very cool LITTLE trailer rig...

[OreoGaborio]

but HOLY CRAP it's expensive!

http://www.bikelug.com

850 + 50 shipping just for the basic kit??? funk dat.

[JeffL]

So what you're saying is that you could build essentially the same thing for 1/10'th the cost?

[OreoGaborio]

that's my guess but i dont have the knowhow or the expertice

[nichols]

I wouldn't trust my bike on that little transformer trailer. No way!

[JeffL]

Originally posted by OreoGaborio
that's my guess but i dont have the knowhow or the expertice

So with a little know-how, experience, a bunch of the right tools, and some material..........you could pretty much build one for alot "cheaper" (if you dont include the costs of said experience + tools). I think I saw something with the same concept for like.....$150 somewhere?

[nichols]

Pete, if you want a trailer that size, buy the steel and I'll fab it up for you in a solid afternoon, no sweat.

[OreoGaborio]

well that'd be cool, but i'd still need to figure out how the hell i can get a hitch on my car... not much at all back there to get one on.

[nichols]

What kind of car?

[OreoGaborio]

'87 325

[nichols]

http://www.miley.com/bmw.htm

Cha ching!

[Half Squid]

Want some 17" rims for that Bimmer?? Cheap!

[OreoGaborio]

Originally posted by nichols
http://www.miley.com/bmw.htm
Cha ching!

hmmm... intellesting

Originally posted by Half Squid
Want some 17" rims for that Bimmer?? Cheap!

sorry mikey, 5 lug rims won't fit 4 lug axels

[SVRACER01]

trailer hitches on cars is W/T

[HBerry]

Originally posted by nichols
Pete, if you want a trailer that size, buy the steel and I'll fab it up for you in a solid afternoon, no sweat.

How much steel do i need to purchase?

[OreoGaborio]

enough to make two, cuz i bet chris will skrew up the first one

jk, jk

[highsider]

I've seen quite a few of those E30's with trailer hitches. You might seriously call a BMW dealer, they actually have decent prices on trailer hitches for their cars *some* of the time. I think the rig they sell at the dealer mounts on the front-most part of the rear bumper shocks, but I'm not sure.

[nichols]

Originally posted by HBerry
How much steel do i need to purchase?

Probably not all that much at all, really. I'll sketch up a design and figure it out. I bet the frame itself would be well under $100 for the steel. Then it's just a matter of tossing an axle under it and some lights on the back.

One bike or two?

As for the hitch, I've seen a LOT of E30s with hitches on them at track days when I go with the BMW clubs to Lime Rock and Loudon. It's not like you'd need a super industrial strength hitch. Even with two bikes, you're talking ~1200lbs MAX including the trailer.

[MnM]

I can't believe they are actually selling that for that kind of money...

[babo]

Axle:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...category=43972

[beet]

for your last getoff (petes training wheels)

[babo]

Originally posted by OreoGaborio
but HOLY CRAP it's expensive!

http://www.bikelug.com

850 + 50 shipping just for the basic kit??? funk dat.

Where do the tie-downs go on that rig

[HBerry]

I was wondering about the tie downs today while riding!

[ssg]

Cool, but I think those photos Pete posted are before and after.

[OreoGaborio]

Originally posted by somestrangeguy
Cool, but I think those photos Pete posted are before and after.

hahahaha

[HBerry]

Originally posted by nichols
Probably not all that much at all, really. I'll sketch up a design and figure it out. I bet the frame itself would be well under $100 for the steel. Then it's just a matter of tossing an axle under it and some lights on the back.

One bike or two?

As for the hitch, I've seen a LOT of E30s with hitches on them at track days when I go with the BMW clubs to Lime Rock and Loudon. It's not like you'd need a super industrial strength hitch. Even with two bikes, you're talking ~1200lbs MAX including the trailer.

Anything become of this? You could make a little chunk of change off of people on the forum if you could make one of these. I'd be willing to be the guiene (sp) pig!