Bringing a motorcycle?

I am thinking it is a great idea. I thought about it for several years. I ran my own numbers and would not haul cheap freight, this resulted in sitting 2 days or more quite a bit in between loads.
I also ran between the lower 48 and Alaska a lot, and a dual sport would have been great at times.
The only reason I never went through with it, was I did not have room and stay at 244 in wheelbase to be legal in Canada. I kept threatening to get a cabover and stretch it to 244, for just this purpose, but my wife hates cabovers and vetoed the idea everytime I brought it up. lol
If I was to start running like that again, it would be doable has canada has relaxed the wheelbase laws some.
My truck up here is 310 wheelbase, I can throw my 4 wheeler on the deck if needed. lol

 

Be wary of a dr200. They are pretty bad. All Suzuki dual sports are antiquated but if that's what you are after get a drz400 used and you will have a good running bike that will last and you get get one in right under 300lbs if you go for the drz400s. I have a 02 400s and a 09 400sm, great bikes. If you want to go the smaller route definitely go for the Honda 250l like @MartinFromBC said, that is awesome little bike. The dr200 is super heavy, under powered, and not particularly good on or off road. They started building them in the 80's with no real changes currently, hell the drz400s was redesigned in 02 with the only change to the current ones being a updated cam chain tensioner. But at least you can go highway speed and they are very fun and decent off road so you get a capable bike without spending ktm money.

 

KLR 650s are the shiznit. I love those things. They are a Ducati compared to the dr200 tho. My wife has been bugging me for about 10 years wanting a dr200 because she doesn't like the seat height of the 400. I went to the dealer and rode a 200 and just couldn't buy it for her, I would take my chances on a lil Chinese knockoff first, it was that bad.

 

I've got a 2015 Yamaha XT250. It clocks in at about 291 lbs. full of fuel. I looked at that and the DR 200 that was sitting right next to it. Fuel injection vs. carb was a no brainer. That and the Suzuki had drum brakes front and rear.

They also had a Honda 250 as well. It was a lot taller and heavier than the Yamaha and was liquid-cooled. I opted for the simplicity of air cooling.

 

A lot of trucks here are 268.

 

With my wife and I on my 250L we are about 300 lbs combined, and other than the rear end rides a little low, it hauls us around fine. We park the motorhome, and go explore on it.
At home I often use it to run errands or just go to town.
Rode it earlier today to my gravel pit when I went to check on things. Uses so little gas its pathetic, and maintenance is mostly check tire pressures, clean and lube the chain occasionally, and every fall I change the oil and clean the air filter. Beauty of these little Honda bikes is they are as close to bulletproof as you can get.

 

So long as it is installed in a workmanship-like manner, the only issue should be vehicle overall length. Load length will not apply as it is not part of any load.

Other than that, give 'er...

 

I know winch trucks and tridems could be aq little longer, but BC limited us to 244 (legally) and still do, but we can now get permits up to 285 as long as we keep the overall length legal.
Legally we can still not pull any oversize if over 244 though, I know they have not been to bad at enforcing that though.
Yukon has the same length laws, but do not enforce them, I run over there with my 310 with no problems.
I used to be able to get around all the bc scales with it, but I don't know of any practical way to get around the one they built south of Prince George.