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Originally Posted by Manuel
Ya I've seen the bunkhouse and thought about it but when I seen that lady pulling a teardrop I thought maybe I could do a very light camper. It probably is a bad idea.
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I've seen a lot of stupid stuff people do, but I don't copy them. Sometimes stupid stuff works until it doesn't work. Its the old "Joe does it so why can't I?" When you eventually get into a situation like strong side winds, heavy rain, steep downhill with the trailer pushing the back of the bike (uphill is typically easy), these are those white knuckle situations that can be very scary on a motorcycle.
In my experience, heavy rain is not the worst, its the unexpected strong side winds. Got in one situation in WY once, there were other riders blown off the road and crashed. I used the "last weapon" I had and sped up, a lot. I knew either I was going off the road at a high rate of speed, or I was going to make it. I really rolled the dice on that one (pulling my Escapade trailer at the time, which made it worse). Where rain becomes a factor is visibility, I tell people, if you can't see other vehicles, GET OFF THE ROAD as soon as you safely can!
People who have not towed a trailer behind a motorcycle don't realize the forces created from the trailer to the two wheel motorcycle affecting everything including balance in a negative way. Motorcycles were never made to tow trailers. No manufacturer provides any tow rating, as none of them approve the concept. So you are already out there pulling anything. How far out there you want to go is definitely up to you.
In forty years of motorcycling, I've survived quite a few stupid mistakes. (that other motorcyclists didn't survive). My survival was not skill, I was lucky. I won't repeat any of them. In the world of motorcycling, its that old saying: "There are bold motorcyclists, and there are old motorcyclists, but there are NO old bold motorcyclists!"
bill
MSF Instructor