You just can't help yourself, can you?

- Coupe

"To me, it doesn't matter which materials are used and how they are joined.
Carrying a bike of that mass, held to a Vanagon by means of a tow hitch
receiver, shows a callous disregard, whether rooted in contempt or 
ignorance, for the
innocent bystanders who have to share the highway with whoever is driving
that abomination. Don't just look at the mass of the bike and the rating 
(What
rating? Rated not to kink in the middle with a 400 lb. load?) of the 
carrier;
look at the resultant forces from that thing hanging out there in the wind.
The van is just not made for that task.

Moreover, years ago I once climbed off my sweet Triumph Bonneville and right
onto my buddy's Honda 350 and I can tell you for a fact that the Honda was 
no
lightweight. Now, if Honda snuck in a superlegerra 350 among the millions
they stamped out, I missed it. Remember, 350 is its model designation, not 
its
weight."

George