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But what do you do when you have to have a load on?

 

@TripleSix

 

Yeah, that would be nice to be able to take our bikes. My 2005 Heritage Softail Classic is a little bigger than that, though. If I could take my bike with me, my wife would NEVER see me again.

 

I’ve seen several that had the bike behind the cab

 

Yeah, I've seen an attached Motorcycle Garage on the back of a cab that has a retractable mount the bike gets on and then is lifted into the garage part. I'll see if I can find it again. I found one, but not the one I wanted...and I also found there was another in these forums that was mounted sideways where the fuel tank was, but I don't think that's wise..but eh?..Here is a pic with the link to the site it's at:

This is a "medium duty" truck the site says, that this one is loaded on.
Site: Motorcycle Loader

Here''s another closer to what I saw.



It's called LoadAll: River's LoadAll Semi Truck Rig
Still looking.

Here's another:


This is at: 168″ ARI Legacy Custom Sleeper with 52″ Motorcycle Garage On a 2017 Peterbilt 567

 

The only way is to have it enclosed like in some of those pictures above. Just having it on the deck you will find out really quickly that the bike will be trashed by road debris and drive components will start rusting from constantly being out in the rain. I trashed my $1500 freeride bicycle like this couple years ago, wouldn’t try with a motorcycle.

 

True, but they do make covers for them, and the frame is solid underneath so it won't get at the bike from underneath. Still, the enclosed is the nicer option.