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    People's experience hauling motorcycles?

    I've got a 86 2wd d50 2.0 5 speed and I want to haul my motorcycle with it. I have a Buell lightning and I think it weighs around 800lbs. Should be under the payload of the truck. Does anyone have any tips or experiences?

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    Have haulled bikes on a 2nd gen with flat tray. Had some fold down eyelets built in. Will be no problems. Typically had the bike on the centre stand then tiedowns around the headset and crank the suspension down tight. I was lucky enough to have a ledge I could ride the bike off and straight on, and lift it off with a buddy at the other side, so never had ramps

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    XR650L.jpgI bought a harbor freight motorcycle wheel chock and just set it in the middle of the bed. The corrugated floor keeps it from sliding around. I used the 4 tie down points in the corner of the bed with some ratchet straps. The weight should be of no concern, but i could definitely feel the increased wind resistance at 75mph with my 2.6 auto. I probably had close to 1000lbs in the truck total. Lots of heavy metal bits packed in around the bike that you cant see.

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    You guys think it would be better if you had these? https://m.autozone.com/suspension-st...-rear/250423_0 I need new rear struts anyway and these are 76 bucks! Main reason is I'm about to haul this bike 3500 miles ha ha

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    I would just get some regular shocks myself. You should be well within the payload rating of the truck. IIRC its somewhere around 1400lbs. These little trucks are a lot more capable than most people think. I've certainly grossly abused the haul and tow ratings and didn't feel unsafe.

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    I've had about ~1400lbs of laminate flooring in mine at once, did just fine.

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    Also need to consider I'm gonna be driving the Alcan in November with this setup ha ha. Gonna be an advanture

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    Geronimo has air shocks on the rear - if your springs are stock you wouldn't need them, but if you pulled leaves to lower the truck, the air shocks would be a good idea, and help with body roll in the corners at speed.
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    I got them anyway. Auto zone had them in stock and I have store credit with them. 40 bucks out the door. I do plan on going lower eventually so if they last they will come in handy later.

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    I used to have a tommy lift gate and 3 extra leaves in Geronimo's springs before I tore him down for restomod. I used to haul pinball machines, video games, juke boxes, etc. - way more than 1400 lbs...
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    Someone say arcade games??



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    need 3 standing up, with a lift gate on the back, but its a start...
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    Quote Originally Posted by pennyman1 View Post
    need 3 standing up, with a lift gate on the back, but its a start...
    when i first got my truck it had a tommy gate on it i took it off because it wasn't working made the truck real heavy the previous owners had extra
    heavy duty springs and a couple of extra leafs put on the rear end to take the weight once i took off the lift i swear the truck jumped up 3 inches lolIMG_20180929_074337844.jpgIMG_20180929_074347865.jpg

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    I am sure it did - that gate goes 400+ pounds. Those gates are easy to fix, and new ones are over 2k to buy - I paid 715.00 for mine in 1983 new when I put it on an GMC s15.
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    I went to Japan about a year ago for work. These mini cab overs with lift gates were everywhere. The only traditional looking pickup I saw was a Tundra. cab over.jpg

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    I just saw one of these yesterday at the Harbor Freight. I asked him if he had the cover for the back he said "no but I can get one" I don't think it had a lift gate. Looked like the bed sides flipped down to make it a kind of flatbed.

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    Yes, they were all drop sides. I saw a subaru one over here that also had drop sides. If/when I do a flatbed on my truck, it's going to get drop sides. They are extremely handy.

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