Room on the trailer for two

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We hit the low 50’s today, which meant three trips to the hardware store on three different bikes. Looking forward to Spring has me framing out a trip to Vermont as soon as mud season is over. It is about 5 hours from the Cape (Cod) so I’ll trailer. The trailer holds two bikes. Here are the choices:
Room on the trailer for two

Room on the trailer for two

Room on the trailer for two


Of course the Commando is going, but which of the other two. Pros and cons:

The BMW has side cases for snacks, my wife loves it and it looks great in front of a general store. With its gearing and low cg it pulls over the dirt mountain roads like a Subaru. But the brakes are drums both ends and the cylinders could use a refresh.

The SR has a perfectly tuned SuperTrapp, fresh Wiseco piston and triple disks. It doesn’t have the cache but eats up mountain roads, sounds great and has no electric starter (I see that as a plus). Not great for a passenger.

If my wife goes, maybe the /5. If not, probably the SR.

I’m interested in how you all would choose.

I can’t wait to get the Norton up there.
 
Hmm - maybe if my Commando is done I could trailer it to Vermont - only thing better than one Commando is meeting someone else with one - just sayin’ ...
 
Oh - as for which to take in addition to the Norton - which ever is more dependable..
 
No. For so many reasons. Mostly because she is smarter than I am. Three bikes is too many anyways. Also my days of riding the freeways around Boston are long over. 80+ mph traffic, multiple lanes and cell phones make me feel like the long tail cat in the room full of rocking chairs. I used to laugh at trailers. I think I’ll start a new thread...
 
Norton yes + Beemer. Trans to assist for what drums lack is my belief, and a dollop of good judgement riding.
 
A Big single can be a blast on the gravel back roads of the east coast ... a few yrs ago our local Duc Club (ECDC) was heading for Sunday River Maine for the annual Euro Bike rally , our Club President’s Multistrada crapped out day before leaving , he pulled tarp off his SR and kept up all the way from Halifax NS down to Maine and back , including 3 days of blasting around the gravel roads of Maine , New Hampshire ( including Mt. Washington) and New Brunswick .... the SR never missed a beat plus we rode down in a steady downpour of cold rain , he did freeze his as— off , other than that all good !
 
You'll pass within 3 miles of my shop in Hudson (unless you go up 95). I do Nortons (British anything) and air-head Beemers if you need a hand with anything or just like Norton, BMW, Triumph and BSA eye candy

Best.
 
RoadScholar said:
You'll pass within 3 miles of my shop in Hudson (unless you go up 95). I do Nortons (British anything) and air-head Beemers if you need a hand with anything or just like Norton, BMW, Triumph and BSA eye candy

Best.
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Where are you RoasScholar. We usually go 3 to 93 then 89 to the Mad River Valley. I’d love to see the bikes. Ben
 
oldbeezer said:
get a bigger trailer?
What are you towing it with? A pickup? Put one in the bed.

You can't have too many bikes!
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I used to tow with my truck, but we have a Touareg with a three liter diesel. Tows better and is way more comfortable. Plus it fits the euro biker/yuppie image way better.
 
Craig said:
A Big single can be a blast on the gravel back roads of the east coast ... a few yrs ago our local Duc Club (ECDC) was heading for Sunday River Maine for the annual Euro Bike rally , our Club President’s Multistrada crapped out day before leaving , he pulled tarp off his SR and kept up all the way from Halifax NS down to Maine and back , including 3 days of blasting around the gravel roads of Maine , New Hampshire ( including Mt. Washington) and New Brunswick .... the SR never missed a beat plus we rode down in a steady downpour of cold rain , he did freeze his as— off , other than that all good !
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I totally agree Craig. I had to rebuild the SR last fall from the bottom due to a silly broken shift return spring that ate a shift dog. I broke the bike in with a new piston over 40 miles of steel mountain dirt roads in a monsoon. Not the best idea but it bulled through it like a champ. That kind of slick mud on the Norton would terrify me.
 
jbruney said:
Norton yes + Beemer. Trans to assist for what drums lack is my belief, and a dollop of good judgement riding.
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You’re right about the transmission. Two up down steep roads is not that bad as long as I don’t let her get rolling too fast
 
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