EMTB on Towbar Carrier?

[Oxon]

I'm taking the e-bike with me when I go on holiday in a couple of weeks time and it'll be on a towbar carrier on the car.

As it's the UK, there's every chance that it'll be raining at some point during the journey!

I've seen comments previously about Bosch recommending some kind of cover over the motor to keep spray from getting in other the motor and bearings. What do you guys do when you're transporting the bike?
Battery in or out?
Any covers on the motor?

 

[VWsurfbum]

Put the bike on the carrier, drive to the destination, and take the bike off. Nothing else is needed.
They are pretty water resistant, I ride all year round and through all sorts of water/mud.

 

[ozzybmx]

Grab yourself one of those full bike rain covers. This will keep thieving eyes off it and as a bonus, dirt and road grime thrown up around it when its raining.

Similar to these -

The 9 Best Bike Covers, Tested: Keep Your Ride Dry, Clean, and Harder to Spot

Protect your bike from rain, UV, and bird droppings. These covers are made for daily lockups and road-trip transport.

www.bicycling.com

 

[nickf]

Bearing Man (aka emtb motor repair centre) reckons the constant full-on spray at the motor area from the vortices behind the car when driving is one of the major causes of water ingress into motors. But what would he know?

Having said that, I stopped my Skoda Yeti while driving in a downpour on the motorway in order to put some protection around the motor, but found that the bike was completely dry! Obviously the vortices behave differently behind different shaped vehicles so YMMV.

 

[frenchy]

Battery out if possible (makes the bike lighter to install on the carrier)
No cover

Never had a problem so far on any ebike

 

[nickf]

Never had a problem so far on any ebike

This is the universal statement made before anything bad happens for the first time! Just saying