Trail snacks

Once upon a time choosing a trailbike was relatively easy, with fewer restrictions on where you could ride, what kind of rego you needed and the amount of ADR gear you had to carry. Typically, so long as it had a headlight and taillight you could ride it from Sunny Corner to the Sydney Harbour Bridge without major aggro from the boys in blue.

Nowadays there are so many prerequisites it makes picking the right bike a nightmare for beginners. We’ve got a feature coming up on what beginners should look for, but right now we’re talking about two of our favourite trailbikes and how they differ, just to give you an idea of how the process works.

In recent times the registerable, 200/230cc trailbike category has been limited, with only a few brands swimming in that