Travelling to South Island to pick up motorcycle, what do I need to do/take?

[sidecar bob]

I duct tape my front brake on & offer to do the same to the bikes either side of mine. No stand & a tie down either side in the upright position the same as I do in the van & she's sweet.
Easy to find places to hook onto a 1200gs with the full protection bar set though, may be a bit harder on a smoother bike.

[R650R]

Railway carriages count..?
trucks...?

coz they all have fallen over in the past....
on a bad day....

They generally cancel the sailings for joe blow public nowadays and only trucks/rail sails on the bigger swells but even they have cutoff levels now.

[R650R]

Not happened to me but, mates K100 tipped and fell onto a CBR1000 parked alongside. End of handlebar pushed a neat hole in the side of the CBR fairing. Honda owner was mildly pissed to say the least. (he had a bad day - when we saw him a few hours later he had just run over a dog at Kaikoura)

Incidentally the tip over was caused by strapping the bike down too tightly - the K100 stand bracket is a casting and ratcheting the strap too much snapped the bracket, followed by noise and curses.

I'd say the bracket was probably already damaged prior and then let go all the way.

[awayatc]

They generally cancel the sailings for joe blow public nowadays and only trucks/rail sails on the bigger swells but even they have cutoff levels now.

Dream on trucky boy.,
I dont work on fuckun ferries..
got standards and all....
I do work at sea however...,
whole ferries got cleaned up either end of the straight....
tow truck territory only...
moana does as she pleases....
you ever want to find out how insignificant you are...?
you know where to go...
happy new year.....!

[R650R]

Dream on trucky boy.,
I dont work on fuckun ferries..
got standards and all....
I do work at sea however...,
whole ferries got cleaned up either end of the straight....
tow truck territory only...
moana does as she pleases....
you ever want to find out how insignificant you are...?
you know where to go...
happy new year.....!

Been there done that in 4m kayak when weather turned, wasn't fun. And love watching those container ship youtube vids in megastorms....
But a fellow driver who does crossings a lot said that was the go with ferries now that joe public sailings get canned long before the weather forecast is bad enough to tip bikes over....
Just sayinn....

[Gremlin]

Easy to find places to hook onto a 1200gs with the full protection bar set though, may be a bit harder on a smoother bike.

BMW recommends tying around the bottom triple clamp. Locks the wheel in place, allows the suspension to operate.

[sidecar bob]

BMW recommends tying around the bottom triple clamp. Locks the wheel in place, allows the suspension to operate.

I looked & mine doesn't have a bottom triple clamp .Weird Bmw's with their newfangled suspension.

[BMWST?]

Not happened to me but, mates K100 tipped and fell onto a CBR1000 parked alongside. End of handlebar pushed a neat hole in the side of the CBR fairing. Honda owner was mildly pissed to say the least. (he had a bad day - when we saw him a few hours later he had just run over a dog at Kaikoura)

Incidentally the tip over was caused by strapping the bike down too tightly - the K100 stand bracket is a casting and ratcheting the strap too much snapped the bracket, followed by noise and curses.

thats why you dont strap then down "on" the stand

[BMWST?]

I duct tape my front brake on & offer to do the same to the bikes either side of mine. No stand & a tie down either side in the upright position the same as I do in the van & she's sweet.
Easy to find places to hook onto a 1200gs with the full protection bar set though, may be a bit harder on a smoother bike.

thats a good idea but i just leave it in gear,ussually have a single tie down at rear too,but as you say bmws are easy as ussually have racks etc

[sidecar bob]

thats why you dont strap then down "on" the stand

The side stand on a K100 is also only an ornament, unless you want it to smoke for the next ten kilometres.

[BMWST?]

Been there done that,part of the flat four mystique

[R650R]

Been there done that,part of the flat four mystique

Inline fours do it too.... no mystique though just 110,000kim and a leaky valve seal on #1 cylinder. Solved by tipping bike to right to drop oil down cam tunnel before parking up

[BMWST?]

I bought a k100rs brand new,i can tell you I was a bit concerned about that habit

[mossy1200]

The side stand on a K100 is also only an ornament, unless you want it to smoke for the next ten kilometres.

Took mine off.
Wonder if they started the first k100 and cried out "I knew we shoulda faced the cylinders right".

[sidecar bob]

Took mine off.
Wonder if they started the first k100 and cried out "I knew we shoulda faced the cylinders right".

Easiest way to pick a recent BMW buyer regardless of model, they use the side stand.