Just Bought a Trailer – OLD Bull Trailriders

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September 30, 2008 at 10:45 pm #95168

Anonymous

Well, just bought a little 6 x 4 trailer from a dude down in Sydney so i’m on my way towards being mobile. Just got to figure out how I can pick it up now as I don’t have a towbar yet!

I’ll see about getting a towbar fitted at the weekend and get it sorted once and for all. Further down the road I’ll look towards a totally enclosed trailer set-up, hopefully the little box trailer should suffice for now

3 years old, Rego till April 09 and repainted 6 months ago.

October 1, 2008 at 7:30 am #108765

Anonymous

Moto,

I reckon that 6 x 4 will be too short for what you want to do. Even with the bike loaded diagonally, you may have trouble closing the tailgate. Have you tried loading your bike in a 6 x 4 previously?

Also, make sure you get yourself a spare tyre for it as well.

N

October 1, 2008 at 9:16 am #108785

Greg
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Nah dont listen to him, it will be ok it will fit if you put them in diagonally and turn the bars as well, slot the tail gate hang a wheel over its only a KTM. Its all good at least you mobile like you said.

Good on ya

October 1, 2008 at 9:16 am #108786

Dean
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wr450fs wrote:

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Moto,

I reckon that 6 x 4 will be too short for what you want to do. Even with the bike loaded diagonally, you may have trouble closing the tailgate. Have you tried loading your bike in a 6 x 4 previously?

Also, make sure you get yourself a spare tyre for it as well.

N

Moto Im with Nigel on that one I had a 7 x 5 and my bikes just fitted in when you compressed the rear suspension. You may have to take to the front with an Angle Grinder and cut out a couple of slots and reweld in some flat bar to support your front wheel,easy job. How much coin did you pay?

ollie

October 1, 2008 at 10:22 am #108766

shane
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Must be trailer-buying season! I picked up a 7×5 and was bitterly disappointed to find that the bike wouldn’t fit in straight with the gate shut! On an angle easy but I wanted it straight FFS! Ended up fitting some off cuts of alloy channel I had laying around and welded some chain and hooks onto the gate to hold him up in transit. I’d be freaking out man! if I’d grabbed a 6×4, but if I did, I’d take off the front panel and run some channel up the guts and onto the draw bar.

October 1, 2008 at 2:11 pm #108793

Chris
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Definately that time, I’m tossing up between a 3 bike trailer or an 8*5 box, If I get the 8*5 box I can use it for other things and get it modified a bit for the bikes. (saves having 2 trailers) Looks like I’ll need to carry 4 bikes soon so gotta work that one out..

Cheers
Chris.

October 1, 2008 at 2:12 pm #108798

Chris
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That’s 3 mini’s and a KLX.

October 1, 2008 at 2:13 pm #108799

Chris
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Shane, so at 7*5 you can’t fit your bike in straight, how much do you miss out by.

Chris.

October 1, 2008 at 2:16 pm #108800

Chris
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Couldn’t resist 299 posts had to get to 300, Mick are you by any chance selling a set of pw50 bars theirs a set on ebay at hastings.. Isn’t that where you are. Just bought a pw50 and 80 sticker kit for the PW’s.

Chris.

October 1, 2008 at 9:23 pm #108802

Mick D
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chris72a wrote:

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Couldn’t resist 299 posts had to get to 300, Mick are you by any chance selling a set of pw50 bars theirs a set on ebay at hastings.. Isn’t that where you are. Just bought a pw50 and 80 sticker kit for the PW’s.

Chris.

Nope it isn’t me selling the PW bars.
Speaking of trailers, as some of you may know my brother Ant, left for Melbourne on Tuesday towing the KTM530 and the KTM990 ADV on a brand new bike trailer. Well he rang me in a flap yesterday morning as one of the brand new high quality tie downs on the 990 snapped (rated to 300kg) and Ant was lucky enough to look in the rear view to see the big girl hanging out over the side off the trailer,ready to take the final tumble out over the side. The footpeg was all that was holding her in!!
How lucky was he? Considering he had been driving all night and it happened just after day light, if it had happened during the night the first thing he would have seen would be the shower of sparks as the big Kato self destructed on the highway!!!

October 2, 2008 at 12:54 am #108804

Dean
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Mick I could just imagine how Ant feels. What I “usually” do to help stop this is I tie the inside handlebars together with some rope or an “ocky” strap this helps the bikes to move in unison together and is an extra safegaurd if one of the tiedown lets go

thats my take on it

ollie

October 2, 2008 at 1:13 am #108806

Mick D
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Yes Ollie in Hindsight that is what we should have done,but with Ant every thing has to have been done yesterday!!All ways in a rip roaring hurry.
I will use your advise from now on. He is lucky I had both back wheels tied together with a truckies knot, otherwise the Kato would have taken the dive.
There is a lota stuff on one of those 990’s that would have got trashed in a tumble up the road.

October 2, 2008 at 2:51 am #108807

Dean
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Yeah mate I can see the cash register clanging away now:laugh: also if it fell off and into the path of another car or bike :S well that doesnt bare thinking about youch!!

ollie

October 2, 2008 at 2:59 am #108808

Mick D
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A 200kg pumpkin would put a hell of a dent in whatever it hit!!

October 2, 2008 at 7:05 am #108801

shane
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chris72a wrote:

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Shane, so at 7*5 you can’t fit your bike in straight, how much do you miss out by.

Chris.

The rear gate is open about an inch and a half at the top, so not much. 8×5 would have been the go, but I thought 7 feet was enough…I was wrong.
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