recon it would be worth a go! Can I borrow her for the next round??

[Ocean1]

Whadya reckon?

That's an awful lot of back brake for a sand sled.

[White trash]

Best beach racer out of the box? For me KTM 1190 Adventure R. Hands down. With Chris Birch at the helm.

[Oblivion]

Whadya reckon?

Vid in Action for those interested.

[Kiwi675]

There was no MX anywhere on Saturday, so together with my son we decided that he would give the Gisborne Beach racing a go. He liked it so much that he now wants to do the full three round series. And I am all for it as it gives him useful experience. He raced in juniors where they had an A and B grade. A was for 125cc and older juniors, and B for 85cc and the younger ones (he is 11yo). Should have the results by Wednesday latest, but from what I was able to see he should be either leading the series or in second spot as he was passing some 125cc bikes on his 85cc!

The seniors was interesting. A Yamaha R1 (I was told it was) was my clear pre-race favorite to take the class. Fitted with some serious dirt tyres it looked mean. But to my surprise the bike struggled in the turns and also on the straight that was not flat (the straight by the water was flat and hard and the Yamaha was flying and easily passing all in the class, but would be overtaken in the turn and also did not do well on the more loose sand and in the small jumps). An Aprilia was the winner of the day! And some of the bigger dirt bikes also did well.

So, as you do, I started thinking that this looked fun and I should really give it a go next time... But what to ride? Some years ago I used to ride speedway solos. I have also owned a few dirt bikes, custom bult cruizers and some road bikes. I don't think any of them as they were/are would be the best option. Perhaps some kind of hybride of a few of them?

What does the KB community recon would be the ultimate bike for beach racing? (The senior track is 800 meters between the cones, the juniors track is 150m, then there is also the 250cc one that is 400m).
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