The Minibike

[coffeeguy]

I've had and subsequently lost the minibike (there's a known bug).  

Some quick observations:

1. Items randomly disappear from the basket
2. The bike itself can randomly disappear
3. The battery is one of the hardest parts to find and a flawed battery may not run it (ScheiBen can provide more info)
4. Until a patch is released to fix #2, it's advisable to keep your bike disassembled when not in use (I don't know if that's a solution, but it's worth trying)
5. It's fun as hell

I didn't get any screenshots of the bike's menu before I lost it, but once you've assembled the bike, you hold the "E" key (while dismounted) to access the menu, which allows you to access the basket (if you've added one), access the maintenance menu, add fuel, or I believe to lock it (I didn't find the lock, which must be rare, as none of the three bike owners I know have one yet). 

The maintenance menu allows you to swap parts in and out as you find better quality parts.  Maintenance is performed with standard repair kits (which used to be weapon repair kits).  

Driving the bike is controlled with the movement keys and the mouse allows you to look around independently — handy for backing into your garage.  =)

Fuel usage is high, so start growing corn and making fuel before you have a bike.  I put three cans of gas in mine to top it up — it has a decent fuel capacity.  I don't think you can fill it while on it. 

Now that I've lost mine to the disappearing-bug, I'll be venturing out straight-away to find all the parts again.  

[scheiben]

I haven't extensively used the bike yet because I've been hunting to find a decent battery first. If you use the faulty quality one to depletion it just breaks and can't be repaired. I haven't tested whether this goes for all quality types, I desperately hope not. I was dubious about the "disappearing bike bug" in the beginning but I still disassembled mine when not in use. If anyone needs parts I have an abundance, for all the scavenging I've been doing. My base I'snt too far north from the centre and has minibike accessability
On the plus side I've been noticing these loot boxes called "garage storage box" that contain car-like loot, and do respawn their loot each cycle. They can be found inside house car ports and inside gas stations. I'm fortunate enough to have my base near 2 such boxes so I'll keep you up to date with what I get out of them, hopefully batteries.
Perhaps if the undue instance occurs and a bike does vanish, maybe we can beseech server to grant us a replacement battery at the very least, as I found that even the poor ones are rare as hell.

[coffeeguy]

I jumped off the bike today to bag a pig and thought I was shooting over the bike but instead, shot the bike.  

It wasn't that I am a bad shot.  It's evidently a thing.  Don't shoot with your bike between you and your target.