(10-08-13, 10:10 PM)nick crisp link Wrote: "The bike will lean better round corners" - are you sure?
Ok, I see it for a one-off trip where you'll be using mostly motorways, but I definitely don't see it improving handling. Plus, you said about your panniers being wider than your bars, yet you're going for a 2 wheel design, "max width"?

(10-08-13, 10:10 PM)nick crisp link Wrote: Also think Mickvp may be right about where you mount it from, although I also wonder about the strain on the rear wheel spindle with Luke's example.

(10-08-13, 09:58 PM)mickvp link Wrote: although, if your mounting to the pillion peg, wont that mean the trailer affects the rear suspension on the bike? if you mounted it to the swingarmlike luke it would be "lighter" as it is unsprung weight?

(10-08-13, 09:58 PM)mickvp link Wrote: I look forward to seeing it anyway, sounds like an interesting build (I asume you will have some sort of "swivel" mounting so you can still lean over with it fitted?)

(10-08-13, 11:11 PM)rustyrider link Wrote: Just a couple of thoughts from someone that regularly tows around 3 tonnes behind a Range Rover.  The most important thing is getting the loading right to keep the nose weight on the trailer within limits.  On a car you should arrange it so that you have around 50 kilos on the tow hitch.  Your problem is going to be that with a hitch attached to the bike (pillion pegs), that sort of weight would be way too high and would be the same as carrying an overweight pillion.  So you would need to load the trailer so the weight on the hitch is as low as possible.  Unfortunately that will bring it's own problems.  Too little weight on the hitch will cause the trailer to pivot on the axle and rattle the hell out of the hitch.  Driving a car (even a Range Rover on air suspension) with a rattling tow hitch is both uncomfortable and bloody annoying, on a bike it will try to lift your back wheel off the ground!

(10-08-13, 11:33 PM)Doddsie link Wrote: Is a small car box trailer not gonna cause problems when it bounces..... as they all do???

(10-08-13, 11:42 PM)DryRob link Wrote: The rear axle is hollowed out, could you not attach via a rod through that? You might have to modify the connecting arm to rotate/flex as your bike leans through bends though but it would keep the weight off your suspension

(11-08-13, 12:16 AM)simonm link Wrote: I thought this thread was about towing girls who lived in trailers around.  My head is in a whole new universe.

This link seems to have decent advice: http://pbmotorcycletrailer.com/how-to-build-a-homemade-pull-behind-motorcycle-cargo-trailer-that-does-not-look-homemade/

The idea of a trailer on a Fazer makes me sad :-(  I thought trailers were only for Harley riders.  Slow heavyweight cruisers rather than lightweight high revving sport commuter bikes.

(10-08-13, 11:33 PM)Doddsie link Wrote: Is a small car box trailer not gonna cause problems when it bounces..... as they all do???

(11-08-13, 08:56 AM)Dead Eye link Wrote: That's only an option if you have a car

(11-08-13, 12:36 PM)rustyrider link Wrote: No point trying it with an empty trailer, the difference will be so great it won't be anything like representative.  Unless you go stupid with the weight you put in it, it probably won't be much difference to carrying a pillion.