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I intend to do the same thing for my new (to me) KLR. I already own an aluminum hitch carrier rated at 500lbs. It's 5' x 2' so is not big enough, but I planned to bolt a 6' channel for the bike. How do you load the bike? Do you carry a length of plan for a ramp or similar? Is it easy enough to get the bike up there and support it while you are attaching the tie-downs? Tim

> Message: 4 > Date: Mon, 2 May 2005 06:44:30 -0500 > From: "Rob Lefebvre" > Subject: RE: Re: KLR rear rack weight limit > > I have a hitch mount carrier that requires a 4 point tie down. The bike sits > across the back of my suburban so would roll off one end if I only used front > tie downs. I built it out of a length of 2" box steel and a 6' length of 5" U > channel welded together. Works great and only cost me $40.00 in materials. > > > > Rob >

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I carry a short ramp along with me and just roll the KLR up the ramp. I also used this we great success with my DR650. Rob -----Original Message----- From: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com [mailto:DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of tim_wakefield@... Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 4:16 PM To: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [DSN_KLR650] Digest Number 6292 I intend to do the same thing for my new (to me) KLR. I already own an aluminum hitch carrier rated at 500lbs. It's 5' x 2' so is not big enough, but I planned to bolt a 6' channel for the bike. How do you load the bike? Do you carry a length of plan for a ramp or similar? Is it easy enough to get the bike up there and support it while you are attaching the tie-downs? Tim

> Message: 4 > Date: Mon, 2 May 2005 06:44:30 -0500 > From: "Rob Lefebvre" > Subject: RE: Re: KLR rear rack weight limit > > I have a hitch mount carrier that requires a 4 point tie down. The

bike sits

> across the back of my suburban so would roll off one end if I only

used front

> tie downs. I built it out of a length of 2" box steel and a 6' length

of 5" U

> channel welded together. Works great and only cost me $40.00 in

materials.

> > > > Rob >

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