Trikes........ (1 Viewer)

[old-mo]

How many members tow a trike behind their M.Homes...

And what system do you use... ?

 

[Encantador]

Not towed it yet but have everything ready.

Mine is a Piaggio MP3, but only a `Trike`(as in can`t fall over), when it`s standing still. Quirk in the law, means you can ride it on a car license, which is ideal for me.

Steve

 

[Peter & Elaine]

Rewaco hs4

lift frame for front wheel but does not steer though head stock just articulates though tow ball and just drag it along no problem

should have it on for Newark weather permitting

and in bits in garage Yamaha XJ1100 midnight maxim with relient back axel

I will see if I can find some pics if I manage to home this weekend :thumb:

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[old-mo]

Hi Peter, I have an FX5, which I usually put in a "Pod" trailer..

But because my new to me RV is heavier than my last, I have a weight issue with the car and Trike in the trailer, hence my question...

Dont really want to drag it on the wheels but it`s the only way...

Be good to see some photo`s of your set up. Thanks.. :thumb:

 

[Encantador]

Forgot to say I have a RoRo trailer.

Looked at a few but chose the RoRo because it can be tipped on it`s side and it breaks down to 6 parts for winter storage.

You can also ride it on. had to have two extra channels added to the standard set-up.

Steve

 

[hilldweller]

But because my new to me RV is heavier than my last, I have a weight issue with the car and Trike in the trailer

Rearrange these words into a well know phrase or saying:

Bollock A There Dropped

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[old-mo]

Rearrange these words into a well know phrase or saying:

Bollock A There Dropped

"No"........... we knew we would be close to the mark on weight...

But it is do-able even with a trailer for the trike.... just...

 

[knokinonabit]

This could spark an "A" frame type debate about brakes working, towing with a recovery type "ambulance" etc. :hardhat:

 

[old-mo]

This could spark an "A" frame type debate about brakes working, towing with a recovery type "ambulance" etc. :hardhat:

Wont, will it... ?

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[bigfoot]

Billy Connelly had one behind a Land Rover,on one of his docs. It held the front wheel,I think it was made by a Bristol firm,I don't know who.

 

[Peter & Elaine]

weight under 500 kg less than 50% weight of van no brakes not needed
bar sticky one home brew no ce markings or type approval (dam got me )

 

[hilldweller]

"No"........... we knew we would be close to the mark on weight...

But it is do-able even with a trailer for the trike.... just...

That trailer of yours is magnificent but getting under half the weight surely can't be hard. Much better than giving the trike a hard time towing on the road I would have thought.

Or....................

Or you nip out and get a bigger RV with a proper garage, you know it makes sense. And so coooooooooowelllll when you turn up on site and out pops the transport. We saw a euro MH in Rome with little FIAT in the back. Were we jealous, of course not..............



MUCH :Angry:

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[old-mo]

Tis a fine trailer Brian...... But way to heavy, comes out at an all up of 2,600 KG.... Off the top of my head, you can put a car of around 1.6 tons in it...

Iv`e got about 800 KG to play with... I can get a trailer built from a firm in Barnstable... Which brings me just on my limit,,, but its getting it built and the time factor at the moment...:Sad:

My "Pod" would look nice on the back of your M/Home.... :thumb:

 

[hilldweller]

My "Pod" would look nice on the back of your M/Home.... :thumb:

My MH would fit in your pod !

 

[Peter & Elaine]

This could spark an "A" frame type debate about brakes working, towing with a recovery type "ambulance" etc. :hardhat:

O I do hope so I love a good laugh
Wait till you see pics of what I use should bring out all the critics

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[Brian and Jo]

Trike

How many members tow a trike behind their M.Homes...

And what system do you use... ?

Hi Mo as you know i have a harley trike and for me the only way to transport it is on a box trailerfor me it would get to knocked about being towed,with all the rain and dirt and debris being thrown up from the towing vechicle.you know Mo that trikes are not cheap and they need to be looked after so for me it definately a covered trailer:thumb:
brian

 

[Peter & Elaine]

this should raise a laugh
Yamaha XJ 1100 trike and Comanche brisa trailer tent
Elaine and I did miles with this outfit festivals gigs and holidays all over uk
trailer weighs more than trike and no brakes never had a problem
if plod had pulled us I would have got locked up but hi ho who cares we have some fond memory's and made some good friends
trike is still in garage and who know I might just put it back on road
bloody things too fast I bottled out at 120

and down Avon park drag strip in 12 seconds mind you I was drunk I think It would do 10.5 sober but never had bottle to try

• no brakes no ce over weight over length over width over everything
• tested legal though with VOSA inspection

and yes I did build my self when I get home I will put some more of my daft ideas on

 

[SuperMike]

Brian is right VeryOldMoMan. When I "A" framed our little car and the weather was bad, it would get into a very serious state. So much so, that you could not see out of the windscreen for the muck, which had loads of tiny stones stuck to it, so no using the wash/wiper. Once, No.2 son had to guide me to a hose pipe as the only way was to drive it slowly, I might add, with my head stuck out of a side window.

Imagine that all over your beautiful trike. :shout:

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[Peter & Elaine]

Brian is right VeryOldMoMan. When I "A" framed our little car and the weather was bad, it would get into a very serious state. So much so, that you could not see out of the windscreen for the muck, which had loads of tiny stones stuck to it, so no using the wash/wiper. Once, No.2 son had to guide me to a hose pipe as the only was to drive it slowly, I might add, with my head stuck out of a side window.

Imagine that all over your beautiful trike. :shout:

You should have seen Elaine when I got it all bogged down at rock and blues fest she was covered from head to toe in mud she never stopped laughing and that was getting in to event
rained for 3 full days and we never sobered up for 4 Days
3 days at home to clean it all off
But life's what you make of we had a ball do it again

 

[g8ysn]

g8ysn

:thumb:to stop any crap on you following vehicle do as i have and fit a long mudflap across the rear also get reliefe on council tax foe cleaning the roads
/////////QUOTE=PeterTame;738021]You should have seen Elaine when I got it all bogged down at rock and blues fest she was covered from head to toe in mud she never stopped laughing and that was getting in to event
rained for 3 full days and we never sobered up for 4 Days
3 days at home to clean it all off
But life's what you make of we had a ball do it again[/QUOTE]

 

[petrol tin glyn]

anybody put a piaggio mp3 trike in the garage of a auto-trail chieftan tag axle?????:thumb::thumb:

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[Wildman]

The law is very simple irrespective of weight if wheels that touch the road have brakes fitted they must work. An ambulance is only legal for use by licenced recovery services and at very low speeds.

 

[hilldweller]

this should raise a laugh

BIG grin !

Brilliant.

Though I have to say I'm not a trike fan, leaning and lane splitting is what biking is about. I've never been on/in one so that doesn't help.

I had one go on a sidecar outfit, my uncle had a garage, "will you deliver this". So when I pulled it out of the hedge, undamaged, I started to take it seriously. I did drive right through Manchester and got it there intact even if it had a few extra leaves. And when he took it in PX it actually had a caravan in tow. Luckily the little caravan had been sold or I'd really have been in trouble. It was a 650 bonnie. I thought amazingly fast at the time.

 

[Peter & Elaine]

BIG grin !

Brilliant.

Though I have to say I'm not a trike fan, leaning and lane splitting is what biking is about. I've never been on/in one so that doesn't help.

I had one go on a sidecar outfit, my uncle had a garage, "will you deliver this". So when I pulled it out of the hedge, undamaged, I started to take it seriously. I did drive right through Manchester and got it there intact even if it had a few extra leaves. And when he took it in PX it actually had a caravan in tow. Luckily the little caravan had been sold or I'd really have been in trouble. It was a 650 bonnie. I thought amazingly fast at the time.

first bike BSA C15 fell of it once a week new big ends once a fortnight
happy days
got rid of my last bike last year to make up money to buy van
triumph adventurer 900 triple:thumb:
got to talk Elaine into getting another but she wont go on back no more hence trike now I can get her of front (bugger)oh:

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[Nigel67]

We used to tow this. I made the detachable frame that meant i could tow it like a trailer.