yup
curt trailer hitch. some preowned bike rack. super happy.

 

Bicycle is longer then the car is wide....LOL

I have seen those style hitches on eBay for a decent price....I just don't like the idea of losing the fog light assembly in the lower bumper....sacrifices have to be made I guess

Bryan

 

My fog light still fits when I don't have the rack installed.

I had one of those Saris racks and hated it. No good way to lock to it and skinny tires wanted to sway around in the front holders.

 

Which model number? I didn't think they had one to fit the R53.

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Curt-Class-...kAAOSwiI9fpGMY

 

Curt will tell you it does not fit an R53, but they say that because the center exhaust makes it hard to get a pin through the hitch and attachments above the exhaust. You can get it just a bit cheaper directly from Curt or from e-trailer.com. Look for the 11126 or C11126. e-trailer was $162.23 with free shipping last time I checked

 

Somehow I posted twice and could not figure out how to delete this one

 

and yes total pain in the *** to put the pin in.
originally installed for bicycles but recently found a superlight motorcycle trailer and so will towing my ducati
the bike is 400lb wet and the trailer less than 150lb

super simple trailer. basically an I-beam with wheels.

 

as someone who can never leave things alone
will be moving the axel forward to help with tongue weight if needed

 

Better a little too much tongue weight than too little for the trailer to track well. Interesting trailer, though. Have you checked the Tongue weight with the bike on? I believe 10% of total trailer plus load weight is the recommendation.

Please post a photo when you have it hooked up.