The non trailer trailer

[timtune]

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Just mentioned this in the dirt bike thread and thought maybe I should post it up here as well.

I keep thinking of a "non trailer" trailer. The front wheel would be mounted in a reciever mounted front wheel chock and then the rear wheel fits into a two wheeled dolly strapped to the rear tire. A couple tie downs from the handle bars to bumper end points stabilizes the load. Then once at the trail head you throw the dolly in the car and off you go. Very little tongue weight, no tire tire wear, and no large trailer to store. Can we get the boys in the lab working on this? Or has anyone seen such a unit?

 

[Gary]

 

[Relax]

These were available ages ago but I guess never caught on. Both they type with and without a dolly for the rear wheel. The dolly had to be attached to the chock to prevent the rear wheel from swinging in turns.

 

[Relax]

Oh, there's one that tows from the rear wheel now:

MoTow

Tow Up to 600 lb. Motorcycle. eBike/Bicycle Carrier has a 200 lb. capacity. Hitch Lift has a 300 lb. load limit. Stainless steel and made in the USA.

motowus.com

 

[Trials]

Sacrificial front tire and wheel bearing solution ?
only did that with the rear wheel before.

 

[Soulcatcher668]

Does this not just become a trailer at this point? Requiring working lights and a plate?

 

[timtune]

Oh, there's one that tows from the rear wheel now:

MoTow

Tow Up to 600 lb. Motorcycle. eBike/Bicycle Carrier has a 200 lb. capacity. Hitch Lift has a 300 lb. load limit. Stainless steel and made in the USA.

motowus.com

This is almost exactly what I'm thinking. I think a homemade version is very doable.

 

[timtune]

Sacrificial front tire and wheel bearing solution ?
only did that with the rear wheel before.

Front tire no problem they last way long.

 

[Relax]

Sacrificial front tire and wheel bearing solution ?
only did that with the rear wheel before.

I wouldn't do it for long distances, but no problem for a couple hours. I can see a lot of cases where I would use it vs assembling my trailer-in-a-bag. Price is too high though.

 

[Trials]

Does this not just become a trailer at this point? Requiring working lights and a plate?

Likely calls for a red flag, but it does not obstruct the tail lights in the least.

 

[Wingboy]

Back in the 70's i used a setup like this to tote my 123 Cota on the front bumper of my Dodge D100.

 

[GreyGhost]

Back in the 70's i used a setup like this to tote my 123 Cota on the front bumper of my Dodge D100.

Did you ride it on?

 

[mimico_polak]

Did you ride it on?

Men were men back then....nothing but good ol fashion muscle.

 

[GreyGhost]

Men were men back then....nothing but good ol fashion muscle.

It was a trials bike. I sure as hell couldn't get it up there standing on the pegs but from watching videos, there are many that could.

 

[ReSTored]

Back in the 70's i used a setup like this to tote my 123 Cota on the front bumper of my Dodge D100.

I used the same thing on the back bumper of my '68 Buick Wildcat convertible to move my Honda TL125 trials bike around. Very light bike and easily lifted in place, front wheel first, then rear.

 

[Trials]

ooooo TL125 with stock exhaust, perfect bike to sneak up on people walking in the woods.

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