Hi Stamfordbikes, just want to give you and your viewers the heads-up that you'll need to modify your bike to make this road-legal. They count as A-frames, meaning the bike's rear brake needs to be applied when the towing vehicle brakes (law still applies when under 750kg, might also need some kind of breakaway system), you need to display the towing vehicle reg and you'll either need to wire the lights up to the trailer plug or fit a trailer board. www.gov.uk/government/publications/a-frames-and-dollies/a-frames-and-dollies
The dickheads on here about fork compressions and its only got 1 bolt blah blah oh and messes up the transmission is utter rubbish,admittedly I prefer a tow ball set up ,i would reverse the rear wheel in and tow straight on 2 straps on handle bars,then wipe out all the comment section and doubters .
I've built one similar to this , with no problems. I've towed my Harley- belt dive & a Vstar- shaft drive. As long as your trans is in neutral. Police, CHP & Sheriffs do not even look my way in passing.
Do they have them for sale I tried calling and couldn't figure out that website either. But I'd be happy to buy one if they'd message me a link that's understandable.
So the whole weight of the motorcycle is on that pin I don't think so If the pin was bigger I would say OK but that pin is too Dicky for me to put my bike on there and trust it
Better then his previous setup but still a small bug persist. When everything is all strap up good and all tight. If you look at the setup sideway ( imagine it is on a level ground). The tires of the towing vehicule and the rear motorbike's tire are all level. What happen when the motorbike's rear wheel goes up or down. At 0:26 he install his setup of hand and lower pivot. This setup will rotate vertically but NOT horizontally. So when the motorbike's rear wheel goes up or down, the front motorbike wheel will rotate and then ... bye bye strapping. The lower attaching point of the straps has to be 100% on the imaginary line of the front wheel axle. He did put the tubes supporting the attaching point of the strapping forward, he also need to make them higher. I did read the comment saying that he past away. My sympathies to his friends and family. Sir that is (that was) a very good piece engineering (once someone makes that small correction and add some safety chains attaching the bike to the tow vehicule ). Best Regards
So many people commenting that it would be better to get a trailer, agreed BUT my interest is for when my truck needs to go in shop for repairs - it's become too difficult to arrange a ride back home so I thought if I could tow the bike down with truck, toss the tow apparatus in back of truck then it's there to tow bike back home when truck is done. Transportation challenge solved and I get a chance to ride.
I see a big problem with this kind of tow. Number one the rear wheel suspension and bearing are still in use. But more importantly the belt is contacted to the output shaft which even in neutral is spinning. Since the oil pump is not working there is limited oil to lubricate the output shaft output shaft bearing and seal. I myself would not use this tow method unless it is a short trip less than 100 kms
Is there any contact information you can share so as to purchase one of these tow systems? I do not do much towing I have a service for that but in the event of an emergency far from home I thought it a good idea. anyone? Contact: tomas.jv43@gmail.com
Down right dangerous your van is that big make a ramp put it inside .accident just waiting to happen .get yourself remake a bike trailer not that hard to do and much safer for everyone
After researching the many tow dolly’s for bikes that have been designed over the last 15 years this one is the #1 choice. Yes that’s right. These contraptions are pretty poorly designed. And yes if you compare them by the dozens I’ve watched here on RU-vid and looked up on Google, Amazon, EBay, Craigslist and the other websites. You will then understand why this video, not the music though, , is by far the best out there. The special out rig pieces that he ties the bike two straps to the handlebars and to the rear of the cycle are very important to keep the the bike from leaning. If you don’t have these outriggers and you haven’t strap the handlebars down to the rigger tiedowns you won’ keep the bike in line with the center of the vehicle towing... you will be pulling a very dangerous Motorcycle. So by far this is my top pick from seeing dozens of these and listening and learning about them. now I will make one identical to this so that I will have one as well. Video coming soon!
I see here the answer to the leaning problem has been taken care of. The outriggers hold down the bike via handlebars, they in-turn keep the bike from leaning in turns by hooking to the rear of bike keeping it in a straight line. Awesome!
