ABOUT US

Full disclosure, whenever I see a rally on my calendar that's more than five hours away, I prepare my bike abba trailer to do its duty. It's an easy way to dodge unnecessary miles on the odometer while packing a few otherwise scaled down favorites. Better tools, camping gear if needed, maybe a guitar shaped inflatable pool ... whatever the item, placing it safely and securely in our tow vehicle before hauling our prize ride(s) is nothing if not convenient.

OUR INSPIRATION

Our inspiration for creating this convenient trailer called "a biker's little helper."

arrived while reading Ted Simon's Dreaming of Jupiter.

On some muddy road in a far-off land, his bike became disabled when

an integral bolt failed before being lost in the muck.

A truck driver agreed to tow him to the next town ...

by tying a rope to the bike while its owner rode it as if water skiing.

Riding motorcycle myself and like any motorcycle rider we all have been

stranded alongside the road at least once.

The Bike Abba would've saved them both a lot of headaches.

Some people just do not have room to store a trailer, or they live in an apartment.

As people age, their balance is becoming an issue and riding long distances is

painful. Using a trailer to load or unload a bike requires help from a couple of friends.

The Bike Abba is designed to load and unload on the ground with the engine off so when my bike won’t start,

or you want to have it serviced you can load it on the Bike Abba and deliver it to my mechanic by yourself and drive home.

THE MEANING

Although Abba has a different meaning in English, the phrase actually comes from a Afrikaans saying.

Will you 'abba' me?

Translating to piggyback riding.

I would like to address a few questions that people continue to ask:

Tire wear.

We have motorcycles that have been tested for days on the rear tire being hauled in the Bike Abba. This is simply because there is no one sitting in the seat, braking or throttling, so there is no "torque" on the tire which is what actually wears out a tire.

Transmission.

We have talked to all the major motorcycle manufacturers, and they said the following. Anything manufactured after 1973

and over 400cc has the drive gear in an oil bath. We decided to prove this to ourselves. We took different motorcycles of all manufacturers and models and testing with no issues.

Can the Transmission go into gear if you hit a chuckhole?

We did talk to all the major manufacturers about this, and they stated a motorcycle will not suddenly go into gear if you hit

a hole (caveat to a bike that is in complete disrepair). But we decided to test this ourselves. We took a bike for a tow as fast as possible and hit every dip or small pot hole. The bikes shocks worked perfectly, and it did not jump into gear.

Odometer.

Some motorcycles or trikes have the odometer on the front wheel. If the front wheel is in the cradle, it will not increase the milage. If you put the bike backwards it will not roll back the mileage either. Some bikes or trikes have odometers in the transmission. When it is in Neutral it will not increase the mileage.

Motorcycle sway.

Before we released the Atlas Hitch, we tested several models at speeds in excess of 100 miles an hour. They all followed straight as an arrow behind the vehicle. We even dynamited the brakes on our tow rig (my personal truck that you see at the shows) at 60 mph and all the bikes stayed right behind the vehicle. We did the same test with the 2-motorcycle option with the same results.

Motorcycle hopping or bounce.

The straps securement system puts just enough tension on the bike to keep it from hopping or bouncing. Again, we have tested this down dusty washboard backroads, and potholed cities, it just doesn’t get out of the tow stream.

So, for all the remaining sceptical armchair critics out there, until you have fully tested this product yourself, do not equate this to any of the flimsy online products, we are nothing like them. Please, ask us questions, we actually do love to answer them.

ASSEMBLY PROCESS

The process is simple, really. Like any other towing accessory, the platform plugs directly into the towbar receiver before being secured.

A ramp is then attached before the bike is wheeled onto a secure platform. Two pairs of eyelets await ratchet straps and once taut, you're ready to roll.