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I'm not a trailer expert, but I believe the rule of thumb is to have approximately 10% of the trailer's gross weight for tongue weight. If you have a 350 lb motorcycle and a 200 lb trailer, you'd want about 55 lbs of tongue weight at the ball.
Putting more stuff on the trailer is OK if the trailer has brakes, but if not, you really want all the weight you can get on the tow vehicle, since any weight you move to the trailer takes braking ability off the tow vehicle. You have the same amount of mass to stop, but less of it over the tires that do the stopping.
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