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Back when I was a kid there was and old guy(must have been at least 40) that hunted fox off a BMW, you"d see him in the winter with his sheepskin flight suit (bomber crews wore them in WW-II) a fox or two hanging out of the saddlebags and his rifle slung across his back. I thought that had to be the neatest way to hunt.

Fast forward 60 yrs, last fall I finally got a hunting motorcycle, I thought about an ATV but you can't drive them on the highway and I live in the middle of great coyote hunting territory but have to travel on state hiways to get out of town. So I bought a Suzuki Van Van (goofy name but great bike) and put a thousand miles on it this winter hunting fur. 90 mpg and go anywhere it has been great finding really out of the way spots.





GPS with public lands chip


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Pretty cool....

Did you consider the Yamaha TW200?

I did, in fact the dealer that I bought this from had both on the floor and I got to sit on both. The Suzuki has Fuel Injection and is much more comfortable for me. I had ridden a couple of TW'bs in my search and like the Suzuki better, it is more road oriented than the TW and hunting public lands I can't drive off the roads anyway even if they are just a two track that hasn't seen a grader in this century and maybe the last one. This one was used with 90 miles on it and half the price of a new one.

Erich,

That thing is great.

Did you add the windshield? I was a day late on a nice used one. They can be hard to find.

Awesome...

When I lived in portland I did a couple weekend turkey trips on my dual sport bike. I carried everything in a backpack, which I don't recommend. Your setup looks pretty nice.