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vilguy
Do'er of stuff and the like
one thing im not sure on is the legality of them. Sure you can put a lightboard on etc and the police dont seem to take any notice. But if you had a crash with a bike on the back im not sure where you would stand.
Its personal choice of course and the opposite party would be covered (i presume?) however if the weight was above the noseweight (having calculated what is would be with the increased distance etc) would that invalidate your insurance?
I had my cr500 on the back of my renault laguna a few years back on a dave cooper rack and it was terrifying. Lifted the front so much that in the wet you could barely steer at all. And thats a bike that weighs 95kg!
Its personal choice of course and the opposite party would be covered (i presume?) however if the weight was above the noseweight (having calculated what is would be with the increased distance etc) would that invalidate your insurance?
I had my cr500 on the back of my renault laguna a few years back on a dave cooper rack and it was terrifying. Lifted the front so much that in the wet you could barely steer at all. And thats a bike that weighs 95kg!
warrior
Well-Known Member
No nose weight.
Don't know about you but, I'm 5'7 and 10 1/2 stone, and don't think I could lift my rm250 up there let alone after a days riding,
Left side folds down for a ramp and a temporary bridge piece fits in the middle to roll it across.
warrior
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What's its proper name? Guessing its military
The bike's a KLR derived diesel, I think (but am probably wrong) it's a canvas top hummer and the rack I think is homemade but I can't remember who it was that built it.
The MOD did experiment with a similar thing to fit landys for the Armstrong/Harley MT350 using the jacking points in the rear crossmember to mount it, I have some pictures somewhere I'll see if I can find them.
Pretty sure I've seen them. Might be the aussies with their 6x6 lrrp though.
http://www.allisons.org/ll/4/LandRover/Perentie/LRPV01.jpg
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warrior
Well-Known Member
Did someone mention nose weight?
Doesn't look to bad that
Yeah, steering is over rated
DeanoD2TD5
Member
Happy I came across this post.
Heres my dilemma ....
I have a Disco 2 TD5 with air sus on the rear. My mx bike rack (similiar to dave cooper) is 2 wide which takes 2 x MX bikes top and tailed. I hope to mount a KTM 250 and KTM 450 (4 stroke) onto the rack however both bikes weigh around 120kgs each.
Can someone lay down the facts as im comcerned about nose weight legislation.
Heres my dilemma ....
I have a Disco 2 TD5 with air sus on the rear. My mx bike rack (similiar to dave cooper) is 2 wide which takes 2 x MX bikes top and tailed. I hope to mount a KTM 250 and KTM 450 (4 stroke) onto the rack however both bikes weigh around 120kgs each.
Can someone lay down the facts as im comcerned about nose weight legislation.
Coffeelandy
Well-Known Member
Daft question. How do you get the bike onto the rack?
eightinavee
Well-Known Member
They say the only daft questions are the ones you don't ask,but in this case....
DeanoD2TD5
Member
Some man-up pills should do the trick
Coffeelandy
Well-Known Member
Does it drop down or do you have man handle the blighter onto it????
