Home brewed folding rear motorcycle carrier

[Motafinga]

Just wanted to share my relatively cheap/simple solution to having a way to carry my enduro bike on the back of my camper rig.
I wanted to solve many issues I've experienced with hauling a bike with my rig such as:

*I fricken HATE dealing with a trailer! Slow speed limit, Slow lane, Storing a trailer, major loss of maneuverability and the list goes on..
*Standard carrier puts the bike to close to rear of truck blocking the entrance of the camper
*Standard carrier is in a fixed position that limits your angle of approach unless you pull it off
*Standard carrier is quite wobbly from side to side if you get into anything goaty off road
*Standard carrier doesn't make the getting in and out of the camper exactly easy especially after a few beers, unless you pull it off and stash it aside!
*I wanted something acts as a built in porch / step on the back of the rig
Anyways you get the idea.
So..I figured I'd take a shot at making something that solves the above grievances.

I started with this>>
cheap basket type folding cargo carrier

 

[Motafinga]

These pics are showing version 1 and what I ended up with on my old rig.. more detailed pics coming soon
And yes the bike is just far away enough to access the camper while loaded on the carrier

 

[tonkaman]

Looks like a pretty slick solution. So you just added the outriggers for tie down points and bolted on a wheel chock?

 

[Motafinga]

I didn't think to take any build in process pics since I hadn't discovered this forum at the time, but here's a few more detailed shots of what I ended up with after more fine tuning for strength and usability.

The carrier is about 12 inches too narrow to handle the bikes wheel base so used a wood plank which I framed in angle iron as a platform for the bike.
I then added a wheel chock on one end. The handle bars strap down to the eye hooks.
To increase strength and stability I welded gussets ala angle iron in the middle of the carrier and I also added a second strut that slides into a second receiver u bolted to the trucks hitch and a turn buckle on the other side to tighten everything up and take out any slop. The strut is a bolt action type thing that slides out and stashes in the truck when the carrier is folded.
I also made a folding step/bridge that fills in the gap between the bumper and carrier.
After getting the Alaskan I had to reverse the direction of the bike since the door opens the opposite way so I just flipped everything to the other side.
The completed carrier is super strong and you can even put a street bike on it.
I added trailer lights that plug into the trucks existing plug and also a back-up cam that pivots to be usable in either position.

 

[Motafinga]

**crickets**

 

[hansrober]

I like it! I dig the way it kind of adds a small porch to the back of your camper. The backup cam I am sure is super handy. What do you think it weighs?

 

[Motafinga]

I like it! I dig the way it kind of adds a small porch to the back of your camper. The backup cam I am sure is super handy. What do you think it weighs?

Thank you sir, with all the reinforcing it's about 80-100 pounds. Yeah the porch/step function was important for us and our dogs to be able to easily access the camper without fumbling over a typical moto carrier. Back up cam is waaaay key too!

 

[OVRLND]

Great idea.
I like that it can stay on when not in use as an MC carrier, but still be out of the way.