Trailering my trike
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Good to know, thanks for the update.
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I used the biker bar system for 4 years ,trailered my Bike to Florida from Ontario Canada.Coming back this year I hit a big pothole on I-65 and saw my trailer jump sideways .There is nothing stopping the bar from sliding sideways in it's mount. It wasn't a pretty sight when I checked the bike at next gas stop
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I used the biker bar system for 4 years ,trailered my Bike to Florida from Ontario Canada.Coming back this year I hit a big pothole on I-65 and saw my trailer jump sideways .There is nothing stopping the bar from sliding sideways in it's mount. It wasn't a pretty sight when I checked the bike at next gas stop
With the bike moving to the right, there is a button welded on the left end of the slide bar that If it was latched correctly, would prevent it from coming out With the bike moving to the right.
The only way it could slide out was if your left latch was not was not completely latched.
I will post some pic in a little while showing what I am talking about.
I also put a 1/4" bolt in the lock hole below the latch, which prevents any movement of the latch assembly at all.
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I had the same concerns and called the manufacture to check on this. They said the biker bar itself would handle the additional weight. They advised me to add some additional under the trailer floor support, so I put a piece of 4 x 4 x1/4" angle all the way across the bottom of my trailer floor and bolted the the biker bar base plate through the trailer floor and angle iron. This distributes the weight and side stress throughout the entire width of my trailer floor.
If anybody wants to see pictures of this and how it was done let me know when I will post them
Last edited by CVOJOE; Oct 9, 2016 at 01:43 PM.
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I used the biker bar system for 4 years ,trailered my Bike to Florida from Ontario Canada.Coming back this year I hit a big pothole on I-65 and saw my trailer jump sideways .There is nothing stopping the bar from sliding sideways in it's mount. It wasn't a pretty sight when I checked the bike at next gas stop
Only thing I can think of why the tires went was they are about 6 years old, they still look great. The trailer doesn't sit out in the weather, it's parked in a garage. I've actually hit bumps on the freeway and saw the tires come up off the ground, funny thing is had I not been looking in the mirror at the time to see it, I would have never known. I pull with a 1 ton dually, I don't even know the trailer is back there.
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msocko3: "This year while trailering to and from Nashville I blew a tire. The 1st tire was on the way and right as I was getting up to speed after getting fuel. The 2nd tire was on the way home while I was going about 78 mph. The saving grace is the trailer is a tandem axle, it never did anything evil when the tires blew.
Only thing I can think of why the tires went was they are about 6 years old, they still look great."
From traveling full time in our 5th wheel I learned some things about trailer tires. I had a TPMS on all four of my G rated tires which constantly provided me with each tires exact pressure and temperature. As my speed increased the tire pressure increased. In addition, while traveling down the interstate the tires on one side could be in the sun and the other side in the shade. The tires on the sunny side would show higher temperatures and thus reach higher pressures, making them prone to failure if I was to push them to higher speeds.
Don't know what weight rated tires you were running but if you were close to max on a 6 year old tire you probably blew them from going too fast IMHO.
Only thing I can think of why the tires went was they are about 6 years old, they still look great."
From traveling full time in our 5th wheel I learned some things about trailer tires. I had a TPMS on all four of my G rated tires which constantly provided me with each tires exact pressure and temperature. As my speed increased the tire pressure increased. In addition, while traveling down the interstate the tires on one side could be in the sun and the other side in the shade. The tires on the sunny side would show higher temperatures and thus reach higher pressures, making them prone to failure if I was to push them to higher speeds.
Don't know what weight rated tires you were running but if you were close to max on a 6 year old tire you probably blew them from going too fast IMHO.