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| rustyboxx Member Since: 08 Oct 2012 Location: Poole Posts: 548   
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I've been looking for a solution to occasionally transport my Suzuki Bandit behind my 90 and have seen a dolly on Fleabay.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/ulk/itm/151981830595 It seems reasonably priced and I like that it's easily fitted and removed and attaches to the tow ball rather than having a 2" receiver type towbar. Having just fitted a conventional NAS step and tow ball I don't really want the faff of changing it. So, the question is, does anyone have experience of using this type of dolly and do motorcycles tow well with it? Cheers Russ 2015 90 XS CSW TDCi - Beautiful 2007 110 XS DCPU - An itch that needed scratching 2005 90 Td5 XS CSW - Utterly brilliant 2001 Discovery 2 ES Auto - A phase I went through 1996 90 Tdi CSW - Uber reliable 1989 90 2.5 Petrol Hardtop - My first proper Landy 1985 Range Rover Vogue V8 -Troublesome |
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24th Feb 2016 1:30pm |
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| ken Member Since: 18 Aug 2009 Location: Banging Birds with my bitches !! Posts: 4328
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Try Abbastands old school company proper engineering
Sorry meant Bumpstop  |
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24th Feb 2016 2:13pm |
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| salesman Member Since: 01 Sep 2014 Location: The Yorkshire Dales God's Country Posts: 72 
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firstly, after being in the bike trade for 38+ years I would say don't do it, use a trailer
safer, easier to control, and your bike gets there in the same condition as it set off in. if you insist on using a dolly first find out if your bike as a lift pump in the sump this tells you it relies on the engine running to lube the gearbox. towing the bike with the rear wheel on the floor will also spin the idle gears in the box, which wont be getting the correct lube. so I would advise if you insist on a dolly, removing the chain before you towing to stop this also you may find uneven wear to your rear tire, which, depending how far you tow, could result in affecting the handling of you bike. hope that helps barry |
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24th Feb 2016 2:59pm |
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| McGeordie Member Since: 20 Feb 2012 Location: Central Scotland Posts: 220 
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A bit off at a tangent, but my mate uses one of these for his racebike, its very effective,and its beneficial if you are picking a bike up or dropping off...when you don't need it, you dismantle and drive normally.
http://motolug.com/ Sold Def 90 HT 2010...Stornaway..(SOLD in Oct 2014) Current: delivered October 2014:- 110 USW XS.....Montalcino Red |
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24th Feb 2016 3:05pm |
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| CarMan Member Since: 29 Nov 2010 Location: Cotswolds Posts: 1893
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I bought a MotoLug a couple of years ago - seems to me like a nice bit of kit but haven't used it yet
 Rob
1993 200tdi 90 hard-top 1998 300tdi 90 soft-top |
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24th Feb 2016 3:28pm |
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| rustyboxx Member Since: 08 Oct 2012 Location: Poole Posts: 548
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Ideally a trailer would be great but storing it is an issue. Realistically, I wouldn't be towing the bike that many miles but it's handy to drag it along if I have to leave the 90 anywhere and need alternative transport to get around. 2015 90 XS CSW TDCi - Beautiful
2007 110 XS DCPU - An itch that needed scratching 2005 90 Td5 XS CSW - Utterly brilliant 2001 Discovery 2 ES Auto - A phase I went through 1996 90 Tdi CSW - Uber reliable 1989 90 2.5 Petrol Hardtop - My first proper Landy 1985 Range Rover Vogue V8 -Troublesome |
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24th Feb 2016 5:21pm |
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| DonH2000 Member Since: 12 Jan 2015 Location: North Kent Posts: 551 
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Don't do it! Get a trailer. I bought mine from Dave Cooper in Kent.
http://www.davecooper.co.uk/trailers/trailers-for-bikes Top man and top product. Cheers Don. |
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24th Feb 2016 6:03pm |
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| ken Member Since: 18 Aug 2009 Location: Banging Birds with my bitches !! Posts: 4328
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I use an Ifor GD85 with a BumpStop
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24th Feb 2016 6:49pm |
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| CarMan Member Since: 29 Nov 2010 Location: Cotswolds Posts: 1893
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No shares in anybody here but Russ says he's short of space and the MotoLug comes to bits without a spanner from memory and fits in the boot so they say and takes up relatively little space in the garage for sure.
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24th Feb 2016 6:56pm |
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| ken Member Since: 18 Aug 2009 Location: Banging Birds with my bitches !! Posts: 4328
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does look fine for occasional use
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24th Feb 2016 6:59pm |
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| jimbob7 Member Since: 06 Jul 2013 Location: uk Posts: 2055 |
As said, gonna square the tyre off and risk of gearbox damage.
Proper trailer,ftw: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SINGLE-MOTORBIKE...SwPc9Wyzke Pov.spec,ftw. 2006, 110,TD5. |
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25th Feb 2016 12:15pm |
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| Supacat Member Since: 16 Oct 2012 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 11018 
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Another way of doing it:
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25th Feb 2016 5:02pm |
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| Happyoldgit Member Since: 14 Sep 2007 Location: Norfolk Posts: 3471 
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The bottle jack placement in the first photo is pure class. Steve.
Owned numerous Land Rover vehicles of all shapes and sizes over the decades. Current Defender: A non tarts hand-bagged Puma 110 XS USW. [Insert something impressive here such as extensive list of previous Land Rovers or examples of your prestigeous and expensive items, trinkets, houses, bikes, vehicles etc] http://forums.lr4x4.com I used to be Miserable ...but now I'm ecstatic. |
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25th Feb 2016 5:06pm |
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| flydive Member Since: 27 Aug 2015 Location: Lugano Posts: 290  
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No way I could carry my bike like that
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25th Feb 2016 7:22pm |
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