Towing a small trailer whilst lowered

[old lemon]

Hey guys I have had a mazda 2 for about a year now and a kawasaki ninja 250 for about 3, I am basically making it a track only bike and I would like to trailer it with my 2. It should definitely be possible at stock height but I want to lower my 2 on either corksport or H&R springs. If I go this low will I still be able to tow a small single rail motorcycle trailer with a small load (bike weighs about 375 pounds, trailer will probably weigh less)

 

[Kedis82ZE8]

No idea... but Mazda2 towing thread here.

Car can probably do it... I'd just be concerned about liability if you were ever in a wreck towing with car that manufacturer states has no towing capabilities. (I haven't see a tow rating stated for Mazda 2 in US)

 

[Andres3165]

I have this one: with my car lowered, no issues:

Andres

 

[flatlander937]

I'll just add that Andre has good shocks... stock shocks + lowering springs is a pretty safe assumption it is way less than ideal(many lowering springs + stock shocks bounce a bit with no extra load). I've got no experience towing with a small fwd car... but towing some trailers and stuff in a couple different 1/2 ton and 3/4 ton trucks... towing on crappy shocks makes it very easy for the "tail to wag the dog" if you go over some bumps and it gets everything to start swaying.

Be safe about it and good luck!

 

[old lemon]

yea I didnt think it would work out :/ but what if I got the corksport adjustable shocks / struts + springs. Would that make it safe enough? or are coilovers really the only way to have peace of mind for this?

 

[flatlander937]

Those should be sufficient. Stock shocks are really crappy even for the soft stock springs, they're basically barely adequate to begin with was the only reason I was mentioning it... stiffer springs would make the situation potentially worse with stock shocks.

 

[old lemon]

ty, i appreciate the info