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    Posted: 25 Mar 2018 at 7:00am
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Do (did) you bring the Electra Glide with you? Did you bring it when towing with the Caravan. If so, how do you do this?
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That is my mission in life, to figure out how to bring my bike on our trips with the pod! To date, short of riding it and having the Mrs drive the tow vehicle, I haven't come up with a workable plan.
We now tow with our F-150, it has a cap on it with thule racks on the cap for our canoe and kayak. And with carrying my fishing cart, grill/cart and other supplies our truck bed is pretty full. Our truck has the 5.5 foot bed and my Harley measures over 6 foot long so it wont fit well in the back if we took the cap off.
So as we speak, we haven't come up with a good plan, yet.
 
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Posts: 2587 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 Mar 2018 at 9:26am
Sounds to me, short of getting a big flat bed trailer that you can put the Pod and bike in, you're SOL. 
Maybe you could get your wife to drive the Harley?  ðŸ™ƒ
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Posts: 2630 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 Mar 2018 at 9:43am
Originally posted by Leo B

Our truck has the 5.5 foot bed and my Harley measures over 6 foot long so it wont fit well in the back if we took the cap off.
So as we speak, we haven't come up with a good plan, yet.
Although we don't have motorcycles any more, you just gave me another reason why we got the 6.5' bed on ours.
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Posts: 4508 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 Mar 2018 at 2:38pm
Cry the Mrs driving my Harley......................................ah no. 
Yeah I dropped the ball on that one. Really wanted the Super Cab, was thinking about travelling with the grand kids. Lesson learned
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You need a Toy Hauler Leo.
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Posts: 2630 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 Mar 2018 at 2:51pm
Originally posted by Leo B

Cry the Mrs driving my Harley......................................ah no. 
Yeah I dropped the ball on that one. Really wanted the Super Cab, was thinking about travelling with the grand kids. Lesson learned
Don't feel bad. The long wheelbase F-150s are rare as hen's teeth. You really have to go out of your way to find one.
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Posts: 4508 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 Mar 2018 at 3:37pm
Looked at some toy haulers, they just don't have the comfortable feel like the rpods  and others have.
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Posts: 3419 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 Mar 2018 at 3:42pm
Yep, made for different purpose I suppose. I do get a tinge of envy when I see the big motor coaches pull in and unload the his and hers Harleys:)
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Posts: 4508 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 Mar 2018 at 4:32pm
Oh yeah!! Same here!!  
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