The Bikeshite Thread

[robt100]

2 hours ago, castros_bro said:

Well that's interesting.  Except it doesn't say which licence category is needed.

Gov.UK

Towing with a motorbike

You can use motorbikes with an engine size of 125cc or more to tow small trailers.

Your motorbike has to be clearly and permanently marked with its ‘kerbside weight’.

Kerbside weight is the weight of the vehicle without passengers or any load but with a full tank of fuel and filled up with the necessary oils, water and fluids.

The trailer must be no more than 1 metre wide and must be clearly and permanently marked with its unladen weight.

When the trailer is loaded it must weigh no more than 150 kilograms or 2/3 of the kerbside weight of the motorbike - whichever is lighter.

When hitched, the distance between the end of the trailer and the rear axle of the motorbike must be no more than 2.5 metres.

Seeing this reminded me of when SWMBO took her bike theory earlier this year.... first question was 'what is the maximum width allowed for a motorcycle trailer'.......not one she had come across in the highway code!

[New POD]

9 hours ago, castros_bro said:

Well that's interesting.  Except it doesn't say which licence category is needed.

Gov.UK

Towing with a motorbike

You can use motorbikes with an engine size of 125cc or more to tow small trailers.

Your motorbike has to be clearly and permanently marked with its ‘kerbside weight’.

Kerbside weight is the weight of the vehicle without passengers or any load but with a full tank of fuel and filled up with the necessary oils, water and fluids.

The trailer must be no more than 1 metre wide and must be clearly and permanently marked with its unladen weight.

When the trailer is loaded it must weigh no more than 150 kilograms or 2/3 of the kerbside weight of the motorbike - whichever is lighter.

When hitched, the distance between the end of the trailer and the rear axle of the motorbike must be no more than 2.5 metres.

For my A level Design project, I designed and built a one wheel motorcycle trailer, which leant over with the motorcycle. 

Unfortunately I had to test it behind a car, because at the time I'd sold my motorbike to fund a car. Doh. I got a grade D. 

It did work. The hinge arrangement that kept it standing up was very clever.  The rest of it was shit.  Unfortunately I have no pictures, no video, nothing but memories. 

[castros_bro]

Jawa did one

 I've recently bought a Mofa Anhänger Kupplung from German moped shop as remember Swiss postal service using mopeds with trailers and was going to try pulling a small canoe trailer behind mine. But 125cc lower limit is a problem. 

 

[Stinkwheel]

I wasn’t towing anything but had a bit of a noodle about in the hills, lovely day.

[Hawkeyethenoo]

Norton Commando 961 Sport Vlog. 

 

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