Re: Towing a trailer with the Super Tenere?
Imagine picking that up off the ground ???martin_nj said:
Imagine picking that up off the ground ???martin_nj said:
sallydog said:looks like a moto mule. whats the deal? thats what im looking for. how much? where to get?
They do. Just responding to a question about weights.bvail said:"Manual states that This vehicle is not designed to pull a trailer or to be attached to a sidecar."
I believe they all say that, except for the Ural.
More than I would have pulled on the Tenere. Maybe with trailer brakes I'd consider it. The 10 could probably stop it all in a nice and orderly straight line. If things weren't all lined up I would hate to have 400 pounds of trailer trying to push the ass end of the bike to one side or the other.Checkswrecks said:Question for anybody who has pulled a trailer with a Tenere. I'm interested in a Mini Mate or Alite camper, which are billed as 265# and 400# respectively. Figuring that I'd probably throw more junk in, how would the braking action suffer at 300 and 450 pounds?
Would these weights be to the point your experience says that e-brakes would be needed?
There was a gent here for a while bvail... Bob Vail. He and I met in Cheyenne in 2000, he was towing a pop-up behind his Royal Star then. He had a pop-up in Ourey for our gathering behind a Wing. We've both been moderators on a Delphi Trailer Towing Forum. I think he's still there. Bob is the most experienced heavy puller I know personally. The general consensus used to be not to exceed half your bike's GVW when pulling a trailer without electrics. #400 would be right at the limit. Me, I'd want electrics at 400+. 400 is also putting 40-60 pounds of down force on the hitch. Another 'rule'; 10-15% of the trailer GVW at the ball. Single wheel trailers don't fit this conversation well. I tried everything I could think of to upset my loaded 300 GVW Harbor Freight trailer behind my Royal... hardly even noticed the extra load. I've known of #600 being towed.Checkswrecks said:Question for anybody who has pulled a trailer with a Tenere. I'm interested in a Mini Mate or Alite camper, which are billed as 265# and 400# respectively. Figuring that I'd probably throw more junk in, how would the braking action suffer at 300 and 450 pounds?
Would these weights be to the point your experience says that e-brakes would be needed?
Defekticon said:That is awesome, I like the work around for raising the tongue. Nothing permanent in the event you needed to take it back to stock.
I think I've seen it done elsewhere with the SWMotech or Givi Outbacks, but it could be worth adding some brackets to the sides of the trailer to mount your panniers (or run a second set of panniers if needed).
Don in Lodi said:There was a gent here for a while bvail... Bob Vail. He and I met in Cheyenne in 2000, he was towing a pop-up behind his Royal Star then. He had a pop-up in Ourey for our gathering behind a Wing. We've both been moderators on a Delphi Trailer Towing Forum. I think he's still there. Bob is the most experienced heavy puller I know personally. The general consensus used to be not to exceed half your bike's GVW when pulling a trailer without electrics. #400 would be right at the limit. Me, I'd want electrics at 400+. 400 is also putting 40-60 pounds of down force on the hitch. Another 'rule'; 10-15% of the trailer GVW at the ball. Single wheel trailers don't fit this conversation well. I tried everything I could think of to upset my loaded 300 GVW Harbor Freight trailer behind my Royal... hardly even noticed the extra load. I've known of #600 being towed.
Pulling is a great way to travel, it opens up a lot of possibilities. It also opens you up to a few more hazards, not insurmountable, but there.