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Clever trailer
« on: December 15, 2015, 04:07:36 AM »
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Re: Clever trailer
« Reply #1 on: December 15, 2015, 09:48:42 AM »
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=858057920945599

I want one where is the link to buy!!!!  I have wanted something like this forever.  Some beautiful engineering right there.

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Re: Clever trailer
« Reply #2 on: December 15, 2015, 01:09:26 PM »
i bought one of these about 10 years ago , it worked very well with the light racing bikes i was moving
never tried it with a goldwing though


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Re: Clever trailer
« Reply #3 on: December 16, 2015, 04:40:13 AM »
Just get a crane and a pickup  :)



https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=858057920945599

I want one where is the link to buy!!!!  I have wanted something like this forever.  Some beautiful engineering right there.
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Re: Clever trailer
« Reply #4 on: December 16, 2015, 05:30:21 AM »
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=858057920945599

Clever idea but what I foresee happening if I were to put my Goldwing on it is that if I wasn't prepared for it I might get shot in the air or tossed ten feet behind the trailer the moment I pulled the pin to lower the bike.  :o
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Re: Clever trailer
« Reply #5 on: December 16, 2015, 05:39:48 AM »
I don't think you need a trailer if you ride Honda  ;D
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Re: Clever trailer
« Reply #6 on: December 16, 2015, 12:18:18 PM »
I don't think you need a trailer if you ride Honda  ;D

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Re: Clever trailer
« Reply #7 on: December 20, 2015, 08:06:12 AM »
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=858057920945599

Clever idea but what I foresee happening if I were to put my Goldwing on it is that if I wasn't prepared for it I might get shot in the air or tossed ten feet behind the trailer the moment I pulled the pin to lower the bike.  :o

http://www.stingertrailer.com/

This looks to be rated for goldwings....haven't really read up on it though.  I love the fact that it folds up for storage.  But $2000 is a lot of money for something that I wouldn't use much  :o

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Re: Clever trailer
« Reply #8 on: December 20, 2015, 03:14:26 PM »
Just get a crane and a pickup  :)




Those things work great, the outlaw motorcycle clubs here have been using them for years to steal Harleys............ ;D

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Re: Clever trailer
« Reply #9 on: December 21, 2015, 06:58:39 PM »
Just get a crane and a pickup  :)




Those things work great, the outlaw motorcycle clubs here have been using them for years to steal Harleys............ ;D

How would you know that Terry?  Are you a member of the outlaws?

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Re: Clever trailer
« Reply #10 on: December 21, 2015, 08:20:47 PM »
Ha ha, no mate, not quite. Back in the 80's when I had my first Sportster, I was chatting about bikes to a cop, and I showed him the big "U" lock I'd just bought as I didn't have a garage to lock it in.

He explained to me that the standard scenario was that one of the clubs "Old Ladies" would ring the cops and say that a motorcycle (always a Harley) registration number xyz123 had just clipped her car and taken off. The cops would then give her the name and address of the registered owner.

The boys would then drive their truck with the crane around to the registered owners house, and relieve him of his hawg.......... ;D
I was feeling sorry for myself because I couldn't afford new bike boots, until I met a man with no legs.

So I said, "Hey mate, you haven't got any bike boots you don't need, do you?"

"Crazy is a very misunderstood term, it's a fine line that some of us can lean over and still keep our balance" (thanks RB550Four)

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Re: Clever trailer
« Reply #11 on: December 22, 2015, 09:36:06 AM »
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=858057920945599

That one is the design I wanted to get, as you don't have to unhook it from the tow vehicle. It is simpler, more "elegant".

The only one I found that was actually produced and not a "vaporware" type offering comes from Baxley:
http://www.baxleycompanies.com/Trailers.html

Scroll down to the "cruiser trailer". It will haul a GoldWing. Pricey at $3K.

I paid $2k from RampFree for this:.

http://www.rampfree-indiana.com/

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Re: Clever trailer
« Reply #12 on: December 22, 2015, 09:40:30 AM »
i bought one of these about 10 years ago , it worked very well with the light racing bikes i was moving
never tried it with a goldwing though


I tried to connect with this operation. But the frt to USA was a deal breaker.
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Re: Clever trailer
« Reply #13 on: December 22, 2015, 01:52:27 PM »
Ha ha, no mate, not quite. Back in the 80's when I had my first Sportster, I was chatting about bikes to a cop, and I showed him the big "U" lock I'd just bought as I didn't have a garage to lock it in.

He explained to me that the standard scenario was that one of the clubs "Old Ladies" would ring the cops and say that a motorcycle (always a Harley) registration number xyz123 had just clipped her car and taken off. The cops would then give her the name and address of the registered owner.

The boys would then drive their truck with the crane around to the registered owners house, and relieve him of his hawg.......... ;D
Club in Detroit don't need no stinkin' crane...They just pick the bike up by hand..Watched 3 club members pick up a Sportster and slide it in the back of a pickup.

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Re: Clever trailer
« Reply #14 on: December 22, 2015, 02:39:35 PM »
Ha ha, no mate, not quite. Back in the 80's when I had my first Sportster, I was chatting about bikes to a cop, and I showed him the big "U" lock I'd just bought as I didn't have a garage to lock it in.

He explained to me that the standard scenario was that one of the clubs "Old Ladies" would ring the cops and say that a motorcycle (always a Harley) registration number xyz123 had just clipped her car and taken off. The cops would then give her the name and address of the registered owner.

The boys would then drive their truck with the crane around to the registered owners house, and relieve him of his hawg.......... ;D
Club in Detroit don't need no stinkin' crane...They just pick the bike up by hand..Watched 3 club members pick up a Sportster and slide it in the back of a pickup.

Ha ha, well I'd like to see them pick up a fully dressed Road King, or my Triumph Rocket III! ;D
I was feeling sorry for myself because I couldn't afford new bike boots, until I met a man with no legs.

So I said, "Hey mate, you haven't got any bike boots you don't need, do you?"

"Crazy is a very misunderstood term, it's a fine line that some of us can lean over and still keep our balance" (thanks RB550Four)

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Re: Clever trailer
« Reply #15 on: December 22, 2015, 09:04:50 PM »
When I rode ElCheapoGoldwingo to Sturgis this year I saw trailers with 50-60K worth of bikes that I wouldn't haul a lawn tractor on. Usually behind a 150K + motorhome. Tiny tires and zig zagging all over, rotten wood decks. Farm store straps, Wow. I tried to not follow them whenever possible.
  This one looks nice.
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Re: Clever trailer
« Reply #16 on: December 23, 2015, 04:49:48 PM »
Ha ha, no mate, not quite. Back in the 80's when I had my first Sportster, I was chatting about bikes to a cop, and I showed him the big "U" lock I'd just bought as I didn't have a garage to lock it in.

He explained to me that the standard scenario was that one of the clubs "Old Ladies" would ring the cops and say that a motorcycle (always a Harley) registration number xyz123 had just clipped her car and taken off. The cops would then give her the name and address of the registered owner.

The boys would then drive their truck with the crane around to the registered owners house, and relieve him of his hawg.......... ;D
Club in Detroit don't need no stinkin' crane...They just pick the bike up by hand..Watched 3 club members pick up a Sportster and slide it in the back of a pickup.

Ha ha, well I'd like to see them pick up a fully dressed Road King, or my Triumph Rocket III! ;D
Knowing them, they would be willing to try...but it's a long swim there and back. ::)