Trailering tie-down points
Road Master
Joined: Dec 2010
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From: Parrish, Florida
Stop by a local dealer ask if you can watch them open a crate containing a new youring bike from the MOCO.
Very enlightening everything is tied down very low. I now strap around the front forks just above the the fender mounting bolts to anchor my front end. The passenger floorboard mounts in the rear.
Also use a Condor wheel chuck up front and the rear tire sits in a U shaped piece of channel iron a buddy made for me.
Just to play it safe once everythiing mentioned above is already in play I strap up high in the front off the handlebars but I don't torque them don't as tight as the rest, these are used more for stabilty and safety net in case something else unexpected happens along the way
I haul at high speeds and occasionally through mountains and have never had an issue whether hauling 1 bike or 4.
Very enlightening everything is tied down very low. I now strap around the front forks just above the the fender mounting bolts to anchor my front end. The passenger floorboard mounts in the rear.
Also use a Condor wheel chuck up front and the rear tire sits in a U shaped piece of channel iron a buddy made for me.
Just to play it safe once everythiing mentioned above is already in play I strap up high in the front off the handlebars but I don't torque them don't as tight as the rest, these are used more for stabilty and safety net in case something else unexpected happens along the way
I haul at high speeds and occasionally through mountains and have never had an issue whether hauling 1 bike or 4.
Last edited by Bgill; Jan 9, 2011 at 07:52 PM.
Tourer
Joined: Mar 2008
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From: C-bus
Over the front forks (where the fender mounts to forks) pulling the bike forward into the chalk, the rear is just snug enough to keep the back tire from moving around so you can either strap the wheel down or find an anchor point on both sides of the bike to strap like the floorboards and pull them forward just enough to squat the suspension.
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From: Central Illinois
I am going to be installing Kuryakyn Teardrop tie downs on the upper forks.
http://www.kuryakyn.com/Products/856...-Down-Brackets
http://www.kuryakyn.com/Products/856...-Down-Brackets
Tourer
Joined: Apr 2010
Posts: 251
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From: Australia
I am going to be installing Kuryakyn Teardrop tie downs on the upper forks.
http://www.kuryakyn.com/Products/856...-Down-Brackets
http://www.kuryakyn.com/Products/856...-Down-Brackets
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From: hope mills, nc
Stop by a local dealer ask if you can watch them open a crate containing a new youring bike from the MOCO.
Very enlightening everything is tied down very low. I now strap around the front forks just above the the fender mounting bolts to anchor my front end. The passenger floorboard mounts in the rear.
Also use a Condor wheel chuck up front and the rear tire sits in a U shaped piece of channel iron a buddy made for me.
Just to play it safe once everythiing mentioned above is already in play I strap up high in the front off the handlebars but I don't torque them don't as tight as the rest, these are used more for stabilty and safety net in case something else unexpected happens along the way
I haul at high speeds and occasionally through mountains and have never had an issue whether hauling 1 bike or 4.
Very enlightening everything is tied down very low. I now strap around the front forks just above the the fender mounting bolts to anchor my front end. The passenger floorboard mounts in the rear.
Also use a Condor wheel chuck up front and the rear tire sits in a U shaped piece of channel iron a buddy made for me.
Just to play it safe once everythiing mentioned above is already in play I strap up high in the front off the handlebars but I don't torque them don't as tight as the rest, these are used more for stabilty and safety net in case something else unexpected happens along the way
I haul at high speeds and occasionally through mountains and have never had an issue whether hauling 1 bike or 4.
i readjusted all of my anchor points on my trailers, now i can fit two full size touring bikes, with crash bars, and high way pegs, side by side on mine (6 1/2 foot wide) without crossing lines over one another from each bike. all of the straps are near vertical now, and dont interfere with each other.
corb
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