MOTORCYCLE CARRIER PROJECT by Steve Wishard
bikes. E-Track throughout, wheel chocks, straps, etc. Trailers from 14’ to 26’. But that just seemed like a lot of weight and wind resistance to be dragging around just to haul a 380lb motorcycle.
When I initialy purchased my BMW G310 GS I mentioned my concern about getting the small displacement bike to the places I would like to ride it. Frequently 2 or 3 states away from home. Marcello recommended the Black Widow Motorcycle Carrier. He said he’d used one, had always had a good experience and provided me with a link to their website. I didn’t do anything about it at the time, but kept the link just in case I wanted to pursue it later on.
So, I was eventually forced to consider the solution Marcello had recommended 17 months earlier.
Jump forward a year and and a half and I still hadn’t done anything. In fact, the first 7 months I owned the 310 it rarely left the garage. It wasn’t until last year’s winter rally that I really started to see what the 310 was capable of. The 10 months which followed were, to put it mildly, a bit of a different story. The BMW G310 GS Project article, in this rally program, will give you all the details. Suffice it to say that transporting the 310 long distance had finally become a problem which needed to be solved.
HD Black Widow Motorcycle Carrier
I have a step ramp and thought about renting a pickup whenever I wanted to take the little bike long distance. I even reasoned that I could put the 310 in the back of the truck and also pull our boat. However, it didn’t take long to learn that it is nearly impossible to rent a pickup for multiple days, and even if you can, they won’t allow you to tow with it.
However, I had my concerns about the hitch carrier solution as well. Things like total weight on the hitch, clearance between the handlebars and the rear window of the car, having to step around the tiedown bar with the bike half way up the ramp, holding the bike up while attaching straps, and more. After researching the car’s hitch capacity and checking some clearance measurements I decided to give the carrier a try.
I have access to several trailers. Some of which are setup specifically for hauling
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