My gal wants to pull a small trailer with her 140 lb shephard. The trike kits for a sporty add 300 lbs at least the lehman bandit and raider kits do.

I would think it would tax any motor with a stock cam. Has anyone out here done a cam change for the towing reason? Would love to hear your input.

Thanks

 

Read this thread. When you get to the end I think you will have your answer.


https://www.hdforums.com/forum/tri-g...am-thread.html

 

Read right through "Sporty"....

 

No problem.

 

Cams will help but gearing is where you will get the most help.
There up is no substitute for gearing.
What trailer are you considering?
Single wheel?

 

We were considering one of those the lighter the better.

 

We have a mystery kit on my 2005 super glide. Since there is no storage on it. I got a single wheel trailer to use. Very light and handles great. You can not tell its there. No mpg change. Still getting 36-38 mpg.
I have a baker OD6 transmission with custom gearing in the first 3 gears, lower. Cams will help slightly when on up hill taking off and loaded ,but the gearing made it a lot better. Solo or just 2 up cams may do what you want. You will, most likely, cruise at a lower speed. I cruise around 60-65 mph. So lower gearing shouldn't cause a problem. You will lose close to 20% in power. Just cams won't help you that much.

 

+1 for gearing. As for cam selection for towing purposes, I would ask on the engine forum and get some advice from Scott at Hillside or Kirby from Vee twin performance.

 

Thanks for the feed back. We just redone the top end and WOW what an impressive improvement.
Even with my big *** on it, that fresh 74in will have no problem!