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Hello guys,this is my first post.
My family and I wanted to buy an yz 125,but we dont have a trailer.I was thinking if i could fit the yz into the car(7 seats,5 of them "foldable",if i lay it down will there be some problems?
Thanks in advance and sorry for my english,it's not my main language.
My family and I wanted to buy an yz 125,but we dont have a trailer.I was thinking if i could fit the yz into the car(7 seats,5 of them "foldable",if i lay it down will there be some problems?
Thanks in advance and sorry for my english,it's not my main language.
Btw i would go to the track 2/3 times a month...so if i can fit it with no problems it would be ideal
The Shop
Your looking at a solid 1-2 hours in the garage before you leave and another 1 at the track before you ride, then another hour at the end of the day to take it all apart and stuff it in a car.
Yeah it may cost a bit to put a "ball" on the rear bumper. If not, a second hand trailer would be not difficult to find (200€?), for sure it sounds like the best option.
Otherwise, as you said, try to measure how tall the bike is after preferably putting a "starting device" on the "fork sliders"; the handledar as it is should be around 1.3m, with the starting device 1.2?. Then remove the front wheel and measure (note, be careful with the front brake, turn the fork left leg at 45 or 90 degrees). The bike should be around 1 meter tall. Untighten your handlebars, your bike should be 92 cm high (well the rear fender now should be higher... ; if you don't want to remove it maybe try a "ratchet-strap" somewhere between the swingarm and the subframe to get the bike lower here too).
Then you can build build a "rack" for very cheap with some wood or metal you can find in a public recyclery, add maybe some skateboard wheels to help you load the bike on the rack, and see how it fits. With the wheels under the rack and you are back at 1 meter something.
Make sure then that the bike is really well attached because if the bike fell in the car and break a windows or deteriorate the inside, your parents would be mad lol.
Note, I just checked the dimensions of a GL, and it may not possible that way, sorry. It looks like there is 82 cm to 89cm to enter the bike, it is difficult. Maybe measure yourself the boot opening, then if you think it is worth trying try to build the rack, but for sure without the wheel underneath. Good luck and let us know !
It's certainly possible, but it's a bit of a pain to reassemble at the track, then strip down the bike while it's dirty after riding.
Could you get one of these?
Pit Row
I would only try with the rack, a clean option, and if it can't work with the rack due to the very small boot entry I would really look at another option. Example: a friend who has a car with something to attach a trailer, then buy a 200 euros second hand trailer. Based on the value of a GL your parents would even gladly pay for it if they see how bad it is for the car to load a bike horizontally in it. Indeed, when they will want to resell the mercedes, the new buyer will easily negotiate 500 bucks or 2000€ down just because the rear bumper will be cracked and some paint will be gone, and the boot will look really bad with some oil stuffs and scratches everywhere ... Speaking by experience
The thing is a GL costs like 50 to 100k... If you go "what the fuck" whereas it is not your own car, then at least put quite a few good cardboards (that you can recover for instance from behind the shops in supermarket areas), you will understand the day that you can actually pay yourself a GL. I think it is a good advice if you don't want to have a rent to pay from next month
It is really worth it to measure everything about the rack thing, and if not working, the trailer route is really the main way anyway.
Personnally I talk about it because i already parted bikes like that mainly to do lots of kilometers ; with a truck, you do 100 / 110 / 120kmh and it is not that super confortable, in a car you can drive at 150kmh+ and it is super confortable. If you have 1000 kilometers to do during the week end, or during the day, it is sometimes better to take the car. But it is not a 50000€ car !
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