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Motorcycle haulers $75 to $100 (new height adjust version)

Started by da602krew, April 06, 2008, 02:28:58 PM

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da602krew

For sale!!
Motorcycle Hauler's
$75 to $100-$75 for orig. receiver height of 12 to 13 inches, and $100 for the new adjustable one w/ up to 8 inches of drop& it has its own anchors)

If you have been riding for any amount of time either you or a friend have broken down.Now you can use the family Pick Up, SUV or even the Mini Van.In fact any car with a receiver will do.Will pay for itself the first time you use it.Yes you can use it to tow your ride to Daytona / Sturgis (then hide your Hauler)Works with any height vehicle and any 2 X 6 makes a great ramp so you don't have to lift the bike.No there will be no mileage added to your bike if the speedometer reads the front tire.No the rear wheel will not wear out its just rolling. If your like most people you either don't have the money, the room, or maybe just cant seem to justify spending $300+ dollars on a trailer you'll probly only use a couple time's a year. These hauler's are a welded one piece design, made with high quality steel to withstand years of abuse. They are designed to work with MOST all sport bike's and are also available for big boys/cruisers. The hauler is made to work with any vehicle with a standard 2inch receiver(1.5 inch available) and for safety their height adjustable up to 8 inches, the front wheel is cradled in the hauler and the rear wheel remains on the ground with the trans in neutral- Thus there's no engine/funny tire wear
Orig.

New

bombadillo

how could you say the rear wheel won't wear out, its just rolling.  You're gonna get a block tire awful quick on long roads.
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da602krew

Quotehow could you say the rear wheel won't wear out, its just rolling.  You're gonna get a block tire awful quick on long roads.
Not true at all, the bike still leans when you turn. Straight long hauls will wear the tire just like long straight riding. I know im always  replacing square tires because my ride to work is long and flat, all freeway.

wreckhog

A trailer is a PITA. Yet another thing to store, maintain, register, plate, etc. In addition to not being able to ride certain roads, the additional tolls, etc. Even renting a motorcycle trailer or ramp trailer from Uhaul is a PITA, as they want to see working hookups for brake lights, etc. However, loading and unloading a street bike on this contraption is a minimum 3 man job, unless you are really Superman, whereas with a trailer, it can be a 1 man job. Using 2x6's instead of a proper channelled ramp is just asking to drop your bike IMHO. Harbor Freight has cheap ramps and trailers, and somehow, they charge next to nothing for shipping. By the way, how much load is a wet bike putting on that hitch? Just because it works with a truck, doesn't mean that they won't destroy your unibody suspension on the way to Sturgis/Daytona.

da602krew

Quoteloading and unloading a street bike on this contraption is a minimum 3 man job
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: thats funny "eat your wheaties" im 160lbs and load mine ALL BY MYSELF  :laugh: its not hard

QuoteUsing 2x6's instead of a proper channelled ramp is just asking to drop your bike
If you cant push your bike straight for 36 inches im not sure what advice i can give you to help. "keep trying it will get easier" or "maybe you need a 2x12", think you could keep your wheel on that?

Quotehow much load is a wet bike putting on that hitch?
about half the bike's weight

Quotedoesn't mean that they won't destroy your unibody suspension on the way to Sturgis/Daytona.
no, how do you figure? most classIII receivers will easily handle 500lbs and wont
Quotedestroy your unibody
. ponder that hmmmm

Its okay we were all noobs that thought we new it all once. :icon_rolleyes:

wreckhog

Bike is about 400lbs wet. Pivot point is the rear wheel. If you are lifting at the handlebars, you are lifting almost 400lbs at the end of a 5' lever (length from rear wheel to handlebars). No brakes either since I don't see you hitting the rear brake with your hand. Assuming you balance that 4" tire on the 6" beam and roll straight and steady, you still gotta get the tire into the contraption and hold it while you lock it. Sure it can be done. With practice and not with my bike. Don't slip else you will be holding up 400lbs trying to slip it back on the beam. Want to see what your unibody car will look like rolling to Daytona? Jam 2' of 2" stock into your hitch and take a pic while you and another 160lber stand on it.

wreckhog

I would have no problem doing this with my piece of crap dirt bike. Of course it weighs half of a GS and is covered with dents.

da602krew

QuoteIf you are lifting at the handlebars, you are lifting almost 400lbs
Why would you lift the bike? 2x6 works great! "dee dee dee"

Quoteyou still gotta get the tire into the contraption and hold it while you lock
Its rolls straight in? you have your straps laid out in advance,You hold the front brake while controling the lean(not hard for people who are actally familiar with handling their bike) You connect one strap, release the brake step over & connect the other strap. Stradle the bike and tighten each side as nessasary. how'd you get confused about that? it's not brain surgery!

QuoteDon't slip else you will be holding up 400lbs trying to slip it back on the beam
Actually its angled to prevent roll back.

QuoteJam 2' of 2" stock into your hitch and take a pic while you and another 160lber stand on it.
:laugh: been there done that, but instead of a 160lber i used my freind courtny he's 6,2  278lbs.(both of us bouncing on it) All that happened was the rear of the jeep went down a little bit, just like if we were standing on the bumper. we've thoroly tested them , ive been selling these for a long time son.

QuoteSure it can be done. With practice and not with my bike.
Yea, it's not for you. you seem like you're still learning how to handle your bike, once again "dont worry it will get easier" "the fear will eventually fade as you gain experience" I remember those days :laugh: :laugh:

So what engineering school did you say you dropped out of?

Like it or not the design is tried and true and you're just gonna have to grow up and get over it, i know you'd like to just nit pick the hell out of it but the fact of the matter is that it works and if your not interested shut up and move on.  :icon_rolleyes:

scottpA_GS


I still have to wonder what the DMV's and LEO's would have to say about this thing? It cant be legal to tow like that, there are no signals or brake light  :dunno_white: I very highly doubt that it is legal to use on any public roadway.

Still very cool, and I like the new design  :thumb: Maybe you could run it down to your local state police barracks and see what they have to say  :thumb:


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da602krew

QuoteI still have to wonder what the DMV's and LEO's would have to say about this thing?

Dude i know what you mean. here in az they dont trip about it, ive never had an issue(the laws real vague on this) but then again i always mostly used them during the day. My wife likes it because she used to hate hooking up the trailer by her self to come get me or a buddy. Have to seen those magnetic tow lights at harbor freight they got blinkers brake ect.... like $15 when on sale? :dunno_white:i thought about using those at night to avoid issues, just have to find a temp place to put them.

wreckhog

Where have you been selling these for a long time? Would love to view feedback. Can you post a youtube vid of your wife (or any average girl) loading that bike into that hauler by herself? How good at handling a bike would I need to get? Not nitpicking, just need to be sold.

da602krew

 
QuoteWhere have you been selling these for a long time?Would love to view feedback.
Craigslist baby!! aahhh would you like someone to call you give you that warm fuzzy feeling

QuoteMy wife likes it because she used to hate hooking up the trailer by her self to come get me or a buddy.[/quote

QuoteCan you post a youtube vid of your wife (or any average girl) loading that bike into that hauler by herself?



:laugh: ummm..... you kinda missed the point she puts the hauler in the jeep and drives to me or my buddy and we one/both of us load it. The point was she didnt have to fool with the BIG BULKY trailer, most women kind of dont like that sort of thing.

wreckhog

Do you load the bike using the throttle? How does your wife unload it? Just straddles the bike,  unhooks the straps, pushes off the bumper, and rolls down the 2x6?

da602krew

 :cookoo: what are you talking about now!! you've been drinking aintcha? :laugh:

QuoteHow does your wife unload it? Just straddles the bike,  unhooks the straps, pushes off the bumper, and rolls down the 2x6?

she dosnt??? okay when i break down and she brings the hauler, I dont ride home on the back of my buddies bike nor do i finish the ride on the back of his bike. I ride home in the jeep with my wife.(i offload it)

QuoteDo you load the bike using the throttle?
no, i just walk it up while i stradle it.(get some speed first)


mach1

if your bike breaks down that often for this to pay for it self maybe its time for a new bike. your bike looks newer than mine and i have never been left on the side of the road. :thumb: instead of finding a POS fix for a bike maybe get the bike fixed properly :thumb:
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mach1

Cuz its a cheap design and the guy WONT take any critisizm and seems like a cocky ass. Sorry not trying to start ish
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erbilabuc

Can you build anything? I have seen these small "trailers" for dirtbikes I think that hook up to the trailer hitch and holds the bike vertical to the truck. Its not a trailer, its more of a platform that connects to the trailer hitch. Do you make what I am talking about by chance?
riders formely known as IMPORTBABE

mach1

IB i know what you are talking about but they hold the bike long ways to the truck and double as a stand for wrenching and what not. this thing is a a piece of square tube welded to a 4inch channel with some steel strap for support, not hard to make and not worth more than $25.
04Gs,fenderectomy,V&H Full exhaust,Vortex clip-ons.13t front sprocket.,Uni Pods,22.5/65/147.5,Katana rear shock,M-1 metzeler 150 rear tire,Yamaha R6 Tail-SOLD
79 Honda CM185t-In restoration mode with this bike.DEAD slammed 2003 Honda Shadow 600, matte black everything 18inch ape hangers

bucks1605

Quote from: ImportBabe on April 07, 2008, 09:03:01 PM
Can you build anything? I have seen these small "trailers" for dirtbikes I think that hook up to the trailer hitch and holds the bike vertical to the truck. Its not a trailer, its more of a platform that connects to the trailer hitch. Do you make what I am talking about by chance?

Looks like this.



I would rather use this, but then again, I have a pick up truck so I don't have to worry about it.
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