any one use something like this? i have a ball hitch and these are only for receiver/male female kind is there another one out there that would work?

Woah, the caddy looks totally crazy. I'm not sure I'd trust my bike to one of those...

There aren't any that would work with a standard hitch bumper. You will need a receiver hitch to use anything like that.

 Mak makes/made those  little tow behind deals.. Personaly I wouldnt trust them. I had a friend that used one like the bottom one for a YZ450 dirt bike on the back of a Nisan Xtera for a bit. It seemed fairly stable. But I duno how well the GS would fair on one 

The bottom one would be alright if you have something with a stiff rear suspension, aka truck/van/suv...   The top one i wouldn't trust, plus it would still wear your tire/chain, and don't forget neutral .

A friend rigged up one of these on a car back in the 80's and towed his Ducati 900 to Cali and back. It worked just fine. As I recall he removed the chain.

Quote from: gearman on November 10, 2008, 08:50:53 PM
A friend rigged up one of these on a car back in the 80's and towed his Ducati 900 to Cali and back. It worked just fine. As I recall he removed the chain.

yup disconect the drive

Looks like a quick way to die. 

I welded one up like the one on the bottom and used it behind our suburban to haul my gs to school. It worked great. We did use 2 tow straps connected to the roof rack for lateral stability though. Also mine was put together so that the reciever hitch connector was close to the motor (the center of gravity).  The bike sat lower than the one in the pic.

I'm imagining an emergency lane change with a bike flopping behind...

I wonder what the cops think of it - it looks like you can't see the plate from behind with the type shown in pic #1.  I've been behind vehicles with dirtbikes on the sideways carrier, a la your second pic.  It's a nice idea in theory, but in practice, the plate is the least of the problems - you can't really see the brake lights and turn signals from behind.

We have a passenger van with the seats removed, and it is the best bike hauler, IMO.  Second best being a pickup truck.

the bottom one seems the best, i agree.. but the pick doesn't make sense.... if you've got a truck with... why not just put it in the back???   

The bottom one is BS, the wind on it and what not can pull you into a wheelie ... with the truck ...
The top one I plan to make one for myself and use it with my little nissan. Either that or sell the nissan ... whichever ...
Cool.
Buddha.

Ooo, truck wheelies sound fun. As long as you were using a front wheel drive truck everything would be fine, as soon as you went too fast your front tire would lift off the ground and you'd slow down again...

The second design there actually looks like a decent design, so long as its structurally reinforced to prevent flopping around. all you'd need to do is relocate your tag to the back of it, along with a set of trailer lights hooked up to the trailer harness, and you're good.   

that first one looks like a TERRIBLE design IMO. imagine if you back up, the bike isnt straight. DAMMIT! I just trashed the forks, or worse.  just looks like a nightmare waiting to happen frankly. 

plus I dont understand why you'd use one of those if you have a truck?  ramps are cheaper, and truck beds are designed to haul stuff like this. are they not?  hell, even a minivan or cargo van, unless you've got the back loaded with crap, offers adequate space to fit a bike in there if you know what you're doing.

Im actually suprized on the second design that they didnt incorperate a set of small LED lights right into the under bracing with a small wiring harness to pug into your trailor plug.  They have to know that if they take a picture up close and cant see the tail lights of the truck your not going to see them driving down the road.  IMO that would be a liability to the manufacture if someone gets in a wrech with this on there truck.

I'm building one of the bottom ones. It's going on a Grand Cheorkee 4x4 V8. I cut the 2 extra recievers last night and will be taking the hitch off this weekend to have them welded on. The bike will be supported on 3 points to the hitch with 2x3/16" box tube. The bike will sit on a piece of 4x3/16" channel. The ramps that will be attached to either end will also support the tires when in motion. As it comes together Ill take pics and post the whole thing when done.

A gs weighs around 400lbs. Your standard reciever hitch is rated at 500lbs tongue weight.  Probably not going to wheelie. Its more for SUV's anyway... not for vans or trucks.  Also if you build you own with the reciever hitch close the the center of gravity of the bike, it wont flop arround. You can see the taillights through the rims.

Try the hillbilly wind effect and see if it will wheelie ... 
Cool.
Buddha.

Warning! Warning!   

The 1st pic seems to show towing a bike with the rear wheel rolling on the ground.  you MUST MUST MUST disconnect the drive chain / belt / shaft.  If you tow with the drive connected, the rear wheel will turn the chain which turns the output shaft in the transmission.  This shaft will not be lubricated with oil  unless the engine is running!  You will very quickly fry the output shaft bearings without a constant supply of oil!!!!!!!!!!!

I suppose you could rig an electric oil pump of some kind, but that seems like more trouble than it's worth.

Also, and I think thsi was mentioned above, DON'T BACK UP!  har har   

Orrrrrrrrrr, just buy an itty bitty trailer......Problem solved.