Mak's E36 Motorcycle Caddy

[makenzie71]

YAY! I FINNISHED A PROJECT!!

Anyway...

http://www.photoartclub.net/hitch/hitch1.jpg

http://www.photoartclub.net/hitch/hitch2.jpg

http://www.photoartclub.net/hitch/hitch3.jpg

http://www.photoartclub.net/hitch/hitch4.jpg

http://www.photoartclub.net/hitch/hitch5.jpg

http://www.photoartclub.net/hitch/hitch6.jpg

Gave her a good coating of bed-liner and added a bar to make securing the bike a bit more...umm...secure. It towed awesome earlier but now the bike will have no wobble to it...I just how my spare tire well doesn't tear...I doubt it will, really.

Anyway, that's it.

[Feuerräder]

wow...it's certainly inventive

[makenzie71]

Inventive? Not really...I copied Da'Lan's design...which is nothing special. this is about as inventive as using cards to play poker.

[Feuerräder]

ok, you win. I still like it though

[raceboy614]

do you have a hitch, or what's it connected to? looks good

[makenzie71]

Thanks. I like it. It's a bit stronger than I would have thought, too. I did a couple donuts in some gravel earlier with my TL on it without it denting or warping anything...nearly slung the bike off, though, which is why I added that cross bar. Needed better securing. The next one I make, though, won't need that bar as I'll make the cradle go up higher.

I'll be selling them, as well.

[makenzie71]

do you have a hitch, or what's it connected to? looks good

Nope it's all one piece...the mounting is modeled after the Da'Lan reciever.

[Landerholm]

Lol thats kind of cool

[sendittoryan]

Nope it's all one piece...the mounting is modeled after the Da'Lan reciever.

It's all one piece, meaning it's welded to the chassis?? :confused

[makenzie71]

It's all one piece, meaning it's welded to the chassis?? :confused

oh come on...if you're having a hard time grasping this even after looking at the pictures then there's nothing I can do for you.

[sendittoryan]

As much as I would like to play a guessing game, I think a straightforward answer would have done just fine in the first place.

It looks like you have a horizontal plate and a vertical plate, but I have no idea where you would bolt those to since the spare tire well is right there from my knowledge.

[makenzie71]

A straight foward answer? It was a stupid question.

The hitch bolts to the spare tire well. That's the only thing to bolt anything to and how all the aftermarket hitches mount. Look up info on the Da'Lan hitch.

[makenzie71]

Just put 350 miles on the bimmer with a TLR behind her...the majoraty of which was through some pretty snazzy mountain roads. We went up to see Bishop's Castle (look it up) and Kalee's grandmother's old house and some other stuff. Also survived an interesting encounter with a railroad crossing...popped the ass end of the bike quite a bit up. Held up and worked AWESOME!

I'm going to start selling these for $155 a piece shipped.

[luckytopher]

pics don't work here

[NASAg03]

pics = broken

[makenzie71]

work now the site was offline for a while earlier...don't know why

[Cwaters]

I see what your goal was, and I see that you've made a widget that meets your goal, but I don't get why you wouldn't make it a receiver style so you can easially install/remove the widget. Good work though.

[makenzie71]

it's a ride height issue. The caddy removes in about 10 minutes so it's not a tremendous hassle to put on and remove as fits the need.

[Tyrmeltr]

You do know that towing the bike on the rear wheel in neutral is not good for the tranny right? It is possible to mess up the bearings, and I've seen it happen with my own two eyes. They are not designed to spin in neutral while the bike is not running, and the oil pump is not operating.

Of course, if you just remove the chain when you are towing this will eliminate the risk of transmission damage. If you don't use a riveted chain, then that would make it very easy to do.

[Doug001]

A straight foward answer? It was a stupid question.
I had the same question...

The hitch bolts to the spare tire well. That's the only thing to bolt anything to and how all the aftermarket hitches mount.
Why the f**k didn't you just say that to begin with, man? A straight forward answer without an insult... what a concept. :rolleyes

[UltimateDrivr]

hmmmmmm.....is that even legal?

[makenzie71]

Of course, if you just remove the chain when you are towing this will eliminate the risk of transmission damage. If you don't use a riveted chain, then that would make it very easy to do.

It is hard to see, but in one of the pics you can see the chain is removed. It was thought of, thanks for the heads up!:buttrock


Why the f**k didn't you just say that to begin with, man? A straight forward answer without an insult... what a concept. :rolleyes

Try looking at the pictures. Just look at the damn pictures. If you're not satisfied with my answers, do some fucking research. If you can't manage that, try wording your inquiries politely instead of with condesention.


hmmmmmm.....is that even legal?

I can not speak for every state, but in all that I travel in it is, in fact, legal. It's considered a tow-dolly and is not subject to any regulations. This makes such items somewhat dangerous in teh wrong hands as many people try to build them with inferior and lighter materials. Mine is constructed entirely of heavy 2" box, 1/4X3" strap, 3/4" rolled bar, a 36" piece of 14g 1X2 box, 3/8" bolts and 500lb chain links.

(500lb chain links = links capable of supporting 500lbs. They do not, in fact, weigh 500lbs a piece.)