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.
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New
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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.
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.
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.
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:
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.
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.
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:
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:
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.
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.
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.
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?
: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)
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:
jeez guys why all the negativity?
Cuz its a cheap design and the guy WONT take any critisizm and seems like a cocky ass. Sorry not trying to start ish
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?
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.
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.
(http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb62/bucks1605/1182178925455_np20_20.gif)
I would rather use this, but then again, I have a pick up truck so I don't have to worry about it.
thanks bucks that is what i was talking about, our motorhome has one of those
Quote from: bucks1605 on April 07, 2008, 09:14:57 PM
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.
(http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb62/bucks1605/1182178925455_np20_20.gif)
I would rather use this, but then again, I have a pick up truck so I don't have to worry about it.
yep thats exactly it. You think it could hold a cbr1000rr? or better yet a gs500? We have a 97 explorer. Were do I see more pictures?
the one i have seem stable i dont see why not, to test it just put the cbr on it get on the bike shacke your body like a wild man/women (who ever is on) then get off and kick the bike a lil then back up into a tree...... if the bike is still straight than yeah it will hold the cbr and the gs................JK im not sure of the weight those can hold, i have only seen dirtbikes on them
That was just a google image search.
But I did find this site http://www.discountramps.com/carriers.htm (http://www.discountramps.com/carriers.htm) They have one that will carry up to 600 pounds.
Here's another http://www.joehauler.com/ (http://www.joehauler.com/)
the "hauler" the original poster is trying to sell doesn't look very stable to me. i'd rather try to strap a bike down on the top of the car. :laugh:
Quote from: bucks1605 on April 07, 2008, 09:14:57 PM
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.
(http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb62/bucks1605/1182178925455_np20_20.gif)
I would rather use this, but then again, I have a pick up truck so I don't have to worry about it.
I've used these for dirtbikes on a Suburban. You don't even notice it is there. I can load a dirtbike myself. Barely. Tried it on a Jeep once with a Bandit 600. Every pothole, I thought that I was in trouble.
Quotejeez guys why all the negativity?
I dont know? hog just started trash talkin my stuff right off the bat.
Quotethis 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.
theres a little more to it than that.
Quoteyep thats exactly it. You think it could hold a cbr1000rr? or better yet a gs500? We have a 97 explorer.
:nono: You need to be VERY CAREFUL supporting the entire bike on the tongue, most are only designed to carry 10% of the tow load max example- classIII hitch 5000lbs load max= 500lbs tongue max . the gs weighs like 400lbs + the cradle 20-50lbs = 450lbs that dosnt leave much of a saftey margin. Hit a good bump or dip it could fail. no BS look into it
Quotehttp://www.discountramps.com/carriers.htm They have one that will carry up to 600 pounds.
the carrier can hold 600lbs, can the mounting points on your vehicle? That puts an extreme amount of force on your hitch, its basic physics when you add weight to the end of an object the stress is GREATLY incresed on the fulcrum (i think i killed the word) point.
I did no trash talking.
Quote from: da602krew on April 09, 2008, 08:44:56 AM
the carrier can hold 600lbs, can the mounting points on your vehicle? That puts an extreme amount of force on your hitch, its basic physics when you add weight to the end of an object the stress is GREATLY incresed on the fulcrum (i think i killed the word) point.
you are right sir. I guess I will just buy a trailer.
If you look at the Reese site, you will probably see a load of Class 3 hitches for your vehicle, from economy to heavy duty. I have 2 vehicles that can tow, a 98 Jeep ZJ and an 08 2500 Suburban. The Jeep has an original suspension, and even though it has Reese's best weight distributing hitch which can handle a tongue weight of 700#, the springs cannot fully support a 400# bike without bottoming out on even a bad driveway. The Suburban has an bumper hitch with a tongue weight of only 600#. The Suburban blows away the Jeep in terms of towing anything. It is not not just a matter of a couple of numbers to determine what your vehicle can handle.
I will have to take you all back in the way back machine to where I have said and others have said again and again...
IF YOU DONT HAVE ANYTHING NICE OR CONSTRUCTIVE TO SAY... SAY NOTHING :thumb:
I am not 100% sold on this idea either but I think its great that he wants to offer them for sale for GSTwin members.. Don't want one? DON'T CONTRIBUTE to the thread! :icon_mrgreen:
And it should go w/o saying, if you buy one of these use it at your own risk :icon_twisted: in a pinch, I would try it out :thumb:
instead of bashing this dudes ideas give him some constructive criticism, perhaps it will make the next version better.
:cheers:
Quote from: scottpA_GS on April 09, 2008, 02:42:11 PM
I will have to take you all back in the way back machine to where I have said and others have said again and again...
IF YOU DONT HAVE ANYTHING NICE OR CONSTRUCTIVE TO SAY... SAY NOTHING :thumb:
I am not 100% sold on this idea either but I think its great that he wants to offer them for sale for GSTwin members.. Don't want one? DON'T CONTRIBUTE to the thread! :icon_mrgreen:
And it should go w/o saying, if you buy one of these use it at your own risk :icon_twisted: in a pinch, I would try it out :thumb:
instead of bashing this dudes ideas give him some constructive criticism, perhaps it will make the next version better.
:cheers:
My apologies. I'm new here. So we are not to discuss potential issues. OK. I'm interested a buying a hauler but it needs to be the right one. I thought that needed more info. I have held my tongue on threads where the product had no interest. For instance someone had a bike for sale and the rear shot appears to show a tweaked subframe. But I ignore it.
Quote from: wreckhog on April 10, 2008, 06:17:26 AM
Quote from: scottpA_GS on April 09, 2008, 02:42:11 PM
I will have to take you all back in the way back machine to where I have said and others have said again and again...
IF YOU DONT HAVE ANYTHING NICE OR CONSTRUCTIVE TO SAY... SAY NOTHING :thumb:
I am not 100% sold on this idea either but I think its great that he wants to offer them for sale for GSTwin members.. Don't want one? DON'T CONTRIBUTE to the thread! :icon_mrgreen:
And it should go w/o saying, if you buy one of these use it at your own risk :icon_twisted: in a pinch, I would try it out :thumb:
instead of bashing this dudes ideas give him some constructive criticism, perhaps it will make the next version better.
:cheers:
My apologies. I'm new here. So we are not to discuss potential issues. OK. I'm interested a buying a hauler but it needs to be the right one. I thought that needed more info. I have held my tongue on threads where the product had no interest. For instance someone had a bike for sale and the rear shot appears to show a tweaked subframe. But I ignore it.
Im sorry, did I mention your name in there somewhere? ???
Thanks scott ! :thumb: , thats all ive been trying to say " if you dont want one move on" If you have a concern/question about it email me, or at least be tasteful about how you approach it. (remember how it looks to the rest of our GS community)
constructive idea....
make a 4 inch wide U-channel....30-40 inches long and weld one half of a heavy duty hinge to the U-channel and one half to the fixture and use a removable pin to hold it together while loading then pull the pin and stow the ramp in the tow vehicle.
side note : strapping the bike through the fairings....the straps could rub off some paint and the plastic could abrade the strap material better to go up high like in the 2nd pic.
i'll take my $0.10 per unit for this design upgrade..... :icon_lol:
Quoteside note : strapping the bike through the fairings....the straps could rub off some paint and the plastic could abrade the strap material better to go up high like in the 2nd pic.
Good eye!, i wasnt sure i anyone would catch that? That totally wasnt the right way to strap that , i went inside to use the john and when i came back out my two buddies thought they did good? i thinks they were expecting a pat on the head or something? Instead they got a "you're a dumbass :laugh:" It's acutally worse than it appears, they ran the straps from the bars down through the fairings & out the little vents on the sides. the weight of the bike was being supported BY MY PLASTIC. They were so lucky they stopped racheting when they did, they almost cracked my fairings.
But you're right the second method is the correct one.
an idea, you quoted earlier about the tongue, what about also fabbing supports which can install err bolt onto the vehicle subframe?