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Slickster
Posted on Thursday, June 01, 2006 - 11:12 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

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I need to trailer my 2003 XB9S with a 5 foot by 8 foot tilt trailer for a few hundred miles. With my dirt bikes, I use ratchet straps attached to handle bars and load front suspension. Same on back except the tiedowns are secured to tube framework around rear of seat. Leave it in first gear to keep from rocking for and aft.

Question: Where are the best places to attach ratchet tiedowns without damaging the bike and should I leave it in gear. The Handle bars don't seem to offer a nice open spot and not sure they are up to being loaded with ratchet straps. Rear has no nice tube frame section. Would appreciate information as to best way.

Thanks Wayne
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Bake
Posted on Thursday, June 01, 2006 - 11:18 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Think I ran the straps around my bars at the front and around the pasenger peg holders at the back.
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Slaughter
Posted on Friday, June 02, 2006 - 12:19 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

The lower triple clamp, around the fork leg. Be careful to run straps under hoses, etc.
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Pinball
Posted on Friday, June 02, 2006 - 12:21 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Make sure you use bungee cords on the tiedowns.Attatch them between each hook, that way ,if the bike happens to lean too far the tiedowns won`t come off.I traveled 1000kms with my bike in the back of the truck and only had 2 tiedowns on the bars.Worked fine.
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Vito
Posted on Friday, June 02, 2006 - 03:01 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Slickster: I trailered my Wide Glide and XB12S Lightning up to Canada last summer on a 5 by 7 trailer. Installed 2 Pingel Wheel chocks-one narrow, one wide. I used 2 sets of Hog Ties on the front-attaching to the triple trees on both bikes (again-watch cables and wires) and attach the other end to eye bolts. For the rear, I use smaller straps, and hook the hook to the bottom of the shocks on the Dyna, then to an anchor point. For the rear of the Buell, I ran a strap from the left side anchor point and choked the tire and did the right side the same. That way I had side to side movement covered and the front straps and chocks did the forward backward. Neither bike moved during the trip.
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Ratyson
Posted on Friday, June 02, 2006 - 09:04 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

You could get some canyon dancers, these are straps that have cuffs that go over the grips. The forces are directed 'inward' towards the center of the bars instead of pulling down on the ends of the bars.
Then all you need is to secure the rear from moving back and forth.

Since I have bar end mirrors, I can't use the canyon dancers (unless I want to remove the mirrors every time). So, I run a strap around the upper fork between to upper and lower trees on each side. Then I just wrap one around the rear tire and secure that from moving. I have used this method, trailering my bike through mountain roads and never had a problem.
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Badbuell82
Posted on Friday, June 02, 2006 - 09:39 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

On an S, the bars work just fine.
I've trailered mine and had it in the back of a Jap pick-up truck with the tie downs on the lower curve in the bars.
You don't need a bar harness.
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Djkaplan
Posted on Friday, June 02, 2006 - 09:51 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Get some soft ties to use with your tie-downs. Stay away from those ridiculous "ratchet" tie-downs.
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Slickster
Posted on Friday, June 02, 2006 - 11:19 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

BadWeB Team

Thanks for the Ideas and help. I should be able to use one of these methods to secure bike for trip. Have to treat the XB a little nicer than my dirt bikes.

Thanks again

Wayne
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06xb12ss
Posted on Sunday, June 04, 2006 - 02:03 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I was told at the dealership to never attach to the bars... always the TT. Because the bar has rubber bushings that can move?
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Kowpow225
Posted on Sunday, June 04, 2006 - 03:34 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Nah, no rubber bushings on the bars, it's just that the triple trees are a much more beefy area to tie to. Soft straps or tie down extensions as they are sometimes referred to are a must as well. I've had good luck with the ratcheting ones and the cam buckle type. Have fun on your trip!
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Curtyd
Posted on Sunday, June 04, 2006 - 03:44 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

"Get some soft ties to use with your tie-downs. Stay away from those ridiculous "ratchet" tie-downs."

Second that. Best money spent is on webbing loops and the plastic hooks go into those. Tie down (loop) to any hard parts on the frame, two in front, two in back. Take one tie down strap and wrap the front rim of the front wheel and tie it down to the trailer so it can't move side to side or front to back
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