a reminder for many on here maybe. i have a problem reading this too often only because it is so accurate.
you can't unsee this picture can you.. a CB750 possibly? car looks to be possibly RHD which may have helped but sadly looking at two fatalities minimum surely, unless car unoccupied.
T'was a long dark night and a howling gale, when last great sailing ship bit the dust in Cornwall Adolf Vinnen - 1923 The last of the big sailing ships to be wrecked in the Lizard Point area - the five-master Adolf Vinnen - was only three months out of her launching cradles and on her maiden voyage from Kiel to Barry for coal when, on 9 February, 1923, she was driven by a full southerly gale into Green Lane Cove , just under the now disused Lloyds Signal Station and between Bass and Hot Points. The crew of 24 were rescued by breeches buoy to the cliffs above. The 1840-ton 262ft long Adolf Vinnen was unusual in that she was also powered by two massive diesel engines, but this didn't save her. Her wreckage is right out of the tide, but subject to ground swell in south or south-east winds. She is in two main parts, with her frames and some of the hull standing clear of the rock-and-sand bottom in 12m, and the diesels and shafts still there at 49 57 54; 05 11 01W. Adolf Vinnen was built in 1922 by Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft, Kiel. Launched in December 1922, she was yard number 420. She was built for F A Vinnen & Co, Bremen. On 9 February 1923, during her maiden voyage from Kiel Germany to Barry, Glamorgan, Wales, Adolf Vinnen was driven ashore at Bass Point, Cornwall, United Kingdom in a gale. The Lizard lifeboat attended the ship, Her crew of 24 was rescued by breeches buoy from the cliffs above the wreck. Adolf Vinnen was the last large sailing ship wrecked in the Lizard area. The wreck lies in 12 metres (39 ft) of water. Name: Adolf Vinnen Owner: F A Vinnen & Co Port of registry: Weimar Republic Bremen, Germany Builder: Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft Yard number: 420 Launched: December 1922 In service: February 1923 Out of service: 9 February 1923 Fate: Wrecked General characteristics Tonnage: 1,840 GRT Length: 79.90 m (262 ft 2 in) Beam: 10.40 m (34 ft 1 in) Depth: 5.80 m (19 ft 0 in) Propulsion: Sails, two diesel engines. Sail plan: Barquentine Complement: Up to 45
I'm quite interested in how he attached the bike to the rear of the car. If anyone has any info or ideas please let me know.
Looks like a more basic version of some of these: https://www.ebay.com/itm/284151717186 https://www.google.com/search?q=mot...YBkgcBN6AHuR0&sclient=img&safe=active&ssui=on Not sure I'd be happy to try it to be honest. .
Awesome. Thanks. I might give one of those a try as it’s a major faff getting my Motolug folding trailer out of storage, building it and attaching it to my van every time I want to go green laning. As a result I often end up riding the bike to the muddy stuff, which is risky because if I bin it so badly that it’s unrideable, I’ll be stranded.
The first picture in the eBay listing, https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/114112617069, is more than enough reason for me to avoid this style of towing. The bike will pivot rotationally around the head stock without a rigid tie down system. May be fine for a 125cc trials bike but a 200kg plus motorcycle ? I’d put up with the faff of the Motolug just for peace of mind if it were me. Andy
You won't thank me when you get to your destination and all that's hanging off the back of your car or motorhome is the front wheel and forks. I wouldn't go near one.
I’m not keen on the first one, but amongst the items behind the second link is this one, which secures the forks.
If you really insist, I would recommend you remove all pre load, compression and rebound on the rear shock. Without any weight on the stock suspension settings, the bike will try and behave like a rigid body over bumps, stressing the head stock. Andy
Yes, all the pivoting force as the bike bounces will be trying to bend the forks just below the bottom yoke. Actually strapping a bag of cement or two over the bike saddle will mean the rear suspension will act more normally.
It’ll be nowhere near the most reckless motorcycle related thing I’ve done. For example, my pfp was taken on a track day when I was riding with a throttle that kept sticking open, a bent gear lever which meant I sometimes just had to leave it in 3rd and the forks kept bottoming out when braking at the end of the straight. The weather was nasty too - cold and drizzly, so the track surface was really greasy
You don’t have to convince me (and the video hasn’t), I won’t be the one buying it and towing my 240kg, £30,000 baby Andy
I’m not trying to convince you. My baby is only 96kg, but I’d like to see it in action on a typically potholed road before I risked it
