[Trip next week--OH, WV, PA]

+1 on hocking hills area

 

If you get around Nelsonville,Oh---Hocking Hills area is great. Lot of natural wonders and good roads. Gil

[Just curious]

Only 90 minutes away from me and some scenic rides around the cuyhoga valley

 

Zinger

 

How about Oberlin, Ohio.

 

 

The infrastructure is in place !!

 

Gary

[venture rider down]

Tom I don't know you yet but I've been glued to this thread. Good luck with your recovery!

 

Zinger

[Am I Crazy?]

I've ridden a lot of bikes over the years with my biggest before this being an old kz1000. Had the venture for a month and it's been an eye opener. And it's not just the venture. Some of the HD's have the same issues. Everything that makes the Venture a dream on the highway makes it work at slow speeds. Get the 750-900 class bike and learn things like couterbalance, clutch and rear brake use for slow speed etc.

 

Zinger

[venture rider down]

Speaking from experience here. With any vehicle, call YOUR insurance, they will get the crash report, the other person's insurance and will generally start the ball rolling while they start negotiations with the other person's insurance. This is especially important if the other driver's insurance ends up lapsed (as happened to me)

 

Thanks Tricia

 

let the insurance company take care of this. Someone needs to get the insurance company of the woman who hit Tom to take care of the impound fees, and moving the bike to a shop for repair, if its deemed fixable. I will try to get with Tom on this tomorrow when I'm there.

 

Don't move it until the insurance company adjuster sees it and takes pictures of it. Or they make the arrangements to have it moved themselves.

[seat bolts]

Just looked under my seat to see what you were talking about and damned if mine weren't gone too.....guess I'm going to Lowes too:)

 

Good Morning Everyone,

 

I took a 300 mile run this past weekend and somehow lost both of my front seat bolts. Anybody have a quick fix for this? Or do I need to get the OEM replacements!

 

Thanks Frank

[Sturgis Pics and Vids (not just mine hopefully)]

wish i had the time and the welding skill. Beautiful!

 

Zinger

 

I have posted these pics elsewhere on this forum but here they are again. The trailer (sometimes I just refer to it as a 'sled') weighs about 60 lbs empty, and will haul about 120 lbs max...altho I like to keep it around 75 or less for best handling.

 

I started building this earlier this year, but had been working on the design since about October. If it was ever made for sale, I think it should be made of tubular aluminum and stainless steel. And a few other mods made to the suspension and hitch. But yeah, the concept works well.

 

[Sturgis Pics and Vids (not just mine hopefully)]

The BOB trailer attaches at both ends of the axle making allowing up and down movement. The trailer has a hinge in hitch that allows left and right movement. I'll have to check out the Unigo OR if you ever get rich and famous with yours I'll check that out!

 

Zinger

 

I'm not sure what you mean by a 'single' or 'double' hitch.

 

 

Its a universal joint...similar to what is used on several single wheel trailers on the market including the Unigo from New Zealand.

[Sturgis Pics and Vids (not just mine hopefully)]

Physics being what they are, on a bicycle, with 60lbs in the trailer, attached to a 26lb bike with a 200 lb rider, you don't notice it other than at really slow speeds. The only time it's affected my handling was off road, very steep grade and hard braking it jack knifed me but any trailer could do that. Couldn't tell from your pics, did you do a single hitch to the bike or a double?

 

Zinger

 

Cool...well I have seen some bicycle trailers but not like that one. Anyway, I have no idea how a BOB handles behind a bicycle. What I assume is that it handles well. Mine does too, but the slower you are going, the more noticeable it is. This is due mainly because with 75 pounds or so of cargo back there, you can feel it adding some weight and mass to the bike during slow speed maneuvers. But once under way, say above about 20 mph, it practically disappears back there.

 

It is noticeable on curves that have bumps or grooves in the pavement, but not to the point of being bothersome.

 

[Sturgis Pics and Vids (not just mine hopefully)]

The single wheeled bicycle trailer is called a BOB (Beast of Burden). The company also makes a model with a suspension. I've been pulling one for years. Having seen yours, you have my curiosity piqued. Love to know if it handles like the BOB does on a bike.

 

Zinger (who also travels and commutes by bicycle and has logged a few K on a bicycle in the last few years)

 

 

My little single wheel trailer did its job flawlessly. We ran across this retired guy in Nebraska, who was bicycle touring. He told us he had traveled 26,000 miles by bicycle since retirering. I have no way to disprove that, but lets just say I'm not on board with it at this time.

 

Anyway, it looks like he had the same idea about trailering that I did. An open frame, single wheel design...I told him we thought alike except for one small detail....I prefer a MOTOR!

 

At one point it seemed as if my 'rig' was trying to fill up at the diesel pumps, just like a truck!...

 

Ok...back to reality.

 

This is real: I had lots of questions from men AND women about the trailer. I even told one couple that was looking at it, that I had NO idea it would be a 'chick magnet'!

 

At the Kickstart c-store in Sturgis, two men approached me as I was walking out the door. They told me they wanted to ask me about my trailer. As I glanced at their vests I noticed a couple of patches. I prefer not to post the exact name, but they were with a WELL-known club of national recognition.

 

They asked if I built it or bought it, and how it handled, what type of torsion bar it used, that sort of thing.

 

I was polite and answered the questions without revealing too much detail.

 

Seems that lots of bikers want a simple, liteweight, haul-a-few-things trailer.

 

So if yall see these on the road in a year or two, you saw it here first!