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horch
15th January 2009, 12:29
ideally transporting a bike standing up is the way to go.
.. but is there any harm in transporting a bike a short distance (20kms) lying down on its side??
horch
15th January 2009, 17:04
apparently it is bad. fluids can leak , namely petrol, oil and battery etc...
so what i was told .. stand it up vertical. compress the suspension and strap it down front and rear.
sorted.
McDuck
15th January 2009, 17:16
apparently it is bad. fluids can leak , namely petrol, oil and battery etc...
so what i was told .. stand it up vertical. compress the suspension and strap it down front and rear.
sorted.
if you lie it on sits side you will rip eveything off the side you lie it on.
Stand it up.
Wingnut
15th January 2009, 18:34
ideally transporting a bike standing up is the way to go.
.. but is there any harm in transporting a bike a short distance (20kms) lying down on its side??
Jesus - Are you serious man???
Howsie
15th January 2009, 18:48
apparently it is bad. fluids can leak , namely petrol, oil and battery etc...
so what i was told .. stand it up vertical. compress the suspension and strap it down front and rear.
sorted.
The only fluid that could possibly leak is the petrol from the breather hole in the top of the tank cap. All other fluids are contained in their own systems inside the bike, otherwise your bike would not go!
For all transportation of a bike, its should be vertical with 2 strops compressing the forks evenly and for longish distances, another one over the back to stop it jumping around.
If you must transport it on its side (why i have no idea) i would fill the trailer with all manner of soft things (pillows, bedspreads, foam, cats etc) to stop the bike from being scratched and tie it down to stop it jumping.
But all that is so much more effort than three strops :2thumbsup
awayatc
15th January 2009, 19:26
I may miss sumfin here, but wots ronk wif ridin da fing?
Leyton
15th January 2009, 20:39
Get someone to deliver it for you :)
The bike shop I got my bike from before I had my "L" put my bike on there ute to take from Te Awamutu into Hamilton on a pickup run of another bike :)
Does not cost that much. Personaly I would not lay a bike down. I did not even lay my dirt bikes down as they do leak all over the place. Damage can be done.
McDuck
15th January 2009, 21:25
If you must transport it on its side (why i have no idea)
:2thumbsup
I would guess that if you had buggered the front half of the bike so much it would not stand up.
Then fluit leaking is the least of your problems....
lostinflyz
15th January 2009, 21:32
I would guess that if you had buggered the front half of the bike so much it would not stand up.
Then fluit leaking is the least of your problems....
ditch the trailer find a rope and drag the cunt. hehehe
McDuck
15th January 2009, 21:35
ditch the trailer find a rope and drag the cunt. hehehe
did that with an old TV, cops didnt like it...;
SARGE
15th January 2009, 21:56
forgetting the fact that if its got carbs.. you'll most likely fuck the floats
Mully Clown
15th January 2009, 22:42
Back in the day when I got my XR 80 it was driven from Blenheim for two hours lying on it's side in the back of a Subaru.
You've got a trailer and only 20KM to cover? If you're really too lazy to tie it upright I would sit on the back of it while your mate drives the car.
The Lone Rider
15th January 2009, 22:46
BE A MAN. PUSH THE FUCKING THING!
Note: I'd put it upright on a trailer
motorbyclist
16th January 2009, 00:38
provided the oil isn't going to pour out via a breather hose, the radiator and reservior caps don't leak, the battery is sealed, the gas is off, the carby floats are ok and the tank doesn't leak through a breather/overflow, it's all sweet.
only time i didn't load a bike upright i chucked it on a trailer full of firewood and got a lift to the nearest town - after having slid across some very 'agressive' chipseal and then into a power pole
and yes it started and ran fine afterwards:stupid:
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