The safe and legal answer to load lugging on a motorcycle

Why weigh your motorcycle down with cumbersome bags that will degrade its handling and your comfort when you could put it all behind you with a trailer? Worldwide sales have firmly established Squire as the recognised leader in this field and in 2002 the Company established a World Record speed for a motorcycle towing a trailer of 139 mph.

Trailers work well with most touring motorcycles and larger capacity scooters too.

Trailer Law

UK legislation was changed in 1984 to allow trailers to be towed by solo motorcycles. The main points are as follows :

• Motorcycles must exceed 125 cc
• Maximum towed weight, including the trailer and it’s load must not exceed 150 Kg. (330 lb.) or two thirds of the motorcycles unladen weight, whichever is least.
• The Motorcycle must be marked with it’s kerbside weight.
• Maximum width of the trailer is one metre.
• Maximum length of the trailer is 2.5 metres, measured from the motorcycle rear wheel spindle to the rearmost part of the trailer. The trailer must be marked with it’s unladen weight.
• The UK speed limit is 60 mph on dual carriageways and motorways.
• Lighting regulations are the same as other small trailers.

Other countries have different laws, but apart from the national speed limit restrictions, a UK legal trailer is normally allowed as a visitor to other countries