Trailers

Vincent · Banned Joined: 16 Oct 2006 Karma :

How hard can it be to make a trailer similar to the Motolug one? I've seen similar axles go for around £50 but where could you buy the track from? Also, does a bike trailer need to be braked if carrying around 250KG? I'd love to put one of these together.

https://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j71/Drewskovitch/SEfrontpageimage_r2_c2_s1.jpg
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HaggisHunter · Two Stroke Sniffer Joined: 24 Feb 2012 Karma :

not sure on the rails but hears the brake issue for you

RIDINGforKICK... · Scooby Slapper Joined: 06 Oct 2011 Karma :

https://www.gumtree.com/cgi-bin/list_postings.pl?search_terms=bike+trailer&search_location=United+Kingdom&ubercat=1

I think you would be better off buying one, I've been toying with the idea of getting one, but I'd have to change my car, I've got a tiny Daihatsu Charade, and I can't get a tow-bar for it. (500 quid for a new one!)

https://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/erde-motorbike-rail-for-trailer-or-van/96788373

There was a proper Erde single motorcycle trailer on Gumtree for £150 yesterday, but I can't find it now, must have sold straight away.

Or do you only want a collapsible one?

RIDINGforKICK... · Scooby Slapper Joined: 06 Oct 2011 Karma :

https://www.about-trailers.co.uk/proddetail.php?prod=ERDE-RA450

55 pounds brand new, for a rail.

Vincent · Banned Joined: 16 Oct 2006 Karma :

Vincent · Banned Joined: 16 Oct 2006 Karma :

Vincent · Banned Joined: 16 Oct 2006 Karma :

This one's half the price of the one above but it's in the States Rolling Eyes

https://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j71/Drewskovitch/Yank20Trailer.jpg

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/160651175850?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649
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RIDINGforKICK... · Scooby Slapper Joined: 06 Oct 2011 Karma :

Hehe!

Yeah, I'm a tight git as well, but that's all part of the fun, bargain hunting.

I think the rail would be aluminium?

Vincent · Banned Joined: 16 Oct 2006 Karma :

Does anyone use one of these?:-

https://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j71/Drewskovitch/ASSEMBLED-32-300x238.jpg
https://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j71/Drewskovitch/motorbike-carrier-new.jpg

https://motorbiketrailers.org.uk/

"The bike is towed in neutral so there is no wear on the chain, engine or rear tyre."

Really? Confused

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Robby · Dirty Old Man Joined: 16 May 2002 Karma :

If you know nothing about making trailers, then would you really trust something you had made to put your expensive bike on? I would be worried about it breaking, and spend more time looking in my rear view mirror than the road.

I would just buy a normal trailer and fit some bits to hold the bike more securely. That way I have a trailer to lug general shit around. A fairly knackered normal trailer can be bought cheap, then a lot of work put into to making it do what I want.

Or just get a transit.

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RIDINGforKICK... · Scooby Slapper Joined: 06 Oct 2011 Karma :

I think you would need a big car/van to use one of those Vincent, or you would have your exhaust dragging on the tarmac!

Great idea, but if you are going to have a vehicle big enough to use that, you might as well get a MPV, in which case you could remove the seats and put the bike in the back.

https://www.which.co.uk/cars/people-carriers-mpvs/

RIDINGforKICK... · Scooby Slapper Joined: 06 Oct 2011 Karma :

BTW

I got my City Fly in the back of a Saxo! (had to take the front end off, 20 mins)

I also used to get my dt 175 mx easily in the back of my old Renault Extra van (Renault 5)

https://vans.autotrader.co.uk/makemodel/make/renault/stock-item-id/at8a6a050234ada7e90134c2acd0ef5338/advert

So you could easily get a bike in something like a Berlingo.

Sako · World Chat Champion Joined: 19 Feb 2012 Karma :

keep an eye out in the private ads / gumtree and the like - i got a decent single bike trailer last year for £80, just needed rubbing down and painted, new tyres.

Vincent · Banned Joined: 16 Oct 2006 Karma :

Vincent · Banned Joined: 16 Oct 2006 Karma :

Babba · Banned Joined: 05 Jan 2012 Karma :

I've had 3x bike trailers over the years & can confidently offer the following advice.

1. You will suddenly discover that you have lots of mates who are into bikes.

2. All your mates will want to borrow your bike trailer.

3. Despite your mates having just paid £1000's for the bike that they desperately need to get home, not one of them can afford even £5 for a polite drink.

4. Take your phone off the hook if it's too late to leave the house & rescue a mate who has (a) broken down in the middle of fukking nowhere, (b) drunk too much to ride home & thinks you're his personal AA man.

5. Even a collapsible bike trailer will get in the way.

6. You will only ever use it once, & that will be when you first get it, you'll strap your bike onto it & drive around the block just to test it.

7. The day after you sell your trailer is the one day that you will need a trailer for real.

Bike trailers are the spawn of the Devil, don't buy one unless you absolutely definately need one.

Vincent · Banned Joined: 16 Oct 2006 Karma :

Vincent · Banned Joined: 16 Oct 2006 Karma :

As long as he hasn't been to the scrappy recently. a mate of mine has a load of Stannah stair lift rails.......I wonder if they'll work Idea

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Babba · Banned Joined: 05 Jan 2012 Karma :

Vincent · Banned Joined: 16 Oct 2006 Karma :

Yup - rotten old bit of woodwork on a semi decent frame with indespension.

https://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j71/Drewskovitch/115606315.jpg
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binge · Emo Kiddy Joined: 02 Jul 2004 Karma :

Here's my bad-boy.

https://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/251711_10150205139645606_506045605_7012276_145871_n.jpg

It no-longer has the headboard on it, as the trailer came off when I was leaving Peterborough services, coasted across the road, and into the front of an on-comming transit van. Laughing

Gave the geeza a oner to fix his van, re-connected the trailer, and finished my journey.
It had 3 bikes on it at the time.

Sturdy enough, I ever brought my R1 home on it.
It's handy now it's a complete flat-bed, as it stands up against the wall in my garage.

Ben

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Ichy · World Chat Champion Joined: 15 Jul 2005 Karma :

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