I have this strong conviction that ALL dogs are bikers at heart (don't believe me? Next time you see a dog in a car with the windows open check what he's doing - putting his face in the wind!).

I have a young lab pup around 1 year old that I want to get on my bike and I'm looking for a good, safe dog seat that attaches well to the passenger pillion and has a harness hookup so that she'll stay in the seat.

The closest thing I've found is a seat for like $700. Man, even MY seat didn't cost that.

Anyone else have any experiences with dog seats?

P.S. I will never put a side car or a third wheel on my bike, so not interested in side car options. If I wanted that I'd get a droptop car...

 

I've never used it, have just heard about them.

http://www.beastriders.com/

 

Looks like their prices are gonna be close to the $700 you found. So, I guess this doens't help.

 

Yeah, I think these are the ones I looked at earlier. Man, that's just some kinda steep to pay for a seat... I mean it looks safe and all that, but $660??? Sheesh!

I've thought about trying to design and build my own...

 

I've thought about doing this too...... all I could think of is to get a smaller dog next time

 

LOL.... yeah, that thought kinda crossed my mind too. We got this one from a shelter when she was about 5 wks old. The lady said she's crossed with Weimaraner. Didn't believe her at first, but now at about 11 months she's 69 lbs I'm beginning to wonder...

 

I did some work on a guy,s trike at a rally,he paid a dude in Canada to make him a dog seat for only 500.00 and he was very happy..To me it looked like a leather hat box..oh well

 

 

No doubt man! Seems like it shouldn't be too hard to replicate something like that for less than $500, eh?

Guess if I can come up with a good prototype and can make it cost effective to mass produce for less than $500 I've got a retirement job...

 

I thought about the same thing for my dog. It shouldn't be too hard to fabricate something for this I think,, especially after seeing the "leather hat box" thing. I think there are 3 essentials you'd wanna look out for: 1) whatever you are setting it on,, it would have to ride hella secure, 2) the sidewalls would have to be high enough to give rover a sense of security, and 3) restraints for him. If a guy wanted to,, I think he could pull this off with an old milk crate and some hose clamps,, clamping it onto the luggage rack. That's a good starting place for ideas anyway,, go from there,, before ya know it,, ya built rover a mobile taj. Just sayin is all..........