those who trailer Road glides need help
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From: Bellevue, NE
TAKE A LOOK AT THESE.
https://www.kuryakyn.com/index.cfm/g...D/104/IMID/856
TRICK IS TO COLAPSE FRONT END AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. I START WITH BIKE ON KICK STAND, THEN ON LEFT SIDE INSTALL TIE DOWN TO FLOOR SNUG THEN ON RIGHT SIDE RATCHET DOWN UNTILL BIKE STRAIGHT UP. WITH FRONT COLLAPSED LIKE THAT IT WON'T GO FORWARD OR BACK. REAR END HAS TO HOP TO GO ANYWHERE. NEED TO HIT A BIG BUMP FOR THE BACK TO HOP AROUND. THAT'S HOW I HAVE DONE IT FOR YEARS. HOPE THAT HELPS SOME.
NATE
https://www.kuryakyn.com/index.cfm/g...D/104/IMID/856
TRICK IS TO COLAPSE FRONT END AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. I START WITH BIKE ON KICK STAND, THEN ON LEFT SIDE INSTALL TIE DOWN TO FLOOR SNUG THEN ON RIGHT SIDE RATCHET DOWN UNTILL BIKE STRAIGHT UP. WITH FRONT COLLAPSED LIKE THAT IT WON'T GO FORWARD OR BACK. REAR END HAS TO HOP TO GO ANYWHERE. NEED TO HIT A BIG BUMP FOR THE BACK TO HOP AROUND. THAT'S HOW I HAVE DONE IT FOR YEARS. HOPE THAT HELPS SOME.
NATE
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From: Gillette wyoming
for the front I use a soft tie choke on the frame just below the brace were the 2 sides meet and run the other end over the engine guard and down one on each side for the rear passenger foot board mount soft tie there also works great
Cruiser
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From: White Mountains of NH
I wrap a wratch-it strap around the engine guard (one on each side) hooking it back on the strap itself, just under the front turn signals and wratch-it down to the hook on the floor of the trailer. I collapse the front forks about an inch and a half. I then attach a wratch-it strap to the passenger floor boards with the hook and wratch-it down in the back to the floor hooks. Works very well. No scratching paint or chrome. I'd show you a pic., but bike trailer is burried in snow, bikes are in the garage asleep for the winter! Just make sure you've collapsed the front forks. And whatever you do, don't trust using handle-bar straps alone!!! Handle bars can/will loosen up and your bike will fall over. ouch!!!
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From: Port Charlotte, Florida
Thanks all for the info, jdall we don't disagree and we ride alot but when your driveway is snow and ice and the temps are 20 degree's outside thats a long ride to fla.
Alot of good info. Got the front figured out using a bike pro wheel choke and where we will tie down the rear is the one were questioning as his passenger pegs are just that pegs on the cvo bikes afraid something would slip there. He does have the luggage crash bars on the back tought about going off of those.
Alot of good info. Got the front figured out using a bike pro wheel choke and where we will tie down the rear is the one were questioning as his passenger pegs are just that pegs on the cvo bikes afraid something would slip there. He does have the luggage crash bars on the back tought about going off of those.
Road Warrior
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From: Keene, CA
I tie the rear off at the passenger pegs on my RG and the wife's SG. Use softies, and attach to the trailer farther back than the pegs - the object is to hold the rear wheel firmly down on the trailer. I had to slam on the brakes in LA traffic - headed downhill, no less - hard enough to engage the ABS on my truck, and the bike never moved.
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From: Prescott, AZ
I trailer mine every so ofter and I am only 5'6" and with the wife - it becomes a challange - I used to use a Kendon and then went to a Wells Cargo - again, always a challange for the two of us to get it loaded and strapped..
THEN I saw this at a trade show... looked too good to be true.. got home, started some searching, found a Custom bike builder in the Fresno CA area who was using it - talked to him on the phone - he backed up what I saw..
Pulled out the wallet and ordered it....
It is as good as I first saw... I can now load my bike all by my self, faster than any one else can load a bike with the traditional tie down system..
I live in the Modesto/Turlock CA area - anyone interested is seeing this, PM me anytime or harley0711@yahoo.com
I am NOT connected to this Co in anyway - just love the set up that much
http://www.bikersgostrapless.com/
THEN I saw this at a trade show... looked too good to be true.. got home, started some searching, found a Custom bike builder in the Fresno CA area who was using it - talked to him on the phone - he backed up what I saw..
Pulled out the wallet and ordered it....
It is as good as I first saw... I can now load my bike all by my self, faster than any one else can load a bike with the traditional tie down system..
I live in the Modesto/Turlock CA area - anyone interested is seeing this, PM me anytime or harley0711@yahoo.com
I am NOT connected to this Co in anyway - just love the set up that much
http://www.bikersgostrapless.com/
Last edited by harley0711; Jan 14, 2010 at 02:30 PM.
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From: King George, VA
Wratchet strap over the frame between the neck and the gas tank, down behind the top bar of the crash bars on each side then forward to tie down points. Another strap around the back wheel a couple of times then out to tie down points on each side of the trailer. One more strap through the front wheel a couple of times then off to the tie down points to keep it from slipping one way or another. Compress the front forks about as much as though I were riding it.
