Transporting a bike by trailer?

[horch]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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

[awayatc]

I may miss sumfin here, but wots ronk wif ridin da fing?

[Leyton]

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]

If you must transport it on its side (why i have no idea)

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]

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]

ditch the trailer find a rope and drag the cunt. hehehe

did that with an old TV, cops didnt like it...;

[SARGE]

forgetting the fact that if its got carbs.. you'll most likely fuck the floats

[Mully Clown]

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]

BE A MAN. PUSH THE FUCKING THING!

Note: I'd put it upright on a trailer

[motorbyclist]

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