Making a good one out of two good ones.

[gustovh]

All the parts are good Sandy, just that the parts off the green bike were like new so I’m using them, still might swap the engine. Don’t plan on doing much customization on the machine but do have a couple sets of retro bags. One set might go on, wonder how it will pull a trailer?

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[LAB3]

You'd be surprised how little drag a trailer puts on your bike, of course my experience is limited to a Goldwing and Yamaha XS1100. My guess is the low end torque of a big single would handle it just fine.

[Grimly]

You'd be surprised how little drag a trailer puts on your bike, of course my experience is limited to a Goldwing and Yamaha XS1100. My guess is the low end torque of a big single would handle it just fine.

Before I built my own trailer, I first saw London-based couriers dragging trailers behind Kwak GT550s for one of the larger courier companies. Their bikes didn't seem too fazed by it at all.
What I found silly was the width of the trailers they were pulling, as they weren't custom made bike trailers but merely the smallest narrowest car trailers available, and were a good foot or more wider than ideal.
My own trailer is hardly wider than the handlebars, so that I can filter if I choose to, but rarely do, just in case.
Even at that, the amount of stuff I can pull is surprising.

[LAB3]

Before I built my own trailer, I first saw London-based couriers dragging trailers behind Kwak GT550s for one of the larger courier companies. Their bikes didn't seem too fazed by it at all.
What I found silly was the width of the trailers they were pulling, as they weren't custom made bike trailers but merely the smallest narrowest car trailers available, and were a good foot or more wider than ideal.
My own trailer is hardly wider than the handlebars, so that I can filter if I choose to, but rarely do, just in case.
Even at that, the amount of stuff I can pull is surprising.

My trailer is easily a bit more narrow than the width of my hard saddlebags, probably the smallest trailer you'll find short of going to a single wheel unit. The interior is 30"40" and a little over 18" tall. Luckily the top is quite stout and has rack to lash things down to.

[Grimly]

And serendipitiously...

[gustovh]

IMG_0826.jpg I’m used to towing a trailer, I built one to transport an engine from LA area. There just aren’t any good hitch points to the rear, much past the rear shock mount.