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Author Topic: Anyone know the front/rear wheel weight distribution for a Tourer?  (Read 78 times)
Gryphon Rider
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« on: Yesterday at 10:11:57 AM »

I have a small trailer that I use for two dirt bikes loaded side-by-side.  The trailer deck is barely long enough to support the back tires.  I want to add a wheel chock on the tongue to haul a street bike if I need to. I figure my Tourer is the heaviest bike I will ever want to haul on this little trailer, and I want to get the weight distribution right for tongue weight, thus my question in the subject line.  I can mount a steel channel so the Valk’s rear tire can overhang the deck, if needed.
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sandy
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« Reply #1 on: Yesterday at 12:49:00 PM »

The rough estimate is 10 percent of the total trailer weight should be on the tongue. The tourer is about 750 + trailer (250), therefore 100 lb on tongue.
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Gryphon Rider
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« Reply #2 on: Yesterday at 03:15:10 PM »

The rough estimate is 10 percent of the total trailer weight should be on the tongue. The tourer is about 750 + trailer (250), therefore 100 lb on tongue.
I know this. I want to know the motorcycle’s weight distribution on ITS wheels so I know how forward to place it on the trailer.
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WintrSol
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« Reply #3 on: Yesterday at 08:35:10 PM »

Got a farm supply store nearby? They may have a scale that goes up to >400 pounds that you can ask to roll the front wheel onto.
Standard curb weight is 769#, so if it's 50/50, 385# on the front wheel alone. You can do the math from the actual reading.
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