How do you secure a sports bike onto a trailer?

[nz3rdsqr]

hi im just wondering if you guys have any idea how to transport a sports bike on a trailer. ive done it with a dirt bike but i wont be able to attach the tiedowns to this bikes (gsx250F) handel bars. i dont have a motorbike trailer just a standard one. anyhelp would be greatly appreciated and if possible could someone put up photos. big thanks.

[Gremlin]

tie downs :niceone:

alright alright. Look to secure near the top of the forks, either around the top triple clamp or bottom of the bars (subject to routing of cables). If you want something special and will use long term, I think oxford has a product that lets you put tie downs along the grips.

[Ocean1]

I go for the lower triple clamps, fewer obstructions. Just don't get the tie down angle lower than about 45 degrees.

Apart from that it's the same as the dirt bike mate.

For a garden trailer take a line from the back wheel to both sides of the trailer and lash the front wheel to the headboard.

[sinned]

If the sports bike has a lot of fairing as the Hayabusa does it is hard to find a tie point and the triple clamps are almost impossible to get to. An Oxford handle bar tie works as long as you can find an tie point where the straps miss the fairings. A wheel clamp as shown in pic helps to secure the bike. Ventura sell a nice wheel clamp which can be bolted to a trailer deck.
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[MaxCannon]

I bought a handy tie down strap that goes over the end of the bars.
It's got a loop at each end which pulls tight around the grip.

http://www.cycletreads.co.nz/products/455-transportation_accessories/1152-oxford_wonderbar_straps.aspx

Really handy on the BMW as getting a tie down around the front forks is hard and there is no top clamp to secure it to.

[BuzzardNZ]

ummm , rope perhaps :bleh:

[ellipsis]

....whatever you do, remember that your bike is a sprung and lively object on the back of an unstable trailer....stop and check whats happening with the bike and how its moving around....and like another member said...lash the front to the headboard...tie downs can cause ugly and sometimes expensive damage if allowed to chafe....

[nz3rdsqr]

thanks to all you who posted i managed to get it home in one piece.

[scracha]

I bought a handy tie down strap that goes over the end of the bars.
It's got a loop at each end which pulls tight around the grip.

http://www.cycletreads.co.nz/products/455-transportation_accessories/1152-oxford_wonderbar_straps.aspx


Have 2 of them. One broke and bike was saved by my $10 Warehouse ratchet tie-downs. Other one is failing in exactly the same spot. Only useful for loading bike on trailer yourself and keeping it upright, but I secure the bike properly elsewhere.

Sportsbikes....best place I've found is around the frame itself but if that's not available then the rearsets are good. Other place is just below the triple clamps. I always have 2 on each side....worth the piece of mind for the extra 5 minutes it takes putting on the extra set.