Can you send picture of the trailer?
I am interested in making one for my bike (1993 750cc Nighthawk) On Jan 26, 9:43 pm, Brian Barr <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
