For me, I'd ride the bike taking the back roads along the way. If I wanted more time in the mountians, I take an extra day or so off. But for me, the ride is the thing, not the destination. I'm amazed that people would trailer tio rallys like Myrtle Beach . They ride down in their truck, then "ride " around town. Only problem is that the "ride" is often at 5 mph along Ocean Drive. I didn't buy mine to sit in traffic at a rally. That to me is NOT fun, so if I am going to the beach, I'm riding down there. I guess my helmet patch says it all for me: "If you see my bike on a trailer call 911." But that's me. This is what works for me. Your case may be different. If you have to trailer, you have to trailer. Does that make you less of a biker? Were you a biker in the first place? I consider myself a rider. I ride about 25k per year. I belong to a riding association (HOG) not a m/c. I don't think I've ridden enough to call myself a biker.

Just my .02

Bubba

 

lst year the wife and I trailored our bike to wasinton stat from san diego ca. 1300 miles
rode in wash with my son left there went to my home town in ore. and rode with a high school buddy of mine
then on to hollister for the 4th of july.. worked out great for us 2600 miles and still able to go again when we
got home and we are both in our 60's

 

Put simply? Yes, it is wrong. Very wrong.

 

You're driving either way, right? Either the pickup or the bike? So why not take the bike the whole way? The only reason not to is if you prefer the pickup. So why not just take the pickup the whole way and forget about the bike?
The stigma people need to get over is the stigma of riding a motorcycle.

 

Not sure what you mean there, mp, but I gotta ask what makes trailerin' wrong? If that's what's going to make the trip enjoyable for him, isn't that what counts? Or is it that he could brag about beating his a$$ up for 500 miles trying to get there and is too whooped to enjoy his time there? Just wonderin' where you're coming from.

 

IMHO you should do whatever to get the most quality miles riding in your limited time.

 

Some may disagree, but personally, I don't think it's an issue to trailer a bike to put miles on and get to a more riding friendly destination. Actually, hubby and I just finished having the same discussion a couple of days ago. We had a wedding to attend and planned on taking our bikes. .... Problem... get off work at 5 pm... have to be in Saskatoon by noon the next day. (that's 625 miles or just over 11 hours of driving, with no stops. Dilema...can't drive at night when overtired on my bike (I halucinate when I get tired, very dangerous) ... so we might get in maybe 4 - 5hrs the 1st night (tops), then will have to do the other 6- 7 hrs the next day (leaving at 4 maybe 5 am) the next day. Go to a wedding ceremony, then party all night, then get up the following day early to get home. That's just too much in too little time. We ended up taking our truck so we could take turns driving and sleeping. Had a good nights sleep and were in the city in plenty of time to check in hotel, have lunch, shower and get dressed for ceremony.

In a time restricted situation, I wouldn't think twice about trailering, if it was the only way to get a great ride in....not just a ride, but a GREAT ride. I wouldn't feel bad about that at all. Riding a little is still better than not at all!

Relax and enjoy...quit worrying about what anybody else thinks! What you think is what matters when it comes to doing what'cha gotta do.