TD to tow behind a motorbike

[Plainsgirl]

Hi all,
Has anyone built a super cool TD to tow behing a motorbike? I would LOVE a link to a simple plan. I have a friend who is a superb maker and he needs a new project
Thanks in advance!
Kerry

[Vedette]

Some time back, there was the coolest and simplest TD called the "Spud" built by a guy in Idaho.
He had a great little video in his post.
Search the archives.
Good Roads
Brian & Sandi

[Plainsgirl]

Thanks! I checked it out..It's PERFECT for my mate. I have contacted the inventor and with any luck I'll be able to buy a plan from him. What a smart thinker he is.

[Vedette]

Glad I was able to help.
Brian

[dales133]

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Google aussie teardrops Kerry. .. guy in Queensland makes them for trikes.
Not a bad crazy olé german....spoken to him on the phone a few times.
Carries alot of parts too.
Cheers Dale

[Plainsgirl]

Dales check out this Idaho Bedroll. If you search 'spud' on here you will see his design in the 'dreaming'. It's sensational. Makes me want to build one and I don't even have a bike! Anyway, the vid shows all. The prototype is a bit rustic but the design is so innovative.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1z7QnNkMgF0

[Fenlason]

Wow! that is so cool.

[dales133]

Yea pretty cool alright

[ae6black]

I'd like to see how the wet weather covering comes out and how that part of this is set up.

Art

[jandmz]

A light weight, classic looking trailer known as "Chummy", might interest you. It was designed by Dean Tennis and was on this site several years ago, but I can't find the links to it any more. Maybe someone else here can post pictures. At one point, Dean was planning on selling plan sets, but I don't know whether or not he got that started before he was injured in a crash that destroyed the original Chummy. Anybody?

[angib]

I seem to repost this photo every couple of years, so here it is again as inspiration.

But I didn't build it and I don't have any more information about it, except that it was successfully towed for many thousands of miles .

[Plainsgirl]

That is a sweet design too! I found the Chummy II, which is not really a bike-trailer, but who can tell me what the roof is made of? Is this canvas? It's an amazing thing too..so many clever builders out there. The Chummy (left-hand side, third one down) http://gages-56.com/spam7.html

[grant whipp]

That is a sweet design too! I found the Chummy II, which is not really a bike-trailer, but who can tell me what the roof is made of? Is this canvas? It's an amazing thing too..so many clever builders out there. The Chummy (left-hand side, third one down) http://gages-56.com/spam7.html

Dean is/was a Model A Ford restorer, so the fabric on the Chummy was likely some kind of top material for either tops & roof inserts or convertible/roadsters ... that or marine vinyl. He did have plans for the Chummy available for quite a while, and I had a link to him on the teardrops.net Plans Page for a long time, as well ... but a few years ago, he asked me to discontinue the listing. I haven't spoken with him since then, nor have heard of how he's doing, so I can't speak to that. But, I've seen both the original Chummy and Chummy II and they were/are impressive and innovative trailers ... there's no reason the build techniques in either one couldn't be applied to a smaller, MC-sized trailer!

Good Luck, and as always ...

CHEERS!

Oh, and BTW ... I've designed and built three "teardrops" that were pulled by motorcycles, and have another on the drawing-board (with a complete frame, and the walls cut out) ... but I don't have plans, sorry! Here's one of them (the biggest) ... it's 6.5' long, 3.5' wide, and 3' high when closed ... the bed is 54"x80", there's a counter and storage cabinets in the "lid", gobs of storage under the PS bench seat, and 4 people could easily sit at the table inside ... weighed about 400#, but could have been a lot less if I had used the proper tent material instead of Sunbrella (live & learn, they say!).

[dales133]

That's awsum grant and spacious to boot!

[Plainsgirl]

Fantastic! What a great designer your are!