
Originally Posted by
sinfull
Brilliant Idea.... But
Can't help but think A build like this should be certified Looks to me at first glance that there is a hell of a lot of wieght being thrown down on the U plate ! A close up photo of the bikes axle (wieght bearing) point would be nice ?
Great concept though, with the shit we carry when the Mrs comes along !!
search ssmossy1200 on you tube has a bit closer look at the hitch.the axel is 16mm shiney steel turned to 15mm thread for nuts with 1mm thick spacer tube machined to hold 17mm internal 30mm external eye bearings.The U arm is 50mm by 10mm thick and i plan to brace it a bit more just to remove flex.Load is approx centre on trailer wheel and axel.so 35kg load 35kg trailer weight would be 35kgon axel and same on rear.Have just removed trailer now to do fork seals on bike and had a good look at spacers etc for wear and all looks good.
I guess they make rules based on car trailers which are no cert under 2000kg and its likely a bad build on 2ton trailer would be dangerous also.To me it feals safer than overloading a pack rack and side bags with loaded tank bag 2 up but i wouldnt want to load the trailer up to much.Open road feels good under 10kph is the only time it feels unusual.
Also i forgot to mention the U shape is slightly A shaped its 40 mm wider at axel than it is before the bend so that the 2 sides fight against each other to stop sideways sway.Thats why im using eye bearings not standard bearings due to the slight angle.The rear behind bearing has plate welded on and plate bolted on front to prevent bearing movement.
I have evolved as a KB member.Now nothing I say should be taken seriously.
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