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small tear drop

PostPosted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 6:50 pm
by deiseldog3
looking to build a tear drop trailer to pull behind my harley any ideas on light weight materials and trailer to start with :thinking:

PostPosted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 6:53 pm
by mikeschn
Hi deiseldog3,

I see you made it on... Welcome to the forum... :D

A motorcycle teardrop... yep, we've seen some of those... I don't have any links handy, but I'm sure some of the other guys do.

Mike...

P.S. I did see this, which Elmo posted...

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Not mine and don't know the person. Click below for more info.

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=280575

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PostPosted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 7:37 pm
by madjack
DD, I don't know what you are looking for but my partner built this for his Harley Night Train...weight is around 200#s... from these pics, it has been lowered about 6"s and the axle swapped out for some torsion stubbies...he has also built a side tent outta some silver tarps....
madjack 8)

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PostPosted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 1:07 am
by S. Heisley
Idea: Maybe you can find an old side car that you can modify and add on behind it and your bike. That would give you an 'L' shaped tiny side/trailer that would be long enough for sleeping plus have room for all your camping gear? :thinking:

PostPosted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 1:57 am
by Gage
Couple more examples.

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PostPosted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 5:37 am
by bobhenry
Eggbert is on a HF 40 x 48 frame 7/16 osb and 2x2 spars pool steel roof. just a cargo style trailer. I had to extend the tongue with 2x2x 1/8 sg tube to get him to handle right. Pulls well behing my 1200 Goldwing

Construction pics in my album page 6

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PostPosted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 6:22 pm
by S. Heisley
Here's the address to the album of a forum member who built one for a motorcycle to tow:

http://tnttt.com/album_ ... er_id=2564

PostPosted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 6:56 pm
by tinksdad
I never had the inclination to tow anything with my Sportster, so I don't really know the towing capacity of a motorcycle. But I am currently building a light weight (?) TD for 1 based on the HF mini (40x48). The shipping weight for the trailer is 187 pounds, but I think that might be over exaggerated because I've had no problem flipping it around by myself. I just got started, but with the added extra luxuries I'm planning on adding, I figure it should weigh out somewhere between 500 and 600 pounds fully loaded.

Just my 2 cents worth.

PostPosted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 7:33 pm
by Kurt (Indiana)
Haven't seen these around lately but the Lazy Bum has been designed for a motorcycle.