Trailer hitch mounted motorcycle carrier

A motorcycle towing system comprising:

• a trailer ball mounted to a tow vehicle, the trailer ball having a diameter D and a flattened top;
• a carrier assembleable for use and disassembleable for storage, the assembled carrier comprising;
• a nose piece;
• a rear piece longitudinally spaced apart from the nose piece;
• laterally spaced apart side pieces connecting the nose piece to the rear piece and forming a tire opening with an opening length between approximately thirteen inches and approximately seventeen inches selected to receive a portion of a motorcycle front tire and to not allow the front tire to fall through the opening;
• a downward facing mouth in the nose piece for receiving the trailer ball, the mouth having:
• a cylindrical shape;
• a ceiling at the top of the mouth;
• a flat hardened insert residing in the ceiling of the mouth to cooperate with the flattened top of the trailer ball;
• a base at the bottom of the mouth;
• and
• a center of the mouth between the base and the ceiling;
• two hardened bolts residing near the center of the mouth and protruding into the mouth at least half the diameter D below the ceiling to retain the trailer ball in the mouth so that cooperation of the flat hardened insert with the flattened top of the trailer ball resist pitching and rolling of the trailer ball in the mouth and holds the carrier in a generally horizontal attitude.

A motorcycle towing system comprising:

• a trailer ball mounted to a tow vehicle, the trailer ball having a waist, a flattened top, and a height H from the waist of the trailer ball to the flattened top of the trailer ball;
• a carrier assembleable for use and disassembleable for storage, the assembled carrier comprising;
• a nose piece;
• a rear piece longitudinally spaced apart from the nose piece;
• laterally spaced apart side pieces connecting the nose piece to the rear piece and forming a tire opening with an opening width of approximately six inches and an opening length of approximately 17 inches for receiving a portion of a motorcycle front tire and not allowing the front tire to fall through the opening;
• a downward facing mouth in the nose piece for receiving the trailer ball, the mouth having:
• a cylindrical shape;
• a ceiling at the top of the mouth;
• a flat hardened insert residing in the ceiling of the mouth to cooperate with the flattened top of the trailer ball;
• a base at the bottom of the mouth;
• and
• a center of the mouth between the base and the ceiling;
• two hardened shoulder bolts residing near the center of the mouth and having smooth shoulders protruding into the mouth slightly more than the height H below the ceiling to retain the trailer ball in the mouth so that cooperation of the flat hardened insert with the flattened top of the trailer ball resists pitching and rolling of the carrier on the trailer ball and holds the carrier in a generally horizontal attitude.