Comments on: Whatta I Do? I Can’t Find a Hitch For My Bike! http://www.motorcycletrailerstore.com/trailer-guide/2009/08/whatta-i-do-i-cant-find-a-hitch-for-my-bike/ Information about motorcycle pull trailers and campers Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:25:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Dale Coyner http://www.motorcycletrailerstore.com/trailer-guide/2009/08/whatta-i-do-i-cant-find-a-hitch-for-my-bike/comment-page-1/#comment-1213 Dale Coyner Tue, 24 Aug 2010 14:50:43 +0000 http://www.motorcycletrailerstore.com/trailer-guide/?p=46#comment-1213 Yes, absolutely. On sportbikes, you would typically attach to the point where the exhaust mounts meet the frame, or you would go to the passenger footpegs. This covers the lateral forces. Then you would typically go under the seat to a couple of frame-mounted bolts and attach from there to the back of the hitch to give it support for the tongue weight of the trailer. It's unusual to see a hitch on a bike that size because most trailers are just too big for a 500. That's why you won't easily find a hitch for it. However, if you pull an open trailer and carry nothing but a bike or a kayak, I could see that working for you. As it happens, there is a hitch for your bike listed with Classic Industries in Australia -- www.classicind.com.au Yes, absolutely. On sportbikes, you would typically attach to the point where the exhaust mounts meet the frame, or you would go to the passenger footpegs. This covers the lateral forces. Then you would typically go under the seat to a couple of frame-mounted bolts and attach from there to the back of the hitch to give it support for the tongue weight of the trailer.

It’s unusual to see a hitch on a bike that size because most trailers are just too big for a 500. That’s why you won’t easily find a hitch for it. However, if you pull an open trailer and carry nothing but a bike or a kayak, I could see that working for you.

As it happens, there is a hitch for your bike listed with Classic Industries in Australia — http://www.classicind.com.au

]]> By: Sam http://www.motorcycletrailerstore.com/trailer-guide/2009/08/whatta-i-do-i-cant-find-a-hitch-for-my-bike/comment-page-1/#comment-1212 Sam Tue, 24 Aug 2010 14:39:24 +0000 http://www.motorcycletrailerstore.com/trailer-guide/?p=46#comment-1212 So am I correct to imply from this article that a trailer hitch CAN be made for a sport bike? I have a 1996 Suzuki GS500 & I haven't been able to find so much as a picture of a sport/standard bike with a trailer hitch online. I need something to pull my kayak/mountain bikes around with, but I don't want to trade my bike for a cruiser. I just haven't reached the point inn my life where a cruiser is very appealing. So am I correct to imply from this article that a trailer hitch CAN be made for a sport bike? I have a 1996 Suzuki GS500 & I haven’t been able to find so much as a picture of a sport/standard bike with a trailer hitch online. I need something to pull my kayak/mountain bikes around with, but I don’t want to trade my bike for a cruiser. I just haven’t reached the point inn my life where a cruiser is very appealing.

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