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aerohead · 01-25-2011, 06:51 PM

Bob,if you haven't seen World's Fastest Indian,take a look at how Burt Munro pulled his bike behind his car in New Zealand.The front wheel is removed and the axle engages a receiver on the rear bumper.The bike rides on its rear wheel ( you could pull the master link and remove the chain for towed travel ).
Not as 'handy' but the bike is essentially embedded within the existing wake turbulence of the truck and presents zero frontal area of its own.
PS It's also the basis for a 1-wheel trailer.

01-25-2011, 06:51 PM	#18 (permalink)
aerohead Master EcoModder Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Sanger,Texas,U.S.A. Posts: 16,279 Thanks: 24,401 Thanked 7,368 Times in 4,767 Posts	World's Fastest Indian Bob,if you haven't seen World's Fastest Indian,take a look at how Burt Munro pulled his bike behind his car in New Zealand.The front wheel is removed and the axle engages a receiver on the rear bumper.The bike rides on its rear wheel ( you could pull the master link and remove the chain for towed travel ). Not as 'handy' but the bike is essentially embedded within the existing wake turbulence of the truck and presents zero frontal area of its own. PS It's also the basis for a 1-wheel trailer.