First question; do you hate you bike?
If Yes, get this trailer/hitch/thing
If No, don't get this trailer/hitch/thing
First question; do you hate you bike?
If Yes, get this trailer/hitch/thing
If No, don't get this trailer/hitch/thing
What's your tow vehicle?
'02 RC-51 - Street
'05 Pitster Pro 125 - Pitbike madness
Be polite. Be professional. But be prepared to kill everyone you meet.
"Motorcycles tell us a more useful truth: we are small and exposed, and probably moving too fast for our own good, but that's no reason not to enjoy every minute of the ride."
~Dave Karlotski
I don't remember where I saw it or who the manufacturer is, but there is a trailer that you can roll your bike up on that actually dissassembles and stores in a bag. Sounds funny, but it looks pretty damn solid when put back together. It's about a grand or so. Just a suggestion for a trailer that you can store with limited space in a garage and would be far better than the one you are looking at. Otherwise get something like the hitch rack like McVaaahhh posted above. You can get it in a couple of configurations.
http://trailerinabag.com/products.html
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- '08 GSXR 600 Blue/White
Here is the real question.. How much do you want to spend on a trailer?
I would not put my bike on a harbor freight trailer. But thats just me.
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Not bad.. but $1200 seems like a lot for an axel and a single rail. Running boards and wheel chock are extra $$.. plus I'm not sure I'd like having to tear down and re-assemble the thing every time I take it out.
My budget is $500 but I might shell out a little more for compact stowability.
Mercedes ML320
"why count the lives' complexity,
when the leather runs smooth on the passenger seat.."
I bought a Snow Bear utility trailer several years ago for under $600.00 at CostCo. Great trailer! tilt bed for the ATV, removal repositionable front and back gates and sides, hauls 2 full size street bikes or 4 dirt bikes,( put three on the trailer and the fourth goes on the front gate when it is in the down position. Hauls trash and debris as well as furniture. Extendable tounge allows me to through the Jon boat on it as well.
Best thing I ever did
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The Best Ride could be the next ride
Look for a used Kendon. A great lightweight trailer that folds up super easily, doesn't take up much space and has a really low load height. You should be able to find one for just a bit more than $500.
peter emsley - MRA #203
Get your ass to the nearest Tractor Supply Co. and get a 4x7 trailer with 12" tires expanded metal on floor and ramp..
I have had a few and if I sell it, I can get another one for around the same money.. I paid 500 for the one I have now.. Add another 30 for spare tire and that's a good deal.. I also put a sheet of 3/4 plywood on the floor for stability.. Works freakin swell..
I have pulled this thing loaded from TX to CO to NC back to TX and will be back in CO come August..
DETAIL DESCRIPTION
2000 lbs GVWR
Main frame 2 in x 2 in angle
12 in tires rated 990 lbs each
Fully lighted to D.O.T. Requirements
1 7/8 in coupler with safety chain
Wire mesh floor
2000 lbs cambered axle
Ramp gate for easy loading
Removable tongue
Wire in conduit http://www.tractorsupply.com/webapp/...&Special=false
Last edited by Keepitgreen; Thu Oct 1st, 2009 at 10:18 AM.
That looks pretty good also. I like the built in loading gate. But I think I'm going with this harbor freight trailer. Foldable to 2ft deep, 12" Wheels and stands on rolling casters. I found a local guy selling them with plywood deck and wheel chock for $500.
"why count the lives' complexity,
when the leather runs smooth on the passenger seat.."
IF you can easily remove the rear 'ramp' portion & the front tongue easily, I would definately go w/ the tractor supply trailer!!!!!!! Then you can do what I do w/ the harbor freight trailer.
Pick up an electric wench from Harbor Freight. Mount that to the top of the wall near your ceiling. Then Voila`... Wench that baby up & out of the way! Then I have a couple eye hooks w/ some tie downs to suck the trailer closer to the wall & loosen up the tension on the wench. It only takes a couple minutes to bring her down and t only sticks out no more than 20" from the wall.
I have the 1600lb non-collapsable Harbor Freight Trailer & it works great. If I could do it all over, & the tractor supply trailer could do what I mentioned above I would do that then.
When you get through with the Harbor Freight trailer it would be really close to cost of the tractor supply trailer, & you'd have much better quality.
PHX, AZ
Formerly MRA #211 - High Precision Racing
"A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the high duties of a good citizen, but it is not the highest. The laws of necessity, of self- preservation, of saving our country when in danger, are of higher obligation. To lose our country by a scrupulous adherence to written law would be to lose the law itself, with life, liberty, property, and all those who are enjoying them with us; thus absurdly sacrificing the end to the means."
--Thomas Jefferson
Formerly MRA #211 - High Precision Racing
"A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the high duties of a good citizen, but it is not the highest. The laws of necessity, of self- preservation, of saving our country when in danger, are of higher obligation. To lose our country by a scrupulous adherence to written law would be to lose the law itself, with life, liberty, property, and all those who are enjoying them with us; thus absurdly sacrificing the end to the means."
--Thomas Jefferson
Here's a great deal on a trailer
http://denver.craigslist.org/mcy/1235340437.html
'02 RC-51 - Street
'05 Pitster Pro 125 - Pitbike madness
Be polite. Be professional. But be prepared to kill everyone you meet.
"Motorcycles tell us a more useful truth: we are small and exposed, and probably moving too fast for our own good, but that's no reason not to enjoy every minute of the ride."
~Dave Karlotski
Whatever trailer you decide on, just be sure it will be able to handle the load of your bike!
For My Diavan
I agree. If you hate your bike then by all means jump on this trailer... I wouldnt wish this trailer on my worse enemy!
DAMMIT! Wish I had known about the Tractor Supply trailer before I bought my Harbor Freight trailer in the beginning of the summer.
I towed my bike to Maryland and back with my Harbor Freight trailer, BUT, it was a HUGE pain in the ass to build and get working. The ground for the wires wasn't making it past where the trailer folds so I had to scrape off a bunch of the paint around some of the screw holes to get it working. The biggest PITA was actually figuring out the grounding situation and if I didn't have someone with me who knew what they were doing I would have been screwed.
I might sell my Harbor Freight trailer and get the Tractor Supply trailer now. That ramp is a HUGE plus as getting a bike onto the Harbor Freight trailer is very difficult to do it by yourself.
-Greg
2013 BMW R1200GS