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Posted: Sun May 21, 2006 8:18 am
by ofblong
MotoF150 wrote:I noticed you tied it down to ur trailer wrong, ur lucky it didn't fall off in the middle of the road somewhere, the proper way of securing any bike to a truck bed or a trailer is strap it to the handlebars, or the frame neck under the handlebars and use ur weight to push down the front forks to tighten up the straps, btw, nice looking bike.
he also didnt tie his knots right. should be a slip knot because once pulled they are tight and will not come apart however they are very easy to untie once you need to untie them.
onto the topic at hand man i get so jealous everytime I see a thread like this. someday ill be able to get a bike grrr.
Posted: Sun May 21, 2006 8:26 am
by rnr262
That is a nice looking bike!!! Hope you have many, many hours of enjoyment on it.
Posted: Sun May 21, 2006 8:38 am
by StyleZ
Nice first bike and good luck with it.
Posted: Sun May 21, 2006 8:57 am
by Wankel7
ofblong wrote:MotoF150 wrote:I noticed you tied it down to ur trailer wrong, ur lucky it didn't fall off in the middle of the road somewhere, the proper way of securing any bike to a truck bed or a trailer is strap it to the handlebars, or the frame neck under the handlebars and use ur weight to push down the front forks to tighten up the straps, btw, nice looking bike.
he also didnt tie his knots right. should be a slip knot because once pulled they are tight and will not come apart however they are very easy to untie once you need to untie them.
I really don't think I tied it down wrong...the only thing I didn't like was I prob should have not had it on its sidestand. I see what you are saying about ties to the handle bars to compress the front fork against the straps.
There were no knots involved except the ones to tie off the excess straping. I was using cargo straps we use in our cargo airplane:) And the front tire was in a hoop. I had three straps on the bike and they were all tight as hell. The sidestand wore a nice lil hole into the wood planking of the trailer.
When I grabbed the bike and shoke it the whole trailer moved...that thing wasn't going anywhere short of an car accident:)
James
Posted: Sun May 21, 2006 9:14 am
by Myself002
happy bike day!
Posted: Sun May 21, 2006 1:36 pm
by zenman
You look like you live in a nice little town James. Where is that?
Posted: Sun May 21, 2006 2:12 pm
by camthepyro
Wankel7
PostPosted: Sun May 21, 2006 12:57 pm Post subject:
ofblong wrote:
MotoF150 wrote:
I noticed you tied it down to ur trailer wrong, ur lucky it didn't fall off in the middle of the road somewhere, the proper way of securing any bike to a truck bed or a trailer is strap it to the handlebars, or the frame neck under the handlebars and use ur weight to push down the front forks to tighten up the straps, btw, nice looking bike.
he also didnt tie his knots right. should be a slip knot because once pulled they are tight and will not come apart however they are very easy to untie once you need to untie them.
I really don't think I tied it down wrong...the only thing I didn't like was I prob should have not had it on its sidestand. I see what you are saying about ties to the handle bars to compress the front fork against the straps.
There were no knots involved except the ones to tie off the excess straping. I was using cargo straps we use in our cargo airplane:) And the front tire was in a hoop. I had three straps on the bike and they were all tight as hell. The sidestand wore a nice lil hole into the wood planking of the trailer.
When I grabbed the bike and shoke it the whole trailer moved...that thing wasn't going anywhere short of an car accident:)
James
Sounds like you did it just fine to me. As long as it was secure, and wasn't hurting anything, there's not "right" way to tie it. And putting the sidestand down is better than the centerstand, it's sturdier.
Posted: Sun May 21, 2006 2:37 pm
by NorthernPete
nice looking bike!
as for the tieing down, if it didnt fall off, it was done right
although Im going to have to *ulp!* agree with part of moto150 and say next time (if you have to trailer it) compress the forks and tie it down the way he suggested, and then over the back end as well, you wont have any bounce if the trailer hits a good whoop.
Posted: Sun May 21, 2006 2:51 pm
by dieziege
make sure you don't tie to the ends of the bars (e.g. the grips) though... you can bend them, damange the controls, etc.
The ninja doesn't give a lot of good tie-down options unless you remove the front fairing (which is really quick, but it seems more like "maintenace" than "transporation" especially when you just get the bike)... so I'd say you did well. It didn't fall..... ergo you did right.
Posted: Sun May 21, 2006 3:11 pm
by Dragonhawk
My first bike was a Ninja 250 and I put 16,000 miles on it before getting a new bike. You made a great choice. Have fun! Remember not to underestimate the power of that little guy. It can haul bigtime when you wind it up.