Is it safe to load a big touring motorcycle into a TH??
We have a full-size HD touring bike...the thing weighs just over 900 lbs, and it a little over eight feet long...thinking...THINKING... about moving to a toy hauler so we can take the bike on weekends...easier than 'she drives truck, carrying our 6 year old and pulling the trailer while I ride ahead on the motorcycle'...
Here's the question...is it even safe to go up the ramp on a bumper-pull toy hauler with a bike like ours? The ramps are wide enough...my concerns would be: 1.) would the ramp angle be too steep? Don't want to be looking at the sky when loading and unloading...2) would the ramp on a typical toy hauler bumper pull trailer be strong enough to hold over a around 1100 lbs with me and the bike together?...and 3) this bike--unlike a dirt bike--has only about 5 inches of ground clearance...likely to 'high center' at the point the ramp meets the trailer floor?
Thanks!
(and, I realize that getting a TH big enough to handle our motorcycle would require a truck upgrade, probably to an entry-level diesel pickup)
Here's the question...is it even safe to go up the ramp on a bumper-pull toy hauler with a bike like ours? The ramps are wide enough...my concerns would be: 1.) would the ramp angle be too steep? Don't want to be looking at the sky when loading and unloading...2) would the ramp on a typical toy hauler bumper pull trailer be strong enough to hold over a around 1100 lbs with me and the bike together?...and 3) this bike--unlike a dirt bike--has only about 5 inches of ground clearance...likely to 'high center' at the point the ramp meets the trailer floor?
Thanks!
(and, I realize that getting a TH big enough to handle our motorcycle would require a truck upgrade, probably to an entry-level diesel pickup)
