Pulling Trailers
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I've pulled my heavily loaded, custom trailer to Sturgis and back 4 times. I've used it for many shorter trips and I once even picked up 5, 35x15x12.5 tires on my golfcart trailer (I don't have a golf cart, but I love that little tilt trailer for hauling the bike itself, the riding lawn mower, the ol' ladies quad and my snowmobile).
I've gone over some serious mountain passes and when I first setup my trailer, got a speeding ticket for going 80 mph, with the trailer in tow. Not recommended but I was testing the trailer out to figure out how to best load it and what speed limitations I might have.
I've even clipped a Deer with the trailer and while I nearly soiled myself... everything was just fine.
All that and more on my 2000 FLSTC w/88B (carb'd) and never had a problem.
As previously mentioned... takes a little bit to get used to width and stopping, while not a problem does take a bit more room for safety. Loading things is the biggest deal though. Having your trailer sway in a truck or car is nowhere near as unnerving as having it happen on your 2 wheeled bike.
Bearing buddies and a small grease pack in your trailer is a good idea too.
I've gone over some serious mountain passes and when I first setup my trailer, got a speeding ticket for going 80 mph, with the trailer in tow. Not recommended but I was testing the trailer out to figure out how to best load it and what speed limitations I might have.
I've even clipped a Deer with the trailer and while I nearly soiled myself... everything was just fine.
All that and more on my 2000 FLSTC w/88B (carb'd) and never had a problem.
As previously mentioned... takes a little bit to get used to width and stopping, while not a problem does take a bit more room for safety. Loading things is the biggest deal though. Having your trailer sway in a truck or car is nowhere near as unnerving as having it happen on your 2 wheeled bike.
Bearing buddies and a small grease pack in your trailer is a good idea too.
Last edited by BikerPepe`; 03-25-2017 at 06:50 PM. Reason: added pic of bike and trailer
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Yeah...that would pull it up Pikes Peak loaded with gravel, and you wouldn't know it was there. So, would a Cummings diesel... But...what bike best to get, wasn't the op's question.
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I've pulled a aluma trailer for 2 years and then we wanted to get out of tent so we bought a time out deluxe camper trailer. We have pulled it 2 years and 1st years we went east to NC, last year we went to Colorado. I have a 2012 ultra limited and it pulled both trailers just fine. The problem with us is that it seems like we keep taking more stuff so I did a big upgrade over the winter and put a 120 in bike so I'm looking forward to pulling the camper this year, did we have to do it, no!!. I'm getting a lot of miles on it so I had it tore down and I was going to do a bolt on 110 kit but found that the rod pin had spun and was binding up. That is why I ended up with the 120.
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