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I am in the middle of my 2016 Road Trip where I am pulling my Harley with my 2008 Z06. So far it has been 6500 wonderful miles from Texas to SOCAL, up the coast and over to Kings and Yosemite NP.s, Napa onto Seattle. This past week I drove through the Canadian Rockies from Vancouver to Banff then down to Glacier NP and onto Jackson Hole. Next week is Yellowstone and Sturgis. This is the perfect RV setup for the mountains and open roads and provides many options. I love the ability to pass motor homes on the long uphills. Good Times!
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Just did a road trip starting in Kansas with the GS -- we went thru Sturgis just as they were setting up for the busy coming weekend.. lots of early arriving Harleys tho , did a couple of side trips including into Deadwood and a couple of side roads in the Black hills. and then back to home turf Seattle.
I had a hitch set up on my old C5(red) a few years ago and pulled my Harley(red) a lot.Took the trailer and Harley on the Hot Rod power tour in 03 Nashville to Dallas. In fact i still have the trailer(just like yours, Aluma 391 pounds) Not decided about doing the hitch on the C6(red) yet,still have the Harley.Your trip and toys looks like a great time.
This Aluma trailer is the BEST!!! Light weight, well built, and best of all, a 48" pull out ramp that is sooooo easy to drive up on and stick it in the chocks. I can barely tell I am pulling the Harley with the Z06. I have the bike secured with 7 straps so it takes the corners with the best of them confidently.
I use my 95 not only to autocross but to tow my sons SCCA gokart on a trailer all around the Great Lakes Division. Get plenty of thumbs up and people taking pictures as they or we drive by.
I don't want to be the 1st naysayer here, but I will use my Silverado as my tow beast. Per the owners manual, does Chevy even recommend towing anything with a Corvette? just asking... beautiful pics by the way
Beautiful pics.enjoy enjoy. had a hitch on my 78 pacecar with a 20 gallon boat tank inside. had an electric fuel pump up on the underside of the bumper brace. when the arabs shut off the gas supply I ran from centeral Illinois to Mackinac,Port Huron, Sarina,Niagara Falls,,Maine,down to Charlotte Nc then home. had the trailor painted black an silver. got a lot of guff for pulling it until they seen what it was forsold the 78 in 82. just bought a 09 06 last oct. retired in 2010, have Vett will run
I don't want to be the 1st naysayer here, but I will use my Silverado as my tow beast. Per the owners manual, does Chevy even recommend towing anything with a Corvette? just asking... beautiful pics by the way
I'm sure it isn't in the manual, but I believe the 505 HP and race designed tranny and rearend is up to the task. I am quite sure the extra weight of the hitch I modified negated about 5 million dollars GM spent in weight saving R&D though. Sometimes you just have to live outside the box.
I have had Sheriffs and Troupers come up and to a man say " That is the first I have ever seen a Corvette pulling a bike". So far we are just shy of 8,000 miles on the Z06 and over 2,000 miles on the bike, and we are just over half way through.
Stayed at the 112 year old Old faithful Inn in Yellowstone.
Looks like a great setup you got there. Hope our Central Valley heat wasn't too much of a downer. I'm sure you discovered that when you get up into the foothills and mountains, it's nice. Safe travels.
Looks like a great setup you got there. Hope our Central Valley heat wasn't too much of a downer. I'm sure you discovered that when you get up into the foothills and mountains, it's nice. Safe travels.
We shot through Fresno from Big Sur /Monterrey straight to Kings Canyon/Sequoia NP and Yosemite to minimize the heat, though the Yosemite Valley was 100 degrees on the floor. We parked the Corvette there and road the bike over the Tioga Pass to Mammoth Lakes for the night. The Z06 pulled the trailer effortlessly through many thousands of feet of elevation changes during that 4 day portion of the trip.
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Your having a trip of lifetime, wish my wife adventures to do things like that, but sitting car and camping isn't her bag, Malls are, that is why I can't wait NCM has 5 years Caravan, cause all she says is bye and I'm gone for week of fun.
Your having a trip of lifetime, wish my wife adventures to do things like that, but sitting car and camping isn't her bag, Malls are, that is why I can't wait NCM has 5 years Caravan, cause all she says is bye and I'm gone for week of fun.
I wasn't sure that my wife would take to the camping either, but I managed to pick out some cool places to pitch the tent when we did. Kings Canyon, the beach at Mendocino, Crater Lake, Oregon and a few others. And when we did, we tried to make a feast of it.
It is amazing just how much you can pack into a corvette to make the evenings pleasant for the wife.
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Originally Posted by wfoZ06
I wasn't sure that my wife would take to the camping either, but I managed to pick out some cool places to pitch the tent when we did. Kings Canyon, the beach at Mendocino, Crater Lake, Oregon and a few others. And when we did, we tried to make a feast of it.
It is amazing just how much you can pack into a corvette to make the evenings pleasant for the wife.
It looks so inviting, use to love camping and hiking, but ruffing it to the wife is Holiday Inn. If I took her into forest, all I would here is the bugs are eating her alive.
Here in S Florida, she walks outside and all I hear how she got bitten up with long pants. I'm jealous , really am, have fun and enjoy my favorite drink, Jack & Coke.
08-04-2016, 12:51 AM
Your having a trip of lifetime, wish my wife adventures to do things like that, but sitting car and camping isn't her bag, Malls are, that is why I can't wait NCM has 5 years Caravan, cause all she says is bye and I'm gone for week of fun.
