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Who tows a trailer with an FJR ?
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<blockquote data-quote="Jack D" data-source="post: 1255101" data-attributes="member: 19473"><p>The typical answer to this question is "You won't even know it is there". I disagree, it may not affect you as much as one would think but you know it is there. Your braking distance is longer, your acceleration is slower and if you need to brake hard in a corner the trailer tends to push your bike back upright. The lighter the bike the more it gets pushed around. I have tens of thousands of miles pulling a trailer with a Goldwing including at least one SS1000 and about 10,000 miles pulling one with an R1200RT. My wife and I tent camped a lot and the trailer sure made camping a lot nicer and interstates made the trailer much less noticeable. But I never felt like I was really on a motorcycle when pulling a trailer. I do have a hitch on the FJR but it is used to hold a 50 liter Givi bag that holds the tent and sleeping bags. We do without an ice chest, cooking ware and cook stove and find the riding more enjoyable. We do find the FJR bags too small for clothes, Gerbing jackets, minimal tools, compressor, and tire plugging kit so I have adapted Givi 45 liter bags to fit the FJR.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jack D, post: 1255101, member: 19473"] The typical answer to this question is "You won't even know it is there". I disagree, it may not affect you as much as one would think but you know it is there. Your braking distance is longer, your acceleration is slower and if you need to brake hard in a corner the trailer tends to push your bike back upright. The lighter the bike the more it gets pushed around. I have tens of thousands of miles pulling a trailer with a Goldwing including at least one SS1000 and about 10,000 miles pulling one with an R1200RT. My wife and I tent camped a lot and the trailer sure made camping a lot nicer and interstates made the trailer much less noticeable. But I never felt like I was really on a motorcycle when pulling a trailer. I do have a hitch on the FJR but it is used to hold a 50 liter Givi bag that holds the tent and sleeping bags. We do without an ice chest, cooking ware and cook stove and find the riding more enjoyable. We do find the FJR bags too small for clothes, Gerbing jackets, minimal tools, compressor, and tire plugging kit so I have adapted Givi 45 liter bags to fit the FJR. [/QUOTE]
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