Bike mounted to car

[s2racer]

Anyone done it?

I am currently in a stty situation of having to drop my lad at school and collect him

I drop him in the car (3 miles to school, opposite way to city), drive back to house, swap to bike and go to work.

Reverse repeat

I thought if i mounted a lighter bike such as a CRF450 to a tow bar bracket it might save time. Plus i like off road bikes

Currently running an XSR700 which i like a lot but its a bit heavy for this i think

Any experience? Aware of dave cooper racks and similar

[dc2rr07]

This may sound really obvious but his he not old enough to make his own way to school or why not take him on the bike.

[curlie467]

What car?

You'll be hard pushed to find anything that will carry that legally.

[curlie467]

Plus, how the chuff would that save you any worthwhile time?

[Gavia]

An off-road bike will fit those brackets, hebegb on here runs that sort of set up with his enduro bike. That’s a 250 2T though, so a lot lighter than a 450 4T. Even then his car is pretty light at the front end and I wouldn’t fancy steering at any sort of speed in the wet. I think there are a few copies of the Dave Cooper bars that are cheaper.

Someone posted one of those set ups a while ago with a trackbike, but he was in the US and most posters winced when they saw it.

It seems a bit of a hassle, as strapping it to the back and parking your car up as well as the journey home in the evening would eat up a lot of the time you’re theoretically saving by not driving home. Plus, it sounds like you’re in London, so I’d expect someone to steal your rack unless you dismantle it every morning and put it in the boot. That means having to refit it every evening as well.

[Birky_41]

I've run that setup for a few years. It was a crf250 too funny enough and the make you have googled

It works fine, I never see any stress cracks or issues but you need to check the nose weight is OK. The bike realistically is 100kg and the car or van needs to be the same. Of course you could go for a car with less... You take your chances

It is a bit of a pig lifting the bike on there though. I've got a few pics if you wanted an idea

[s2racer]

dc2rr07 said:

This may sound really obvious but his he not old enough to make his own way to school or why not take him on the bike.

Err no. He’s 6

One dad takes his girl, about 9 or 10 i guess, on some touring thing. It is approaching an option i guess, if i could get a lid.

My house is a 10 min diversion from heading to work, so 20 mins a day.

Not london, sunny Notts

Probablty a 4x4?

[Gavia]

s2racer said:

Err no. He’s 6

One dad takes his girl, about 9 or 10 i guess, on some touring thing. It is approaching an option i guess, if i could get a lid.

My house is a 10 min diversion from heading to work, so 20 mins a day.

Not london, sunny Notts

You’ll lose that 20 minutes messing about with the bike at either end of the day IMO. I guessed London incorrectly as you said “the city”, it’ll still get stolen in Notts though

[s2racer]

You chaps are probably all right

I probably just wanna scratch the itch

[underwhelmist]

Thanks for reminding me of this thread from a few years ago

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

[s2racer]

Now there's an idea

Just not a very good one haha