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Beanbiken
Posted on Tuesday, August 01, 2006 - 07:48 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Hi All I need to drop my bike off at the shop and wanted to bring my bicycle along so i could ride home and come back and pick it up the next day. Has anyone hauled a bicycle on there motorcycle before? If so can you tell me how to do it?
Thanks abunch
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Curtyd
Posted on Tuesday, August 01, 2006 - 08:11 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

By taking the bus home or a small cargo trailer, not really worth the effort for one trip. IMO.
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Mikej
Posted on Tuesday, August 01, 2006 - 09:18 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I used to have a link to a guy's website out in Oregon I think that raced bicycles and also rode a sportbike. He mounted a bicycle rack to his passenger peg on one side, just the rail and forkmount, and attached the rear of the rail to the rear of his sportbike. On the other side of the motorcycle he attached a fork for holding the front bicycle wheel. I think he was trying to sell the setup and start a business building them. Looked like it worked fairly well, but probably not something you'd want to rig up just for one trip.

I suppose you could just throw the bicycle over your shoulder like some do when carrying new motorcycle tires home, or if you have a Ventura rack then just strap the bicycle somehow to the taller Ventura rack without the Ventura bag. It just depends on how creative you want to get.

Sure wish I still had the pics of that guy's sportbike bicycle rack setup though, I'm still thinking of rigging up something like that someday.

Anyway, gotta run and hide from the net police here, hope this helps in some way,
bye.
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Mikej
Posted on Tuesday, August 01, 2006 - 09:23 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Found it again:
http://hometown.aol.com/mschue5938/mschuette.html



And if you get real adventurous:
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Diablobrian
Posted on Tuesday, August 01, 2006 - 09:32 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Am I too late to say "the same way you get to Carnegie Hall"?




answer: practice, practice, practice!



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Diablobrian
Posted on Tuesday, August 01, 2006 - 09:34 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

the KLR above would probably get scary in a crosswind with the kayak mounted.

Could you imagine crossing a bridge, or passing/being passed by a semi?
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Hans
Posted on Tuesday, August 01, 2006 - 10:48 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

"I suppose you could just throw the bicycle over your shoulder like some do when carrying new motorcycle tires home "

Indeed: It can be done.
That is the way I got my first new bike delivered by the shopkeeper. If I remember well, only the steering bar was turned over 90 degrees, but no other wrenching.
However: I am not too sure about the wrenching: It was more than half a century ago.
Hans
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Kdan
Posted on Tuesday, August 01, 2006 - 11:51 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Wow...And I've been using my car this whole time!





It's a 17ft boat though, would I have issues in the twisties?
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Tramp
Posted on Tuesday, August 01, 2006 - 12:21 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

It's a cinch, I've done it on my S2 many times.
Pack frame, (goes on you, not on your machine) - strap bicycle (f. wheel removed) to it, ride on.
NEXT......
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Buellfighter
Posted on Tuesday, August 01, 2006 - 01:58 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I'm glad you said it first Tramp and not me. I have an old pack frame that I cut shorter and bungee cord the frame of the bike to the pack and then bungee cord the wheels on, then off to my favorite trail about 25 min. away. As awkward as it may look, it only weighs 24 lbs.
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Tramp
Posted on Tuesday, August 01, 2006 - 03:01 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

yep- I used to have to jump, swim and then hike with packs twice as heavy.....

I actually use rucksacks instead of saddlebags, anyway. less wind and lane profile (by far), and they collapse as your load diminishes, unlike saddlebags.
They also keep your stuff with you should you have to make a run for it on foot....
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Beanbiken
Posted on Wednesday, August 02, 2006 - 07:50 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Wow that is freakin great!!! I'll post some pics after i have tryed to make one of these things. Im a bicycle commuter at heart but sadly I had to be to work without being sweaty and spandexed out. So i jumped into buying a motorcycle and i love it especialy the part where i dont have to pay insurance. Thanks a bunch.
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Tramp
Posted on Wednesday, August 02, 2006 - 10:34 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

One of the biggest mistakes I see motorcyclists making is that they
treat their motorcycle like a car:
ie they lash items and luggage to it, as opposed to themselves. this screws up handling, profile, etc. severely.

remember: a motorcycle is a mchine which integrates with the rider, unlike a car.
think about how to shoulder your load, as opposed to lashing it to your motorcycle.

if that's your process, maybe a volvo cross-country s the ticket for you.

think outside the box....or the cage.

you're a motorcyclist.
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Sparky
Posted on Wednesday, August 02, 2006 - 12:04 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I made something like that mschuette rack for hauling camping gear on my S1 some time ago out of 1/2" elec conduit & a Goldwing luggage rack. It attaches to the foot pegs too. I'd post a pic but you guys would probably not stop laughing.

So, if one can devise a rack & carry 25 lbs of gear on an S1, anything is possible.
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Cereal
Posted on Wednesday, August 02, 2006 - 05:09 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

You can one of these bikes



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Kenb
Posted on Thursday, August 03, 2006 - 07:53 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

now the lightbulb goes on, i always take the cage when i go to play hockey. now i have some ideas on how to get my gear there.
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