Trials Transport

I bought a carrier not so long ago from a reputable dealer (name removed for fairness, but a major name). The carrier came zinc plated and is now covered in surface rust. Although the carrier is not going to break is does look particulary crap on the back of my car. Has anyone else experienced this problem? I am tempted to take it off and paint it but shouldn't the zinc plating prevent this......anyway im sure hamerright wont take to the zinc straight off.

Hi Just bought a 2003 sherco 250....... long story but basically never drink and ebay. I know nothing about trails, me and a mate are going to get the bike on saturday. Just wanted to know how to strap in down on a standard type trailer. And it their is any way to make a normal trailer better to transport trails bikes? cheers Andy

Can anyone help out ??? I want to insure my 2006 Sherco trials bike and its not road registered.... Spoke to Carol Nash...There quote 149.00 for in the garage and to and from events...seems alot to me !!! I also have a KTM 400 exc insured with E BIKE but the Sherco needs to be road registered 1st before they will add to my policy....for a extra 28:00 (which is very good) But looking at the hassle off road registering a bike over 6 months old seems to be a nightmare !!!!! Can anyone recommend a insurance company who will insure un registered bikes ???? Cheers Phil

Always used bike trialer but recently purchased as new bike rack. I have an Astra Sxi coupe and a Beta bike which seems ok on back of car but the bike seems to move somewhat to me ie flexing of the rack i guess. Is this ok i dont believe it will hit the car but i feel uncomfortble with the moving and find myself looking in the rear view mirror with dread.

My Autowbars rack arrived today, and I've got it fitted OK. There doesn't seem to be any way of stopping the handlebar hitting the rear window of the Uglicar though so it looks like I'll have to sort out some sort of padding. It would help if I could strap the bike down a bit more securely. The straps that I bought from Autowbars with the rack don't have ratchets, and are rather weedier than I expected (not to mention almost twice the price that my local care spares shop charges!). Any reason not to use ratchet straps? It would seem to be better to me, but I obviously don't want to crank everything down so hard that the rack starts to bend. The instructions say to use …

I wonder if it has a trophy room as well? Hello Moto Imagine turning up to your local club trial in that.

Does anyone have any suggestions for best way to load bikes in the back of a Transporter? It's the LWB Kombi with three seats behind the driver/passenger ones, and the load bay is just a little too short for a bike in there straight. Also, the tie-down points are really badly located.... Has anyone made a decent rack to go in their's? Have thought of a couple of examples, but just looking to see how other people secure their bikes...... thanks

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Thinking of buying a van soon. Considering the berlingo or new shaped Combi.(something small) Can somebody tell me if you can fit a bike in and riding gear or are they too small. Many thanks in advance

If I get round to getting a trials bike how much do those rack things cost which mount on the tow bar, are they any good and who makes them? Cheers Kev

I am thinking about buying a twin cab pickup to cart two bikes about on. The bed is not long enough to carry two bikes with the tailgate up. I will have to carry them both with the tailgate down. I was wondering if any of you know of front wheel holders that can be bolted to the flatbed floor, to enable me to carry two bikes securely with the tailgate down? Alternatively, any other ideas on how to carry bikes would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance. Dave

When we went to our last fun ride up at charltons our tyre popped just before we got there. We realised that because fo the way the bikes are places on the trailor ( 2 pointing forwards, one pointing back in the middle) the gear leaver of the left hand bike was catching on the tyre and guess what..tyre popped on the way back aswell!

I think this would be great as a Trials Central mobile HQ for me If one of you could donate the

I have a trailer which was made from mini running gear utilising the back axle of a mini. The old mini wheels really need replacing but are expensive nowadays , does anyone know of any other wheels that have the same stud centres as the mini which I could use instead?, I am replacing the mudguards too as they are knackered so could be a bigger wheel if needed. Cheers

HI , I HAVE JUST BROUGHT A DAVE COOPER BIKE RACK AND I HAVE 2 QUESTIONS? 1 WHATS THE BEST WAY TO GET MY BIKE ON WITHOUT DROPPING IT? 2 THEY SENT ME 2 STRAPS BUT DID TELL ME WHERE I SHOULD PUT THEM, IS THERE A BEST WAYS HELP PLEASE

Hello I noticed you van from the picture on your posts. it looks exactly like the kind of model i am going to start looking for in a couple of months. Can you give me some info about the model and where you got it? Also, do you have rear seats and can yoou still fit a bike in ok if so? Cheers Cubby

I have seen in the past, single bike trailers that fold on the front part near the hitch to make them easy to stand up in a garage to store. Does anyone know who manufactures these and has anyone got one?

I'm halfway through building a double quad trailer, it's pretty big. I'm gonna build a bolt on attachment to take the front wheels of a few trials bikes!!! with a squeeze i could probably fit about 7 trials bikes on it!!!! multi purpose is the way forward!!!!

Hey Guys: Quick question - has anybody any experience of using a small van like a Peugeot Partner / VX Combi to transport a trials bike? I'm looking at getting as small a van as possible to ship both a trials bike / DH mountain bikes around and in an ideal world one of the smaller vans would be choice...not to mention easier to find than Vito's etc.... unfortunately - I haven't got myself a trials bike yet and the van is coming first....so it could all be a bit of an expensive gamble!!! Cheers,

hi all does any one know of any companys that will do van insurance that is'nt for commercial use last time i had a van it cost a fortune