redchad
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Has anyone any expierience of carrying a bike either in an internal garage or by towing
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Has anyone any expierience of carrying a bike either in an internal garage
Has there been some changes in the MOT laws .
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My 500 Kawasaki on my easylifter.
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I've carried bikes and towed cars thousands of miles on various motorhomes.
Used easylifters and trailers and am currently carrying a 650 Kawasaki Versys in the garage of my Hymer. All systems work reasonably well but all have drawbacks.
Easylifter is good but you need a big motorhome to carry all that weight 3ft past the rear and the long term effect of the flexing must cause problems eventually.
Trailers are ok and possibly the cheapest option but a pain in the ass to reverse on a motorhome and have to be stored when on site, not always easy.
Carrying in the garage only works if you have a big enough motorhome to carry that much weight and a trip to a weighbridge fully loaded is a must and the floor really needs an adaptor for the bike to sit in.
Easylifter also have got a new piece of kit out the Hydratrail which is basically a trailer with swivel castor type wheels so reversing is no problem, but its very expensive. I actually have one but have never used it because I find carrying in the garage suits me best at the moment.
Lots of things to look at when carrying motorbikes or towing cars, what starts out as a simple issue quickly becomes very complicated.
Hope this helps:thumb:
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It also means if you are over 3500kgs then you will need a heavy goods driving licence, not just grandfathered rights. AFAIKI read once on a forum that carrying a bike inside is carriage of goods and screws up your insurance and MOT. Best check fully if you go that route.
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Any thing over 3500kgs in a motorhome can be classes as PHGV. Apparently carrying anything inside the motorhome that is not for the"internal and normal enjoyment of said motorhome" constitues carriage of goods so changing the designation from Private Heavy Goods to simply Heavy Goods Vehicle.Why ???
You only need a HGV if over 7500kgs.
Apparently carrying anything inside the motorhome that is not for the"internal and normal enjoyment of said motorhome" constitues carriage of goods so changing the designation from Private Heavy Goods to simply Heavy Goods Vehicle.
This has actually been discussed several times before, it also changes the class of MOT if goods are inside when tested, naturally that all then affects your insurance and we know how they like to squirm out of responsibility.
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private heavy goods can in fact be any size truck etc you want it to be. it would only pay phgv road tax if only carrying goods belonging to you . they must not be for hire rewaed or sales.
all m,homes carry goods, yours . all your clothes and belongings are goods or burden.
as to licencing . if you have a pre 97 licence then you can still drive a goods vehicle private or not up to 7,500kg .
if its not private then tacho regs come in along with tacho .cards if needed and soon driver cpc. these get exempt if running private. even towing a trailer that contains goods for sale etc could bring in tacho regs . operator licence regs . best just stay private . the rules are very easy to follow if you have difficulties contact vosa or give me a pm. i,m sure others on here would advise as well.
many that do use their camper to carry goods (for hire reward )and are over 3,500kg could pick up heavy fines and restrict their chances of operator licences in future .