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Soon Junior Member Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 61 Portland ME Gender:	tow my motorcycle by car, where can I rent a trail 02/16/08 at 08:17:54 Hi all I am moving to AZ and will need to tow my motorcycle by car, cause I will be going with another person. I live in ME and was wondering here I can rent a traler one way. The car is a small car, but avareage. I have never tow any thing befor in my life so I realy don't know what I need. HELP!
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Re: tow my motorcycle by car, where can I rent a t
Reply #1 - 02/16/08 at 11:36:26

Check out U-Haul

http://www.uhaul.com/

You can rent a motocycle trailer from them, but, you may just want a covered trailer so that you can pack other things too.
http://www.uhaul.com/guide/index.aspx?equipment=towing-motorcycle

The bigger U-Haul centrers use to give advice on this type of stuff, not sure they still do.

As for never hauling a trailer before....... practice....practice... practice. Big empty parking lots work best.

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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: tow my motorcycle by car, where can I rent a t Reply #2 - 02/16/08 at 12:49:57 There's a bike haulker that goes in a trailer ball receiver. All it holds is the front tire. Strap the front end of the bike down, I would pull the belt off the rear pulley & secure it to the bike, leaving it on the front. That would be cheaper than renting & you would have it or vould sell it.
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28884 L.A. California Gender:	Re: tow my motorcycle by car, where can I rent a t Reply #3 - 02/16/08 at 16:54:39 I'd go the U-haul route, especialy if you need room for other stuff. If you do go the front tire cradle hitch route, get one that pivots rather than using your bikes front end to pivot. It leans a lot if you do. scarry.
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Re: tow my motorcycle by car, where can I rent a t
Reply #4 - 02/16/08 at 20:52:41

I have a Kendon dual trailer, and I recommend it highly. It "stands up" in my garage, so it doesn't use up all the floor space. I added a Condor chock, which also works great. Mine's an older model, I think the Condor is standard on the new ones.

I've taken this from St. Louis to Tornto Canada, Asheville North Carolina, Washington DC, and Colorado, as well as all sorts of local hauls. Many local hauls when my Royal Enfield stopped running in interesting places. It was a Royal PIA!

However, if storage space for a trailer is especially tight, these things have gotten pretty good buzz:

http://trailerinabag.com/index.html

And the dual trailer hauls fine with one bike, and you can share driving and truck gas with a buddy:

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Reply #5 - 02/16/08 at 21:44:02

Beware the trailers that U-Haul rents as "motorcycle trailers" are simply large '5x10' open trailers that weigh in at 1200-1400 pounds before you ever put a bike in them! And they have a huge ramp gate that drags a lot of wind. I had to drop my 275HP GMC Envoy out of overdrive to Drive to protect the automatic transmission. Made my gas mileage go down incredibly. I wouldn't want to tow that rig at all behind a smallish car.

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sluggo Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline big singles lead, twins follow the pack Posts: 4744 moses lake washington Gender:	Re: tow my motorcycle by car, where can I rent a t Reply #6 - 02/16/08 at 23:24:40 that trailer in a bag looks pretty kewl. sill trying to get price info.
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drharveys - FSO Serious Thumper Offline Greetings from San Luis del Norte! Posts: 1776 St Louis MO Gender:	Re: tow my motorcycle by car, where can I rent a t Reply #7 - 02/17/08 at 04:11:17 When I googled "Trailer in a bag" I found a link to JC Whitney, among others. Search engines are amazing!
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: tow my motorcycle by car, where can I rent a t Reply #8 - 02/17/08 at 11:04:18 Clever concept, but for $1,300 bucks I could build a trailer & have plenty O cash left over.
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ebmiller2 Junior Member Offline Posts: 67 Bel Air, MD Gender:	Re: tow my motorcycle by car, where can I rent a t Reply #9 - 02/17/08 at 15:10:25 Another way to do it http://www.model-t-man.org/Savage/SavageMCCarrier.JPG
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Re: tow my motorcycle by car, where can I rent a t
Reply #10 - 02/17/08 at 15:15:34

T Mack 1 - FSO wrote on 02/16/08 at 11:36:26:

Check out U-Haul

http://www.uhaul.com/

You can rent a motocycle trailer from them, but, you may just want a covered trailer so that you can pack other things too.
http://www.uhaul.com/guide/index.aspx?equipment=towing-motorcycle

The bigger U-Haul centrers use to give advice on this type of stuff, not sure they still do.

As for never hauling a trailer before....... practice....practice... practice. Big empty parking lots work best.

Just found out U Haul will only rent local. Angry

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Re: tow my motorcycle by car, where can I rent a t
Reply #11 - 02/17/08 at 15:25:10

justin_o_guy2 wrote on 02/16/08 at 12:49:57:

There's a bike haulker that goes in a trailer ball receiver. All it holds is the front tire. Strap the front end of the bike down, I would pull the belt off the rear pulley & secure it to the bike, leaving it on the front. That would be cheaper than renting & you would have it or vould sell it.

Good one I found it on the wed. Now I have to find out if it will fit a Hyundai Tiburon. The thing also I is a am a poor student so I can onyl spent about 600.00 but if the hitch will fit my friends car I think I will go with the wheel hitch.

good thing the ls650's are light bikes!

So you think I should pull the belt off. will something happen if I leave it on?

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Reply #12 - 02/17/08 at 15:29:05

Rockin_John wrote on 02/16/08 at 21:44:02:

Beware the trailers that U-Haul rents as "motorcycle trailers" are simply large '5x10' open trailers that weigh in at 1200-1400 pounds before you ever put a bike in them! And they have a huge ramp gate that drags a lot of wind. I had to drop my 275HP GMC Envoy out of overdrive to Drive to protect the automatic transmission. Made my gas mileage go down incredibly. I wouldn't want to tow that rig at all behind a smallish car.

yup I just found out that the u -haul trailer's even the small ones are to heavy for my fieinds car! So now the U-haul's are out of the picture now.

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Reply #13 - 02/17/08 at 16:06:44

It is looking like the motorcycle trailer in a bag is going to be out of my spending limit. That would have been a nice one too. light weight. it only weighs 140lb.

so back to seeing if the wheel hitch would be a good way to go.

thanks everyone keep the ideas comming I have got to get out there for school!

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Reply #14 - 02/17/08 at 16:19:09

Think about the results if someone put your Savage in gear (or a piece of highway debris managed to hit the shifter while traveling), In any of the lower gears the engine would rapidly self destruct at freeway speeds. Have you thought about letting your friend just haul your gear and you 'scoot' down? Might be simpler and easier. Max

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