Enclosed motorcycle racing trailer?

**Marknz** · 31st December 2010, 14:16

All,

Looking for some ideas for an enclosed motorcycle trailer... something about the size of the Choppa 'M1 Motorsport one'. Are they custome made in NZ, or does someone make them as standard? What can I expect to pay?

I found this one this morning on Trademe... http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Mo...-343835506.htm but baulked when I saw the price... or have I under-estimated the costs of such a venture?

Any advice welcome.

Cheers
Mark

**White trash** · 31st December 2010, 16:12

If I had to hazard a guess I would say there'd be little change from 20K for one similar to M1 motorsports trailer to be built. I have a friend whos sons race MotoX, he's had a BIG 20 foot fucker built with kitchen unit and water tank, lights, the works.

No fucken idea what it cost but it'd be heaps.

**Quasievil** · 31st December 2010, 16:19

I got a quote for $8600 + gst for a enclosed trailer from Kiwi Trailers, it had lots of bell n whistles, tandem axle also, so $6 k would be about right for this one.
$20k is not likely unless it was super stupid big..........silly trashy

**Ocean1** · 31st December 2010, 16:28

Originally Posted by Marknz

I found this one this morning on Trademe... http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Mo...-343835506.htm but baulked when I saw the price... or have I under-estimated the costs of such a venture?

Yes. That's not too bad for what you get.

If you want to scare yourself some more go see Halcrow Engineering in Naenae.

If that don't scare you then give me a call.

**marty** · 31st December 2010, 17:35

get a curtain sider - 5 tonne one. easy to set up as a nice cool workshop and elevated viewing platform. there's a couple of BMX families with them and they are awesome.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Mo...-327680705.htm

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Mo...-317658137.htm

or you could go fucking silly:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/24-ca...item256005f6c4

**wharfy** · 1st January 2011, 18:49

Originally Posted by Marknz

All,

Looking for some ideas for an enclosed motorcycle trailer... something about the size of the Choppa 'M1 Motorsport one'. Are they custome made in NZ, or does someone make them as standard? What can I expect to pay?

I found this one this morning on Trademe... http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Mo...-343835506.htm but baulked when I saw the price... or have I under-estimated the costs of such a venture?

Any advice welcome.

Cheers
Mark

for $6000 you could get a van, same price as a car for ferry travel

**Daffyd** · 1st January 2011, 18:53

Look on T/M for a furniture trailer.

**ellipsis** · 1st January 2011, 21:37

....Im about to cut a big door in the back of a 14 ft caravan...be ready to roll for under 2.5 k...

**Billy** · 2nd January 2011, 07:29

Originally Posted by CAMSec

....Im about to cut a big door in the back of a 14 ft caravan...be ready to roll for under 2.5 k...

Yip,Just finished doing the same to a 10ft caravan,Not something I would recommend just anybody doing though,Caravans are prone to having rusted chassis as they sit around for years on end in long grass,I was lucky enough to find one that somebody had just put a brand new duragalv chassis under,Being a coachbuilder was helpful as well.

**Drew** · 2nd January 2011, 07:30

I've always wondered why more of us don't just get horse floats.

**Maha** · 2nd January 2011, 07:55

Originally Posted by Drew

I've always wondered why more of us don't just get horse floats.

Old/2nd hand ones smell of horse shit and....
Who can afford a knew one?

**Drew** · 2nd January 2011, 08:02

Originally Posted by Maha

Old/2nd hand ones smell of horse shit and....
Who can afford a knew one?

Shit wipes off.

**marty** · 2nd January 2011, 08:04

some other BMX families have got Alpaca floats. They're a bit lower & lighter than horse flo I built a purpose BMX trailer to carry 10 bikes without pulling them apart about 10 years ago - cost me $3k way back then. It easily takes a Hayabusa on its side stand, or a race 4 wheel bike, or 2 x race go carts (stacked), or 2 x P-class/Q-class yachts, or multiple plastic kayaks, or a couple of race bikes on upright stands, or as is my child's want at the moment, 2 x single or double rowing race skiffs.

**ellipsis** · 2nd January 2011, 08:43

...we...country boys...used a big old D4 horse carrier to cart our flat-trackers about the place...shared it with the horses...I used to dread pulling the short straw and having to ride in the back...