Some of you are seeing the glass half empty........instead of posting the "what if's, and what about's" can't you see the benefit of a veh being moved out of your way so you can get to whereever it is you're going? You all need to look at the bright side of things. Like dsa100e6 says, excellen solution if you "really" think about it.
i would love to see that tow a smashed vehicle with a broken axle. , since he wasn't using strops i'm sure if he brakes hard or get hit from behind its would be so dangerous.. how about if the car was 4wd. i realise the weight of the car is on the front wheel so the motor bike is only pulling with little weight on the back wheels. the front wheel has a low speed rating so it would not be designed for high mileage or motorway use..
The idea is bike splits lanes and gets to broken down car (easier and quicker than a tow truck) it tows it far enough out of traffic to free up that lane. Some parts of freeways/bridges dont have emergency lanes for access or to push a broken down car into. Im sure he wont be towing that car nowhere near freeway speeds or very long distances... emergency stopping bays or freeway offramps are enough to get the car out of the way. Excellent solution if you think about it.
Here is a good video to show a Harley purist just how crummy a "Jap Junk" Honda Goldwing is, which modified bike they used to pull these small sized cars with. Goldwings are tremendous bikes.
I`m sorry friend but someone has a suicide mission rainy day; Try to stop fast the back tire of that bike will not ! It will skid or fold you up into the other vehicle looks nifty for confined areas but even driving between the other cars your breaking the law A motorcycle recovery maybe narrow two wheel dolly for bikes WOW SEEN IT ALL NOW.
A) the maker and the video is in Europe, where splitting lanes is expected and normal. Its also legal and approved in California, where motorcycles are plentiful and the urban freeways are crowded.
B) you don't use the back tire of a bike to stop, you use the FRONT brake. and if that tow rig is well designed, the tow wheels will have brakes too.
@MrMrtiki Maybe you don`t have the river clay we get around here that gets plunked on our roads it gets wet & turns to grease ;I was just thinking that the time it takes to registure that the guy in front done an emergency stop and the time it takes to put the enursha of this bike with extra weight behind at stop with this clay , Plus we get a caterpillar infestation on our highways at times I pull a trailor on a goldwing sorry I just think it`s a bad idea even if it works.
A great Idea but is really only good if your car breaks down or you're too drunk to drive, if your car has been involved in an accident then it would become more of a challenge if not impossible to tow.
BTW.... the engine is a F6, flat-six cylinder with fuel injection. Really is a powerful engine (not like a racing bike, but still has ALOT of torque and HP). While it's not going tow a semi or anything, it's probably fine for small vehicles in Europe or Japan. They don't typically drive the large SUVs that we drive in the US. The engine has more HP than some small cars. I wouldn't pull a vehicle up a steep grade, but to pull a car around a city, no problem.
Yes, if you went down, you might get hurt. Every bike rider has to be concerned with that.. Duh! (Yes, I do ride motorcycles, I have 3 right now) I even have a GL1800 in Illusion Red, which IS the bike in the video.
I would almost bet that the trailer has brakes. I know how great the brakes are in the Wings, and are probably the best I've ever felt on a bike. They do have the option of anti-lock (which I have).
hahaahaha vag assistans! i want a sticker for my truck that says that!! that bikes kinda dumb though its just not guna work. put more towtruck drivers lives at risk and this risk could have been avoided
I can spot a problem with this right away. If you were traveling at a speed, and had to make a stop, the weight of the car which exceeds the bike would keep pushing the bike. The brakes on bikes are only designed to handle the weight of the bike and the rider, so adding a car to the equation throws it off balance. Its a neat idea, but perhaps speed restrictions?
The Sweeds made this great tow and the Japanesse bought it.. It would be a great item to have in large citys like SanFrancisco, LA and New York just to name a few..
i hate to go around a coner when its wet and i think that to much for the bikes clutch to handle and evon if you fell of ove this thing you might end up under the car
That's brilliant! Even if you might not want to tow far with it, especially towing a larger vehicle, it would be the perfect thing to get into a traffic jam to remove any stalled or lightly wrecked vehicle off the expressway, in any major city to be picked up by a larger vehicle later if necessary. Brilliant!
Worst case scenario you would experience a triple MORTAL COMBAT fatality
1. you slide over in to on coming traffic, r.i.p.
2. the car that's being towed crushes you and the bike from behind, r.i.p.
3. the truck that's following you can't stop and crushes your customers car along with AAA member inside, he-he, then crushes the bike and what's ever left of you and makes contact with the vehicle that you hit in the first place, r.i.p.
only a tow truck driver would invent something so dangerous!!! you have to think worst case scenario, at the end of the video, the dude is going down hill and making a right turn, if it's raining you would definitely feel it in your steering and braking,
the other is visibility, ahead of the cars that are in front of you, so you can make a dead stop,
your motorcycle can get sandwiched between what your towing and the asshole in front of you whose trying to get an insurance settlement
only works in japan cause their cars are made of rice LMFAO X-D i'd like to see them town my f250
xmodrock 1 month ago
Some of you are seeing the glass half empty........instead of posting the "what if's, and what about's" can't you see the benefit of a veh being moved out of your way so you can get to whereever it is you're going? You all need to look at the bright side of things. Like dsa100e6 says, excellen solution if you "really" think about it.
dwtslvr 2 months ago
This would be niffty if state police could get cars off to the side so traffic could keep moving until a TOW TRUCK arrives.
thorshammer1348 3 months ago
i would love to see that tow a smashed vehicle with a broken axle. , since he wasn't using strops i'm sure if he brakes hard or get hit from behind its would be so dangerous.. how about if the car was 4wd. i realise the weight of the car is on the front wheel so the motor bike is only pulling with little weight on the back wheels. the front wheel has a low speed rating so it would not be designed for high mileage or motorway use..
aaktow 1 year ago
Hummmmm Doesn't look to safe as others on here have pointed out. I bet this thing can't take sharp turns at 50 miles or even 30 miles.....?
METALMAN4Wii 1 year ago
The idea is bike splits lanes and gets to broken down car (easier and quicker than a tow truck) it tows it far enough out of traffic to free up that lane. Some parts of freeways/bridges dont have emergency lanes for access or to push a broken down car into. Im sure he wont be towing that car nowhere near freeway speeds or very long distances... emergency stopping bays or freeway offramps are enough to get the car out of the way. Excellent solution if you think about it.
dsa100e6 1 year ago 6
watch the car fly off and crush the driver lol
sti4lifer 1 year ago
Here is a good video to show a Harley purist just how crummy a "Jap Junk" Honda Goldwing is, which modified bike they used to pull these small sized cars with. Goldwings are tremendous bikes.
hlaltimus 1 year ago
I`m sorry friend but someone has a suicide mission rainy day; Try to stop fast the back tire of that bike will not ! It will skid or fold you up into the other vehicle looks nifty for confined areas but even driving between the other cars your breaking the law A motorcycle recovery maybe narrow two wheel dolly for bikes WOW SEEN IT ALL NOW.
MrMrtiki 1 year ago
A) the maker and the video is in Europe, where splitting lanes is expected and normal. Its also legal and approved in California, where motorcycles are plentiful and the urban freeways are crowded.
B) you don't use the back tire of a bike to stop, you use the FRONT brake. and if that tow rig is well designed, the tow wheels will have brakes too.
geepeerces 1 year ago 2
@MrMrtiki Maybe you don`t have the river clay we get around here that gets plunked on our roads it gets wet & turns to grease ;I was just thinking that the time it takes to registure that the guy in front done an emergency stop and the time it takes to put the enursha of this bike with extra weight behind at stop with this clay , Plus we get a caterpillar infestation on our highways at times I pull a trailor on a goldwing sorry I just think it`s a bad idea even if it works.
MrMrtiki 1 year ago
A great Idea but is really only good if your car breaks down or you're too drunk to drive, if your car has been involved in an accident then it would become more of a challenge if not impossible to tow.
myfeeling4you 1 year ago
Brilliant!
rabidowski 1 year ago
where the hell can i buy one? i want one!
jenova13 1 year ago
i agree stopping powers gone
yuccaleapman 1 year ago
THAT IS NOT JAPAN.
j0sekun 1 year ago
good for taking drunk driver cars!
pantherxx010 1 year ago
That there's Pretty Ingenious!
Good for Europe's small roads
& Cali Highways,
Which are more like parking lots at times.
RebelStangII 1 year ago
Sweet, but it would be Waaaay cooler being pulled by an HD!
gunnyranger2 1 year ago
Na it wouldn't? H.D.'s are slow .
It'd take 'im all day to get to ya.
But then my best bike was a
88 Honda vr45 Magna.
Texas H.P. Helped kill it. Me running didn't help any.
Have a Good One!
RebelStangII 1 year ago
BTW.... the engine is a F6, flat-six cylinder with fuel injection. Really is a powerful engine (not like a racing bike, but still has ALOT of torque and HP). While it's not going tow a semi or anything, it's probably fine for small vehicles in Europe or Japan. They don't typically drive the large SUVs that we drive in the US. The engine has more HP than some small cars. I wouldn't pull a vehicle up a steep grade, but to pull a car around a city, no problem.
dlb800 2 years ago
I swear... I can't believe the replies to this.
Yes, if you went down, you might get hurt. Every bike rider has to be concerned with that.. Duh! (Yes, I do ride motorcycles, I have 3 right now) I even have a GL1800 in Illusion Red, which IS the bike in the video.
I would almost bet that the trailer has brakes. I know how great the brakes are in the Wings, and are probably the best I've ever felt on a bike. They do have the option of anti-lock (which I have).
dlb800 2 years ago
nice idea..
finefilth 2 years ago
Hope they at least beefed up the brakes on the bike
73Shakes 2 years ago
This is a joke
kennethrobinson123 2 years ago
hahaahaha vag assistans! i want a sticker for my truck that says that!! that bikes kinda dumb though its just not guna work. put more towtruck drivers lives at risk and this risk could have been avoided
discot315 2 years ago
I can spot a problem with this right away. If you were traveling at a speed, and had to make a stop, the weight of the car which exceeds the bike would keep pushing the bike. The brakes on bikes are only designed to handle the weight of the bike and the rider, so adding a car to the equation throws it off balance. Its a neat idea, but perhaps speed restrictions?
woodpod 2 years ago 2
I agree with you.
I believe it will only work at low speeds.
bill7907 2 years ago
kinda breezed throuh getting the car's wheels into/onto the dolly's stirrups... what about trailer brakes for better control/security/safety?
chaosk1 2 years ago
The Sweeds made this great tow and the Japanesse bought it.. It would be a great item to have in large citys like SanFrancisco, LA and New York just to name a few..
DominickJ 2 years ago
i hate to go around a coner when its wet and i think that to much for the bikes clutch to handle and evon if you fell of ove this thing you might end up under the car
vivitar45 2 years ago
and if you have to make a sudden stop??
bmwonice 2 years ago 3
You dont....lol
badmunkie513 1 year ago
@bmwonice
I'm willing to bet all those extra wheels have brakes...
dannygalaga 1 year ago
@bmwonice You can see the brakes on the extender wheels half way through video.
Clops121 1 year ago
@bmwonice you brake
giles166 2 months ago
What next WoW now that how u ride in style *****
MadeinAustraIia 2 years ago
That's brilliant! Even if you might not want to tow far with it, especially towing a larger vehicle, it would be the perfect thing to get into a traffic jam to remove any stalled or lightly wrecked vehicle off the expressway, in any major city to be picked up by a larger vehicle later if necessary. Brilliant!
Yzenrider 2 years ago
thats china not japan
johnnyfatstrings360 2 years ago
Now that's one honk'n bike. Thanks
Doc Hallenstein
DocHallenstein 2 years ago
Ya right . . let's see this thing on a freekin' hill like most places have.
cmc065 2 years ago
"Vag Assistans ... Coming Through!" I lawled.
elxverde 2 years ago
That's a first for me!
incheon 2 years ago 2
A car thief's dream.
1pinchipendejo 2 years ago 2
holy shit :|
bbbd 3 years ago 3
creo que es muy peligroso, ojala nunca lo aprueben en USA, esto es ridiculo
carlangas096 3 years ago
Worst case scenario you would experience a triple MORTAL COMBAT fatality
1. you slide over in to on coming traffic, r.i.p.
2. the car that's being towed crushes you and the bike from behind, r.i.p.
3. the truck that's following you can't stop and crushes your customers car along with AAA member inside, he-he, then crushes the bike and what's ever left of you and makes contact with the vehicle that you hit in the first place, r.i.p.
marktsheppard 3 years ago
"I TOW, THERE FOR I AM"
marktsheppard 3 years ago
only a tow truck driver would invent something so dangerous!!! you have to think worst case scenario, at the end of the video, the dude is going down hill and making a right turn, if it's raining you would definitely feel it in your steering and braking,
the other is visibility, ahead of the cars that are in front of you, so you can make a dead stop,
your motorcycle can get sandwiched between what your towing and the asshole in front of you whose trying to get an insurance settlement
marktsheppard 3 years ago
messed up i like it though
colton7171 3 years ago
what if its and awd? where the dollies at?
intricatedmind 3 years ago
hmm...i guess putting it in neutral wouldn't work ... oh ... oh wait it would
cgd2007 3 years ago
smart, less fuel!
Gutsyndicate 3 years ago
Very cool...but I'd hate to see how bad it would stop in an emergency. Also, what about getting up steep hills with just the bike motor pulling??
jgizzy 3 years ago
gena's*
xdesensitize 4 years ago
hi genna's dad
xdesensitize 4 years ago
Cool although that one is shot in Sweden.
putttee 4 years ago
i read about these. its kewl to see one in action.
repodrgn 4 years ago