What do we all think about the Land Rover Bike Range, anybody have one or is thinking of buying, with so many bikes to choose from these days what is so special about them and who do you think the target market is, looking at one myself but would like some feedback.

http://www.landrover.com/gb/en/lr/owners/m...ver-bikes/

Thanks

Last time I looked at them they were grossly overpriced for what they were, especially the "up market" versions with full suspension. 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
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Bought my son a Land Rover Zamora for christmas couple of years ago - unpacked and assembled christmas day and discovered it had a broken mech hanger in transit

Since then rear axle has snapped or bent and been replaced 6 times at our expense as they claim he damaged it off road yet on their website they say -

Quote:

Land Rover mountain bikes are designed to be extremely capable off-road

Wrote to customer service and they did not even reply.

He now only uses it on roads for fear of damage/repairs as he has spent more fixing the bike than he paid for it  Wanted a Series 2 LR since childhood but previously owned MY16 Disco Sport HSE TD4 Auto, MY13 RR Sport Black Edition TDV6 Auto, MY10 RR Sport HSE TDV6 Auto, 2007 Freelander 1 Freestyle TD4 Soft Top, 2009 Freelander 2 GS TD4 Auto, 2007 Freelander 2 GS TD4, 2004 Disco 2 Metropolis Auto, 2002 Disco 2 GS, 2000 Freelander 1 SE TD4 SW

Still hoping for a S2 one day!

Mrs Rupert & I both have Land Rover G4 Challenge bikes.

While we're not into serious off-road action on them, they have served us well, with no issues whatsoever since we got them.

One was for sale over on the tarmacing side the other day, thread had quite a bit if links and info

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Hormones are probably cheaper

lespes wrote:

Buying a high tech expensive bike is now the first sign of male mid life crisis.



Hormones are probably cheaper

Bu**er that was 10 years ago
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Rupert - the first picture I presume is after you sat on it! It's bent! 2005 Zambezi TDV6 - Gone but not forgotten
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Very Annoyed wrote:

Rupert - the first picture I presume is after you sat on it! It's bent!

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New model Land Rover bike................

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 MY10 3.0 HSE Santorini Black, Ivory Premium & extended leather, privacy, paddles, diamond turned alloys, Ipod lead that charges, tasmods, rrsport.co.uk stickers

Jeep 4.0 High Output XJ 94 6" teraflex lift, c/w rear coils, 9500lb winch, 35" TSL super swamper boggers, safari snorkel, custom made bumpers, tom woods custom double cardon driveshaft, twin electric fans. Don't follow it..............you wont make it. The first 4 x 4 by far.

Very Annoyed wrote:

Rupert - the first picture I presume is after you sat on it! It's bent!

Mmmm, funnily enough, that's Mrs Rupert's bike

lespes wrote:

Buying a high tech expensive bike is now the first sign of male mid life crisis.

But at least it's cheaper than a Porsche 911

I'm sure i read that LR bikes are just orange Claud Butlers or something

I bet youll pay a premium just for the LR painted on and it will be no better than the one its based on

Nick

Exactly what i was going to say, whatever the cost of the bikes are, take that money to a reputable bike dealer and buy a much better bike for same money

Regards

Peter

npinks wrote:

I'm sure i read that LR bikes are just orange Claud Butlers or something

I bet youll pay a premium just for the LR painted on and it will be no better than the one its based on

Just like the RRS then  Wanted a Series 2 LR since childhood but previously owned MY16 Disco Sport HSE TD4 Auto, MY13 RR Sport Black Edition TDV6 Auto, MY10 RR Sport HSE TDV6 Auto, 2007 Freelander 1 Freestyle TD4 Soft Top, 2009 Freelander 2 GS TD4 Auto, 2007 Freelander 2 GS TD4, 2004 Disco 2 Metropolis Auto, 2002 Disco 2 GS, 2000 Freelander 1 SE TD4 SW

Still hoping for a S2 one day!

There are a million better bikes out there that would cost you far less.