Anyone haul an dual sport motorcycle with their class C?

As promised here is a shot of the Kendon trailer with the 12" boards that parallel the loading ramps. this gives me plenty of room for my boots and loading/unloading is a piece of cake.



We are currently in Moab and rode Arches National Park this morning. This was taken looking southeast from Arches. The snow capped peaks in the background are the La Sal mountains.



Tomorrow we are doing CanyonLands NP and Dead Horse SP. After that it will be either over the La Sal's, if road conditions permit, to visit friends near Telluride and if not we will just continue our exploration of the Utah canyon country. It is hard to beat having a nice Harley for a toad.

:B

mountainsam wrote:
Years ago I helped a friend move from Nebraska to Texas. He had a small trailer he didn't want so I took it.The trailer had 2 attach points on the bumper and sat on 2 steerable wheels. It was narrow and short, maybe 4 X 5 ft long. I hooked it up to my 67 Chysler for several dump runs and it was great. No problem backing up as there is no swivel and you remembered the extra length behind you, and no problem with swinging too wide on turns as it was narrow enough to stay within the vehicles swing. Do they still make these? I would think they would be great for towing motorcycles behind RV's. There is very little weight on the hitch or bumper.

Edit: Swivelwheel.com has a great setup for motor homes

Maybe you were using One Of These they should work but they Are not cheap

Years ago I helped a friend move from Nebraska to Texas. He had a small trailer he didn't want so I took it.The trailer had 2 attach points on the bumper and sat on 2 steerable wheels. It was narrow and short, maybe 4 X 5 ft long. I hooked it up to my 67 Chysler for several dump runs and it was great. No problem backing up as there is no swivel and you remembered the extra length behind you, and no problem with swinging too wide on turns as it was narrow enough to stay within the vehicles swing. Do they still make these? I would think they would be great for towing motorcycles behind RV's. There is very little weight on the hitch or bumper.

Edit: Swivelwheel.com has a great setup for motor homes

Wolfe wrote:
DRZ 400 about 300 lbs, no issues.

How far is it from your axle to your bumper? I have a SM with some mods that's probably pushing 350#. Using this calculator I determined that it would not be safe to put the DRZ on a hitch mount with my 11' overhang between axle and bumper. Very sad, as I love that motorcycle.

How much weight did you end up with on the rear axle?

Thanks!

DRZ 400 about 300 lbs, no issues.

I was in your same dilemma a while back to take a motorcycle with my truck camper. My camper has a long tail so a rear hitch carrier wouldn't work,so I decided on a front hitch and ended up buying a new Yamaha WR250R because it was light weight and it had great reviews. I couldnt test drive it until I bought it. It was/is slow as bricks but has great suspension and its getting a bit faster the more miles I put on it (I dont drive it much btw). Anyways, ended up getting a Trailer in a bag and a Stinger trailer, both used off of Craigslist. I really like the Stinger trailer and can tow my heavy bikes now when I want, they dont take much space at all. Trailer in a bag is a great trailer as well, depends on your needs.

I use my 5x8 utility trailer to pull my scooter. It was better then the hitch setup.

OldRadios wrote:
samven1 is correct. Putting that much weight on a receiver acting as a lever is asking for trouble.



We have two Harleys so a trailer is required and the chocks are adjustable forward and back in the etrack so we can balance the weight of the bikes over the axles. We take the bikes way more than the toad. The trailer also allows us to take the canoe and kayaks on top and have room for more gear when needed.

We have a 31' Class C that will be hauling a 16' enclosed trailer with a 900lb Yamaha cruiser and a 900 lb Can-Am Spyder inside. We are under the total weight of our RV's capacity. Because of the Spyder, we are unable to place both bikes near the axles of the trailer. We will be around 450-500 lbs on the tongue because one bike is completely in front of the dual axles of the trailer.

What are your thoughts on something like a "hitch helper"? I've never seen anything like this. It looks like it would work very similar to a tow dolly when towing a car.
http://mrtrailer.com/hellya.htm
Similar but called a Stinger - http://www.agweb.com/article/the_stinger_hitch_helper_206495/

I think this would also help take loading off the rear axles and make the trailer ride more level.

Thoughts?

Edited: Those links are to companies that no longer are in business. It seems the only thing available now is the Trailer Toad and I think that is an overkill for what I am towing.

I have a couple of antique tractors that I take to a show or, what ever, with a 20' flat bed trailer. We also take our car to Florida in the winter.
I use a weight distribution hitch with anti sway, with our 24' "C" now 27' "C". Both Fords with the V-10.

Dusty

samven1 is correct. Putting that much weight on a receiver acting as a lever is asking for trouble.



We have two Harleys so a trailer is required and the chocks are adjustable forward and back in the etrack so we can balance the weight of the bikes over the axles. We take the bikes way more than the toad. The trailer also allows us to take the canoe and kayaks on top and have room for more gear when needed.