Some day.. I expect the bike will not run..and no amount effort on my part will fix it. Fearing that.. I want to procure one of those tow hitches ( unless I hear horror stories from here).  There are several on the web, so I am just hoping to hear from the brain-trust what works.

Example.. http://www.fatzusa.com/tow-hitch.htm

You don't need that thing......You just need to find a friend with a truck and/or trailer.  Somebody has to answer the phone when you call for help......so it has to be someone else cause you are stuck out on the road with your broken bike!

i'd rather use this...it's rated to 400lbs which our bikes are...I'd buy the anti wobble accessory tho'

http://www.wmastore.com/400lb-Capacity-Motorcycle-Dirt-Bike-Carrier-Hauler-Ra...

for the $650 they are selling it for, you could buy a real trailer for the same price or less.  The trailer could then also be used for other things and not just your Savage or other MC's

R.F.

Thanks all.

I would not be getting that one... they can be had $150. The purpose is just to tow it in-town to the shop if/when needed. I really have no more room for a trailer.  I could do the U-haul thing when needed.

Yeah just like above the hitch mount 400lb rated motorcycle carrier would be way cheaper way to go.

http://www.harborfreight.com/400-lb-receiver-mount-motorcycle-carrier-99721.html

$110 at harbourfrieght right now.

rfw2003 wrote on 06/21/12 at 15:13:51:


Yep, I think I remember that one.   As I recall it stood up against the wall when not in use.

H-F still sells the folding trailer & several others.

A year & a half after hauling the XS 650 to Tennesse we moved back to Port Aransas. On the trip back I hauled a Norton Commando using a carrier made from an RV rear bumper made of square tubing that originally stored the sewer hose. Mounted it to the trailer hitch & cut 'slots' in the top for the tires to fit in. Found out quickly it wasn't very stable until I added turnbuckles at each end that hooked into holes drilled in the bumper. I had a '64 GMC panel truck at the time, & built a matching trailer from a wrecked '62 Chevy panel. Total cost = $0 because I sold the front half (engine, trans, doors, etc.) to a salvage yard. For the trip back I mounted the carrier on the trailers bumper & put our refrigerator on the tongue to balance the load. Worked perfectly & gave us a place to store things after we found a house to live in.

All that because I thought the price U-Haul wanted to rent a trailer for the trip was ridiculous. Also didn't have to rent a storage unit the day we got here so we could turn the trailer in.