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klr 650 and trailer
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2003 3:35 pm
by louis lavoie
After a year of riding my KLR A14, it is now time for me to find a
solution to the biggest problem that I have.
Me and my wife really like to go camping. Riding two up the
KLR is not so bad but when come time to add extra camping stuff, well it's
kind a short. I have been thinking of the possibility to use a small trailer
for this purpose.
Do you think the KLR 650 is strong enough to pull an extra 100
pound. Do you know anyone who has experiment that.
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klr 650 and trailer
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2003 6:16 pm
by Grant Johnson - Horizons Unlimited
I wouldn't recommend towing a trailer off-road - they've been known to
bounce and flip over... instant stop, messy.
Shouldn't have any problem towing on-road.
see you on the road someday, somewhere...
Grant Johnson
Horizons Unlimited - Live the Dream!
at the Motorcycle Travellers' website:
www.HorizonsUnlimited.com
-----Original Message-----
From: louis lavoie [mailto:asjlavoie@...]
Sent: 19-August-2003 1:36 PM
To:
DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [DSN_klr650] KLR 650 and trailer
After a year of riding my KLR A14, it is now time for me to find a
solution to the biggest problem that I have.
Me and my wife really like to go camping. Riding two up the
KLR is not so bad but when come time to add extra camping stuff, well it's
kind a short. I have been thinking of the possibility to use a small trailer
for this purpose.
Do you think the KLR 650 is strong enough to pull an extra 100
pound. Do you know anyone who has experiment that.
klr 650 and trailer
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2003 6:54 pm
by Mark Sampson
I think putting a trailer on a KLR650 is a very bad idea. If it was a good
idea and worked out-----you would see people doing it. The KLR barely does
good just to pull 2 people. And when you have to stop-------whoa----the KLR
has a hard time stopping itself. And the rear subframe is going to take the
load-----and the subframe can break just from normal use---or at least the
bolts can.
Mark Sampson
www.bigdogadventures.com
klr 650 and trailer
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2003 7:06 pm
by Guy B. Young II - COG Tech. Ed.
A swivel coupling minimizes the risk.
See:
http://www.mindspring.com/~gbyoung2/misc/addons/hitchdoc/swivel_all_bw.jpg
Scroll down on the above sire for several views.
The trailer can rotate 360 deg. and not drastically affect the bike.
Guy
At 04:15 PM 8/19/03 -0700, Grant Johnson - Horizons Unlimited wrote:
>I wouldn't recommend towing a trailer off-road - they've been known to
>bounce and flip over... instant stop, messy.
klr 650 and trailer
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2003 7:58 pm
by cdnabn49
"louis lavoie"
After a year of riding my KLR A14, it is now time for me to find a
solution to the biggest problem that I have.
Me and my wife really like to go camping. Riding two up the
KLR is not so bad but when come time to add extra camping stuff,
well it's kind a short. I have been thinking of the possibility to
use a small trailer for this purpose.Do you think the KLR 650 is
strong enough to pull an extra 100 pound. Do you know anyone who
has experiment that.
~cdnabn49~
you'd think if they can make a trailer for a mountain bike they'd be
able to make one like this for dual sport bikes???
http://www.bobtrailers.com/index.html?main=yak.html
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Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2003 9:33 pm
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