Kyle's right...that's a FAR better way to go. You don't have NEARLY the weight on your hitch. Here's a pic of a light-weight motorcycle trailer
*Paul LeBoutillier * *www.hondanighthawks.net <http://www.hondanighthawks.net/>* Honda Nighthawk Lovers Email group <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/nighthawk_lovers> On Fri, Apr 17, 2015 at 9:53 AM, Kyle Munz <[email protected]> wrote: > Would be better to get a cheap trailer from harbor freight or somewhere to > roll the bike up onto. I've seen some of the hitch jobs that just accept > the front wheel and straps to the handlebars but that leaves the rear wheel > dragging along behind you. That'd probably be ok for short trips but > nothing long as it's spinning the drive train along with it, and using up > the tread on the tire, etc. > > > -Kyle > > On Fri, Apr 17, 2015 at 10:23 AM, Paul <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Well, the dry weight of a 450 is just under 400 pounds, so your next >> step is finding out what the weight restrictions of your hitch are. >> >> >> *Paul LeBoutillier * >> *www.hondanighthawks.net <http://www.hondanighthawks.net/>* >> Honda Nighthawk Lovers Email group >> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/nighthawk_lovers> >> >> On Fri, Apr 17, 2015 at 9:17 AM, Melissa Hickson < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I was wondering whether a CB450 would be too heavy for those nifty >>> little hitch-mounted bike racks. I'm looking at getting a truck with a >>> camper top, which would make it impossible to bring the bike in the truck >>> bed, but would prefer to bring the bike along without hauling a trailer >>> too. Has anyone used the hitch mounted racks? Any thoughts? >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
