OT: Anyone know any cheap trailer suppliers

For one or two trials bikes? Not paying silly money, no need to be braked or have any electrics as I'm towing with the P38 so I can't see any reason for any of that? The KTM is about

160kg & my mates bike about 145kg.

Could even be a single bike trailer if it makes any difference.

Nige

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Nige
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Northern Tool sell trailer frames, foldable, for cheap. Get one and bolt shit to it?

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Ian Rawlings

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specialise in motorbike trailers

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tomtom

hope they didn't pay for that web site - not seen so much in-page s.e. spamming for years.

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William Tasso

On or around Fri, 14 Jul 2006 18:45:41 +0100, "Nige" enlightened us thusly:

have any electrics as I'm

160kg & my mates bike

I could doubtless build one, but I doubt it'd be cheap. It would however use new parts :-)

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Austin Shackles

How much for a single bike (KTM 520 so big) matey?

Nige

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Nige

On or around Mon, 17 Jul 2006 17:32:17 +0100, "Nige" enlightened us thusly:

I'd have to price up the bits. what weight and length is the bike?

You're doubtless correct in the assumption that it won't need brakes, and that makes it considerably cheaper. You can go to 750Kg gross for the trailer behind a P38 without brakes. It still needs red triangles and may need lights - probably best to put number plate and lights on anyway, just so as to deflect the attention of dibbles with nothing better to do. Either that or a trailer board.

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Austin Shackles

This may be faster/cheaper to make?

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site is rubbish - expect it loads just fine in IE though - but it was the only UK site I found.

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William Tasso

Nige uttered summat worrerz funny about:

Ebay...

Caravan chassis...

Welder....

sorted.

;-)

Lee D

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Lee_D

->Nige uttered summat worrerz funny

->about:

->> For one or two trials bikes? Not paying silly money, no need to be

->> braked or have any electrics as I'm towing with the P38 so I can't

->> see any reason for any of that? The KTM is about 160kg & my mates

->> bike about 145kg.

->> Could even be a single bike trailer if it makes any difference.

->>

->> Nige

->

->Ebay...

->

->Caravan chassis...

->

Caravan chassis are made of cheese and are only just strong enough for a caravan body.

IMHO the OP would be better served getting a proper braked trailer with lights.

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Geoff

Geoff uttered summat worrerz funny about:

Indeed, but I wouldn't like to eat 1360kg one, thats one large cheese.

I've been running a Caravan chassis flat bed without problem for a good few years. Fetched Tractor tyres and wheels for the fergie. Jag engine and box for Percy, 2x 2.6 lumps for JLO from Newcastle (400 mile round trip), 2 x V8's and Autos from London (260mile trip) and moved us a stack of stuff when we moved house, LWB Safari roof now shortened and fitted on Percy, I think it's worth it's weight in gold IMHO and that only the trips I can recall. Trailer £10 New tyre (Commerical trailer, not a car one!) Light board. Boarding and checker plate £60 Hooks

Was great fun knocking the old van body off with a Hymac.

Dad has a 1960's Caravan trailer which is probably heavier in it's self many modern caravans and their chassis together.

I'm in the middle of rebuilding a twin axle 4 by six jobbie now which is very over engineered, between Study, axle rebuilds and RL.

Lee D

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