Yeti. In 1978, my wife and I made a cross Canada (and back) trip on a 1972 Moto Guzzi 850 Eldorado with a trailer in tow. We carried all of our camping equipment in the trailer plus 2 lawn chairs.We had no problems. It was a small trailer with 8 inch wheels and just the size of a Sears car top carrier bolted to the frame. I did install shock absorbers on the trailer. (Pulled from a scrapped 100 cc honda if I remember correctly) I did find that the trailer tracked best if we carefully loaded the heaviest items in the middle of the trailer, across the trailers axle. We were also careful to balance the weight evenly on both sides and 60 % of the weight forward of the axle so that ther was sufficient tounge weight. The trailer hitch was bolted on each side of the rear axle of the bike and was level with the rear axle. The upper attachements bolted on to the rear shock bolts, inside next to the frame. This was a very solid connection. We never had a problem. I did install two of those 3 foot bicycle, fiberglass rods with a bright red flag on top, on both rear corners of the trailer. This seemed to cure the problem of the drivers following behind, not registering that there was a trailer behind the motorcycle. The flags seemed to be high enough to be in the driver's line of vision. Two up, fairing, saddlebags and a trailer. 4 months of motorcycle nervana.
Brian On Jan 24, 1:58 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > ok guys heres the deal, i need to transport gear for my job and my only > transportation is the GL1200... The gear is in a plastic tote (think foot > locker) and advrage 30 pounds... Ive considered a trailer but hate the hitch > syatems because they seem super flimsy. Ive considered a side car as well, > but hate the way the bike would ride with one... Anybody have other > sugestions? Or expirence with the hitch systems for the bikes? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
