Need to know is there any problem with towing a Gold Wing Trike with the rear wheels on the ground and front on a towing device which swivels.
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Towing a Gold Wing Trike
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I don't think this is a good idea...as I see it there wouldn't any trouble with the rear end of the trike...but the drive-shaft turning in an engine/transmission that isn't running without any oil pressure, could be trouble...
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I don't much like the idea BUT there is a site that sells a front wheel towing system for trikes and has a lot of answers to questions regarding doing this:
http://www.motorcycle-rack.com/MFWT.html#Limitations
Above the limitations write up is a picture and price for the trike carrier. Again, I know nothing about this and would call my trike conversion company and talk with them about it. I am not recommending this set up but just passing along some info.
http://www.motorcycle-rack.com/MFWT.html#Limitations
Above the limitations write up is a picture and price for the trike carrier. Again, I know nothing about this and would call my trike conversion company and talk with them about it. I am not recommending this set up but just passing along some info.
On top of the no engine/transmission lubricants issue (even if you safely disconnected and secured the drive shaft) there is the undue stress on the front suspension. It is not designed to do what you would be demanding of it!!
Places that market the devices used to carry the front wheel are not responsible for you using due caution.
My my suggestion would be to buy or rent a trailer to haul your trike. U-Haul has one that works very well.... :xszpv::xszpv:
Hope that helps.
Trailer time unless you have deep pockets for some repair work when you get where your going.... as stated 1. No lubricant circulating in the tranny / engine with drive shaft installed & possible jumping into gear on a bump - 2. Excess weight on the raked triple trees and undue stress on the front forks - 3. Wrong axle angle to allow the correct depth of fluid to over fill axle yokes to high levels and leak and run the ring gear with the pinon gear at a low fluid angle. 4. Removal of the driveshaft would need caps installed to prevent all Tranny fluid from draining. The Goldwing was not meant to be towed in any configuration. Sorry many have been cooked doing this.
Back in the 80's while stationed at Fort Bliss, TX one of the guys in my unit had his Dad bring his bike down from IA. He used one of those systems as it was "cheaper" than renting a U-Haul trailer.
Sure did end up costing allot more to repair the bike in the end.....
Why not?
Assuming that you are talking about a car dolly type of carrier.
If you really have to do it this way, why not load the rear wheels onto the car hauler and let the front freewheel?
i.e. haul it backwards.
Assuming that you are talking about a car dolly type of carrier.
If you really have to do it this way, why not load the rear wheels onto the car hauler and let the front freewheel?
i.e. haul it backwards.
Then your supporting all the weight on the front end..... along with over working the front-end and possibly hitting something the tow vehicle missed..
If you disconnect the drive shaft, it is my opinion that the only rotating elements are the cv joints (axles), the ring gear, pinion, bearings and differential gears. The towing angle will move the center of gravity aft but the load on the rear wheels should be less than when you carry two up. The gears in the rear end are normally lubricated by the activity of the ring and pinion throwing oil around the interior of the differential housing, no pressure lube is used here normally. Use tiedowns to preload the front suspension some to minimize activity.
My 2 cents worth.
My 2 cents worth.
Good point, a pot hole could really damage the forks..
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Thanks for your comments
We found out that the trike builder in Pasco Wa. will bring it to us for $300. No problem there.
We found out that the trike builder in Pasco Wa. will bring it to us for $300. No problem there.
I'd never do it for all the foreseen and unforeseen issues that some of these gentlemen have brought up here. Not worth the chance IMHO.
Looks like the guy that took that picture did a great job ThumbUp:clapping:
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As could an "alligator" laying across the road, or small rock, piece of wood, .... etc .... items you'd normally straddle but which a low Trike with the rear angled downwards while the front wheel was up couldn't straddle.
That's not to mention the stress pulling the forks away from the trike when the trike rear wheels find that pot hole or alligator, etc.
You could just buy my trike trailer posted in the classified. Problem solved
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