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Post by skyrider on Jan 18, 2014 22:38:02 GMT -5
I wish I had have found a deal like this before I bought that new YY250T in 2011.
There is a man who has a 2007 Honda Silverwing here in Yuma AZ where we are spending the winter for $2495. Just over 7000 miles on it
Really nice clean machine. I paid $3300 for my 07 Reflex in April with 15250 miles on it.
I would think about trading for it except I'd have to build a totally new rack for the back of the motor home and the Reflex does just fine.
If anyone is interested PM me and I'll get his # for you.
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Post by rockynv on Jan 18, 2014 22:55:13 GMT -5
The 2007 SilverWing has a 501 lb dry weight so with fuel, coolant, oil, etc your talking about a 550 lb bike there while your 2007 Reflex is only 375 lbs dry and a little over 400 lbs on the street. A receiver hitch would be maxed out with the Reflex while the SilverWing would require additional receivers to be installed on your RV to support it if the frame extensions put on the truck frame by the motorhomes maker are even up to the job. Remember you have to consider the dynamics of the dead weight of the bike on the hitch along with the capacity of the rear axle on the RV and the leverage it would be creating that will reduce your front wheels contact with the roadway. Addings air bags to back of the RV to get the ride height back up does not correct the lack of weight on the front wheels which you don't want to find out about when hit by a cross wind.
You are most likely better off with the Reflex on the back of your RV than with the heavier SilverWing. I could not imagine rolling 550 lbs of bike onto a hitch rack by myself and I am not a little person and grew up doing heavy labor.
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Post by skyrider on Jan 19, 2014 13:55:02 GMT -5
This is all true enough. You will notice that I said I didn't do it. Even with the Reflex I built the rack with extra support from the sides. It has worked well for over 17,000 miles. I could have gone back to the Tucson area where my tools are stored and built a totally new rack that would be frame mounted. This frame has no extensions, it is all original Workhorse chassis.
I am not concerned with the loading of the extra weight, my system is so simple and easy to use.
It is just that I have too many times traded off perfectly good vehicles just because i got "trading fever". Don't want to do that again. The Reflex has turned out be be near perfect. I've put 11,000 miles on it since April.
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Post by rockynv on Jan 20, 2014 1:30:42 GMT -5
I have not seen a WorkHorse gas chassis long enough without extensions besides their UFO for anything more that a 25 foot motorhome and those are such a light chassis that you would be pushing it with a 300lb bike. What size/class motorhome and which series of chassis are we talking about?
I am running a 35 foot Class A on a V10 Ford F53 myself.
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