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I will take pity on you as I thought you would have had some response by now. Having watched the video, I was a little concerned to see the bike leaning past vertical when cornering, which I assume [rightly or wrongly] would put some stress through the wheel and forks. Having said that, am I right in thinking that there are two ways of mounting the wheel. The one in the video shows the wheel drop into the single frame but in one of the web page pictures, it shows a bottom frame and a front one at 90 degrees which presumably gives better support.
Would there be any problems with it flopping to the side as you go along? Extra wear on the rear wheel of the bike and punctures.
In the video, why does the chap get the tin of paint out and what does he use it for?
As a biker looking at all the various solutions out there at the moment, my personal opinions would be;
The front wheel is dropping into the frame with lateral forces cornering you are relying on the sidewall to protect the rim from the frame.
Same with the strapping onto the rear of the front rim to the frame, it depends how you value the finish of your front rim.
Compressing the front forks with strapping is ok, but then adding cornering forces on the headstock as the car or MH 'bike/trailer' corners will induce wear just as if it's being ridden but at a funny angle, as if it's pulling a wheelie. Whether this is good... dunno??
Back tyres on bikes get squared off pretty quickly, sometimes in 2-3000miles, towing it like this wont help if you do some distance. You'll not be replacing the front one as often
You could also get chain & sprocket wear and possibly suffer with seals on the gearbox output shaft going dependent on the distance you tow it.
I think a lot depends on distances towed, and the bike you tow. Would I use one for touring...erm no. Would I use one for recovery purposes or moving an off roader short distances....possibly.
Looked on ebay at this trailer thing again and there seems to be lot more pictures of those using it. Is there anyone on this site who has experience of it?
I agree with mickeyblueyes. I would only use this in an emergency. I run fairly soft (sticky) tyres on my bike and the rear would be squared off very quickly.
I would also worry about possible damage to the front rim and stress to the chain.
Apart from anything else there's no way I could haul the bike on and off.
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