Can you find it and post the link?Have you seen the Harley with a trailer video? The camp trailer had no brakes and stopping on a steep hill , it all went pear shaped till some campers saved the day .
Can you find it and post the link?Have you seen the Harley with a trailer video? The camp trailer had no brakes and stopping on a steep hill , it all went pear shaped till some campers saved the day .
Why, yes.Can you find it and post the link?
Man, that's a big trailer for a bike to be pulling and a very very steep hill. We see the front wheel locked and sliding, I wonder if the rear wheel was doing the same thing or was it applied at all?So, the weight transfer removed the front wheel's traction. The back brake should have held it if the could hold the bike up with just his left foot.
I'm guessing not applied. I'm not good at one-leg stops, even on flat pavement.I wonder if the rear wheel was doing the same thing or was it applied at all?
I pulled a Time Out Deluxe camper trailer with my ST1300. It is listed at 385 pounds empty. To heavy for the ST1300 in my opinion. It is much better suited to the eight and nine hundred pound Goldwings and BMW K11001200LT size motorcycles, which I have used to pull this trailer without much issue. Getting a trailer moving is rarely an issue with almost any tow vehicle. Stopping it is the bigger issue.If I was pulling anything larger than the Mini Mate, I would want to have some sort of trailer brakes installed.
I'm running double dark on my ST1100. Trailering was not the primary reason, but I feel DS is an advantage when towing the trailer.OK then, without "too much" of a hijack, how many trailer-towers here have gone dark?
Additional thoughts about the angle of the hill ---versus the angle of a Harley leaning . If the Harley was to be across that slope is it going to scrape the road in a vertical position ? Or just topple over ?In the video he mentions the trailer balancing forward before the trip. That was estimated on a level area . Allowing for optical effects while filming , what is the balance state on such a steep hill ? If it balances backwards , the rear wheel on the bike is much less effective although half of the bike weight comes into the calculation .
Also in the film the bike slows down to zero and the suspension squashes down at the front and also at the rear due to the trailer weight --and then the trailer will rock backwards enough to reduce rear tyre contact momentarily --where we see the whole setup run backwards just enough to get the trailer out of line and tip the bike over . Interesting sequence in a physical limits kind of way .Additional thoughts about the angle of the hill ---versus the angle of a Harley leaning . If the Harley was to be across that slope is it going to scrape the road in a vertical position ? Or just topple over ?
In my opinion, it was the combination of the trailer, the hill, and not waiting for the car ahead to pull away before climbing the hill.But what was the actual mistake ? But what was the actual mistake ? Was it a heavy trailer , or a steep hill ?