I've seen a piccy, but can't seem to find it 
Anyone able to pop up a linky please
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Anyone able to pop up a linky please
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Motorhome with GSA on rear carrier??
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Bumpity bump
seems a bit optomistic unless on a trailer
Try here
But try not to dribble on the screen too much...
http://www.unicat.net/en/index2-Special.html
Have a look at the Maxi mog trailer to start with, and then get in to the big stuff, but only if you have the odd million euros in your pocket
But try not to dribble on the screen too much...
http://www.unicat.net/en/index2-Special.html
Have a look at the Maxi mog trailer to start with, and then get in to the big stuff, but only if you have the odd million euros in your pocket
I would think you'd need a beast of a motorhome base vehicle to have the rear axel weight allowance to accommodate a GSA on a carrier. Most bikes seem to be much lower capacity/weight on rear carriers on typical EU motorhomes. I would also suspect GSA being more likely a trailer candidate, but I have no knowledge or expertise on the subject
Not sure if this helps - http://www.caravanguard.co.uk/news/how-to-calculate-your-motorhome’s-safe-weight-limits-4104/
Thanks Mike / Vern
I'm being serious, about a year ago, there was a thread about lugging bikes around and someone said that they put their GSA on the rack and posted a pic to show it. OK it might be a photoshop jobby
I have trawled through different search results for a while and still can't find it. I was wondering if anyone recalled anything about the thread to assist me refine a search, or actually locate it.
Thanks for looking
I'm being serious, about a year ago, there was a thread about lugging bikes around and someone said that they put their GSA on the rack and posted a pic to show it. OK it might be a photoshop jobby
I have trawled through different search results for a while and still can't find it. I was wondering if anyone recalled anything about the thread to assist me refine a search, or actually locate it.
Thanks for looking
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But try not to dribble on the screen too much...
http://www.unicat.net/en/index2-Special.html
Have a look at the Maxi mog trailer to start with, and then get in to the big stuff, but only if you have the odd million euros in your pocket
Oh Jesus Vern - what did you have to do that for?
It's going to take me ages to clean this mess up.........
Oldrat, search for stuff on here by Proff with wobblybox in the title.
It has cropped up before but sadly I feel you are going to be disappointed.
When I say disappointed ... if you just want the picture you may well find that but if you want to be able to transport something as heavy as that on the back of a motorhome then that's where the disappointment will come in.
It has cropped up before but sadly I feel you are going to be disappointed.
When I say disappointed ... if you just want the picture you may well find that but if you want to be able to transport something as heavy as that on the back of a motorhome then that's where the disappointment will come in.
Oh Jesus Vern - what did you have to do that for?
It's going to take me ages to clean this mess up.........
Told you so
I can't see why it should be such a problem,it's only the same as 2-3 people sat in the back or the camper.
In the case of a GSA that would be 3 fatblokes sat on the towbar
It depends on the max permitted axle weight, the max payload of the vehicle, if the vehicle has a large overhang at the rear exaggerating the axle weight distribution/stability and if those 3 fat blokes also want a lift along with the GSA. A lot motorhomes don't have huge payloads for the people and their baggage (after conversion with all furniture and equipment etc) without factoring in the weight of the carrier, any additional subframe and the GSA itself. Don't let those VOSA B'stards catch you overweight, you may have to leave the GSA by side of road...
Ditto re overloading the rear axle weights also I would have thought that the weight of a GS hanging out five foot behind the rear axle will make the steering slightly shall we say light.
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I have a Dave Cooper Bike Rack fitted on the towbar of my Landrover Discovery.
I wouldn't even attempt to put my GSA on it, but it does a good job of carting my Yamaha TTR250 Trail bike around, but it only weighs around 115kgs.
My Disco has rear air suspension so the rear end gets jacked back up, but it does make the steering a bit light though.
I wouldn't even attempt to put my GSA on it, but it does a good job of carting my Yamaha TTR250 Trail bike around, but it only weighs around 115kgs.
My Disco has rear air suspension so the rear end gets jacked back up, but it does make the steering a bit light though.
It can be done depending on the chassis etc. My Flair has the AL-KO chassis, base vehicle is Iveco and it could be carried on that it's a single rear axel but twin wheels.
I saw a big scoot (400 Burgman it looked like) being towed behind a motorhome yesterday only the trailer the scooter was on was only about 2 foot long. It looked just like a towbar mounted rack only it had two wheels which meant the the bike was turned through 90 degrees and was being towed sideways
Am I explaining myself in a way that anyone can understand?
Am I explaining myself in a way that anyone can understand?
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I believe what Nice 'n' Fat may have seen was a Hydra Trail made Easy Lifter, see link below.
http://www.easylifter.co.uk/hydra-trail.htm
I have a campervan based on a Citroen Relay and for many years have used a simple carrier by Easy Lifter which rest on the towbar. It's well engineered and rated at carrying 200Kg. So I could put my R1200GS on the carrier and recreate the photo shown. However I would not drive around with the 1200 on the back, irrespective of whether it was withing the van's payload limit or not. I have taken a DRZ400, at around 160Kg, around Europe on the carrier but I think even that was too heavy. I did have the excitement of one of the towbar bolts breaking while doing about 60MPH in Spain, not something to repeat. I still use the carrier but keep the weight to about 120Kg, and have a Derbi Terra as the current van bike.
The Hydra Trail mentioned above uses 2 jockey style wheels to support the weight of the bike, so that only 20% of the weight is on the towbar. Not sure I'd want a 1200 on it though.
As for the weight of the bike impacting the van, well that's not my experience. I hardly notice whether I have the bike on the back or not, and with a 3.0l TDI engine have climbed passes in the Alps and Pyrenees and once did 100MPH on a German autobahn.
http://www.easylifter.co.uk/hydra-trail.htm
I have a campervan based on a Citroen Relay and for many years have used a simple carrier by Easy Lifter which rest on the towbar. It's well engineered and rated at carrying 200Kg. So I could put my R1200GS on the carrier and recreate the photo shown. However I would not drive around with the 1200 on the back, irrespective of whether it was withing the van's payload limit or not. I have taken a DRZ400, at around 160Kg, around Europe on the carrier but I think even that was too heavy. I did have the excitement of one of the towbar bolts breaking while doing about 60MPH in Spain, not something to repeat. I still use the carrier but keep the weight to about 120Kg, and have a Derbi Terra as the current van bike.
The Hydra Trail mentioned above uses 2 jockey style wheels to support the weight of the bike, so that only 20% of the weight is on the towbar. Not sure I'd want a 1200 on it though.
As for the weight of the bike impacting the van, well that's not my experience. I hardly notice whether I have the bike on the back or not, and with a 3.0l TDI engine have climbed passes in the Alps and Pyrenees and once did 100MPH on a German autobahn.
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