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So, I've been toying with the idea of a biker-army for a while.

I've a little of this army...

The tactical marine squads and their razorbacks, but even then, the sergeants don't have Pfists.


HQ

Captain
- Bike
- Power fist

160 points

Command squad
- Bikes
- Plasma guns [4x]
- Standard bearer

280 points

Troops
Bike squad
- 8 bikes
- Plasma guns [2x]
- Attack bike
o Multi-melta
- Power fist

320 points

Bike squad
- 8 bikes
- Plasma guns [2x]
- Attack bike
o Multi-melta
- Power fist

320 points
Tactical marine squad
- 10 men
- Lascannon
- Meltagun
- Power fist

210 points

Razorback

40 points

Tactical marine squad
- 10 men
- Lascannon
- Meltagun
- Power fist

210 points

Razorback

40 points

Scouts
- 10 man
- Sniper rifles
- Telion
- Cloaks
- [splits into two combat squads]

140 points

Fast attack

Land Speeder storm

50 points

Land speeder storm

50 points

2 Attack bikes
- Multi melta [2x]

100 points

2000 points on the dot

So, The idea is to have the biker captain and his bikes spearheading the assault, with those Plasma guns gunning into any uber-troopers
The two bike squads will run rings around tanks and heavy infantry, softening them up before charging in in one fluid motion.
The two attack bikes will follow behind the captains squads, taking out tanks or adding weight of heavy firepower to their attacks.
The tactical squads will split off as combat squads, with the LC squads taking out tanks, and Targets that pose a threat, while the razorback and squad armoured cav around the field, cleaning up after the bike squads [like a mother squad of sorts. they deal with smaller squads while the bikes do the heavy lifting.]
The scouts will split into combat squads and [hopefully] pin two separate squads, while hiding in their storm [which is open topped, meaning they can sit and fire!] and relocate if they must.

Scouts couldn't be able to shot with Rifles if embarked in a moving LSStorm.

Besides, I think you'll really need a lot of long ranged support fire.

Rifles Dreads, AC/LC Predators and Typhoons will help you a lot.


Another one thing, why a PF on your Captain? He is the only high initiative model in your list. Consider to give him a Relic Blade instead.
Think about a Librarian biker also.

You fail to see that they are bikes and bikes are squishy so running rings around infantry is not going to do you much good against BA wolves and IG nids dont care if you kill them off they have more nids to deal with you and then you have tau. This army wont be easy to play is all im saying.

For sure bikers list aren't the easy to play but will allow you to profit from some little tricks.

One list that came out of a little collective-brain-storming on this forum and that proved a nice effectiveness (for me at least) is this one:

HQ - Captain - Relic Blade - Meltabombs - bike. 170
HQ - Librarian - Null Zone & Might of the Ancients - bike. 135
EL - TL AC/TL AC Dreadnought. 125
EL - TL AC/TL AC Dreadnought. 125
TR - 5x Bikers - PF - 2x Plasmaguns - MM Attackbike. 245
TR - 5x Bikers - PF - 2x Plasmaguns - MM Attackbike. 245
TR - 5x Bikers - PF - 2x Plasmaguns - MM Attackbike. 245 (HQs unit)
TR - 5x Scouts - 5x Camo Cloacks - 5x Rifles. 90
FA - 2x MM Attackbikes. 100
FA - HB - TML Land Speeder. 90
FA - HB - TML Land Speeder. 90
HV - Thunderfire Cannon. 100
HV - AC/LC Predator. 120
HV - AC/LC Predator. 120
Tot. 2000

Very balanced for tournaments or competitive all-comers situations, however I tryed some times this different setup that allow even more special tricks but only in friendly games:

HQ - Korsarro Khan . Moondrakkan. 205
HQ - Librarian - Null Zone & Might of the Ancients - bike. 135
EL - TL AC/TL AC Dreadnought. 125
EL - TL AC/TL AC Dreadnought. 125
TR - 5x Bikers - PF - 2x Meltaguns - MM Attackbike. 235
TR - 5x Bikers - PF - 2x Meltaguns - MM Attackbike. 235
TR - 5x Bikers - PW - 2x Plasmaguns - MM Attackbike. 235 (HQs unit)
TR - 5x Scouts - 5x Camo Cloacks - 5x Rifles. 90
FA - 2x MM Attackbikes. 100
FA - HB - TML Land Speeder. 90
FA - HB - TML Land Speeder. 90
HV - Thunderfire Cannon. 100
HV - AC/LC Predator. 120
HV - AC/LC Predator. 120
Tot. 2000

Having every bike in reserve, outflanking in with all the long range fire platforms rifleing tanks you'll can shock even the hard gunlines like TAU & Co.

I like the first list better Toban.
Can you squeeze in mm hf speeders in list 2 that would make it crazy awesome.
But I like first list maybe a few speeders with hf would be good because of horde armies.