Taking O/O seriously (bringing motorcycles on the road) help!

I have spent 8 years in this industry on the company side. 5 of which has been driving with my cousin and now we are considering going owner operator. Neither of us have children and have both sat down and thought long and hard about "why" we come home, and it isnt really for the down time. It seriously boils down to two things, an internet connection for our laptops (which i can access on the road) and being able to ride our motorcycles. So in trying to weigh all of our options in planning for the future, I am trying to figure out what kind of modification i would have to make to be able to take our motorcycles with us. Which btw, im not an idiot, the harleys are getting sold and we are looking at lower weight options such as enduros (under 1k lbs for both bikes) or possibly the ktm option which would be under 600 lbs. I have considered trying to find a way to put them behind the cab, what kind of wheel base would give me the necessary clearance to do this without smashing my bikes on a tight turn lol. Thanks for any help and advice.

 

yeah MJ1657,

My cousin and I are in the same boat, normally my co driver(cousin) and I end up driving a company rig over to the nearest mall, but with owner opping, we are trying to take fuel conservation extremely seriously. I have considered doing the bicycle thing, since the added weight would be negligable and with a double bunk truck, i could turn the top bunk into our bike rack. But there are some cities that Ive been too hundreds of times that I would really enjoy being able to experience and there are some limitations with a bicycle. Check out the KTM enduros, the weights are the lowest ive seen, most of the honda scoots are closer to 300 lbs if i remember right, the vespas are out of the question for me, i think they were over 400lbs, and If im going over 400 there are a ton of sport bikes that are under that weight. but the ktm 500cc is like 250lbs, my cousin and I dead lifted an 883 sportster once, so im pretty sure we could man handle an enduro up onto the catwalk.

 

oh, also could you give me an idea of what keywords to search under, im having a hard time finding any images via google

thanks

 

Ive been mainly looking at RV options, but most of them are mounted at the hitch which doesnt help us much. Ive seen a couple setups with tie down hooks and just a basic metal platform with a wheel chock (which may be the route im going, i think if i talk to the company the could mod it to be bolted into position behind the cab) and then have a folding wide metal ramp to ride the bike up into position. And yeh, Ive seen a bunch of youtubers trying to load bikes, kind of funny although Ive had some interesting motorcycle misfortunes when it comes to pickups as well lol. Thats why im mainly looking at lighter weight scoots, something I could dead lift if I had to, I dont really want to part with the harley, but at 780 some odd pounds, the process for loading and unloading it would be tedious to say the least.