Questions with trailering my SH
Guest
Posts: n/a
Questions with trailering my SH
Alright, I'll be trailering my bike up to NHIS soon for the last track day of the season. My question is, do you guys take of the front fairing and use the triple clamps to attach to the tie downs to the trailer...or is there a way I can do this with leaving the fairing on. I really dont want to spend a ton of time at the track before the 7:00 am registration/inspection process.
Thanks.
Thanks.
Senior Member
Superstock
Joined: Jul 2004
Posts: 409
From: Southeast PA
First of all, you shouldn't "attack" the tie downs. What did they do to you? - Kiddin'
If you have a set of soft hooks you should just be able to put those on around the clip-ons and attach the tie downs to them. I highly recommend getting a set of soft hooks if you don't have them. Makes things alot easier. Besides they are cheap- $10-14 at any dealership.
You shouldn't have to take any plastic off the bike to trailer it.
If you have a set of soft hooks you should just be able to put those on around the clip-ons and attach the tie downs to them. I highly recommend getting a set of soft hooks if you don't have them. Makes things alot easier. Besides they are cheap- $10-14 at any dealership.
You shouldn't have to take any plastic off the bike to trailer it.
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: Questions with trailering my SH
I was told never to use tie downs on the clip ons from the guy who runs the track day that I'm doing. He specifically told us specifically that using the triple clamp was a better idea. He' supposedly seen bad things happen from people using Canyon Dancers.
I got it to work alright with that fairing still on but the tie downs will rub just a bit on the inside of the fairing.
Thanks for your response, though.
Doh! Typo corrected...
I got it to work alright with that fairing still on but the tie downs will rub just a bit on the inside of the fairing.
Thanks for your response, though.
Doh! Typo corrected...
Senior Member
Back Marker
Joined: Jul 2004
Posts: 150
From: Los Angeles, California
Re: Questions with trailering my SH
Just wrap a rag or old shirt around the strap where it might contact the plastic. You shouldn't have to remove the plastic to "strap it down".
If you use a "canyon dancer" or similar "clip-on/handlebar" strap, slip a peice of PVC tubing over the grips to protect the grips/throttle. A friend of mine ripped his grips trailing his bike to a track day with one of those. While we were there, we saw several other guys who simply used 1.5" PVC piping slipped over the grips! Cheap and effective.
My question for you guys is regarding how tight you "tie down" the bike. From talking to guys at track days, I've found 2 "schools of thought".
One says that you should compress the front and rear suspension completely with the tie down straps, to prevent the bike from "hopping around".
The second, thinks that it's bad to bottom out your suspension like that, and reccomends that you only compress the suspension an inch or so, just enough to keep the straps in constant tension.
Anyone care to comment?
If you use a "canyon dancer" or similar "clip-on/handlebar" strap, slip a peice of PVC tubing over the grips to protect the grips/throttle. A friend of mine ripped his grips trailing his bike to a track day with one of those. While we were there, we saw several other guys who simply used 1.5" PVC piping slipped over the grips! Cheap and effective.
My question for you guys is regarding how tight you "tie down" the bike. From talking to guys at track days, I've found 2 "schools of thought".
One says that you should compress the front and rear suspension completely with the tie down straps, to prevent the bike from "hopping around".
The second, thinks that it's bad to bottom out your suspension like that, and reccomends that you only compress the suspension an inch or so, just enough to keep the straps in constant tension.
Anyone care to comment?
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: Questions with trailering my SH
Now I remember, the thing about the canyon dancers were that it they were twisting the throttle and damaging the springs (causing people to fail tech inspection). The PVC thing is a good idea.
As far as the suspension thing goes, I have my suspension compressed pretty good (maybe an inch or a bit more) but didn't think that compressing it all the way was a very good idea. After tying the bike down I hopped on to it and tried to move around a bit. The suspension would compress a tiny bit more but the bike felt very secure.
As far as the suspension thing goes, I have my suspension compressed pretty good (maybe an inch or a bit more) but didn't think that compressing it all the way was a very good idea. After tying the bike down I hopped on to it and tried to move around a bit. The suspension would compress a tiny bit more but the bike felt very secure.
Senior Member
Superstock
Joined: Jul 2004
Posts: 318
From: San Jose, CA
nothing to add really, except that I have Helibars raisers and they say that tie downs should not be secured to their raisers. (we are not talking stock, just Helibars.)
Just thought I should drop this piece of info here as a heads up for future users.
Just thought I should drop this piece of info here as a heads up for future users.
Hmm?
SuperBike
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 2,069
From: San Gabriel Valley
I use a Canyon Dancer harness for my bike, and it works fine. You do have to watch out for the throttle being twisted.
Do you have two-sided loop straps? You can use that to attach your tie downs and pull down on the lower triple to secure the bike.
Do you have two-sided loop straps? You can use that to attach your tie downs and pull down on the lower triple to secure the bike.
Senior Member
Superstock
Joined: Jul 2004
Posts: 409
From: Southeast PA
I didn't mean to hook them directly onto the clip-ons themselves. I usually slide them all the way past the clip-on to the top triple clamp, and tighten them down from there. So they are actually around the end of the clip-on , where the pinch bolt is, and is actually pulling on the triple clamp and the end of the clip-on that bolts to the fork leg.
Hope that helps clear things up a little. It actually sounds much more confusing then it really is.
Hope that helps clear things up a little. It actually sounds much more confusing then it really is.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
