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Cruiser
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Austin, Texas | I know I'll get all kinds of grief about trailering bikes, but I've got to make a lengthy trip with two bikes. Hard to drive both at one time, so I'll trailer them to the destination and connect with the other rider.
That said, I'm having a very hard time finding a trailer that will accommodate the width of the Vision and a Cross Country together. The only closed trailer I can find that will work is an Ironhorse Widebody, but I just don't have $9k right now. Typical Harley type trailers have 21" clearance from mid wheel chock to the wall, but the Vision will hit the fairing at 22.5".
I would prefer to find a rental source (instead of buying) around Austin, Texas or even Dallas, Texas with some trailer (even open trailer) that I can attach wheel chocks to at the right distances. I'd like to keep my fairing and the Cross Country's fairing free of any travel dings.
Thoughts? |
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Central Wisconsin | My first thought is contact a Victory Dealer in your area (maybe you already did), they might be able to advise or rent you a trailer.
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Cruiser
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| Why not just stagger them in the trailer, put the front of one bike at the seat area of the other. |
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Cruiser
Posts: 79
Austin, Texas | Dwight, offset wheel chocks would work if the trailer width is a minimum of 72" and a length of about 13 feet. This is if it is an enclosed trailer, and with a planned shift of one chock 42" aft of the other chock to put the fairing/bars of the Cross Country even with the seat of the Vision. Unfortunately, while most rental enclosed trailers might have 84" inside width, they aren't too crazy about me drilling 4 new holes so I can move the Vision's chock more to the center to get the 23" minimum clearance I need and move the Cross Country aft by 42".
But I've sure thought about that a lot.
So, the only solution I've found so far is an open car hauler type trailer with a deep offset of one wheel chock well behind the other. |
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Cruiser
Posts: 116
| I know when I hauled my friend CC and my Vision I did drill holes and I was lucky enough that they went through the cross beam so when I was done I just left carriage bolts in the holes to act as another floor anchor for the decking. A open trailer would actually easier to set up but not as nice for towing. |
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Visionary
Posts: 4278
| did you do a search I did
http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=motorcycle+trailer+rental&... |
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Iron Butt
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Broken Arrow, OK | Does it have to be enclosed?
Run up to Dallas and grab a dual rail from Strokers.
http://www.strokersdallas.com/bikes/show.php?id=153&cond=&category=...
Grab some cool Vic stuff while you're there!!
Edited by okie vision 2012-07-23 6:03 PM
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Iron Butt
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Rockford, IL | Friend of mine was in this same predicament about a year ago. He rented a small trailer and then installed/dropped a 3/4" sheet of plywood in that pretty much covered the whole trailer floor and then attached a chock to the "front" of the plywood. Faced one bike towards the front of the trailer and backed the other bike in and then screwed that chock in. The weight of his two HD Ultras kept the plywood from shifting around. Couple of straps on the bikes and everything was good.
Edited by Lotzafun 2012-07-23 6:08 PM
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Tourer
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| Was at the Ness store in Dublin and saw a brochure that mentioned trailer rentals for mc. I did not grab one so can't help with the url. google search should find it for you. |
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Cruiser
Posts: 60
Wichita, KS | I have the same delema as you. I once owned a Luxe-Ryder motorcycle trailer and it was amazing . At the time I had a Harley Electraglide and my wife had a Nomad 1700. Now we have a Vision and a Cross Counrty. With the Visions 45" fairing width and the Cross Country's being 39", we could no longer use the Luxe-Ryder. Ican vouch for the huge difference in towability and fuel savings between a box cargo trailer and an aerodynamic. I've towed the luxe Ryder empty in 45MPH cross winds and hardly noticed it was back there. when all other trailers and RV's were struggling to stay between the lines.
I too would like an Ironhorse Wide Body, but they're out of my price range.
Just last week I was looking once again for a trailer that would accomodate the Victorys. I found that Julie Heard of Ironhorse has been listing used trailers for her customers on their Ironhorse facebook page. Do a google search for Ironhorse trailers and look for their facebook link. There are a couple of Wide Bodies going for thousands less than their delivered price.
As I said, just last week I was in search of other options, when I came accross RallyTime Trailers. They are the only other aerodynamic trailer I've found with ample width. The inside width is 99.25" This trailer is just under 1000lbs. it's frame is boxed aluminum, the shell is made of a fiberglass honeycomb composite. This provides strength with less weight. A nice feature of this trailer, is it has a front access door. It can be used to access cargo up front, or simply check on the bikes during a fuel stop. Spec wise, it looks like it would do. Price wise? ....I don't know. I've sent an inquiry to them and have yet to hear back. I'm sure they (like most other venders) are heading for Sturgis. |
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Cruiser
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Austin, Texas | I appreciate everyone's input. I get a lot of info regarding how the Harley's fit on trailers but they just aren't as wide as the Vision. Also, Bodacious has clearly done the same research. I've been told that RallyTime went bankrupt. Those trailers apparently were in the $4k range, while the Widebody Ironhorse is over $9k. I've been trying to reach RallyTime for a month with no answer by email. I've been in contact with Julie at Ironhorse in the past. She was very helpful and connected me with an owner in Idaho, but the trailer sold before I called. I've found a few open trailers with rock guards that might work if I tie the bikes with a lean to the outside but I haven't deserted the idea of getting a longer enclosed trailer and doing an extreme offset of the chocks or even put nose to tail.
Perhaps Victory should consider keeping the same Vision profile but make the outside 4-5 inches of the fairings removable. Regardless, I'm not giving up my Vision. |
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Tourer
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Beer Collins, Colorado (there is no fort) | A man needs a truck-one in the truck,one on the rented trailer-problem solved. |
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