Dirtbikes

Can you put one on the back of a car like a pushbike?

yes..............


but you need a rack that fits to a towbar, ?50

Originally Posted by hovis

yes..............


but you need a rack that fits to a towbar, ?50

as so

http://www.autowbars.co.uk/motorcyclerack.htm

you could even make one yourself..if u can weld

Awesome cheers So total costs of a towbar plus rack? Presumably it would need to be a trials bike too?

[Luckypants]

You need to check the 'nose weight' that your towbar can take. Remember they are designed for pulling not carrying. Tow hitches are designed for a nose weight of around 50KG so that is the weight many towbars are designed to. Last thing you want is to rip the tow bar off it's mountings.

BTW nose weight is the downward force exerted by the tow hitch on the tow ball / bar. Trailers should be balanced so that they put about 50KG on the tow ball, to help hold them on but not overload the hitch / bar / rear suspension....


HTH

[Luckypants]

Originally Posted by rubberduckofdeath

I don't want to hi-jack, but how much does it tend to cost to have a tow bar fitted to a car? I've got a mk3 Golf which I'd like to fit one too. Maybe.

Most are bolted on to pre-existing holes in the chassis. Took me about an hour to fit one to my ex's car, one of those hidden jobbies. Not hard at all. A lot of cars these days also have a plug in wiring loom so no need to butcher the electrics. One word of warning on the electrics..... if the car has a bulb failure warning circuit, trying to wire in direct to the loom can really screw it up. If you have one of these systems and no pre-wired plug to plug the electrics into, get an auto electrician to do it.

50kg seems really really light even a fourstroke 250 motorcross bike is hitting 115kg!

Originally Posted by rubberduckofdeath

I don't want to hi-jack, but how much does it tend to cost to have a tow bar fitted to a car? I've got a mk3 Golf which I'd like to fit one too. Maybe.

Cost me £150 (bar/single electrics/fitting) to be done by Halfords, but that was about 7 years ago.

[Luckypants]

Originally Posted by gettin2dizzy

50kg seems really really light even a fourstroke 250 motorcross bike is hitting 115kg!

errr exactly. That's why I suggested you check your car's rating and that of the towbar fitted.

I too need to source a towbar, I'll let you know what I am quoted when I get around to it. Any pics of the DRZ, Lee?