Gotta get me a trailer
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RE: Gotta get me a trailer
Some suggestions:
One coat per rider only, and when they aren't being worn, strap them to thebike rather than shove them in the tour pack. Then pack thin long sleeved insulated shirts to layer up if it gets too cold. Get the rain gear thatfolds up into a little pack. It goes over the layers to keep you dry and if it gets really cold, forms a final wind-proof layer.
Bring only one extra t-shirt, skivvies and pair of socks each. You will ride in those clothes for day two. Nothing else is needed, as you will wear the same jeans and boots.
With practice, you will get it down. I'm all over the trailer idea, but only if you and the old lady are camping each night on a longer trip.
One coat per rider only, and when they aren't being worn, strap them to thebike rather than shove them in the tour pack. Then pack thin long sleeved insulated shirts to layer up if it gets too cold. Get the rain gear thatfolds up into a little pack. It goes over the layers to keep you dry and if it gets really cold, forms a final wind-proof layer.
Bring only one extra t-shirt, skivvies and pair of socks each. You will ride in those clothes for day two. Nothing else is needed, as you will wear the same jeans and boots.
With practice, you will get it down. I'm all over the trailer idea, but only if you and the old lady are camping each night on a longer trip.
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ORIGINAL: Driftwood
The blue wire is the brake lights.I had all the trailer lights workin but the brake lights. What really has me pissed is they said to install the thing on the main harness side of where the rear harness plugs in and now i have compromised the wires on the main harness. I think it shoulda been on the other side. I can use heat shrink tubing and cover up what is done but I don't like the idea. Anybody got any input for me ? [:@]
The blue wire is the brake lights.I had all the trailer lights workin but the brake lights. What really has me pissed is they said to install the thing on the main harness side of where the rear harness plugs in and now i have compromised the wires on the main harness. I think it shoulda been on the other side. I can use heat shrink tubing and cover up what is done but I don't like the idea. Anybody got any input for me ? [:@]
If ya want, scan an' email me the install instructions an' ah'll have that laid out afore ah call ya - save us sum time.....
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RE: Gotta get me a trailer
Uncle Sam taught me how to pack by what they call a "blivet"; that is 5 lbs of crap in a 3 lb bag.
Roll everything that you can, jeans, tees raingear etc and between the saddlebags, tour pak and a tour pack bag, we manage to run for a week or so with no thoughts of a trailer.
Trailers are a personal thing and I have no desire to ever pull one.
Just teach momma to tight roll it all..LOL
Safe riding whatever your decision
Roll everything that you can, jeans, tees raingear etc and between the saddlebags, tour pak and a tour pack bag, we manage to run for a week or so with no thoughts of a trailer.
Trailers are a personal thing and I have no desire to ever pull one.
Just teach momma to tight roll it all..LOL
Safe riding whatever your decision
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RE: Gotta get me a trailer
Bushtec....in my opinion far and away the best trailer on the market. I have a 2000 RoadStar trailer that I pulled behind my Yamaha Royal Star, and my Dyna SuperGlide Sport, and will be installing a receiver hitch on my Ultra when it comes in. I've tried the "load it all on the bike" routine and found it can be done, but a heavily loaded bike is much more unstable than a bike pulling a Bushtec. The higher you load anything on a bike (like more than just a few pounds in the tour pak) makes the bike handle like you have a blown fork seal. Between the trailer and the load I've pulled over 300 pounds with my 02 SuperGlide Sport, along with riding 2-up and had to check the mirrors from time to time to make sure it was still there, because you couldn't feel it. Just be aware that stopping on a down-hill approach to a stop light takes just a little longer.
Talk to Andrew Preston at Bushtec, he will give you the low-down on all their trailer models, hitches and wiring harnesses. Not real cheap, but I've heard from so many riders who went the cheap route on a trailer, then ended up turning around and buying a good one. Mine goes to Sturgis with me almost every year.
Talk to Andrew Preston at Bushtec, he will give you the low-down on all their trailer models, hitches and wiring harnesses. Not real cheap, but I've heard from so many riders who went the cheap route on a trailer, then ended up turning around and buying a good one. Mine goes to Sturgis with me almost every year.
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Tex I would do just that but I am at work, I think I will give this Andrew feller at bushtech a call and see what he has to say when i get home in the morning. I can't afford a fancy trailer this year but I will have one. Either a bushtech or one of those Aluma MCT's I have been seeing on the road. I aint got an ol lady clutterin things up but I am a friggin pack rat and a cheap one at that. I like to take a tent, air bed and a little grill along rather than do the hotel thing. The last trip I made to a rally all loaded the grill was on the back rack and the regulator was spinning in the wind until it detached itself and bounced off in the ditch someplace. Life could be worse .... I didn't hafta cook
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RE: Gotta get me a trailer
ORIGINAL: Motown_HOG
That is what I was thinking!
ORIGINAL: ironhorselady
Two nights and you need a trailer? Are you bringing your own bed?
Two nights and you need a trailer? Are you bringing your own bed?
The OL and I can easily pack for a week on my RKC using a T-Bag. We have camped in Daytona for several days in a row and carried everything that we need, including tent, but a couple of sleeping bags.
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Hey guys I talked to Bushtech today about my wiring problem. I had done everything correctly but I needed a converter that the kit did not come with. The isolator that comes with the kit has an extra wire that standard automotive trailer 4 pole style doesn't have, and you can't marry that wire to any others without getting funky signals. I had purchased a 4 to 5 wire converter from Hoppy at Auto Zone that I was going to use but the guy at Bushtech said that wouldn't work iether. He gave me the number to a place called Electrical connection that makes a converter for bikes. They have a website under the same name.
If you pull a Bushtech trailer it's not needed because they are wired for the five wire set up from the git go.
If you pull a Bushtech trailer it's not needed because they are wired for the five wire set up from the git go.
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RE: Gotta get me a trailer
TRis on the money, been pulling a trailer since 98, like American express says "don't leave home without it"....wife the wife or without....I'm taking the trailer. It's too damm handy to have it around, can have my rain gear, extra helmet, jackets, Gerbings, tools, chairs, etc....yeah, I don't need all the stuff, buy WTH, why not...I'm not worried that I won't look cool going down the road, I don't care.....I have my goodies and I like it.....when I get to the hotel, unhook the trailer, chain it up to a light poll ( or something like it) and ride,ride.....
I started out with a timeout dart and it served me well, now have a bushtec and it's great.....
I started out with a timeout dart and it served me well, now have a bushtec and it's great.....