Would you trust your bike on this?

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01 Oct 2016 06:47 #744133 by Nerdy
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kaw-a-holic wrote: I thought about modifying one of these with a trailing swivel wheel. This would relieve tongue weight for the truck and relieve anxiety for me.



If you do that it seems like you'll get into the category of a trailer, which the hitch-type carriers are designed to avoid.

If you have a wheeled device rolling behind your vehicle I think you would have to add a brake light, turn signals, license plate, etc. as you would with a trailer. I could be wrong, though.

1979 KZ400 Gifted to a couple of nephews
1967 Yamaha YCS1 Bonanza
1980 KZ440B
1981 Yamaha XT250H
1981 KZ440 LTD project bike
1981 GPz550
2013 Yamaha FZ6R

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02 Oct 2016 06:54 #744236 by toolmaker
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I built one like it in the 70's to carry a Honda XL350 behind a Pontiac LeMans. It worked well and I used it to drive from Oregon to Missouri and back. I made cable tie downs that clipped on to the bike in 4 places with the suspension collapsed slightly. I didn't have a ramp, just lifted it into place but I was bigger and stronger in those days. :woohoo:

I live near Portland, Oregon and my rider is a '76 KZ900 I bought new. I'm also in the process of restoring another one and a '73 Z1.

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14 Oct 2016 08:16 #745218 by Grumpy Ole Artist
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Pretty amazing video, Ed!!! I could hardly stand to watch it though, i kept "flashing back" to my kid brother dropping my Turbo off the side of a u haul truck ramp...(Wonder if that guy had a dent in his head after that balancing act!) LOL!

1978 KZ650 B2
Former rides...1976 CB360T, 1985 Shadow 700, 1985 GPZ750Turbo

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