Hi Glen. As soon as I posted that I realised someone would comment on the panniers on the BMW. The panniers were left EMPTY on the trip, which was a month long tour from England across Europe and down to Greece and back by a different route. It was hot generally but we always rode with proper leathers, helmets, boots, gloves etc. At any stop we simply stuffed all the kit in the empty panniers which were locked to the bike, the , trailer was locked to the bike, and the bike was double locked with a steering lock and a chain which also secured our helmets We could then explore without any clutter. We never had a problem with theft or attempted theft, except someone stole the St Georges flag off the trailer!
BUT I did have my wife on the back, and as anyone knows, women need the odd extra something on any trip! The available space was handy for the odd extra bagette, or absolute bargain from the supermarket ,that simply had to be bought. Who am I to disagree.
Marcus. The trailer was slightly narrower than the BMW and I never had a problem with filtering once I had got used to the extra length. Nor did we have any problems with speed limits. In general we cruised at between 60 and 70 mph depending on roads, what we wanted to see etc. The trailer hitch was obviously of the rotating type and we just cornered and generally rode exactly as we would have done without one. once I had got used to it Braking distances were never a problem, perhaps a fraction longer, and fuel consumption seemed the same at out fairly modest speeds. I am convinced a trailer is much easier all round than a heavily loaded bike, but as a 5feet 6inch, 9 stone lightweight, octogenarian, I would wouldn't I!
We did have two very amusing incidents in Italy ,related to the trailer, and if anyone is really interested I will post it here
Bruce I'll see what I can find, the Egli Hitch was made to be quickly detachable and at the moment is just that------ Detached