Motorcycle trailer

A trailer adapted to be towed behind a motorcycle or the like, said trailer having a frame, a rotatably mounted road wheel, a hitch for removably attaching said trailer to said motorcycle, said hitch comprising:

• a first plate having at least one hole disposed therein;
• parallel, spaced apart second and third plates to slidably receive said first plate therebetween, each of said second and third plates having at least one hole disposed therein, said hole in said second plate being in line with said hole in said third plate, said first plate, said second plate and said third plate being disposed in a generally horizontal plane,
• a pin extending through said hole in said second plate, said hole in said third plate and said hole in said first plate to form a hinge having a generally vertical axis about which said motorcycle and said trailer can pivot with respect to each other, so that when said motorcycle is tilted from the vertical said trailer will be tilted in the same direction and generally at the same angle by the coaction of said first, second and third plates so that said pin is free of forces applied to said hitch by the tilting of said motorcycle;
• means to attach said hitch to said motorcycle;
• means to attach said hitch to said trailer frame, said means comprising two elongated first members, means to attach each of said elongated first members at one of its ends to said first plate;
• two elongated second members, means to attach each of said second members at one of its ends to said motorcycle;
• means to attach the other end of each of said elongated first members to the other end of a different one of said elongated second members, said elongated first members being hollow tubes, said means to attach each of said elongated first members to said first plate comprising means defining at least one transversely disposed slot in said first plate, means attaching said elongated tubes to said first plate through said transversely disposed slots, said elongated second members being hollow tubes, each of said elongated second members being axially and slidably receivable in a different one of said elongated first members;
• and said means to attach each of said elongated first members to a different one of said elongated second members comprising a plurality of alignable holes in said first and second members and means insertable through said holes to lock said members together.