Need to buy a 4 wheel vehicle to carry a bike.

**aprilia_RS250** · 18th January 2012, 12:19

Okay... I just sat my full car licence in my friends car. Passed.

Need to buy a car, big enough to carry a Yamaha R1 in the back for track days etc and to Sth Island later this summer.

Don't wonna a van, don't wonna a ute.

Anyone here use a big 4x4? I like the ability to off-road as there is a chance for dirt biking.

Or buy a s/w with a tow bar and go with a trailer.... Suggestions??

Most importantly needs to be less than $4k.

Ta

**SMOKEU** · 18th January 2012, 12:22

Originally Posted by aprilia_RS250

Need to buy a car, big enough to carry a Yamaha R1 in the back for track days etc and to Sth Island later this summer.

Don't wonna a van, don't wonna a ute.

Most importantly needs to be less than $4k.

I don't think such a thing exists, unless you want to put the bike on its side which is a bit of a stupid idea to begin with.

Buy a car and a trailer.

**insomnia01** · 18th January 2012, 12:34

I reckon a van would be better as you could drag all your track day gear around & when you head down south you could sleep in it as well.... can't imagine a R1 tagged on the back of a 4 door sedan

**rachprice** · 18th January 2012, 13:14

Utes are bangin!

Drive like a car with lots of room

**TrentNz** · 18th January 2012, 13:29

yeah man your not going to fit it in a big 4wd.
mabey a 4wd ute but your gona have fun getting it into the tray with the height.

**nodrog:Me** · 18th January 2012, 13:44

Sounds like a mazda 121 is what you are after.

**Ender EnZed** · 18th January 2012, 13:56

Originally Posted by SMOKEU

I don't think such a thing exists, unless you want to put the bike on its side which is a bit of a stupid idea to begin with.

+1

To fit an R1 upright in the back of an enclosed 4x4 you'd need some sort of military truck.

For $4k you want a ute, van or car and trailer. 4x4 utes and vans are great to have but (utes especially) are much more expensive to buy. If you don't really need it then don't bother unless you've got more money to play with.

EDIT: Generally speaking; a ute will drive as well as a shit car regardless of whether it's loaded up or not, a good van will get blown around a bit more but won't be any worse than a 15-20 year old 6 cylinder Falconmodore with a trailer, a shit one will climb hills at 40km/h. The big advantage of a van is that when you get somewhere the bike is still locked up in the back out of the weather. Trailers are good things to have if you have the space to store them, get one for ~$1500 and keep it for years. I don't think you could get any 4x4 worth having as well as a trailer for $4k. I'd combine the trailer with any early-mid 90s 6 cylinder car and then you've still got a decent-ish 4 wheel vehicle when you're not moving your R1.

**aprilia_RS250** · 18th January 2012, 14:03

I'm sure I saw a guy with a GSXR in the back of a big Pajero... He took the rear seats out. And the rear cabin was just tall enough for the bike to fit in. I don't know if he too air out of the tyres. But the bike was definitely vertical and strapped in.

I had a look on TM. Seems I need 2k for car with a towbar and I reckon I could find a covered trailer for 2k. Fuck trailers are expensive.

**jasonu** · 18th January 2012, 14:04

Why does it have to be a 4x4? Unless you live in a mud bog, on a beach or in the snow 4wd is just not necessary.

**Sliver** · 18th January 2012, 14:07

Nah nothing out there, Try a club cub or single cab ute (you can get your bike on with tail gate) also a long wheel base van would do the trick.

**bogan** · 18th January 2012, 14:11

What is wrong with a Van? Frontal impact is about all I can think of, but you ride a roadbike so can't much of a deterrent!

Nissan Patrol spring to mind as a possibility, but probably not tall enough.

**aprilia_RS250** · 18th January 2012, 14:14

Originally Posted by jasonu

Why does it have to be a 4x4? Unless you live in a mud bog, on a beach or in the snow 4wd is just not necessary.

Try and hit some 4x4 tracks while in Sth Island with mates and for dirt biking too, but not a major. I thought there would a particular 4x4 big enough to fit a bike if you take out the rear seats.

Seems car and trailer are the way to go

**aprilia_RS250** · 18th January 2012, 14:15

Originally Posted by bogan

What is wrong with a Van? Frontal impact is about all I can think of, but you ride a roadbike so can't much of a deterrent!

Nissan Patrol spring to mind as a possibility, but probably not tall enough.

I'll never drive a van

**jasonu** · 18th January 2012, 14:21

Originally Posted by aprilia_RS250

Try and hit some 4x4 tracks while in Sth Island with mates and for dirt biking too, but not a major. I thought there would a particular 4x4 big enough to fit a bike if you take out the rear seats.

Seems car and trailer are the way to go

This should do the job.