Here's mine": 07 UC and Bushtec Turbo II

 

badinfluence63,

I agree, the camper is more cost effective but my camping days are now spent in a rental cabin or cottage.

 

I have actually thought about building a trailer to pull behind my 04 RKP. My job requires the use of a 6' ladder and sometimes a 8' ladder, plus my equipment and tools (I am an air balance technician. I have to use that big red thing in my avatar.) Thought about building a trailer to carry all this, so I can use the bike to go back and forth to work instead of my truck. Just not sure how the bike would react to a trailer...

 

I'd say it depends on how much that stuff weighs. My trailer weighs in at about 350 lbs. and with a little bit of stuff in it. (stuff you would normally strap to your bike) and a camp chair and a couple of other things, you hardly realize that it's back there. I have a RKC. I have a friend who has a Yamaha Vstar 1100 and when he is on a trip he pulls a trailer with all their stuff and his wife rides with them. So your RKP should be fine.
Phil

 

heres our rig, out for the first pull of the year, loaded with camping gear. with 27-32 lbs on the ball, it pulls real nice

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'03 Fatboy and tag a long in blue. '07 UltraClassic in red, same trailer, just re-done to match the next bike I bought.

 

Here's our '07 Ultra with 21,500 miles on it in 19 months so far, plus our new '08 Bushtec Turbo+2 in matching deep cobalt pearl. The trailer looks like it was painted in Milwaukee on the same day as the bike and just like everybody says, it pulls like a dream and is extremely well behaved. We've put about 2,000 miles on the trailer in 3 months with zero problems or hassles so far.

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Here is my home built trailer with the 02.
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ok here's mine, home made, electric brakes aluminum with independent suspension, pulls like a dream.


and set up

 

Just finished mine a couple of weeks ago.&nbsp\\; Took the trailer hitch off the bike, but you still get the idea.&nbsp\\; It was a fun project.