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Latinbalar
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Towing a bike with a bike.
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Soo I got bored one day and started thinking if a bigger bike like a goldwing or even a Can_Am Spyder be used to tow a monster on a trailer. I have seen some of our leather clad friends with luggage trailers but what about a utility trailer? It would need some changes like the gear ratios and some suspension adjustments. Dunno am i crazy or is this something no one has considered seriously?
There's not a need for this i am just curious. Please discuss.
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My personal opinion, probably not a good idea...
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A bigger bike should be able to do it okay. I mean hell, in Japan, they use goldwings to tow cars. Obviously, those have been modified. Personally I'd say it's a bad plan, but certainly doable, assuming oyu have nothing better to do with your time and money.
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Quote from: Latinbalar on July 21, 2009, 09:03:30 AM
Soo I got bored one day and started thinking if a bigger bike like a goldwing or even a Can_Am Spyder be used to tow a monster on a trailer. I have seen some of our leather clad friends with luggage trailers but what about a utility trailer? It would need some changes like the gear ratios and some suspension adjustments. Dunno am i crazy or is this something no one has considered seriously?
There's not a need for this i am just curious. Please discuss.
why limit yourself to just towing a motorcycle?
http://jalopnik.com/177597/
http://www.gizmag.com/go/5688/
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At Deal's Gap they have a picture on the wall of a Goldwing towing a trailer with a CBR on it.
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Here're a couple I just found.
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See not a bad idea. I heard that a guy has a show ninja and two mini bikes on a trailer pulling it with another ninja.
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Typical Harley touring bike hitch is rated at 50 lbs. tongue weight and 500 lbs. Total trailer weight
YMMV
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i once saw a harley hurse!
and i towed a dirtbike w/ a ditrbike outta neccesitty! w/a rope.
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I wish I had a pic, but a few years ago when a friend of mine was racing at WMRRA, there was another racer who had a street bike with a, well, sidecar trailer that he carried a vintage 160 racer if I remember right, which I probably don't. But it was odd to see this other bike ghostriding right along side his when he rode in.
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Motorcycle instructors here tow 250's with 500's. No problem at all.
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Up in northern MN a couple weekends back a guy on a Gold Wind passed me heading south had a camper with a long drawbar and a canoe tied on top.
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Whoa! look at that pic of the bike towing a bike in the snow! That is some slushy business. Please winter stay away, I'm having too much fun riding these days!
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http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2005/08/24/goldwing-retriever/
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