Hello thread revival!!!

SO my buddy just reminded me that I need to start coming back out to Seattle more so we can go riding. I've done a TON of things to my bike to prepare it for the new season (tires, PC'ing the frame and wheels, 50 shot NOS and progressive controller, valve adjustment, new clutch and Barnett Springs, EBC rotors and HH pads all around, TB sync, ceramic coated header and midpipes all the way up to the slip-on mufflers, 9003/H4 bi-xenon kit...that all I can remember now ), so I need to get off my ass and get a hitch installed on the X5. The prices of the removeable swan neck type hitch has come down, but then I read about a guy selling a hitch for his X3 for only $140 shipped! I wished we had those kids of prices, so I decided to look on ebay, and low and behold....

2006 06 BMW X5 Trailer Receiver Hitch Tow 3 III : eBay Motors (item 330396020992 end time Mar-17-10 21:15:57 PDT)

2000 01 2002 02 BMW X5 TRAILER HITCH CLASS 3 75148 : eBay Motors (item 280416200725 end time Mar-27-10 11:18:33 PDT)

Mind you, I'm only going to be towing like 600lbs (trailer and bike), not some 3000lb load, so I don't need some super high load capacity, top of the line hitch. I HIGHLY doubt that w/ the small load that I'm going to be pulling that I need to worry about anything tearing away from the reear bumper, etc so for the factory diehards, please keep an open mind because I'm not wanting to spend $500 for something I may use 2-3x a year. One is from some company I've never heard of before, the other is from Uhaul...that must mean it has a little credibility behind it, right?

As for wiring, I have a splice kit on my Chevy that has an LED indicator that confirms I have a signal for parking lights, brakes and turn singals. Other than maybe an OBC error message for resistance (unless I install LED bulbs on the trailer), what is preventing me from using the same thing on one of these hitches?

Thanks people...I haven't been on the boards in a while, I hope everyone has been good.

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