Thanks Midniteoyl, and others, for the opinions,
I already own the trailer, weighs about 300 lbs, max. I may replace the light bulbs with LED bulbs. The bikes are MX bikes, so they are 300 to 350 lbs each, or less. Total weight being towed would be about the same as a car with 5 adults, so, driven correctly, the brakes and trans should not be overstressed no? Oh, and with 1 or 2 bikes on the trailer, the weight is pretty well balanced over the trailer tires, maybe 50lb tongue weight. Frequency of towing would be 3 to 4 times during the summer, if I'm lucky, so I really don't want the hassle of getting a rental every time I wanna take the bike out, or keep another POS vehicle licenced, insured, and parked. So, I'm going to do it.

 

Oh,
And thanks for the MTB links, I plan to use the ball mount for that kinda rack too!

 

LOL....you're talking about motorcycles and I was "optioning" you a rack for bicycles
To me, "ROAD Bike" is something you don't need to trailer around, since it is meant for the open road; in which case I thought you're talking about bicycles for the open road (versus mountain/trail bicycle)
If you say "DIRT Bike", then I know is about off-road motorcycle. That one you do trailer it around when going in vacation or weekend somewhere to a trail.
If the "road" and "dirt" are commonly interchangeable, I apologize for the mistake. I only rode a dirt bike one time, so I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed talking about them.
Sorry again.

 

Take a look at your tire pressure chart too. Mines inside the fuel door. They show how many psi you should air your tires to depending on load. My chart goes from 36 to 42 psi with the tire's max at 44 psi (higher load range tires).

 

The U-Haul $21 wiring kit is the wrong kit. You need the kit with a converter module which is connected to the battery for a four wire european car lighting system converted to the three wire american system.

 

"The U-Haul $21 wiring kit is the wrong kit. You need the kit with a converter module which is connected to the battery for a four wire european car lighting system converted to the three wire American system. "

Agreed; when I was looking to put lighting on for my trailer, the UHaul guy said (and I do quote): "European? Forget it. American or Japanese we have kits for, but you're on your own for that car".

Towing isn't that bad, so long as your load isn't at the max of the car. Do watch the tounge weight, though. I've pulled around my street motorcycle (about 550 lbs) on a small trailer a few times with no real problems. You definitely know it's back there! But as long as you're not doing a bunch of 70-0 stops and such, your brakes won't hate you too much

-Red

 

Can you post pics of the hitch kit?

 

Will do. I pick it up tomorrow.

 

On a 1998 Audi A6 Quattro wagon with C4 chassis I used U-Haul #13493 Trailer Light Module for negative grounded systems. See www.uhaul.com.
The Audi tail light assemblies had male spades, so I connected to them and did not have to splice in to any of the Audi wiring. However, you will have to run a fused wire to the battery positive terminal from the module.

 

could always use these