Motorhome Bike Carrier?

The normal transverse mounted bike carriers are limited to about 175kg, and that's without the problem of getting the beast onto a carrier. Even with a tag axle there's a lot of rear overhang. I think the OP is going to have to choose between a trailer of some sort or a lighter bike. Even if I could I wouldn't take my GS on my motorhome, it's way more bike than I need when I'm away on holiday.
 
Greenman14 said:
The normal transverse mounted bike carriers are limited to about 175kg, and that's without the problem of getting the beast onto a carrier. Even with a tag axle there's a lot of rear overhang. I think the OP is going to have to choose between a trailer of some sort or a lighter bike. Even if I could I wouldn't take my GS on my motorhome, it's way more bike than I need when I'm away on holiday.
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This is a fair assessment from what I have read when looking into the same subject, I decided it wasn't going to happen, not least because of the difficulty in loading the thing, jeez even getting my gs on and off my trailer need two good men. I got a 100kg scooter to carry on the back.
 
paintman said:
This is a fair assessment from what I have read when looking into the same subject, I decided it wasn't going to happen, not least because of the difficulty in loading the thing, jeez even getting my gs on and off my trailer need two good men. I got a 100kg scooter to carry on the back.
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the Sawiko Wheely trailer unit comes with a ramp and a pulley system to winch the bike securely and easily up onto the trailer - check out the videos of the link I sent
 
http://www.easylifter.co.uk/hydra-trail.htm

these carry 250 kg and 85% of the weight is on the jockey wheels .you wheel bike on when unit is flat on the floor and then jack up using supplied jack put then wheels on .you can also reverse normally as jockey wheels spin round .i have seen a few on the road carrying big bikes ,check out you tube as well
 
SteveM said:
This is very similar to the one I'm hoping to buy (Kon-tiki 669). As you can see it has a tag axle which might mean its able to carry the weight of the GSA.

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Want :bounce1. Just need an electric pushbike hanging off the back and Bobs yer auntie :drool

I wouldn't want to tow a small trailer behind one though, when reversing it would jack knife before it even appears in your mirrors. The bigger the trailer the easier it is to reverse.
 
The Bear said:
The bigger the trailer the easier it is to reverse.
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It's the ratio of the distance between the rear wheel centres and the towball to the distance between the towball and the trailer wheel centres that determines how quickly a trailer steers in reverse and how easy it is to jackknife. The rear overhang on that motorhome would make it difficult to reverse any kind of trailer attached to it.
 
Best of luck.

you will find a number of issues, most available in the uk are only rated up to 200kg, fine if you get a smaller bike. Even then you will find issues with axel weights, and overall gross weight of the vehicle, even with a TAG axel. With a tag axel its not the weight you can carry thats the issue its the length of the overhang at the back.

The best you can get it something like http://www.easylifter.co.uk/hydra-trail.htm I cant find the page at the moment but there is another company that does one similar, a bit bigger. Its a trailer but the wheels move and not the unit so reversing is just like its one larger vehicle the trailer is fixed in relation to the towing vehicle. You are restricted to slower speeds but then you will be with a TAG axel home anyway as you will be over 3500 plated weight

damn posted that and then found this

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cant find the site for the make at the moment but its what I want for my MH seems the best of all solutions for me.
 
That video was shot at the dusseldorf Caravan and Motorhone exhibition. I saw the same demonstration and it was impressive. I seem to remember that it may have been a french company, but I may be wrong. Like you, I cannot remember the make though
 
Thanks for all the replies everyone. I've just read in the small print of the brochure that the maximum permissible nose weight of a trailer is only 40Kgs, which suggests to me that the chassis and running gear wouldn't appreciate a lardy GSA and associated paraphernalia hanging off the back of it. Might have to go with the trailer option or the easylifter or similar. I'll keep looking.
Steve.
 
A trailer is the proper way to do it. As everyone else has said there is a huge issue with that amount of weight on the back.....especially a tag axle motorhome as we have to remember what you have there is a front wheel drive cab with a caravan chassis bolted to it - if you look underneath one you will find that they are very light weight in their manufacture. We had a Hymer S820 which with rear twin wheel drive and a chassis plated at 7 ton we could put 500kg in the rear garage but a big bike was a tight fit. In the end we put a Smart convertible on a trailer and despite a long Motorhome and a short trailer reversing is easy using the reversing camera. In the end though it was all just too big for UK campsites and roads so now have a German HRZ sprinter van conversion Motorhome and tow a GS on a trailer.
 
Here is the Hymer, lovely but just too big. Reversing was easy though.
 

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