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RE: trailer
On my EG I use the Saddle Bag Guards..........I usually have 4 straps on front and 2 on rear......different straps on each side.....I had a friend trailer back from Daytona last year and a strap broke and beat the paint off his bike before he opened the trailer and found it....so I like the added securtity......
..If I trailered........I swear...... I never Honest!...I dont Trailer.....trailer....whats a trailer?????...please no lynch mobs beating on my doors hanging me by my tiedowns!.....
..If I trailered........I swear...... I never Honest!...I dont Trailer.....trailer....whats a trailer?????...please no lynch mobs beating on my doors hanging me by my tiedowns!.....
Tourer
Joined: Oct 2005
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From: East Tennessee
RE: trailer
I do the it same way on my RKC, except I also slide a cut down block of wood under the frame (near the front) and pull down to it.
ORIGINAL: zzrider
On my EG I use the Saddle Bag Guards..........I usually have 4 straps on front and 2 on rear......different straps on each side.....I had a friend trailer back from Daytona last year and a strap broke and beat the paint off his bike before he opened the trailer and found it....so I like the added securtity......
..If I trailered........I swear...... I never Honest!...I dont Trailer.....trailer....whats a trailer?????...please no lynch mobs beating on my doors hanging me by my tiedowns!.....
On my EG I use the Saddle Bag Guards..........I usually have 4 straps on front and 2 on rear......different straps on each side.....I had a friend trailer back from Daytona last year and a strap broke and beat the paint off his bike before he opened the trailer and found it....so I like the added securtity......
..If I trailered........I swear...... I never Honest!...I dont Trailer.....trailer....whats a trailer?????...please no lynch mobs beating on my doors hanging me by my tiedowns!.....
Road Master
Joined: Nov 2005
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From: Michigan
RE: trailer
TRAILER???
You need to curb that nasty language before the moderators ban you.
Seriously.........I am building an emergency breakdown bike trailer useing a Bike Pro wheel chock with 1 strap over the front tire and one strap through the rear wheel rim to stop bounce.
This will be a one person loadable trailer. Hopefully, I will never have to use it.
You need to curb that nasty language before the moderators ban you.
Seriously.........I am building an emergency breakdown bike trailer useing a Bike Pro wheel chock with 1 strap over the front tire and one strap through the rear wheel rim to stop bounce.
This will be a one person loadable trailer. Hopefully, I will never have to use it.
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Road Master
Joined: Feb 2005
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From: Chattanooga, TN
RE: trailer
I have a Bike Pro front wheel chock bolted down in my Featherlite enclosed trailer. I use hog ties around the front triple tree frame, over and around the crash bars. On the rear, I use the passenger foot rest brackets without the hog ties. I use ratchet tie downs front and rear, and crank it down real hard to avoid any bike movement.
Don't tie down using the handle bars, or rear crash bars!
A few months ago I posted a thread from an engineer at Harley on how they recommend the bike be properly secured on a trailer, https://www.hdforums.com/fb.asp?m=223970 as follows:
There is a also good article on "tie down procedures" at www.chariot-trailer.com Click on Tie Down Tips. Answers the question in detail and confirms what Harley said.
Hope this helps.
Steve
Don't tie down using the handle bars, or rear crash bars!
A few months ago I posted a thread from an engineer at Harley on how they recommend the bike be properly secured on a trailer, https://www.hdforums.com/fb.asp?m=223970 as follows:
"Got the scoop on what Harley suggest on trailering your bike".
Finally got through to the Harley factory today talked to one of their engineers.
He suggested the following.
Don't strap down by the handle bars, or rear bag support bar (rear crash bar). Support the Ultra around the frame and over the upper crash bar area using soft straps around the frame and use ratchet tie downs, pulling slight forward to keep the bike in the chock and with at 45 degree side angle to limit side movement.
Compress the front forks to within an inch or so of complete travel. Use same proceedure on rear using the passenger foot peg support, but only tightly snug the rear to avoid excess movement. The rear should be snugged first to avoid over stressing the chock. You do not want any movement in the suspension while trailering.
Do not allow excessive suspension movement without a riders weight, excess movement without a riders weight will damage the suspension, and or break your chock. Loose strap hooks will come off due to excess movement and damage the bike.
Can't imagine a $25,000, 850 pound Ultra Classic bike bouncing around in or on a trailer in just a wheel chock with the wheel strapped to only the chock.
Finally got through to the Harley factory today talked to one of their engineers.
He suggested the following.
Don't strap down by the handle bars, or rear bag support bar (rear crash bar). Support the Ultra around the frame and over the upper crash bar area using soft straps around the frame and use ratchet tie downs, pulling slight forward to keep the bike in the chock and with at 45 degree side angle to limit side movement.
Compress the front forks to within an inch or so of complete travel. Use same proceedure on rear using the passenger foot peg support, but only tightly snug the rear to avoid excess movement. The rear should be snugged first to avoid over stressing the chock. You do not want any movement in the suspension while trailering.
Do not allow excessive suspension movement without a riders weight, excess movement without a riders weight will damage the suspension, and or break your chock. Loose strap hooks will come off due to excess movement and damage the bike.
Can't imagine a $25,000, 850 pound Ultra Classic bike bouncing around in or on a trailer in just a wheel chock with the wheel strapped to only the chock.
Hope this helps.
Steve
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Tourer
Joined: Oct 2005
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From: East Tennessee
RE: trailer
You're slowing up! I expected you to be here sooner. Like your hard bags!
ORIGINAL: ApeKing
So you mean when it is broken, right? Because that is the only time a bike should be on a trailer [8D]
when I must trailer my scoot