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[Harley Guy 5]

It was a package deal

[70_GTX]

Still liking the N-Line. You don't even realize it's back there. Tracks where you do. Drawbacks are: It takes longer to hook up and unhook. I carry a tri-pod to sit it on when it's not hooked up. The hitch is fairly clean looking.

[Keats]

He's probably including the weight of the bike in that number. No?


TRAILER 230 - 255 lbs = you are not going to pull a 2200 lb trailer

and you are not pulling a trailer/bike combo weighing in at 2200 lb safely or for long

bike 890- 930 lb wet  FLHTCU / FLHTCUSE   (only fluids on bike)
riders ? 2 up 300 - 400 lbs
total  1290 - 1330
stuff ? 40 lbs    (and that is optimistic)
1330 - 1370 with no trailer
you are maxed out

add Bushtec fully loaded 350 lbs
(not sure how this calculates to the GVWR)
GVWR max 1360   FLHTCU


 

[Twolanerider]

Hey Jeff, speaking of pulling trailers......  You done it yet?

[Keats]

Hey Jeff, speaking of pulling trailers......  You done it yet?

stripped chassis off and all is painted
waiting to have wheels powder coated

(sitting all apart in my living room) not sitting well with my wife though
updating lights to LED's
Hitch all on and waiting for better weather

still all white up here.........

this has been the worse riding weather in years,

I just cannot remember that far back

[arcticdude]

I pull an Escapade by California Sidecar.  It pulls very well and I've pulled it all over the country and up into Canada.  Maybe not quite as stylish as the Bushtec or an American Legend, but it doesn't look bad either.  It has air ride, so it's very smooth to pull.  I had a really basic spring trailer prior to this one and it would bounce some.  It was worse over an angled RR crossing, where this one doesn't move the bike at all.  Just watch your stooping room, otherwise any of the better trailers will do the job really well.  There's pros and cons to all of them and none are particularly cheap.  But once you've gotten used to it, you'll pull it for a beer run.  As 2ln said, the coolers are awesome to have.

[Beagle]

I will be on my fourth Bushtec in 2011, owned them since 1996, the company is the best, they replaced my 2006 Turbo II in 2008 because of a hairline crack in the lid, they would have replaced the lid but were concerned with matching the paint, 2006 cvo Ultra (milkdud) so they replaced the entire trailer. Their suggestion not mine. The Preston family are no longer involved with the company,(Mosiac Motorsports) are the new owners and have been involved for the past couple of years. I ordered a 2011 Turbo II to match my Frosted Ivory RG. will pick it up at Americade. They seem great to deal with. I had been looking around, prior to 1996 for a cargo trailer. What convinced me to buy Bushtec was an article Motorcycle Consumer News did on Bushtec in 1996, once read, I was hooked. I have hauled them thousands of miles, both in Canada and the U.S., would not travel two-up without a trailer. Let's you pack the extra's that could make a differance in the trip like the full-face lids, extra leathers, boots etc.
Beagle