What Learned about Trailering!!!
Road Captain
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Because it enables me to travel with my wife and dodge the rain when needed... There are a lot of boring roads that lead to wonderful roads... I'd rather take my bride of 36 years and do the roads that really matter. At 58 I don't have much to prove, just want to ride when I can!
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Road Warrior
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You know there is a proverb that says
"Even a fool seems wise when he keeps silent." Chalk up the years and you will desire to avoid the precip when you can and still ride when the weater cooperates....anything above 35 and no precip is rideable.... If you want to carve canyons in
AZ and have only a couple of weeks, a wife who is wonderful.. you too may trailer!
"Even a fool seems wise when he keeps silent." Chalk up the years and you will desire to avoid the precip when you can and still ride when the weater cooperates....anything above 35 and no precip is rideable.... If you want to carve canyons in
AZ and have only a couple of weeks, a wife who is wonderful.. you too may trailer!
Road Master
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This fender brackets sound like a good idea but I worry about rubbing the paint off the fender. I use the Kury brackets and they work great. Also was at the dealer the other day and they were unpacking a new Ultra. It was on an aluminum pallet/skid. The front tire was down in between two cross members so the bike couldn't roll fore and aft. The only ties were around the front crash bars. I tried to shake the bike and it was rock solid
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Wow A trailering thread for Harley touring bikes. I hope mine never ends up on a trailer.I know there are times that some people have to trailer their bike some where. Not wanting to offend anyone. But it just don't seem right for a touring bike to be trailered unless it is broken down.
One (or more) in every thread about trailering. I'll make you a deal, you do what you want, and I'll do what I want. I won't question what you do if it doesn't effect me, and I expect the same from you. What could be more fair and grown up than that???
By the way, whatever we each decide to do, it doesn't make one of us more superior than the other. Just different, and different is cool. Everything/body the same is boring!
For those of you who think it is wrong to trailer a touring bike: That's O.K. for you to feel that way, I support you 100%. But excuse the hell out of me if I don't feel the same way. For a bunch of folks who like to thumb their nose at normal society, at least every now and then, and ride them big ol' mean harley's down the road feeling FREE, some of you really have a conformist mentality! JMO, and nobody has to agree with me
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Might Find this Interesting .. Having Used it... To me is the best way to go .. No Straps Needed Ride it on (or push if broken) and lock it down... www.bikersgostrapless.com
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Well as for trailering, I too used to think it was wrong, then I though and realized that not everyone can sit in the saddle for hours upon end or maybe the wife can't due to medical reasons...beside who the hell am I to judge anyone else?....so trailer if you want or must, no one should care, your bike, your time.
Now back to the question posted. Guys do not use handlebars or engine guards to secure your bike, you're asking for trouble...just because you have done it in the past doesn't mean that those bars won't move or bend, seen it happen too many times.
Get a pair of "soft ties", these are the straps with loops at each end, place the straps through the opening above the bottom fork tree and loop one end through the other. Then place your tie down through this loop and secure to your tie down point. Your fork trees are not going to move or bend like some other parts....also the soft ties keep the tie downs away from painted surfaces.
Suggest the use of a wheel chock too....
Be safe all and don't be so quick to judge someone else....like I use to.
Now back to the question posted. Guys do not use handlebars or engine guards to secure your bike, you're asking for trouble...just because you have done it in the past doesn't mean that those bars won't move or bend, seen it happen too many times.
Get a pair of "soft ties", these are the straps with loops at each end, place the straps through the opening above the bottom fork tree and loop one end through the other. Then place your tie down through this loop and secure to your tie down point. Your fork trees are not going to move or bend like some other parts....also the soft ties keep the tie downs away from painted surfaces.
Suggest the use of a wheel chock too....
Be safe all and don't be so quick to judge someone else....like I use to.
Road Captain
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Wow A trailering thread for Harley touring bikes. I hope mine never ends up on a trailer.I know there are times that some people have to trailer their bike some where. Not wanting to offend anyone. But it just don't seem right for a touring bike to be trailered unless it is broken down.
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As for tieing down, I'm a fan of the front forks and rear passenger floorboard brackets. I don't like loading up the front forks. I also add a strap through the rear wheel with a half hitch to rear tire from being able to move left or right. I use a Condor for the front wheel with a set of 10' Alum arched ramps. The new Erickson retractable tie downs are awesome.