honda goldwing 'towtruck'!

[danny_galaga]

Damn good idea (",)

Those Swedes sure are inventive. First the erm... Well, and then the.. Ummm.

Damn good idea anyway!

[northerngames]

I hate goldwings their like a gas powered luggage rack with wheels and a handlebar 

[Ed_McCarron]

Unless that dolly has it's own brakes, explain to me how this is safe?

[SavannahLion]

Unless that dolly has it's own brakes, explain to me how this is safe?

Doesn't appear to be meant for anything much larger than a small to mid-size passenger car. This size of those tires on the dolly is the first clue there. Point being, no motorcycle is ever going to be hauling one of the heavy trucks.

I can also see what I thought was some sort of hydraulic or shock assembly around the wheels, but if you look carefully you can see some hoses or cables around the joints leading up to the bike. There probably are some brakes in there. 

[Ed_McCarron]

Point being, no motorcycle is ever going to be hauling one of the heavy trucks.

It's not hauling it I'm worried about.  It's stopping. 

[Edwards80]

Allow me to be the 1st to admit my immaturity. . . I can't be the only one who laughed at "Vag" assistants :S

[SavannahLion]

Point being, no motorcycle is ever going to be hauling one of the heavy trucks.

It's not hauling it I'm worried about.  It's stopping. 

Well... I would imagine their insurance would cover any further damage to the vehicle if the tow..er... bike crashed.

[TOK]

I don't see the point. They show the bike needling through traffic  to rescue a broken down car obstructing traffic, but when its time to actually hook it up the traffic jam has mysteriously become a vacant parking lot.

Gold Wings do have ABS and linked braking (front and back are applied simultaneously whether you use the foot pedal or the hand lever), but that is one hell of a small rubber contact patch to be slowing down a 1000 pound bike, 500 pound towing apparatus and 4000 pound car.

[danny_galaga]

Allow me to be the 1st to admit my immaturity. . . I can't be the only one who laughed at "Vag" assistants :S

No, you aren't the only one 

[danny_galaga]

I don't see the point. They show the bike needling through traffic  to rescue a broken down car obstructing traffic, but when its time to actually hook it up the traffic jam has mysteriously become a vacant parking lot.

Gold Wings do have ABS and linked braking (front and back are applied simultaneously whether you use the foot pedal or the hand lever), but that is one hell of a small rubber contact patch to be slowing down a 1000 pound bike, 500 pound towing apparatus and 4000 pound car.

First, obviously the video is staged to show the possibilities. It's really not hard to imagine how useful it could be. Secondly, it would be amazing if it didn't have brakes. We used to fit electric assisted brakes to trailers. From memory they had a sensor so that when you start slowing down, the brakes would apply. That was 20 years ago!

[Level42]

Damn good idea (",)

Those Swedes sure are inventive. First the erm... Well, and then the.. Ummm.

Well they did invent the 3 point safety belts for cars....and I'm pretty sure Volvo was the first/invented a lot of other safety features for cars.

The whole idea is to tow away an average European car. You can see it picks up a Volvo Estate, that's a pretty big car for Europe standards. I'm sure it can't do MPV's or trucks but that's not the goal. There are much more "normal" vehicles here.

Also it's smart to be able to go through the traffic jams, where regular tow-trucks will have a lot of problems to reach the destination.

[northerngames]

its a goldwing lol.

not really a well known bike for raw torque there almost like a spree motor on roids so what would be even more interesting for me is how long the teeth on the sprockets will last and how many miles later until that tiny junk crank snaps and its time to call a real tow truck for the car & bike

I also would not mind seeing a video on the first rain after a few day's of hot weather and see how them skinny street tire's handle with that hardcore suspension setup them goldwings have while towing a car  

at least he's wearing a helmet though

 

[TOK]

its a goldwing lol.

not really a well known bike for raw torque there almost like a spree motor on roids so what would be even more interesting for me is how long the teeth on the sprockets will last and how many miles later until that tiny junk crank snaps and its time to call a real tow truck for the car & bike

I also would not mind seeing a video on the first rain after a few day's of hot weather and see how them skinny street tire's handle with that hardcore suspension setup them goldwings have while towing a car  

at least he's wearing a helmet though

 

You thinking of the right bike? Gold Wing is no scooter motor. Its a 6 cylinder.
Also shaft drive, so no chain and sprockets.

[Fordman]

Looks like a very cold ride!

Although a decent idea, I too wonder about the suspension of the tow apparatus after being out in the elements for a while. Rain-Snow-salt will affect the 'bending' places alot and cause rust. Welds would constantly have to be inspected for cracking due to the cold weather as well. Even if it is aluminum, those type of welds break even easier with cold weather.

I also worry about a sudden stop vs. a controlled stop. Jack-knifing would be an issue with a sudden stop.

Eventually, the strain on the drivetrain of the bike would have to be replaced because of the stress on it.

Im sure all the worries we have have been tested time and time again,

But, I could be wrong! 

Fordman

[netmare]

Bunch of pro-active positive thinkers here  . I supposition that the bike will be used to simply get to the scene and take the car to a more accessible spot further up the road or move the vehicle off to the side so traffic can once again move. Yes they show the bike out-and-about, but that could very well be 'marketing'.

cg

[northerngames]

were in a area that recently passed laws to allow atv's, dirt bike's, side by side's and buggys street legal as long as you have a orv and legit drivers license.

there legal to go the regular and back roads but can also be drivin down the side of the highway's in our county but if you dont have the turn signals on the machine you have to use the arm signals.

 I am also  seeing more and more not wearing helmets and riding double and there all plain dumb for that and I am pretty sure that is still not allowed but I could be wrong but eitherway I don't approve of that type riding on a off road vehicle that were not made for double and riding with no helmet double or not is retarted too.





 

[RayB]

Those Gold Wings have more HP than many compact cars.

[northerngames]

the 1200's are 94-96 HP stock and I still believe the crank and other parts in the motor would start to crack and get metal gear shaving's in no time from towing around cars with a steet bike.

like my OP there a luggage rack with wheels and a handle bar and by no means a powerhouse dont matter even if it has a v8 in their becuase their still nothing like a car or truck's V8 by any means.

they make a 6 cylinder snowmobile too but you won't see them pulling cars out of ditch's in the winter either

here's the towing specs for their 1800 model wich is one of their largest most powerfull models torque wise:
Goldwing 1800 towing capacity: Maximum tongue weight of 75lbs, absolute maximum towing capacity 500lbs, total load should never exceed 1/3 of the weight of the vehicle.

last I knew there was not too many 500LB cars out there and actually my banshee quad weighs that so even towing it would cause strain as its at its absolute maximum towing capacity wich I am sure is already at the point of causing some damage even it were just under 500lb.

might as well use a 6 cylinder sea-doo or wave runner as a tug boat while there at it.

another thing to consider too is a honda v8 is nothing like a chevy v8 ford v8 dodge v8 power and torque wise etc. otherwise the guys on the drag strips and what not would be running them honda does make lawn mower's though so maybe they could use them as road graders.

[netmare]

What a great temporary solution this is! I wonder how long it would take to get an ox or yak in there instead??

cg

[danny_galaga]

the 1200's are 94-96 HP stock and I still believe the crank and other parts in the motor would start to crack and get metal gear shaving's in no time from towing around cars with a steet bike.

like my OP there a luggage rack with wheels and a handle bar and by no means a powerhouse dont matter even if it has a v8 in their becuase their still nothing like a car or truck's V8 by any means.

they make a 6 cylinder snowmobile too but you won't see them pulling cars out of ditch's in the winter either

here's the towing specs for their 1800 model wich is one of their largest most powerfull models torque wise:
Goldwing 1800 towing capacity: Maximum tongue weight of 75lbs, absolute maximum towing capacity 500lbs, total load should never exceed 1/3 of the weight of the vehicle.

last I knew there was not too many 500LB cars out there and actually my banshee quad weighs that so even towing it would cause strain as its at its absolute maximum towing capacity wich I am sure is already at the point of causing some damage even it were just under 500lb.

might as well use a 6 cylinder sea-doo or wave runner as a tug boat while there at it.

another thing to consider too is a honda v8 is nothing like a chevy v8 ford v8 dodge v8 power and torque wise etc. otherwise the guys on the drag strips and what not would be running them honda does make lawn mower's though so maybe they could use them as road graders.

 

It only has to tow the vehicle a little way. It's not like they are going to take the car on a road trip or anything? Not sure what you are saying about V8's (which is irrelevant anyway). The main thing that matters is capacity and technology. If you have a 5 litre Ford V8 and a 5 litre Toyota V8, it's pretty silly to assume the Ford has more torque, just cause them AZN's are lil people. I'm pretty sure you can compare those two engines at NASCAR races (I have no idea what size engines are used in NASCAR though) 

[northerngames]

my point is there is no honda in nascar hehe they do use their generators however for their tools though 

my point was just becuase the goldwing has a v6 does not make it a hard core power house and also the other point was a bike's V6 is nothing like a car or truck V6 power or torque wise or even size or weight for that matter.

and honda can say they have a 5L but it is only half the power and torque of a chevy dodge or ford nobody is going to show up at the drag race in a honda civic.

[Samstag]

Nobody?

[TOK]

and honda can say they have a 5L but it is only half the power and torque of a chevy dodge or ford nobody is going to show up at the drag race in a honda civic.

You might want to google Import Drag racing. Its not my thing either, but your comments are way, way off.
The scene is huge.

[northerngames]

sure you have the low class race's but are they going to beat the dodge ford and chevy v8's setup in the open modified class for drag racing? no their in a whole nother compact crap class.

how about some links of some civic's smoking them chevy's everytime on the average race day.

I know there is some that are out there retarted enough to wast thier money on something like silly like that but their cars are still slow and junk compared to the others by a long shot and by no means pumping out the Hp and torque of the others.

only thing honda I would ever consider is their CR250 dirtbike and their 400EX quad anything else is pretty much beat to a pulp by the other company's and yamaha is right next to them on the quads and dirtbikes still of coarse.  

[danny_galaga]

sure you have the low class race's but are they going to beat the dodge ford and chevy v8's setup in the open modified class for drag racing? no their in a whole nother compact crap class.

how about some links of some civic's smoking them chevy's everytime on the average race day.

I know there is some that are out there retarted enough to wast thier money on something like silly like that but their cars are still slow and junk compared to the others by a long shot and by no means pumping out the Hp and torque of the others.

only thing honda I would ever consider is their CR250 dirtbike and their 400EX quad anything else is pretty much beat to a pulp by the other company's and yamaha is right next to them on the quads and dirtbikes still of coarse.  

Thing is, you are just quoting the names of companies as if that tells you how much power an engine produces. You somehow think the US invented torque. I'm going to go out on a limb here and not research what I'm about to quote. I would like you to look up the specs for the Toyota V8 used in their landcruisers, and then tell me the specs for a Ford 289, which I think is roughly the same size motor.

Point is, if Honda made 500 cubic inch V8's, I bet they would be at LEAST as competitive as a Chevy...

(PS, I'm no fan of 'ricers' as such. I hate those stupid farting blow off valve pieces of poo. Just pointing out that your statements mean nothing)

[northerngames]

Honda, despite being known as an engine company, has never built a V8 for passenger vehicles. In the late 1990s, the company resisted considerably pressure from its American dealers for a V8 engine (which would have seen use in top-of-the-line Honda SUVs and Acuras), with American Honda reportedly sending one dealer a shipment of V8 beverages to silence them.

I guess in the end it is illegal in the states to allow street bike's to tow vehicle's in any state for a good reason.

[danny_galaga]

None of your statements relate to each other 

Are you some kind of alice bot?