Monogo Trailer

[Mellow]

You know, at first I didn't like the looks of this one... but, at 7 cu ft it's got 2 more cu ft than the Uni-go and at $995 Can/$891 compared to the $2,500+ for a new Uni-go... it's really starting to look good....

Anyone know someone with one of these? The Uni-go handles very well in the curves and this one looks like it has a normal squared-off trailer tire instead of the rounded motorcycle scooter tire like the Uni-go..

Just curious if anyone has any experience with it... looks like it might be a good alternative.

http://monogo.com/Anglais/laRemorque/description.php

http://monogo.com/Images/Galerie_Grosse/galeriePhoto_MonogoCoter.gif

http://monogo.com/Images/Galerie_Grosse/galeriePhoto_Monogo_2.gif

http://monogo.com/Images/Galerie_Grosse/GaleriePhoto.gif

[EJ's 97ST]

Pretty slick, and I agree Joe, alot more attraction at that amount of $ out the door vs some of the other pull be-hind's. I swear I've seen similar storage units on top of small cars and alot of mini vans, I'll bet it's pretty close. Guessing the designers would have had to come up with the frame/wheel combo & light setup. I like it, but haven't seen one here yet.

EJ

[Spencer]

Looking at the pics, I guess it has snow tires on it :crackup


Spencer

[Trekker]

I've yet to see one in person... but these are made with standard poly car top boxes mated to a fabricated frame and wheel assy. The wheel assy does intrude into the box in the center to keep the C.o.G. low. From what I understand the owner (Michel) runs a small shop and is very good to work with. His english lacks a little but he works hard to make his customers happy. He will even make adapters for existing hitches to mate with his trailer.

I too wonder about the wheel. I keep thinking a ride up to Quebec may be needed to check these trailers out. You with me Joe?? :D I know where a DQ is along the way!

[Trekker]

Check this thread from ADVRIDER

see post #14

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=207399

[Mellow]

I've yet to see one in person... but these are made with standard poly car top boxes mated to a fabricated frame and wheel assy. The wheel assy does intrude into the box in the center to keep the C.o.G. low. From what I understand the owner (Michel) runs a small shop and is very good to work with. His english lacks a little but he works hard to make his customers happy. He will even make adapters for existing hitches to mate with his trailer.

I too wonder about the wheel. I keep thinking a ride up to Quebec may be needed to check these trailers out. You with me Joe?? :D I know where a DQ is along the way!

LOL.. I went back and saw this post by you at motocampers (http://www.motocampers.com) which got me to looking at these further.

I found This (http://www.jerseybiker.com/Review.htm) review but I think the guy overloaded the trailer and that's why it acted funny.

[Trekker]

Yeah... I been thinking about a reasonably priced trailer for a while now!

I guess Monogo is in Granby, Quebec- almost 400 miles from me. I may be taking a fall trip in early October up that way and might just pop over the border to check these out. A long time out but that's how it goes sometimes. If I do decide to get one of these, I'll have the off-season (winter- ugh) to sell some blood and put the cash aside. :rolleyes:

[Diggers1300]

Joe, I saw one of these at WeSTOC last year. I like the fact that it is much cheaper than my Uni-Go. However, there are three things I didn't like about it.

1) The tire. It is indeed a squared tire, reminded me of a cart tire.

2) The Towbar. It is a simple pin design which allows for quite a bit of movement. Remember how rigid the towbar/hitch hook-up was on your old Uni-go? The U-joint allowed the directional movement necessary, bt was a lot more rigid.

3) While the wheel is recessed in the cargo area as stated to lower the center of gravity while maintaining less weight on the tongue, the COG seems, to me, to still be too high.

My Uni-Go pulls fantastic through the twisties and at, occasionaly, triple-digit speeds. I know some of you out there will think I'm nuts for doing that, but that is exactly why I paid the price for the Uni-Go. It is very capable. I don't think I would try that with the Monogo for the reasons stated above.

Just my opinion (while I can still have one). YMMV

[Mellow]

Yeah, I'm searching more and more for monogo reviews...

Here's a pic of the hitch.. not near as secure looking as the one on the unigo.. in fact, he said he lost his hitch pin. I always kick myself for selling my 1st unigo, but that's life... it's not something I have to have, I can pretty much take everything I need on the bike w/backpack bag on back seat and the cooler rack I have now gives me a little more flexibility in what I can bring.. it was just always nice when camping to not worry about how you pack stuff, just throw it in the trailer instead of rolling everything up nice and tight.. also, when it's raining, it sure makes setting up and breaking down camp fast... this is definitely one of those 'nice to haves'.

http://jerseybiker.com/hitch_back.jpg

Joe, I saw one of these at WeSTOC last year. I like the fact that it is much cheaper than my Uni-Go. However, there are three things I didn't like about it.

1) The tire. It is indeed a squared tire, reminded me of a cart tire.

2) The Towbar. It is a simple pin design which allows for quite a bit of movement. Remember how rigid the towbar/hitch hook-up was on your old Uni-go? The U-joint allowed the directional movement necessary, bt was a lot more rigid.

3) While the wheel is recessed in the cargo area as stated to lower the center of gravity while maintaining less weight on the tongue, the COG seems, to me, to still be too high.

My Uni-Go pulls fantastic through the twisties and at, occasionaly, triple-digit speeds. I know some of you out there will think I'm nuts for doing that, but that is exactly why I paid the price for the Uni-Go. It is very capable. I don't think I would try that with the Monogo for the reasons stated above.

Just my opinion (while I can still have one). YMMV

[Trekker]

I can believe he would lose that hitch pin.... it's missing the retaining clip!

I wonder if a better, more secure hitch connection couldn't be fab'd? It would STILL be lass than the price of a Unigo. Yes the Unigo is better in many ways... I just can't drop that much $$ on one.

[Mellow]

The retaining pin was what he was talking about... some only push it in past the first little notch.. I always push it further to the large round end as it's less likely to come off that way.

[Mellow]

Joe, I saw one of these at WeSTOC last year. I like the fact that it is much cheaper than my Uni-Go. However, there are three things I didn't like about it.

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Steve, do you remember who had it? Sure would like to get an ST owner's review of this.

[Diggers1300]

Steve, do you remember who had it? Sure would like to get an ST owner's review of this.

No I sure don't. Very likeable fellow though. From somewhere out west if memory serves - course memory ain't so great (See this answer to your question :D )

[Mellow]

No I sure don't. Very likeable fellow though. From somewhere out west if memory serves - course memory ain't so great (See this answer to your question :D )

LOL.. from somewhere out west.. .at westoc.. LOL.. now that's funny right there..

I saw on a wing board that they don't ship across the border, you have to go get it... heck, by the time I plot all my routes to get there I'd spend enough to get a uni-go... :o4:

[motomac]

I am sure the Wing would negate the mushy feeling the reviewer above talked about, but...... It ain't a Unigo. Is the cubic feet listed usable??? The lid is bigger than the cargo area so, you end up stacking stuff up inside and hoping when you close it up the seal still seals. It ain't a Unigo. Mine is at the ahop by the way and Mark the owner is scratching his head as to how those bolts hit the body. I am too for that matter. I compressed the suspension to the bottom and the nuts and bolts still had 1/2" clearance to the body. He saw immediatley what the problem was with the fender. Steve saw it too, but didn't realize what he was looking at. The tire Steve has is a Metzler, mine is a Maxxim and is a larger diameter tire, so the fender hits. I'll keep you updated on the progress of the repairs to my Unigo. Don't get the Monogo Joe!!!!

[Mellow]

LOL.. thanks Mac.. I'm sure I'll end up with another Uni-go... I just keep looking for reasons to not get it and get something cheaper..

[Diggers1300]

Mama yousta say, "Life is like a box of choclates"

No wait...

"You get what you pay for"

Yea! That's the ticket.

Get a Uni-Go and never look back! Unless you are an idiot and sell it.:eek:

What!? I didn't say that! Sorry, Joe! Just kidding!

I forget, he can haved me banned from the site! But I got an ace up my sleeve... I'll just hold the site banner hostage!

[Mellow]

LOL.. you know how to bargin...

Mama yousta say, "Life is like a box of choclates"

No wait...

"You get what you pay for"

Yea! That's the ticket.

Get a Uni-Go and never look back! Unless you are an idiot and sell it.:eek:

What!? I didn't say that! Sorry, Joe! Just kidding!

I forget, he can haved me banned from the site! But I got an ace up my sleeve... I'll just hold the site banner hostage!

[Papa Bear]

Mellow, I e-mailed them at Monogo and asked about the tire on the trailer. Michel answered saying that the tire is rounded.

Just so you know.

PB:)

[Diggers1300]

Mellow, I e-mailed them at Monogo and asked about the tire on the trailer. Michel answered saying that the tire is rounded.

Just so you know.

PB:)

I don't know what they consider "rounded". But the one I saw in person did not have a rounded surface from sidewall to sidewall like a motorcycle tire. In fact, if you blow up the second picture in Mellow's original post, you can see that it is not rounded from sidewall to sidewall.

[Mellow]

Yeah, I sent him an email as well... I saw one on the advrider board here and it showed a more rounded w/alum wheel but I'm pretty sure that's something the owner must have done. All the pics I see seem to be old ones from their site so it's hard to tell if any upgrades were done.

http://www.advrider.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=104442&stc=1&d=1172296687

[Burger]

What's the supposed advantage of such a trailer over a two wheeled one with a swivel hitch? I can understand the uni-go because of it's compact size but this thing looks too big to offer any stability to me.

Regards,

[Mellow]

the uni-go is 5 cu ft and this one is 7 cu ft so it's not much bigger than the uni-go.. just longer and flatter... as mac said, the top is also big so the usable space may end up being 5 cu ft or less...

To me, the advantage of a 1-wheel trailer is simply that it tracks with the bike.. if you miss a big pot hole, rock, nail, etc, then odds are the trailer misses it too... with a 2-wheel trailer, your trailer may hit the object.

Also, the #1 advantage to me is that when you line up for a turn, you can get all the way to the left or the right without having to worry about the trailer tire running off the roadway or over the double yellow.

Granted, if you are pulling a 2-wheel trailer you know it and you back things down a notch as to not get into any trouble...

When I had my previous uni-go, I rode the same way I ride today. A friend of mine followed me through some part of Arkansas one day on our way back from a trip and we had a nice twisty section with a stop sign towards the end.. when we stopped he was laughing as hard as he could because he couldn't believe a bike pulling a trailer could do what I was doing.. LOL..

Being the che.... ah.. frugal guy that I am, I'm always looking at ways to get an expensive idea in an affordable package.

I am curious as to just how far this trailer would lean and if it's more or less than the bike.

[Papa Bear]

Joe did you look at the testimonials on Monogo's site? There is even a guy pulling one with a KZ1000, I'm pretty sure he could tell you how far it will lean!:)

PB

[Mellow]

Yeah I did, the real kicker is still the fact he doesn't ship to the US, I need to confirm that as it's just something I read on a wing board. If I had to go to Quebec to get one I might as well buy a uni-go.. which, I'm still 80/20 for... this trailer looks good but it's just not enough to push me over the edge .. still looking.. thanks

[Trekker]

Joe, Are you looking to buy soon? As stated in another post in this thread I plan to visit Monogo this fall to check these trailers out. I will be happy to assist any way I can. If I can I will go there sooner (depends on my schedule of course).

[Mellow]

Joe, Are you looking to buy soon? As stated in another post in this thread I plan to visit Monogo this fall to check these trailers out. I will be happy to assist any way I can. If I can I will go there sooner (depends on my schedule of course).

At the moment.. I'm still pro-uni-go... so if I buy anything that's what it will be... The problem with this trailer is I've yet to see that many who actually have it with comments... the ones I have seen are so so...

I'm not in any hurry but this might be one of those things where I just say what the heck get it and go for the uni-go..

It's gonna take a real nice trailer to pull me from that direction. Yeah, the price sux but having had one I know what I'm getting and I know how it handles...so I'm a big fan.

If you end up going past there then take some pics if you don't mind but don't go out of your way as I'm just not convinced this is the trailer for me yet.