but ..........
-three wheel tracks vs just a single wheel track so when the rough QLD roads have pot holes you don't have to decide if it is the bike OR the trailer that is going to hit the pot hole. You can drive around them just like being on the bike.
-huge fuel consumption because of the non aerodynamic design
-a big trailer induces me to carry waaaaaay more than I need
-I do LONG trips ( Townsville - Brisbane - Townsville) regularly and need just that little bit more space than my panniers provide but not so much that I want to full trailer load
- the bike is still thin enough to allow filtering at traffic lights when safe and able to do so
- it still enables all the benefits of a single track line WITH a trailer and not any of the disadvantages of a three wheeled track line. kinda like my opinion on trikes. They have all the disadvantages of a car and bike and non of the advantages ...... in my own opinion of course ..... don't be hateing me trike owners.
-it LOOKS specky!
Some items I had not considered, but perhaps VIC roads are better than QLD roads.
Haven't do much riding in QLD and less north of Maryborough, but most recent was in 2013 and then 2015. In 2013 (after the Ulysses AGM at Maryborough) we rode some B and C roads from to Tiari to Toowoomba via Kilkivan and Nanango. Despite some locals advising us not to ride these roads "as they are cr@p after the recent floods", the roads were surprisingly very good. In 2015, I thought the roads were in pretty good nick too. But it's a long way from Townsville and road conditions likely to be vastly different.
Re. fuel consumption, I have found very little difference (around 0.5litre / 100km) with the Classic Ultralite. A bigger difference (around 1.5litre / 100km) with the Elite (at legal speeds and gentle acceleration), but a huge difference (3 to 4litre / 100km) if riding fast and hard.
Lane-splitting? Very rare these days and not an issue for me.
Looks specky? I don't agree, especially the mono trailer behind the Wing. The same certainly goes for the Elite, but the Classic behind the ST1300 looks pretty neat (IMO).
You gotta love that, even if just for the pooch.
Who worries about pot holes when towing the trailer; I don't. My classic would only be marginally wider than the width of the 1100s side cases though I wouldn't attempt filtering.
Mmmm ...... I agree. If the road / track is that rough and pot holed, my speed will be low and my concentration will be to avoid the pot holes on the bike, the trailer just follows. Whether the trailer wheels go through a pot hole is incidental, and due to the low speed probably inconsequential.