Ducati Sporting Club UK > General > Idle Chat > Bike trailers (possibly) for sale

[rockhopper]

You need to be able to walk the bike off the trailer by standing beside it on the trailer. Standing on the ground makes you too low and its easy for the bike to fall away from you. Even at 6'2" tall that happens. Some of these skeleton type trailers are very hard (like the Dave Hindle (sp?) types) plus i've seen some designs that take three people to get the bike off.

I can move the channels around on mine to carry either one or two bikes, the loading ramp takes up the vacant third position, either in the middle or on the right.

Built in lighting is a much neater solution than a trailer board.

I think if you can do all that for £180 then your onto a winner!

[kwikbitch]

All above points taken into consideration I might be interested!

[Animal]

I'll have one!

[butch890]

as long as the double can be used for one bike as well you can put me down for one
Butch

[Harv748]

OK guys...been looking a bit more into this and to make it viable, the design will probably be so that you can alternate between it being a one or two bike design, i.e. the ramps will be fixed in such a way as to me 'moveable' when required.

Still working on it...but keep the interest coming...

[rockhopper]

Email on the way Harv.

[the phantom pieman]

Would be interested ... Can I take it that "proper wheels" will be used rather than the onces you find on wheel barrows ?

[gaz3014]

I would definatly be interested in a single bike trailer!!!

Was going to get one this spring, but will hang on for a bit.
Any idea when you will be putting them together???

[madmav]

HARV, would you be using 500 or 750 KG indispension units?

the reason i ask is i have towed with both, and found that the 750kg units are more robust
but the suspension effect works better on the 500kg ones

the 250kg ones are crap!
whats your thought mate?

mav

[Harv748]

Gaz...at the moment I am trying to guage if there is enough interest to get this going. As with all ventures like this, it comes down to demand...if enough people show interest then the cost of production becomes less, and the better the savings etc etc...

At the moment I have about 7 or 8 people interested, if I can get that upto double figures then it should be a goer...although it does still very much depend on the final spec and the ability to obtain the parts at good prices.

I'm meeting with my mate over the weekend to hammer out the details and put some designs/figures together. Therefore I should be able to get back to eveyone next week with a plan or not!

Mav...I think due to trying to keep a limit on costs, and because they will be fine, we would go for the 500Kg units. I have a trailer with 350 units on, and its been working fine for several years...with no issues whatsoever. I see no reason to use heavier rated and more expensive units on a tailer designed for a max of two bikes (max weight 400Kg)...so it will probably be 500Kg units.

As I say...details to follow.