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I'll be using my 205 to tow a small motorbike trailer to fetch a motorbike on friday, and was wondering if anybody had any tips before I set off. I'll be collecting a trailer, driving about 60 miles to fetch said bike, plonking it on, towing it about 50mile to my house, then another 10 or so miles with the empty trailer back to where it lives. It's a basic single axle motorbike trailer, with the channel up the middle to hold the bike straight. the bike weighs approx 230kg. I've just finished fitting the towbar and will be doing the wiring for the trailer light plug on thursday. Just looking for a few tips on using the 205 to tow really as I havent done it before. I've already raised the rear beam up a bit to account for the extra weight. Would it be worth changing the front ride height at all or leave it as normal? Its on height adjustable coilovers so can lower it or raise it in about 30 seconds if need be. I'll obviously be taking it easy and leaving plenty of braking room at all times. Im wondering if, even though I've raised the height, the 205 might be quite low for the trailer still. I want to avoid the trailer nose pointing down to avoid extra stress on the rear of the car, so would it be wise to use a riser plate to bring the towball up a little? for holding the bike in place I'll be using plenty of beefy ratchet straps, along with some smaller ratchet straps to avoid any wobbling etc. John

Im just about to fit a towbar and wiring socket onto my 205 to tow a small trailer. I just need a little bit of help with the wiring. the socket has the following wires: 1 yellow L/H indicator 2 blue rear fog 3 white earth return 4 green R/H indicator 5 brown R/H tail light/number plate light 6 red stop lights 7 black L/H tail light/number plate light my rear cluster are phase 1.5. I'm assuming a can splice into the cluster wiring without any adverse affects? I know which one the brake lights is, because I've got a high level one fitted, so i just need to figure out which ones the others are. I assume I can earth it on some bare metal in the boot?? I'd like to do it neatly if at all possibly, but I assume I'll ned to run a wire from one cluster to the other to get both idicators? can I join both tail lights together and connect to just one cluster, or should I connect one to the left and one to the right as the socket is wired? any help appreciated, and if anybody has one already installed and has a photo, I'd be thankful!! (I realise there probably not many gti's with a towbar on, but I'm sure a couple of dervs and base models might do!) thanks in advance John