I trailered my bagger to Myrtle Beach for bike week. Because I wanted to. And, I'll sell it when I meet someone man enough to make me.

 

Please, if you plan to trailer it, learn to ride before you get very far from home. My wife and I went on a 5K round trip from SE Oklahoma to Panama City Beach to Austin, TX to Roswell, MN and back. We met some "bikers" who came with trailers, at a hotel, after they found out we rode all the way to FL they wanted me to guide them around in FL. I did, for a few hours and soon realized they couldn't hold a line on the straight roads, and had no braking or interstate skills. I lost them outside of Tally, and never looked back. Dangerous bunch hooligans were a hazard to everyone on the road us included.

 

WTH does trailering a bike have to do with knowing how to ride a bike? Please enlighten me!

 

Trailering a bike has it's advantages. You can lock it up at night in the trailer and haul all the crap you want to bring with you.

 

This is one of those "connections" like obesity and forks.... I just move one when I see 'em.

 

Comparing trailering a horse for the purpose of work and making a living to trailering a motor vehicle that is designed for highway travel is a bit of a stretch don't you think.

If you are going on vacation more than 100 miles from home in your car, why not ship your car and just use it when you get there? The you will arrive refreshed and ready to go.

In the early 1990's I trailered to the Laughlin River Run (500 miles, an easy 1 day ride) 3 years in a row using all the popular excuses. Then I got to know and started visiting with folks that actually rode their motorcycles and I came to the conclusion that I was a wannabe and poser, and that I was actually missing the essence of riding and being a biker so I changed.

It works for me, and my experiences have been greatly enhanced. If you are satisfied with how you do it, then that's all that matters, but every time this subject comes up it seems that the trailer people are overly sensitive and defensive, so maybe they aren't all that fulfilled with their biker experience.

Bill

 

It's not the destination. It the ride to the destination that matters.

 

Absolutely nothing.
Just this week I saw 3 baggers obviously on a road trip to Florida going 85 imph n a 60 mph construction zone bunched so tightly together that if the lead, who was riding in the center, went down they'd have all been grease spots on the highway.
How you get where you're going has no bearing on your experience, training, skill set or ability. There are stupid people everywhere.

 

Then why have a destination?

 

I'm getting ready to do a 5,000+ mile trip with no real destination. Just going to the west coast and ride around until I get ready to come home, and it's all about the ride.

Bill