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Towing my bike with 2000 civic automatic ok??

So your 636 is a non-street legal track or stunt bike right? I'm guessing stunt bike, since there's no track in SF or SJ (or near by really).
Consider making it street legal and just riding it? You'll beat the honda any day for MPG. Just thinking here.

I get it, I've got a truck. Not everyone wants one. I get that too. But towing with a vehicle once a week, that is not designed for such. Is going to incur a much higher cost. Just in maint work alone. Instead of oil changes for engine and trans at normal intervals, you should consider cutting 30% off that at a minimum. Same with brakes, shocks, ball joints, tie rods, etc, etc.
Either way you go. You're gonna pay extra.

Stopping that trailer with the civic shouldn't cause any more wear than having a few friends in the car when it comes to weight. Actually it should be less wear on suspension parts consisting the tongue weight won't be even 100 lbs.

Old change intervals on a modern Honda should be 10k motor oil and 20k on the oil filter. I think the cost shouldn't be an issue. I'd definitely keep an eye and nose on the tranny fluid though if it's an auto.

Also since he'll be doing 55 vs 65+, the wear should also be closer to help balance out over all.
 
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As many had already mentioned, you should be fine. I recommend you get a scangauge and just keep your eyes on the ATF temp if your car has the sensor. An external transmission cooler would be good for the transmission if you tow often.
 
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i saw an interesting tid bit of info the other day. the Honda CR-V has a 1500 lb tow rating in the US. The CR-V in the UK, which has a 2.0L engine vs. the 2.4L engine of the US model, has a tow rating of 3300 lbs.
 
So, I gather there are fewer concerns with a manual transmission? I have a 5-speed 2006 Accord that I am thinking of using to trailer my bikes to tracks within the state.
 
So, I gather there are fewer concerns with a manual transmission? I have a 5-speed 2006 Accord that I am thinking of using to trailer my bikes to tracks within the state.

You'll be fine. I towed all manner of stuff with my '92 Prelude.

5 speed in the Prelude. Any Honda will tow a small trailer, having a manual (with a healthy clutch) makes it even more worry free. :)
 
And those uhaul trailers are monstrously heavy

Oh yeah...I don't know what those weigh...the one that would haul 2 bikes is crazy heavy. I have a Honda CR-V 2005 and used those a few times until I got my own home made trailer. I noticed the Uhual one would push and pull as I drove. Mine is much lighter and barely feel it on the back. My manual says 1500lbs max towing weight. With two bikes, weight of my trailer and all the gear and supplies, probably pushing close to that.

I did have the wheel bearings on one side replaced recently. Don't know if all the extra towing caused the problem.

My old Civic EX 1998 could barely get itself up a hill..could not imagine having towed with that! :(
 
Have any of you people been to Europe?...

Everyone tows trailers with small I4 powered cars. Everyone.
They just drive slower.
 
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It's only in the US that people somehow got convinced by auto advertising that you absolutely, definitely need a heavy-duty, V10, long-stroke hemi diesel, 6,000 lb huge-ass dually Ferd Fteenthousand truck with smokestacks, mudflaps, and truck nuts to tow even the smallest trailer. The rest of the world happily tows all kinds of huge trailers with small hatchbacks.

Put a trailer hitch on your Civic. It will be totally fine. Your bike weighs less than 3 fat friends and a cooler of beer in the trunk, and you wouldn't think twice about loading them in your car for a trip, right?

This. But do keep in mind the ground clearance. It can be dicey towing with a car when you pull in and out of gas stations. You want a stinger with a bit of a rise.

I've pulled boats and motorcycles with my non outback Subaru wagons. I just pulled my RT 700 miles last weekend.

Keep in mind the rating for hitch that fits on a civic will be 2,000 or less lbs. I wouldn't drag 3,500lbs around all the time.
 
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