We have seen a number of compact tent-top field trailers out of Australia through the years, however the all-new Adventurer from Street Warrior Campers takes the "smallest of the bunch" cake. Properly beneath 10 ft from hitch to bumper and simply over 500 lb on the scales, the trailer comes able to be towed by a bigger bike, trike or small automotive. In fact, you would pull it with a diesel truck, too, however you may simply be tempted to choose it up and throw it contained in the pickup field.
With a private historical past of trailer-touring the open street atop a Yamaha FJ Sport, Street Warrior founder Kris Umhauer got down to construct a light-weight, compact bike-specific trailer in 2016. He did not take the duty evenly, placing a number of years of R&D into the mission earlier than placing the trailer via a rigorous check behind a 2017 Harley Davidson Extremely on a meandering, 8,500-mile (13,680-km) tour from the California Coast to the Sturgis Bike Rally that additionally took in stops as out of the best way because the Grand Canyon and Memphis.
After getting peppered with questions on the potential of towing it behind nearly each make/mannequin of small crossover, Umhauer finally determined to focus Street Warrior's advertising on small automobiles and trikes extra so than bikes. In a Fb submit, he makes clear that the empty trailer remains to be gentle sufficient for a motorcycle, with a width purposefully sized to suit throughout the bike's observe, however stresses that it will require an even bigger bike like his personal Extremely or a Honda Goldwing. Street Warrior is engaged on a good smaller, lighter motorcycle-specific model.
On condition that bikes of all sizes and styles make up solely round 5 % of registered automobiles in Australia, specializing in automobiles first appears probably the most logical choice, particularly since customers will probably load the trailers up with rooftop tents, cooking gear, baggage, sports activities gear and all method of different provisions that will rapidly overload a bike's towing capabilities. And as a automotive trailer, the Adventurer turns into an absolute featherweight moderately than a trailer that may be gentle sufficient in your bike.
Oftentimes, tenting trailers look tiny when standing on their very own out in an empty car parking zone, however then stand simply as tall because the tow automobile, if not taller. The Adventurer actually is as little as it appears, measuring simply 4.7 ft (144 cm) excessive with its crossbar rack lowered down in drive mode. With out something mounted on prime, it is fairly visibly shorter than the 5.1-ft (155-cm) Venue, the tiniest of Hyundai's seemingly bottomless pool of American and Australian crossovers and SUVs. With the iKamper Skycamp 3.0 mounted on prime, as in a number of the pictures, the Adventurer measures nearer to six ft (1.8 m) excessive.
So far as total size goes, the Adventurer measures a mere 7.4 ft (2.3 m) lengthy to the tip of its tongue, nicely shorter than most different tiny camper trailers, together with the 8.5-ft (2.6-m) HEO T3, 10-ft (3-m) wagon-wheeled SportsRig TrailStomper, 10.2-ft (3.1-m) Kleox Shelter and 10.7-ft (3.3-m) Taxa Woolly Bear. At 507 lb (230 kg) empty, the Adventurer is as gentle or lighter than these different trailers, apart from the TrailStomper, which now lists in at 450 lb (204 kg), a bit heavier than it was billed at after we first lined it in 2019.
Like many a compact cargo field trailer designed to accommodate a rooftop tent (RTT), the Adventurer consists of an higher rack with crossbars. Slightly completely different than common, its box-tube metal rack's helps lengthen all the way down to the chassis moderately than the highest of the cargo field, lending the looks of an exoskeleton. The higher rack is adjustable through its liftable, strut-assist helps, tilting ahead towards the tow automobile to clear room for opening the rear hatch door or rising straight as much as its 5.6 ft (1.7 m) max top to keep up entry into the central cargo field whereas additionally lifting the out there awning and RTT greater off the bottom. The rack is rated for as much as 220 lb (100 kg) when driving or 628 lb (285 kg) when parked.
Along with the exo-rack, the Adventurer provides 4 sides value of space for storing. The primary 1,150-L central physique compartment is accessed on the rear through the lift-up prime hatch and swing-out tailgate or from both facet utilizing the lockable pink facet doorways. The lengthy, 51-L higher toolboxes on the sides embody lids that fold down 180 levels to work as counter tops. Lastly, the 148-L entrance storage field provides area for a generator, transportable grill, firewood or different giant provisions. The trailer can carry over 800 lb (363 kg) as much as its 1,320 lb (600 kg) combination trailer mass (ATM).
The Adventurer's powder-coated aluminum physique sits atop a box-tube aluminum chassis with a box-tube metal hitch. The trailer's 175/60R13 tires are cushioned by a torsion-axle suspension. Not like the typical landmine-proof tent-top field trailer we see out of Australia, the Adventurer seems better-suited for street touring than off-roading.
Street Warrior begins the Adventurer bidding at AU$10,500 (approx. US$7,300) and provides numerous choices, together with iKamper rooftop tents, a storage drawer for the tailgate compartment, and a facet awning. Somewhat than promoting any sort of huge kitchen gear, Street Warrior has saved the deal with a fast-and-light setup by providing a number of small, transportable Enki biomass stoves.
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