Mo-Tow Heavy Duty Motorcycle Carrier Fitted To RV Motorhome - Initial Review & Demo (KTM 690 Enduro)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.ย. 2024
- I recently fitted the heavy duty Mo-Tow motorcycle carrier to a Fiat Ducato motorhome, so I thought I would show you a close-up look at this budget bike rack and demonstrate loading a KTM 690 Enduro onto it.
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Josh rides a 2018 KTM 690 Enduro
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Spray CF Moto on the bike cover just to make sure 👍
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Others will comment with varied levels of opinion and qualification, I'm a practicing, multiple degree qualified, mechanical engineer, a dirt bike rider and one that has used these in the past and still would with common sense applied. Live you life at your own risk but be warned, you are out of your mind running + 150kg at any amount of tongue extension on vehicles with ball limits below 300-350kg. Where anyone decides to run one of these - minimise the distance the bike sits from the reciever as much as is humanly possible in you setup/install (drill a closer hole in the bar if required for your hitch pin), be very conservative with bike weight compared to hitch rating (
*Some quick ones for you Josh, like anything on dirtbikes, anywhere there wasn't Nyloc's, don't forget loctite - you'll have a bad time otherwise, particularly in that stabaliser bracket - red loctite them all. The Stabliser bracket.... yeah.... you're far better off with a more solidly welded locking bolt in the hitch to crank down on (or two) that hitch antirattle bolt does a great job but they're generally tack welded. Combination of both is helpful but the stabliser bracket isn't that great in my experience, if you have luck with it that's good, once there is load on the rack there will still be more movement then is ideal. Shimming, if you have any slop, ability to shim the reciever to wedge the rack higher with thin sheet metal can be helpful to take some slop out also during assembly. That front wheel bar - yep, knock the corners off with the grinder, save the bitumen/road doing it for you soon enough - fine structurally to just mke a 45 degree on the lower sections of that c channel peice so you get some clearance back. The ramp easies solution I found is some bond some soft rubber pads to the surface under the ramp on the rack. Wen you tighten the ramp down the spring in the rubber acts and constant tension, stops the bloody annoying rattle it makes and will help to prevent the wing nuts backing out with constant pressure. I thing I just used some kind of stick on rubber pads for furniture, worked great. Oh and the hitch pin, if you can replace it with a bolt and actually tighten it up with some light shimming in the recieveing to take away excess slack, I did that also and it helped a heap.
@@HoagesMoto thanks for all that info mate 🤘 To be honest I have no idea what the rating on this tow bar is I'm just hoping for the best 🙈 I assumed they would only fit heavy duty Hayman Reese units to something like this that often tow vehicles etc. There were actually a couple of shims in there when I took the previous piece of crap out of the towbar (it was a home made spare wheel carrier) and I managed to jam one in there with the mo tow but I think the stabiliser bracket pulled it down anyway and negated any lift I got from it 🤷♂ if you know what I mean. Cheers
Tenere 700 on the Ballard’s rack travels fine on the back of my camper trailer 🎉😂
😎 good to know!
Hi Josh you wont go wrong with it Iv got the same one had it for a few years now iv been carrying the Dr 650 around vic, nsw and over to tassie on all kinds of roads bloody ripper thing cheers
Thanks man what is your towbars weight rating do you know?
oh sweet! I had a bike carrier at one time, they are pretty nice! only thing I did for a bit of extra protection is anchor the rear wheel down with a Velcro Strap around the base of the back wheel around the ramp, this way if there is any rearward bounce it can't "hop" off! other than that I like it!
Yeah I do have a strap for the back wheel as well, just forgot about it hehe. Cheers mate 🤘
They don't meet down ball limits, the weight is hanging beyond your down ball limit essentially a massive lever, tow bars are not designed for twisting forces, chassis is not designed for bouncing weight.
Your bike can't hang out any further than 150mm either side of the vehicle.
Watch this space as there is about to be a nationwide crack down on them.
Yah, I remember. Cheers 🍻
Holy Fiat carrying KTM Batman 😅 well effin done Mr. Road Warrior... hmm definitely a very handy bit of kit, safe travels my friend, remember you always got a place to camp in Sandy Creek Bro...✌️☺️
Thanks Mr Juddy 😊🙏
All coming together nicely mate . Easy functional setup . Cheers 🍻
Cheers Sir Willum 🍻🍻
Good review thanks Josh, thinking of making one from my Meccano set for my BMW 1300 leggo 😅
💪 seems legit 😁
Hey josh i used to have one in the US. You might want to strap your rear wheel to the rail so it does not jump on you off the rail on bumpy road. Ask me how i know. Cheers buddy
Ahh yep I do have a Grunt strap there that I use for that as well, thanks for reminding me 🤘🤘
Hey mate the turn.buckles on the rack n roll work fine with no fuss at all , set and forget . Anyway man good luck with all ya travels and 100% with ya on the weight limit. Don't worry about the vehicle capacity reciever etc , the tongue will be the first to fail . Especially on rough roads but I spose you're not in a ute flying along
Cheers man 🤙🤙
I had a similar setup for my DR650 different brand but same thing and it worked great. Only thing I added that I didn't see on yours is an anti-rattle hitch stabilizer. They're cheap and it takes the slack out and stops the noises to when you hit bumps. Great setup 🍻
Yeah it has that bracket thing if that's what you mean 3:42 it does a pretty good job 🍻 cheers
That's exactly it! Don't mind me was doing wheel bearings on our new (old) boat/trailer we bought... while watching so I miss little parts lol
@@Sum4Seb hahaha all good mate I do the same 😁
Have you concidered mounting a camera with a monitor that you can have on all the time when driving, peace of mind in case anything starts going sideways sideways Josh. Good luck buddy
Yeah mate, the one that's on there only works when the transmission is in reverse but I am looking at options for something like that 🤘 cheers
Hi Josh. Can you check up on the bike through the rear van camera, while driving along ?
I had the same thought mate but unfortunately I can only get that damn camera to work when the transmission is in reverse 🤔 Might be able to bodge something up though.
@@MVDBR I had that problem in my Toyota Hilux. So I modified it with a diode and a switch. Now I can flick the switch and view through the rear camera, when driving forward at anytime. So it can be done.
@@CamperKev is there a guide for dummies on how to do that?
@@MVDBR The camera could be as simple as being triggered by your reverse lights power supply Josh if similar to aftermaket setups. If you find the trigger wire (tracing your reverse lights or the switch for the reverse lights on a wiring diagram you might find where they tapped into that power, be able to go find the wire and then just remove and make a manual switch).
@@HoagesMoto You are correct. The display unit is switched to rear camera mode with a 12 volt input. Although I added that mod to my Hilux about 12 years ago, from memory I found the 12 volts was switched to the display via an auto transmission electrical switch, attached to the gear stick, inside the centre console. So it's just a matter of adding your own switch on the dash and finding the 12 volt wire that triggers the display unit to show the rear camera. Then add your own 12 volts via the new dash mounted switch. However, in my case, I also added a diode. This was to block the 12 volts that I added, from feeding back down the original 12 volt wire, as it corrupted the display on my transmission, which showed my reverse light on, when I was driving down the road in a forward direction. Anyway, the diode fixed that problem. I hope that helps, Josh. If I lived closer to you, I would offer to pop around and do it for you. I am heading to the Sunshine Coast in a couple of months though from Sydney. If you are still around the area at that time, the offer is there.
I’ve been looking at the same, also for my 690. My tow ball weight isn’t enough I reckon. But what I wanted to say is given this protrudes so far to the rear you’d think they’d design it so that the ramp is stored between the bike and the tow vehicle, thus reducing total length
The outriggers for the tie down points have to sit out that far anyway so I don't think it would make any difference. And just make the ramp harder to get to 🤷♂
looking good 😎🍺
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Thanks for sharing. The early surface rust is a turn off for me, Rust is rust and it shouldn't occur if the metal was prepared and coated correctly. Cheers
Yeah fair call, tightening those bolts does tend to mess with the paint though 😬
@@MVDBR the ends of the RHS had rust...I'm in the market for a carrier but will just get one fabricated which seems to be the best option because it will cost less than the $1k models but better quality than anything else I've seen from the budget brands. Unfortunately for these products, anything under $1k falls into budget category due to the quality Vs cost equation. Again, thanks for sharing your experience
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It's probably fine for a mountain bike.
Alot of flex just putting the bike on the carrier...
Hey josh what about getting locking device for towing hitch to bike rack mate, oh not dissing the bike rack but I'd deffo put another piece of square steel welded down the centre through the towing hitch mate, stay safe dudes 👋🤠👍
Yeah the hitch pin has a lock on it 🤘
I know a trailer would be more cost and maybe less convenient to store, but less weight on the hitch and vehicle chassis. Easier to load as well?
More difficult to park 😅 Originally I wanted to get an enclosed trailer, that would be pretty cool maybe even one big enough to put a work bench in. But yeah will see how this goes first and whether or not I have a win on the lotto 😬
Buy a welder mate 👋🤠👍
Wouldn't know what to do with it 😅😅
Nice setup Josh👌.You and your electrician skills at work again 😎. Nice weather at the moment but you mustn't be getting the strong winds like we are at the moment 🥶🥶, cheers Maddog 🍻
We are mate! This was recorded before that shit started. Shit that wind cuts through ya like a knife aye! Cheers Mikey 🍻🍻