The BEST bike transport vehicle?

**FROSTY:Me** · 3rd January 2009, 16:23

Originally Posted by BMWST?

so your max load would be 6 off roaders plus three crew...so 6 bikes and four people?

No mate Um its to be a multi purpose vehicle. When its loaded down with trail bikes It will usually only have me driving it. --(actually I miscalculated it could be as many as 8 trail bikes from PW50/LT50 size up to a grown up trail bike).
But then if Im racing my road race bike then I might have a couple of racers and up to 4 people.
When on recovery duty maybee 2 people

Originally Posted by CHOPPA

I have a 2003 Ford Transit LWB, would fit your needs! If you get the high roof you can ride a bikes straight in and they haul ass, just about as quick as a supercustom hiace...

I have seriously thought about those. -a high roof LWB
Its strictlyin the idea floating stages right now .

**McDuck** · 3rd January 2009, 16:26

What about a good trailer? Or a dubble cab light truck? not exacly low but they seem okish?

**BMWST?** · 3rd January 2009, 16:32

Originally Posted by FROSTY

No mate Um its to be a multi purpose vehicle. When its loaded down with trail bikes It will usually only have me driving it. --(actually I miscalculated it could be as many as 8 trail bikes from PW50/LT50 size up to a grown up trail bike).
But then if Im racing my road race bike then I might have a couple of racers and up to 4 people.
When on recovery duty maybee 2 people

I have seriously thought about those. -a high roof LWB
Its strictlyin the idea floating stages right now .

i figured that it wouldnt need to carry all that you said....so eight bikes (two rows of four?.whew! I would go for a biggish van with a trailer for the times you need to have eight bikes....

**FROSTY:Me** · 3rd January 2009, 16:39

Originally Posted by McDuck

What about a good trailer? Or a dubble cab light truck? not exacly low but they seem okish?

I did wonder about that --Shauns trailer is a beauty.

Originally Posted by BMWST?

i figured that it wouldnt need to carry all that you said....so eight bikes (two rows of four?.whew! I would go for a biggish van with a trailer for the times you need to have eight bikes....

Mate I had that with my old hiace High roof long.
Im wondering about a vehicle that will fit the whole lot

**McDuck** · 3rd January 2009, 16:49

If they are light smaller ones could they sit east-west insted of north south? I guess with the right van you could have the smaller trails east-west in the side door with the larger bikes north south in the back?

**Squiggles** · 3rd January 2009, 17:17

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Mo...-186510171.htm

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**racerhead** · 4th January 2009, 08:16

LWB high roof twin wheel mercedes sprinter

My old race team used to have one for DH racing. Was a super comfy and fast van. If possible get one with twin sliding doors as it makes it easy to get things in/out. And another great addition to any race van is a fold out awning which make it so much easier on wet or very sunny days as it gives a bit of shelter and saves having to get a pit garage.