small motorbike on rear of travel trailer
google tossed me very old, and now closed, thread from this forum regarding folks wanting to add a mount for their motor cycles on the back of their travel trailer.
I want to thank all those that posted in that old thread as it gave me pause and helped me get my rig up and going safely.
unlike some of the former post who were looking to hang 600lb bikes on the back.. I was just wanting to carry my lil old Honda trail bike..a 90cc DUI cycle weighin in at 190lbs plus the rack that slides into the Reese.
not trusting myself, i found a good custom weld trailer builder in town...had them verify i had a quality H-beam camper that they felt would handle it and they did the work (sorry..no pics yet) with 2 rows of cross beams welded..I also used ratchet straps from each side of the underframe to the bike rack to help keep it from any sway.
we just got back in from 10 days that took us through south carolina, down deep into Georgia, then out to Arkansas..and the return trip straight back through Tenn.
couple thousand miles..we were doing gem mining so found ourself on some back country and bumpies..plus the usual parking lot curbs, some panic stops as a mini van decided it wanted the lane we were in..the usual... the bed of my 3500 was full of digging equipment and it's such a tall truck that i just don't like to try and ride up a ramp like i used to with our lower 1500...I was defintely a nervous wreck for the first 4 ours..every time we'd hit a bad hump in the road etc...but everytime we stopped and I rechecked the straps etc..all was good..and now, having made such a full road trip, I'm comfy with the bike back there and realy enjoyed having it for when those back winding roads and larger national park roads were calling me to take a nice jaunt...granted a CT90 isn't much of a bike..but most small towns, parks etc have speed limits that are well within the bike's capability ..and it is a legal, licensed motorcycle so i can enjoy touring around places that a dirt bike/atv is prohibited..just enough accessory to have hanging off the back bumper of my faithful old camper...again...thanks to all for this forum.
I want to thank all those that posted in that old thread as it gave me pause and helped me get my rig up and going safely.
unlike some of the former post who were looking to hang 600lb bikes on the back.. I was just wanting to carry my lil old Honda trail bike..a 90cc DUI cycle weighin in at 190lbs plus the rack that slides into the Reese.
not trusting myself, i found a good custom weld trailer builder in town...had them verify i had a quality H-beam camper that they felt would handle it and they did the work (sorry..no pics yet) with 2 rows of cross beams welded..I also used ratchet straps from each side of the underframe to the bike rack to help keep it from any sway.
we just got back in from 10 days that took us through south carolina, down deep into Georgia, then out to Arkansas..and the return trip straight back through Tenn.
couple thousand miles..we were doing gem mining so found ourself on some back country and bumpies..plus the usual parking lot curbs, some panic stops as a mini van decided it wanted the lane we were in..the usual... the bed of my 3500 was full of digging equipment and it's such a tall truck that i just don't like to try and ride up a ramp like i used to with our lower 1500...I was defintely a nervous wreck for the first 4 ours..every time we'd hit a bad hump in the road etc...but everytime we stopped and I rechecked the straps etc..all was good..and now, having made such a full road trip, I'm comfy with the bike back there and realy enjoyed having it for when those back winding roads and larger national park roads were calling me to take a nice jaunt...granted a CT90 isn't much of a bike..but most small towns, parks etc have speed limits that are well within the bike's capability ..and it is a legal, licensed motorcycle so i can enjoy touring around places that a dirt bike/atv is prohibited..just enough accessory to have hanging off the back bumper of my faithful old camper...again...thanks to all for this forum.
