One of a Kind
With the popularity of Single Wheel Trailers over the years a few very handy intelligent individuals have taken on the task and created there own. This page is devoted to trailers built on a one of a kind, home built basis. If you have built a trailer, please send me an email and tell your story and we will add it here for the rest of the world to admire your ingenuity and mechanical prowess.

I found this listed on Craigslist.org. Custom Made Motorcycle Trailer - $1100 - Single-wheel white motorcycle trailer (paint is basecoat clear). 16" front wheel from Honda sport bike (tire is one year old). Box is made of strong, lightweight wood (looks and feels like fibreglass). Lockable. LED lights. Tows very well.

I recently purchased this trailer it has coil springs for suspension. There is no information as to make I would say it has been around for a number of years. Owned by David.

"I built this trailer using the front end from a 250cc Honda Spacey scooter. The Universal joint is from a 1959 Morris Oxford car, and the tail-light is from a Kawasaki GPZ250 motorcycle. Suspension is Australian made Ikon brand, and a Metzler L rated 10" tyre is fitted. The hitch is my own design, and is laser-cut and welded from stainless steel. The project took nearly a year and a half, 40 kg of body filler, and innumerable hours of sanding, shaping and sweat. It's total weight is only 40kg. The name was suggested by my partner, Wendy........because it only has one wheel! Rob White Australia A bit more of my story....Getting my trailer to handle involved a fair bit of trial and error. I found that as a bare rolling chassis, it handled quite OK, but I think that was due to the fact that it was so light, the bike just dragged the chassis along regardless of where it wanted to go. When I installed the fibreglass "box" and loaded it with 35kg of ballast, the trailer would "tail wag" at about 100kmh (approx. 60mph). After upgrading to an L rated tyre and exchanging the standard (and very worn) Honda shock absorbers for new Ikon units, the problem was reduced, but not cured. I talked to a few trailer builders and began to wonder if the problem could be the drawbar length. Sure enough, after adding about 10" to the drawbar, the tail wagging problem disappeared. I have now towed it at over 180kmh (a little over 110mph) with a 40kg load and it tracks really well. While I'm not in the habit of travelling at 110mph, I felt that it was important to over-engineer and test at extreme speed if I was to have confidence that it wouldn't do anything unexpected at the most inappropriate time! The only time you really even notice that it's behind the bike now is when doing really slow turns, or quick changes of direction such as a winding mountain road. Even then, as long as you change direction smoothly, it leaves the other guys towing normal trailers for dead... I've attached a few more construction photos below. Rob White

Built by Karel. Hi. I have a friend who is building a single-wheel trailer for his scooter and he sent me the link to your site. It's a fascinating site, good work! I thought that you'd like to see a couple of pictures of a home-made trailer attached to a Mobylette moped that was brought to a cyclemotor rally in northern France in June 2006. The trailer was made by my Dutch friend Karel and features the headstock of a bicycle at the front end and sprung suspension. Regards Nick D. Built by.Karel

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