just bought me a Moto-lug twin bike trailer. Cost me less new than a 2nd hand one went on Fleabay last week; HUSSAR! I will unbox and assemble it tomorrow and give it a test loading with my two biggies, a KTM 990 and the wifes's bonny 1200. Should be a larf, 20 mins they say, but I am prepared for the long haul, skint knuckles and some swearing; I reckon it will be a two brew job. Wish me luck...
Checked out my small Kreiga US20 bag and associated straps for Sunday’s full day out. Got some gear together to take with me tomorrow for my trials bike experience
I love my trailer, I can build it with my eyes shut now. Do NOT drag it empty for any reason (behind the car) it rattles them So much it’ll damage the pin holes, the weight of the bike(s) keep them rigid.
Accepted an offer on my old Triton.Reckon there is a fifty fifty chance of it not coming to anything. Guy starts off with a story of he could only afford so much,now he has finished up nearly three thousand more.Time will tell as they say. I hate selling my prized bikes,but needs must.
So, the Motolug took me 45-50 mins to set up and get right, about what I figured. Now that I have done it and am familiar with the drill I reckon 15-20 to set her up. I then loaded up two bikes and by trial and error over the next hour got them ratcheted down to my nascent OCD standards; attached are some images if you are bored. I have to say it is an impressive piece of kit, well built, easy to assemble and a lot more sturdy than expected. I was relieved when the KTM slid on nae bother as I wasn't 100% confident that it would fit and overhang but there was a good 12cm from the rear tyre contact patch to the edge of the ramp. Took it for a wee spin and it appears solid and stable, backed it nicely into the garage when loaded which could be handy and it breaks down and really takes up minimal space in my Fortress of Solitude; what more can a Man ask for?! All in all I am well chuffed( especially considering the price I paid). It really is a 'tool free' assembly which is pretty cool; quite a lot of thought has gone into it's design which is nice to see, and its built in the UK. There's even a shot of a bin!
You will get quicker at loading it. They are really good little trailers. I still have not worked out why but I ratchet my bike down and after a mile or so I have to stop and re-tension the tie downs. From then on its fine. It’s more to do with the bike than the trailer though. A word of caution. I now use ratchet straps with a sprung closer on. So if there’s any loss of tension the black ‘S’ shaped hooks cannot release. I had a pretty frightening experience once when one slackened off and the opposite side’s strap unhooked itself. Luckily no harm done.
Need to know more about this @El Toro ? Where is it? Are those Etrials bikes, what they like? How much a day is it, fill us in on the details, wouldn’t mind a day on there
It was with https://inchperfecttrials.co.uk/ and is a great set up, on a farm in the middle of nowhere (actually in the wilds of Lancashire) Cost is £100 for the full day and includes bikes (either electric or petrol), helmet, boots, gloves, shirt, pants, lunch etc. Or you can take your own gear and bike if you have it/want to. The only things I took of my own was thermals, back protector and socks. You could choose either a petrol or electric bike. Apart from 3 guys who brought their own machines we all chose the electric ones. And they took about 15 minutes to get used to how they operated (if that) they were brilliant and on certain hill climbs performed better than the petrol bikes. They had 3 map settings which were green (which gave the equivalent power of a 200cc bike), blue (which gave the equivalent power of a 250cc bike) and red (which gave the equivalent power of a 300cc bike). They also had a hydraulic clutch you could use, but if you just throttled off it was good enough to slow down/stop, so it was a bit superfluous for me. Also it had a circuit breaker which attached to your wrist so if you came off then it would pull off the breaker and stop the bike (like the sort of thing you get on jet skis). Lunch was half decent and very filling and very welcome when the time came. And lots of tea/coffee/juice was available to rehydrate. Our group had 2 instructors, but seeing as everyone else in the group had done some trials riding and I hadn’t then I got 1 to 1 instruction all day, which was excellent. The trials area/courses (including the very technical Red Bull competition course) were over 1200 acres I think they said. So plenty to go at. Did I enjoy it? Yes. Thoroughly. I learnt a lot. Is it physically challenging? You betcha. And I’m aching like a bastard all over :/ Would I do it again? Yes, and I’ve booked on another full day in June
