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I recently got a trailer to pickup a couple bikes I bought out of state.
Simple 5x8 trailer with a Harbor Freight wheel chock.
Worked great on these two bikes but I haven't had the SG on it.
Traveling with a passenger that needs/wants to stop every 100 or so miles for a stretch/bathroom break as opposed to sitting in a vehicle for longer miles can change the outcome of how long it would take to get to a rally or other destination. Doing a 400 mile day on a bike stopping every 100 miles (lunch at the 200 mile mark) makes for an 8+ hour day. Towing the bike in a trailer would probably equate to a 600 mile or more day in the same 8 hours with lunch at the 400 mile mark.
I'm very lucky, my wife is a rider and loves to ride her bike. We do lots of trips together on the bikes, We on the way to our destination we ride 200 miles between stops. Stops are short and quick. We usually ride 600 to 750 miles in a day depending on the weather.
We have done 900 miles in a day together. She has done 900 mile days alone.
In several years we will get a Toy Hauler or bike trailer. We plan to stay a month in TX, or AZ or NM and such during the winters. Like I said in first post, not opposed to trailers. But for now riding works best for us. We average 24K miles a year on bikes.
I recently got a trailer to pickup a couple bikes I bought out of state.
Simple 5x8 trailer with a Harbor Freight wheel chock.
Worked great on these two bikes but I haven't had the SG on it.
Nice looking Nighthawk. My first bike was a 82 650 Nighthawk.
Nice looking Nighthawk. My first bike was a 82 650 Nighthawk.
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I'm in the process of restoring it.
The previous owner didn't know what the term maintenance meant.
Just rebuilt the front brake calipers.
Brake and Clutch fluid were almost black. Never saw so much sediment in a system before.
Also had the original steering stem bearings. Replaced them with new tapered bearing. Nice and smooth now.
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I'm in the process of restoring it.
The previous owner didn't know what the term maintenance meant.
Just rebuilt the front brake calipers.
Brake and Clutch fluid were almost black. Never saw so much sediment in a system before.
Also had the original steering stem bearings. Replaced them with new tapered bearing. Nice and smooth now.
I was looking at 750 Nighthawks several years ago, ended up getting an '82 V45 Sabre instead. Terrible mistake, those carbs crammed between the cylinders on the V4 are a nightmare to reach, and of course it wasn't long before I needed to reach them. It's monoshock crazy linkage rear suspension handled great, but I found out was torture within an hour it was so harsh. Nighthawk is a far better choice in my opinion. Get a neglected Sabre or Magna V4, you have a maintenance nightmare. Even worse than a Harley.
my cargo trailer is a Interstate brand trailer and my 5th wheel is a 30 footer everything tows nicely my trucks both have the 496 cubic inch big blocks and Allison transmitions, they will pass everything on the road but a gas station!! Lol
I know about passing the gas stations. LOL
The reason I ask is because we are starting over after losing everything in the Tennessee tornados. Home, 4 cars and trucks, bass boat, 3 of 4 bikes, and two trailers are gone, I purchased a a 35' 5th wheel to live in while we rebuild. Just thinking about the lengths as I am searching for an enclosed trailer to tow behind the 5th wheel to haul bikes and a couple of scooters. I think I will be a little over in length but if that is a problem I won't be visiting with the bikes. Looked at toy haulers but they are too long for most state and national parks.
The reason I ask is because we are starting over after losing everything in the Tennessee tornados. Home, 4 cars and trucks, bass boat, 3 of 4 bikes, and two trailers are gone, I purchased a a 35' 5th wheel to live in while we rebuild. Just thinking about the lengths as I am searching for an enclosed trailer to tow behind the 5th wheel to haul bikes and a couple of scooters. I think I will be a little over in length but if that is a problem I won't be visiting with the bikes. Looked at toy haulers but they are too long for most state and national parks.
Thanks for your input.
Sorry to hear of your misfortune that would really suck!! I hope that you get back to a comfortable place again soon!!
over the years of working construction in many different states I figure that I have spent roughly fifteen years + living in a RV, one eight year stretch!! and would have to say I have never minded it, my wife is another story!! Lol
75 feet total length here is the limit, but when towing my boat behind my fifth wheel I am a little over that but have never been pulled over and checked.
I've been known to trailer behind my RV. Trailer is a PITA, I had more trouble with that thing than I did with the RV, which is saying something. Trying to figure out where to store it. Plus you get tired of replacing blown fork seals after a while. Am at the point now where I'd rather ride there and fly back to get the rig. Now, if I were going to get another trailer, I'd drop the bucks on an enclosed rig, for several reasons (among them, the ability to set up a work bench is pretty durn cool) meanwhile I'll stick with UHaul if I absolutely have to trailer the thing. The el cheapo trailers with plank wood flooring should be avoided imo, not a good idea to be pounding the crap out of the thing with the entire weight of the bike resting on a single 1x12
I'm very lucky, my wife is a rider and loves to ride her bike. We do lots of trips together on the bikes, We on the way to our destination we ride 200 miles between stops. Stops are short and quick. We usually ride 600 to 750 miles in a day depending on the weather.
We have done 900 miles in a day together. She has done 900 mile days alone.
In several years we will get a Toy Hauler or bike trailer. We plan to stay a month in TX, or AZ or NM and such during the winters. Like I said in first post, not opposed to trailers. But for now riding works best for us. We average 24K miles a year on bikes.
We do a lot of road trips, a few years back I got an enclosed trailer to get us out of the Northwest during the rainy months, we would trailer to the Southwest and park it for 7-10 days while we toured around. We did that a couple of times and enjoyed the time in the truck, but soon realized we like to ride more and went back to just riding out of the Garage, its so much easier and free from all the hassle.
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