Carrying a motorbike

[1Pearman]

I regularly carry a motorbike on the back of my Cali and I use a Dave Cooper Van rack
http://www.davecooper.co.uk/bike-racks/motorcycle-racks
I have a factory fit removable tow bar for which I bought a conversion piece for to effectively turn a swan neck into a regular tow bar.

The rack is really light and the bike I most often use is 85kg. However one of my other bikes is around 120kg and this set up functions well. I seriously cannot tell the bike is on there.

@Gavinskii can you give me any information on what this conversion piece is please. I’ve got the factory fit removable swan neck and want to fit a Dave cooper rack to carry my pitbike to races rather then lug the trailer around.
Cheers

 

[Gavinskii]

This is what you need

The Original (best) Swan to Flange converter from Bak-Rak

The swan to flange converter clamps onto the standard swan-neck tow-ball and gives two large bolt holes on a flange that matches the older format towball

bak-rak.com

 

[Gavinskii]

 

[Dell]

This is what I bought some time back it is a Bak-Rak converter goes on the towball and flange onto a Dave Cooper bike carrier never had a problem and as bike is electric took battery off to reduce weight and carry the battery inside.

 

[sidepod]

Oooooh!! I’ll bet that’s a bit flexy?

 

[Dell]

Oooooh!! I’ll bet that’s a bit flexy?

Actually once strapped on with two ratchet straps it is pretty steady, the electric bike without the battery weight is 74 kilos like 25 kilos so just to be on the safe side I carried it in the van.