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« on: July 12, 2011, 09:41:25 AM » |
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Does anyone here have some experience pulling a camper trailer with a valkyrie tourer? What type of
hitch you are using and brand of camper. I plan on pulling a aspen trailer.
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BigEagle
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« Reply #1 on: July 12, 2011, 10:15:57 AM » |
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I pull an Aspen Classic with my Standard.    I forget the brand of hitch it is. I'd have to go look. I like it... good and sturdy and chromed. |
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« Reply #2 on: July 12, 2011, 10:57:35 AM » |
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I pull an Aspen Classic with my Standard. I forget the brand of hitch it is. I'd have to go look. I like it... good and sturdy and chromed. Thats a Hitch Doc. I have one too, great stuff  |
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« Reply #3 on: July 12, 2011, 11:18:23 AM » |
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I pull a trailer with a Hitch Doc on a 99 std. Never had a problem with the hitch or trailer. Must admit it gets a little squirrly above 75 mph but I don't have any business pulling a trailer that fast anyway.
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« Reply #4 on: July 12, 2011, 11:59:24 AM » |
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Do any of these trailers have electric brakes?
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« Reply #5 on: July 12, 2011, 04:52:08 PM » |
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Do any of these trailers have electric brakes?
I've got the aspen classic as well and you can order it with or without dexter electric brakes. Since the trailer can start to reach 750 lbs when loaded to the gills, I went with the brakes. I run a prodigy controller connected on the trailer tounge. I've pulled that trailer with both my car and the Valk. I looked and I don't have one photo with the trailer and the bike  . |
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« Reply #6 on: July 12, 2011, 05:17:19 PM » |
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I pulled a Roll-A-Home tent trailer 8K miles around the country in '05. Loaded it weighed about 400+ lbs. I wouldn't do it again unless I could figure how to put brakes on it. My MPG's were about 25 at 65 MPH. Less if I went any faster. I now use an '05 Wing and get 32-40 MPG depending on altitude. Also the brakes are much better on the wing. Three piston vs two piston on the valk.  |
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« Reply #7 on: July 13, 2011, 07:51:31 PM » |
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Big Eagle, could you send me pics of your hitch, I bought this of a guy on this board and have no idea
how to install it. Could use some input,suggestions etc...Thanks
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BigEagle
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« Reply #8 on: July 13, 2011, 09:12:07 PM » |
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Do any of these trailers have electric brakes?
I've got the aspen classic as well and you can order it with or without dexter electric brakes. Since the trailer can start to reach 750 lbs when loaded to the gills, I went with the brakes. I run a prodigy controller connected on the trailer tounge. I've pulled that trailer with both my car and the Valk. I looked and I don't have one photo with the trailer and the bike . One thing I noticed right away was how much braking power it took to slow down with the trailer packed out. When I went to the darkside I was suprised at how much more braking power I had on the rear tire. It made a world of difference. |
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« Reply #9 on: July 13, 2011, 09:15:43 PM » |
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Big Eagle, could you send me pics of your hitch, I bought this of a guy on this board and have no idea
how to install it. Could use some input,suggestions etc...Thanks
Can do, but not until Friday. I think I might even have the installation instructions tucked away somewhere. I'll check. |
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« Reply #10 on: July 14, 2011, 10:21:28 AM » |
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Thanks I'll watch for it. Did you cut your windshield yourself or is that a brand name?
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« Reply #11 on: July 14, 2011, 04:02:49 PM » |
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hi.
am new to the forum.My wife and i have towed an Aspen for 80k over a year on two trips. The first was 7 month and 50k and second was 5 months and 30k. Iwould recommend electric brakes and go to the dark side. first time with bike tire was geting 10k per rear tire, second time on the dark side was getting 35k and half the cost. The valkyrie handled much better towing with the auto tire at hyway speeds.
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« Reply #12 on: July 14, 2011, 05:10:46 PM » |
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on the dark side,
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« Reply #13 on: July 14, 2011, 05:37:04 PM » |
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 I hijacked the picture from an old post. Besides having a darkside tire, it also helps to have a "healthy" sized passenger on back to keep the rear end planted during braking. |
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« Reply #14 on: July 14, 2011, 06:26:08 PM » |
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Fudd, any problems pulling the tandem trailers? Cop problems? Handling?
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« Reply #15 on: July 14, 2011, 07:13:55 PM » |
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Fudd, any problems pulling the tandem trailers? Cop problems? Handling?
I'm not the one to ask about the legality issue of 2 trailers, I heard it varyies state to state. Maybe somebody else knows. I pull a single trailer myself. Being without trailer brakes, I limit the load to 300 lbs. I know the Valkyrie can handle more weight behind me than that in ideal conditions, but I'm not always riding in ideal conditions. Here's another hijacked photo. This scares me. The closest trailer behind the bike should be the heavest one, I would think. .jpg) |
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« Reply #16 on: July 14, 2011, 07:35:32 PM » |
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Fudd, any problems pulling the tandem trailers? Cop problems? Handling?
I'm not the one to ask about the legality issue of 2 trailers, I heard it varyies state to state. Maybe somebody else knows. I pull a single trailer myself. Being without trailer brakes, I limit the load to 300 lbs. I know the Valkyrie can handle more weight behind me than that in ideal conditions, but I'm not always riding in ideal conditions. Here's another hijacked photo. This scares me. The closest trailer behind the bike should be the heavest one, I would think. Seeing that would scare the hell out of me as well... and I would want to make sure I am well behind that or too far ahead of it to make a difference. |
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« Reply #17 on: July 14, 2011, 08:03:09 PM » |
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pavalker........that last picture really doesn't matter if the heavy one's in the back or not.......what THAT guy really needs is the HEALTHY SIZED WOMAN in the previous pictures ridding shotgun with him.......just think for a minute about that...........................................................................................hum............................................................no front tire wear ever again...the front end would be sticking up in the air all the time.....slightly reduced rear tire wear with th c-t....maybe 5k miles a tire...not a bad trade-off.
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« Reply #18 on: July 15, 2011, 11:17:55 AM » |
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How much crap does one person (or two) need on a trip anyway?
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« Reply #19 on: July 15, 2011, 06:12:02 PM » |
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How much crap does one person (or two) need on a trip anyway?
That "Healthy" passenger previously referenced is female, so the amount of $hit needed is indeterminant for any given trip   |
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