Motorcycle hitch haulers have been on the market for years—I have used them to haul dirt bikes and smaller dual sports myself, and I saw the ads for them in the back pages of print moto-mags a long time before I ever got my hands on one. For drivers who don’t have a truck bed, or don’t have room in their truck bed, for hauling a bike, a hitch hauler is a convenient way to transport a motorcycle without the hassles of a trailer.

But most hitch haulers have one problem: They can’t carry a very big motorcycle. The one I have is rated for around 35o pounds, not even enough to load up my DR650. This is the case with many other such haulers, which is why Pakmule’s MOTOMULE hauler might make sense for a lot of readers.

The MOTOMULE is rated to haul motorcycles weighing up to 550 pounds. That’s enough for any 800-class ADV on the market, I think, and bikes smaller than that. It would be touch-and-go for some of the flagship ADVs with engines over 1000cc. My Super Tenere, at 584 pounds wet weight, would not work. At 523 pounds wet weight, the new BMW R1300 GS would just squeak by (although, as noted in the comments below, the tire wouldn’t fit…).

The MOTOMULE is made entirely of aluminum, and weighs 62 pounds. Pakmule says it can hold bikes with rear tire width up to 150mm. The integrated sliding ramp is 64 inches long, giving you a nice long runway to push your machine up into place.

An adjustable wheel chock helps you dial in your bike’s onboard placement, and Pakmule ships the MOTOMULE with an anti-wobble hitch connection. Having carried a very wobbly Suzuki DR350 around town in a carrier without an anti-wobble receiver mount, eyeing it nervously out the back window the whole time, I can appreciate the value of such an addition, especially if you’ve got a quarter-ton bike on board.

It might all sound good so far, but the price tag is a hefty $1,395. Is that a good price? If you don’t need the weight capacity of the MOTOMULE, you can certainly find a cheaper hauler. But if it saves you from buying a pickup truck to haul your big-bore bike, maybe it’s worth the price, especially if it lasts you long-term instead of falling apart. For more deets, check out Pakmule’s website here.