mini bikes in sand

[cumminsbayou]

has any one every rode a mini bike like a doodle bug or something like that with the same width in sand? I'm talking about beach stuff not hard packed stuff loose stuff. I have been in a little just on the side of the river and we have a big sand pile in the yard i can go in but it isn't like driving on the beach or sand trail. There is a place by eglen air force base where i want to ride out

 

[trailbronc]

i tried driving in sand with a all stock doodle bug(engine and tires) and it wouldn't do crap...it just sunk..:laugh:

 

[Brooklyn Bob]

You would need a bigger bike with wider sand tires to really get through the sand. Like the El Burro's. They were made for stuff like that.

 

[INJUNTOM]

My DB does good in random sand like a patch of soft stuff you may have to go through while riding by the river...the trick is to get your speed up before going into it and keeping the momentum. Stopping and starting not as easy. Helps to have a TAV on a big engine too.

My Lil Indian Back-Tracker does very well with it's baloon tires.

 

[Itype2slo]

Get a quad with paddles. I been to glamis a few times and do not like sand at all.

 

[INJUNTOM]

Spent some time in the sand with my Boonie and got sand up in the recoil, etc and caused some issues. I pretty much just fly across it and don't spend too much time in it.

Also, once on my Back-Tracker the front wheel dug into the sand at speed and sent me flying over the handlebars like superman and landed on my shoulder. Took almost a year for that to heal and not hurt anymore...

 

[MikeBear]

My Ken-Bar MB-6 has larger Carlisle Xtrac tires and a Comet torqaverter, and goes real well in loose sand. We have a lot of it in the local Stateland. They are these ones:

8-12766 - 480-8 X-Trac Snowblower Tire | Snowblower Parts | MFG Supply

 

[dobber]

Never really tried mini's in the sand, but when I lived in Oregon, I use to ride a 200 Honda Fat Cat with Auto Clutch. I found that the bigger you are the bigger the bike has to be to push you in the Sand. In the Dunes you would want a real clutch to help get up RPM's to take off. I now live in the Midwest, and hate off roading with bikes that arn't automatic. That is why I love my Polaris Scrambler 500, it is big but easy to ride.