Touring with your touring bike
#71
08-19-2016 | 09:55 AM
Happy for you that your personal situation allows for that. Not everyone's does.
#72
08-19-2016 | 10:51 AM
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#73
08-19-2016 | 11:20 AM
I thought threads like these were reserved for winter. I trailer my boat and tow a trailer with my bike. That's where i am in life today, however i would trailer my bike if i wasn't able to ride it to the destination and that may happen sooner than later, I know have two small kids so my "vacation" is their vacation, that doesn't mean i can't ride though, it just means i might have to tow my bike behind us so i can ride when we get there. To each his own..
#74
08-19-2016 | 11:56 AM
Last year I rode my 14 sg from Michigan down to New mexico via the southern end of texas. 5400 miles in 9 days. I was picking it up and putting it down for sure. Never on the trailer tho i bought it to ride it. Now if the OL was with me like we plan to go to sturgis it will be in the toy hauler to get there and then we will roll around. She can't sit that long on the back of the bike knees and back start making her miserable. Unhappy OL unhappy everything. But while solo I roll out on it everywhere. 
Batman
Batman
#75
08-19-2016 | 12:44 PM
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Last year I rode my 14 sg from Michigan down to New mexico via the southern end of texas. 5400 miles in 9 days. I was picking it up and putting it down for sure. Never on the trailer tho i bought it to ride it. Now if the OL was with me like we plan to go to sturgis it will be in the toy hauler to get there and then we will roll around. She can't sit that long on the back of the bike knees and back start making her miserable. Unhappy OL unhappy everything. But while solo I roll out on it everywhere.
Batman
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#76
08-19-2016 | 06:19 PM
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
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
I have done many Saddle Sore 1000s and 2 Butt Burners. One was on a Ducati Super Sport, not exactly a touring bike. I can hang with pretty much anyone, anywhere, anytime, any weather. I will, can and do stay in the saddle sun up to sundown, sometimes 22 hours straight from Ft Worth To Asheville.
My wife likes to ride about 2 hours max. She also likes to see the amazing places there are in this country on the back of my Ultra. I load my Ultra in a 2 horse trailer and we take off and drive all day and night taking shifts behind the wheel and go to some awesome places. Big Bend, Colorado, NC, Utah, California to ride PCH. If anyone wants to think I am inferior to them, so be it.
Those that criticize are idiots, small minded, and probably have not sailed across as much water as I've flushed.
#79
08-20-2016 | 03:20 AM
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From: Kevil Ky
I've been to Yellowstone twice. We just finished a 6753 mile ride to the West Coast. No trailer. I did this on a cruiser (vulcan 1700 classic) I just got a touring bike (06 ultra) I cant wait for my next tour. I'm a Kentucky boy and I'm not afraid of Kansas or any other flatland slab. Asphalt and guard rails are part of getting there. We have words around here for folks that trailer their bikes. 44 states 2countries and finally a touring bike. WOOHOO.
Jimmy D
Jimmy D
#80
08-20-2016 | 03:34 AM
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No i would not. I can ride mine on flat straight roads.