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Cary, NC | We went down to Daytona for bike week and just got back yesterday. Saw a lot of bikes being pulled on trailers. Unfortunately one of them was a Vision. Almost brought tears to my eyes because he was only coming from Kentucky. All together we put 1520 miles on ours for the week. |
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Puddle Jumper
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Cicero, Indiana | My ex and her boyfriend at the time went a few years back and trailered their HDs. Now the funny part was she complained about being 35 miles out for a hotel and having to trailer their bikes into town and unload them everyday to ride in and park them to be seen on them. I guess the whole they went with was that way and trailered their bikes into town to ride a couple of miles if that and park them to show everyone they have a HD. I don't get that mentality but to each their own I guess
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Midlothian, Va. | There are riders and then there are _____________________ well you can fill in the blank. |
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Edmond, OK 2012 Vision, 2012 Cross Country | WHORE = WE HAUL OUR RIDE EVERYWHERE just sayin |
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Akron Ohio area | Never in my 42 years of riding motorcycles has any bike of mine been in a trailer. |
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| bigfoot - 2012-03-18 12:16 PM
Never in my 42 years of riding motorcycles has any bike of mine been in a trailer.
So you always break down at the dealer , or you have great luck with roadside repairs? Lol |
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Akron Ohio area | chesshiretuna - 2012-03-18 1:22 PM bigfoot - 2012-03-18 12:16 PM Never in my 42 years of riding motorcycles has any bike of mine been in a trailer. So you always break down at the dealer , or you have great luck with roadside repairs? Lol The later. I don't do any mechanical or electrical mods on my motorcycles, therefore they don't break down. I've had a couple of flats and repaired them on the side of the road.? ? |
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DeRidder, LA | I'm going to have to trailer mine from Washington to Louisiana. Just couldn't talk my wife into towing our second car behind hers while I rode my Vision the whole way. |
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DeRidder, LA | I forgot to add, I ensured that it will be an enclosed trailer though, so no one can see me doing it. |
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Columbia, SC | I started to be the guy with the mentality of, "If you trailer it, you're not a rider!", but lately that's changed. If I visit my parents for two weeks, I bring the SUV, load it down with all sorts of goodies and clothes so my stay there is very comfortable, and trailer my bike the 800 mile trip. When I get there, I park the SUV, and use the bike everyday. Then trailer it back down. There IS a reason to trailer. As much as I'd love to ride there and back as well, sometimes you can't bring what you want.
Although this summer my wife and I have talked about it, and we're going to try to make that 800 mile trip just with my bike. Just to see what it's like. But I have lessened my aversion to trailering not knowing the situation. Although trailering it from a hotel TO the show/gather ng is a little much IMO. But for a very long ride, where it'd just be plain safer to share the driving responsibilities, I trailer.
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| WE rode ours down and back pulling a trailer. Put 2600 miles in 6days had bike for 7mos got way over 10k on it now. |
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Barefoot Bay, FL United States | Will be trailering an "Americas Best" behind my '08 TP in June. Going to No. Carolina for a CVMA Nat'l conference, near Fontana Dam. Will be an experience for sure!! So far, I've done a 200 mile run with it, and it seems to pull very nicely. Only a slight 'tug' whenever I hit bumps. Very little bounce.
'08 Tour Premium |
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Sand Rock, AL United States | I never trailer. Part of the experience is the trip to my destination. I've ridden to Sturgis (1500 miles one way) 4 times, Daytona (550 miles) 14 times and countless other destinations. I am also very fortunate to have a wife that loves to ride no matter the distance . I ride, therefore , I am. I don't own a Vision yet, I can't wait to treat her to the comfort of a Vision back seat! |
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New Bohemia, VA | I think the issue is not whether the bike is trailered or not, it is the image that is played out. It does bring a chuckle to me when I see the image of a biker, but the bike has a few thousand miles on it, verses folk who enjoy riding, has no image to live up to, and trailers their bike out of necessity. As some of you may have heard that some HD dealerships are advertising "shelter hogs" bikes that are not riden very much and have been traded in and they are selling them to those will give them a good home.
Edited by varyder 2012-03-19 12:26 PM
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Cary, NC | Down side of the trip was a tire going flat on the way home. Got it home. Ordering a new tire tomorrow. |
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Litchfield Park, AZ | There could be several reasons to trailer a bike (logistics, family members, moving....etc), but to trailer your bike 35 miles from a hotel to Main St. Daytona just to park it? This cannot be true, can it?
If there was ever a person that could have their picture next to the word "Poser", this would be the person. |
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Akron, Ohio | Never trailered my vision, but have trailer dual sport bikes from Cleveland to Silverton Colorado. I don't think I could ride a DR350 that many miles in two days. 4 of us drove straight through to get there and back, it was bad enough in a truck. |
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Bay of Gigs, WA | Well, we trailer our '08 Vision Street behind our motorhome because as complete as the Vision is, it doesn't have a bathroom at 4:00 in the morning when you're out in the middle of nowhere. The RV is a great homebase, and unlike a motel, all the cooties are ours. We can explore much more of an area when we're fresh out of our own shower. And after 3 days, the RV is actually cheaper than a motel, depending on the distance. Plus, I got the big ol' thing, gotta use it, right? Combine all the toys as best as you can, is my motto!
Edited by rainryder 2012-03-19 4:54 PM
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Kerrville Texas ( now a homeowner on six acres) | Ditto,rainryrider. We towed our 08 vision when we traveled the country. Two and a half years of traveling the U.S. we logged 18,600 miles on the motorhome and 32,600 miles on the Vision . as the vision was our only means of transportation when we were parked we feel as though we say much more of the country than those who towed a car for thier transportation.
Just finished the Texas Hiway 83 Viet Nam vets ridetwo days ago. The vision was a pleasure as always. From the house to the start of the ride, doing the run and then back to the house I logged 1,960 miles. Great ride, great friends (85 motorcycles) and great time!!
Semper Fi to all!!!!
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Cary, NC | I can see trailering when you have a motorhome or 5th wheel to use as a home base because that is your home. Can't see it if you are doing a rally or going to a B&B for a couple of days. |
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Iron Butt
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New York State | All of the "Real Bikers" were breaking my balls about not having an F250 to haul my ride to Sturgiss and Daytona seems it is what one needs to do |
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Bluff Park, Alabama - God's Country! 2011 PW VV | TW,
Meh! You need at LEAST an F550 with a 5th Wheel single rail trailer.... |
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Sand Rock, AL United States | xsubrider - 2012-03-19 6:26 PM
I can see trailering when you have a motorhome or 5th wheel to use as a home base because that is your home. Can't see it if you are doing a rally or going to a B&B for a couple of days.
I agree with this statement. Also, I know some riders have health issues (back problems, siatic nerve, etc) or other issues that may not allow them to be in the saddle for days on end but they ride as much as they can. I know I shouldn't be so quick to judge when I see a bike trailered because I don't know the why behind it, but I am guilty of judging from time to time. |
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Northeast Ohio | Some of us usually have snow and ice this time a year too. |
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Bay of Gigs, WA | That said, I did take a four day ride camping with eight other guys last summer. Rode all over Idaho & Washington, had a ball. But I gotta admit, my sleep number bed in the motorhome is superior to the ground. ;0) |
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Barefoot Bay, FL United States | As a side note to my No.Carolina trip, I did have to trailer my '08 TP once, a year ago (+/-) when the battery crapped out. The bike fell over in the trailer on the first turn out of the parking lot, but it's an enclosed trailer, so I didn't know it was riding the whole 200 mile trip on the left side tip-overs protectors. It was sliding back and forth, as well as side to side during the ride home. Poor job on my part of strapping it down. Never bothered to look inside once I left for home. END RESULT: Moderately damaged to trailer cabinet from the front fender rubbing, badly scratched left inner sidewall due to flag holder rubbing, moderately damaged floor from the rear tip-over gouging through the floor tile.....my '08 Tour Premium....UNDAMAGED!!! |
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Des Moines | We just bought an enclosed trailer as my wife physically cannot ride long distances or continuously all day long, even as a passenger on the Vision. This will allow us to go places she couldn't go before and take both hers and mine. As much as I would like to ride everywhere we go, it just isn't possible for us. This summer we're heading down to ride the Smokey Mountains and can bring hers as well. She loves that.
Now, the trailering 35 miles into town just to park the bikes, that's crazy. Even my wife would laugh at that. |
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Salt Lake City | My brother, who rides solo, and my bro.-in-law, who rides with my sis on the back - trailer their bikes the 600 mi. from Tenn. to Bike Week every year. Although I have never trailered mine, and have done many 500-600 mi. days, I don't fault them for doing what they do. Me and my buddy, along with our wives, take a week trip every year that routinely creeps into the 2K range. Our gals are real troopers. My sis would consider a 150 mile day a long/laborious one on the back of their beautiful RK. All I wish is that we could see each other more, and have more rides together, even if they were driving the truck w/ trailer and we were driving alongside on the Vision. To each his/her own, dude! As a sidenote, when in Tenn., we usually get out for a short jaunt together, them on his RK, and us on his other scoot, a '92 Softail - with, uh, 13,500 mi. on it. I'd love to make a trek back there on my VV someday.
Edited by wilsondude 2012-03-22 2:49 PM
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| Really? Anti-trailering Nazis on Victorys? Are you even bothering to laser your H-D tattoos? |
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Tifton, GA | Trailered my 07 Electria Glide 3 times. 2 flat tires both from using curved pull through valve stems then my buddy trailered it to HD shop after my wreck. Liandra has never been on or in a trailer. I trailered my Honda Magna to Biketoberfest once due to wife having a medical procedure just before we left. I don't have a camper or motorhome just enjoy traveling on the bike to much to go any other way weather permitting. So looking forward to retirement at end of June |
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Gotha, FL | Anti-trailering NAZI's! Never heard it described that way. LOL |
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Cicero, Indiana | If I went to Daytona I would have to trailer the bike because my better half has already said no to riding that far. She is getting some arthritis in a hip and can't do it so I'm not going to push that issue because I know she would be in pain. My ex on the other had,her and her BF at the time had CVO HDs and it's all about the image I guess. She told methe group they rode with only rode CVOs and the few that didn't were rode pretty hard. I don't get that mentality and to spend that kind of money on a bike and trailer it everywhere and only ride them into town to be seen on is stupid in my book but to each their own. |
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| Thoughtful of u to trailer to accommodate ur wife. |
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Bay of Gigs, WA | Ride the bike. Trailer the wife. :0P |
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Dayton, OH | There's aways a justifiable reason to trailer a bike, repairs being a good one. I trailer my ZX12R on trips to save its tires (I get 2K-3K out of a set). My Vision has never been trailered but will if I need to. Might want to take it when I take the entire family somewhere. I'm not too proud to trailerif I need to, but I'm glad I haven't had to. BTW, riding the 12 on the superslab is boring and a ticket waiting to happen!? !? |
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Bay of Gigs, WA | I still get a lot of thumbs up with the Vision on the trailer behind the motorhome. Looks like a spaceship on the backup camera. The colors complement each other, and we're about 49 feet of lookin' good rollin' down the slab. And with the tilt feature, getting on and off the trailer takes longer to describe than to accomplish. And the wife has her shower and blow dryer. Win-win, and uses more of the toys! |
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Iron Butt
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| While I have never made it down to Daytona, I would be one of those trailering at least to Georgia since there can be icy conditions at this time of year when going through the Smokies. Friends of mine from my old Goldwing chapter used to load up the bikes in an enclosed trailer and once they got south of the Smokies they would unload the bikes, park the truck and trailer at a storage lot and ride the rest of the trip on the Wings until they headed home and then reverse the process, on a few occasions some of them rode home once they saw that the weather didn't call for freezing conditions. This makes common sense to me, why risk you life just to prove that you are a rider. BTW, I live in the Chicago area and USUALLY we still have snow during Daytona bike week. |
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