Ideas for mounting bikes on trailer without tiedowns

**laserracer** · 28th October 2008, 23:08

Done 96 600ss we will all be round your house in 20 minutes, you supply the booze

,.. i drink bourbon with whiskey chasers
its byo loose woman and you can swear as much as you like

ohh yeah there is that initiation thing i forgot to tell you about .. it involves a piece of string a pink bra some axel grease and a cat ..any old cat will do but it must be bald;; and a little warning if things dont go to plan
it can sometimes hurt

Bloody banana wheres it come from ?

**oldskool** · 29th October 2008, 10:01

join the party oldskool its lots of fun in here, lots of swinging

Only if yur wife is a HOTTY

**laserracer** · 29th October 2008, 11:34

Lots of swinging ..hheelll yes .. i have a swing set out the back, go for it.. but dont fall off

wifeees a.. hotty alright.. just scored me sum points with that comment.. but shes also a... grumpy, coldy,shorty,
winey, sleepy angry,kinda gal whos gonna kick my arse if she reads this..what again i thought 1 arse kicking a day was enough

Hey oldskool is yours a hotty ??

**oldskool** · 29th October 2008, 17:03

hell yes, mines quite a hot wife!

**laserracer** · 29th October 2008, 17:18

SO is mine,.... shes always in the sauna or laying in the sun
sweat just dripping off her, all hot and sweaty looking

MD · 29th October 2008, 17:22

I'm going to get one of these Ventura front wheel stands. They should work on a trailer.

http://www.ventura-bike.com/products...type=BikeStand

Last time I trailered the bike to Taupo using the sidestand and tie-downs it was a pain in the arse. Needed dozens of ties to keep the bike in place.
Also this stand wont be one model bike specific, like some I've seen in shops.

I saw their add in a BRM magazine and rang their Helpline who said they should retail for $219. Why advertise in a magazine and not show the price!

Shit I miss having bikes with centrestands.

**laserracer** · 29th October 2008, 18:52

Sounds good MD, will ya still have to use a couple of tiedowns or will it support the bike by itself ?

MD · 29th October 2008, 19:10

Originally Posted by laserracer

Sounds good MD, will ya still have to use a couple of tiedowns or will it support the bike by itself ?

I'm only going by the pictures. But it looks like a few ties would do instead of 2 dozen.

Should make cleaning a bike easier but I can't see how it would help with chain adjustments.

Let me moan some more, it cheers me up. We put a man on the moon 38 years ago but still can't come up with a simple, small, light, out-of-the-way centrestand on sports and dirt bikes. Anyone noticed the optional extra centrestand for the new BMW F800GS !! Ha. it's big enough and ugly enough to double as a lion cage at the zoo. In fact that might be where they got it from?

**laserracer** · 29th October 2008, 22:18

Hhahah lion cage.... yep i gotta agree you would think with all that technoligy there would be something out there better than tie downs.. im working on my own design at the moment but still in the early stages

**laserracer** · 15th November 2008, 15:48

pretty simple... bolts through left hand foot peg , has been crash tested over speed bumps that bottomed out the falcoon xr6 and had the trailer leap about a half meter in the air

...it stayed put thank god

just got to weld a couple of loops to upright for a padlock.And yes my welding looks like bird shit... im one of those blind welders ...weld by braille

**laserracer** · 15th November 2008, 21:28

Oh yeah the bike that it holds is a big old heavy yz426
now making another one for the yz250

**flyingcr250** · 16th November 2008, 17:56

i just bought a van, best thing i ever did for transporting the bike, you can get 3 bikes plus all the gear in and youve got somewere shady to sit while you wait for the barbie to cook lunch.

**laserracer** · 16th November 2008, 19:08

YEAH a van would be great, but theres already 2 cars 2 station wagons and a trailer up the drive, 1 more would just drive me INSANE

**flyingcr250** · 16th November 2008, 19:25

Originally Posted by laserracer

YEAH a van would be great, but theres already 2 cars 2 station wagons and a trailer up the drive, 1 more would just drive me INSANE

ha ha hah yea ive still got my old ute sitting in the drive need to get rid of it

**laserracer** · 16th November 2008, 20:52

I may have to look at a new tow car something not so low my misses was really impressed... NOT..

when the last time i went down the sawdust pit at tokoroa, as we left her xr6 bottomed out and tried to rip the rear splitter off the bumper really nice 6"crack now hidden by a big fox sticker