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Biker Bob · July 15th, 2010, 12:14 PM

Thanks for the suggestions. All good!

I do have a sidecar bike, a Ural. It can carry a ton of stuff and I have a fairly large trailer for it. But it gets about 30 +/- mpg while I got 81 mpg on my last trip on the Ninja (I have re-geared it for better highway speed and mileage). Also, it is not nearly as reliable as the Ninja (with it I carry a complete tool set). Nor, is it nearly as fast as the Ninja; it seems happiest at about 50-55 mph. I have moved my turn signals; smaller, and mounted on the side of the license tag light, so I can handle larger saddle bags. My tail bag, empty, weighs 6 pounds, so I think I'll go with a lighter, nylon bag. I'm still interested in a small lightweight trailer, but I'll make these changes in the meantime.

Thanks,
Bob

July 15th, 2010, 12:14 PM	#8
Biker Bob ninjette.org newbie Name: Robert Location: Knoxville Join Date: Oct 2009 Motorcycle(s): 2003 Ninja EX250 Posts: 4	Thanks for the suggestions. All good! I do have a sidecar bike, a Ural. It can carry a ton of stuff and I have a fairly large trailer for it. But it gets about 30 +/- mpg while I got 81 mpg on my last trip on the Ninja (I have re-geared it for better highway speed and mileage). Also, it is not nearly as reliable as the Ninja (with it I carry a complete tool set). Nor, is it nearly as fast as the Ninja; it seems happiest at about 50-55 mph. I have moved my turn signals; smaller, and mounted on the side of the license tag light, so I can handle larger saddle bags. My tail bag, empty, weighs 6 pounds, so I think I'll go with a lighter, nylon bag. I'm still interested in a small lightweight trailer, but I'll make these changes in the meantime. Thanks, Bob