Thought I would make an inviting subject line until I saw there was a forum dedicated to such things: trailering bikes.
This weekend, I had the opportunity to trailer my bike to the suspension shop. I'm glad I didn't ride it there (although the weather was nice) because I wouldn't have had a ride back, but that's OT.
One thing I noticed is the lack of definite tie down points on my Fireblade kept her firmly planted. Intuition told me to go check certain things and sure enough I would find that something would come undone on my ratchet straps.
I think the bike was actually moving which allowed for the slack in the line to occur. I had a tie down point around the rear pax pegs and around the forks, extending downward, the front wheel in a makeshift chock and the sidestand down. The right for would visibly compress as I ratcheted, so that' s where I stopped. I'm wondering if I should have stood the bike erect before cranking on the ratchets.
This weekend, I had the opportunity to trailer my bike to the suspension shop. I'm glad I didn't ride it there (although the weather was nice) because I wouldn't have had a ride back, but that's OT.
One thing I noticed is the lack of definite tie down points on my Fireblade kept her firmly planted. Intuition told me to go check certain things and sure enough I would find that something would come undone on my ratchet straps.
I think the bike was actually moving which allowed for the slack in the line to occur. I had a tie down point around the rear pax pegs and around the forks, extending downward, the front wheel in a makeshift chock and the sidestand down. The right for would visibly compress as I ratcheted, so that' s where I stopped. I'm wondering if I should have stood the bike erect before cranking on the ratchets.