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Dual dirt bike rack?

RodneyBR

RodneyBR

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Can anyone recommend a dirt bike rack? I was thinking about getting a rack instead of a trailer because I don't really have the space for a trailer and besides, you have to licence a trailer which equals extra costs.

Oh, another question, is a dual dirt bike rack legal in Ontario?
 
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what sort of rack do you speak of?

like this sort of thing?
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personally i would not use one of those. hitches are not designed for lateral flex/torque like that
 
that would definitely not be a good idea.

it will probably exceed the tongue weight limit on whatever vehicle/hitch you're using.
 
I'm with Rukus, turn too quickly and the chance of that snapping off seems considerable. Trailer license is a one time $35 dollar fee. If you pickup up one of the bike trailers with just 2 wheel tracks it wouldn't take much more room to store and would be much safer.

Trailer hitches are designed for a few hundred pounds of load down and thousands of pounds of forward and back loading. With those sketchy tongue racks you are putting a few hundred pounds down and a crapload of torsion in both directions. A double rack would be more than double the torsion loads as the length of the arm increases. It may hold together, but that would be more luck than engineering.
 
check out Harbor Freight over in the US. I picked up a foldable 4x8 trailer with 12" wheels for ~$300-350 (as did many others on this board). Folds up so you can store it away to the side. It'll come in 3 boxes I believe which fit in my Civic.
 
Nice, do you have their website/tel #. Also, did you pick it up in the USA, or did they deliver?

Is this the one you got: http://www.harborfreight.com/1195-l...tility-trailer-with-12-inch-wheels-90154.html

I was actually looking at this one, Snowbear 6' Transformer (4060TB) folding trailer: http://www.snowbear.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=113&Itemid=331

nightrider said:
check out Harbor Freight over in the US. I picked up a foldable 4x8 trailer with 12" wheels for ~$300-350 (as did many others on this board). Folds up so you can store it away to the side. It'll come in 3 boxes I believe which fit in my Civic.
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Yep, that looks like the one I bought. I drove down to buffalo and hauled it back in my civic. At the border I declared them as 'trailer parts' (which they are). Once assembled, had it registered with the MTO as a home-built trailer. Give this site a search and you'll find a bunch of threads specific to this.


RodneyBR said:
Nice, do you have their website/tel #. Also, did you pick it up in the USA, or did they deliver?

Is this the one you got: http://www.harborfreight.com/1195-l...tility-trailer-with-12-inch-wheels-90154.html

I was actually looking at this one, Snowbear 6' Transformer (4060TB) folding trailer: http://www.snowbear.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=113&Itemid=331
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Lucky for me, there is only 5 turns at intersections to get to where I ride up north, its all straight roads (surprisingly) - I have an aluminum one, works good for my single dirtbike. Total with the bike is about 265lbs behind a grand cherokee.

Although, Id pick up a small trailer if I had 2 bikes because yes your talking about 650lbs or so depending on your bikes.
 
Single-axle, no brakes trailer licensing requires a one-time, $35 fee for the plate. No insurance or annual inspections. Storage space an issue for some, of course.
 
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