hello again

[voyager]

hi all, seems i have to introduce myself, again, (im mentaly smacking mellow round the legs with a wet lettuce, he deleted me) im from birmingham england, been riding since the early sixtys, all the old thumpers of yesteryear like triumphes, bsa, arials (anyone remember the arial leader?) now i am retired (65) i ride a sym rv250cc. i normaly go on holls in my camper, and take the bike with me so had never thought of doing it the other way round .has anyone towed a small trailer with a bike of only 250cc?i know i would have to travell light. thanks. dave old newbie:tent8: :tent8:

[motomac]

Welcome Dave. There are a few of us around here who remember the British thumpers. I cut my eye teeth on Triumph's. I had some friends who had a small trailer that they pulled with scooters. I don't recall what make it was, but it was one of the old ones like Cycle Mate. Georgegeorge made his own with a Harbor Freight kit that works welll behind his ST 1300. I believe there is a thread on here that has a link to a whole bunch of trailer makes. I don't know how to do the thing where you place the link in here. My grandkids probably do, but I don't.

[Tx White Knight]

dave old newbie:tent8: :tent8:

Welcome again

Welcome back again or something like that :)

here is a forum dealing with pulling trailers with motorcycle "Motorcycle Trailer Towing" (http://forums.delphiforums.com/MCTrailertowing/start)

They may have some ideas also, happy hunting
:tent4:

[Mellow]

Welcome Dave.... sorry about that... but, even more importantly, I'd like the members to know that no vegetables were harmed in the creation of this thread.

[sandman]

Welcome Dave!

What kind of distance do you travel on a normal Holiday on the other side of the pond? Do you travel all over Europe or just hang around Merry Olde England?

[voyager]

the wife and i tend to go to scotland quite a lot in the camper its a bit far for a scooter althou i do go for long rides with a friend who has an mp3,we travell around the midlands where we live and make a day of it(dont forget we could put england in one corner of the usa. we have also done southern ireland all round the coast line as far as northern ireland, we have been to europe once on a coach but it was such a whistle stop we didnt enjoy it,thanks for the info about trailers,i just wondered if 250cc was a bit to small to tow anything decent. dave old newbie:tent8:

[sandman]

the wife and i tend to go to scotland quite a lot in the camper its a bit far for a scooter althou i do go for long rides with a friend who has an mp3,we travell around the midlands where we live and make a day of it(dont forget we could put england in one corner of the usa. we have also done southern ireland all round the coast line as far as northern ireland, we have been to europe once on a coach but it was such a whistle stop we didnt enjoy it,thanks for the info about trailers,i just wondered if 250cc was a bit to small to tow anything decent. dave old newbie:tent8:

Thanks for the information about your travels.

I've spent most of my travel time in the SouthEast US because of offtime limitations. My wife doesn't ride and this causes further limitations. Hoping to ease both limitations in the future(GoldWing).

Hope you find the trailer you're looking for.

[msscull]

Welcome back.

[Ripshod]

Hi Voyager.
I'm wondering about the need for a trailer at all. If you pare down the gear, you should be able to camp quite comfortably with what you can lash onto yer scoot.