Patent ID: 8272547

Claim:
A motorcycle carrier apparatus comprising, in combination: a front spaced apart from a back, a first end spaced apart from a second end; a u-shaped platform for removably receiving the tires of an existing motorcycle; a platform upturn disposed on the first end of the u-shaped platform; a pair of identical apertures disposed within the second end of the u-shaped platform; a trio of spaced apart cross supports disposed beneath the platform comprising a first cross support disposed beneath the platform first end, a third cross support disposed beneath the platform second end, and a second cross support disposed centrally between the first cross support and the third cross support, the second cross support extended into a hitch insert at the front, the hitch insert configured to be removably inserted within an existing receiver hitch, each cross support extended toward the back from under the platform; a ramp removably disposed adjacent to the platform atop the cross supports at the back; a lip having projections disposed on a bottom side thereof, the lip disposed on one end of the ramp on a bottom wall thereof, the projections removably disposed within the platform apertures, the ramp thereby removably extended from the platform second end; a first upright height adjustably attached upwardly to the second cross brace, the first upright affixed to the second cross brace proximal to the hitch insert; a second upright height adjustably attached upwardly to the second cross brace, the second upright affixed to the second cross brace at the back; a clamp bar extends between and joins the tops of the uprights to each other; a pair of spaced apart frame mounts affixed downwardly to the clamp bar, the frame mounts parallel to the uprights, the frame mounts comprising a first frame mount and a second frame mount, the frame mounts configured to be removably attached to an existing frame member of an existing motorcycle.