Tying C50 down on trailer for transport

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Bobita

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Can anyone give advice on how to tie a 2006 C50 down on a trailer for transporting?

Number of ties downs front and rear, angle, and points of contact on the bike, points of contact on the trailer, etc.

Any pics would be great if you have them.

Thanks, Joe in Hampton
 
Thanks for the response, and after I posted this question I saw several other threads addressing a similar question.

My main concern was/is connection points on the bike. Handle bars are readily available but, as pointed out, aren't necessarily a good point. Triple tree is good but hard to get access to, and cables, windsheild mounting components, etc. get in the way there.

Also, the amout to compress the shocks is of concern.

Thanks again.
 
it is very hard to blow the seals on that bike. just make sure you use ratcheting straps,put the bike on the kick stand and ratchet the other side down till its even then put the strap on the other side (put kickstand up) and ratchet it down till its leaning back on the kickstand side a bit, then even it out and you should be good. If you shake the bike and the trailer suspension moves instead of the bike then it will not go anywhere. only time i strap down the back of the bike is when its raining and the trailer surface may be slick or when im transporting more then one bike.

Good luck and ride safe.

BTW,
they sell a shirt that me and my buddies wear when we ride to rallys that says on the back "trailering is for sissy's" (this was not as funny of a shirt when we were rideing to a rally and it started raining and a truck passed with their bikes on a trailer) haha
 
I just sold my 92- 750 Nighthawk. I hauled it to the buyers house in the back of my truck. This was last Saturday, winds were gusting 40+ mph and I had to cross over three major bridges.......The Kent Narrows bridge and the Chesapeake Bay Bridge being two of the three. I used two racheting type of straps and two cam type straps.....I did not compress my shocks when I tied it down, plus it was on it's side stand. The bike was so rigid, that when I shook the bike, the entire truck moved......still I was hauling it
white-knuckled all the way down.

It rode much smoother in the truck than it would have in a bouncy trailer...still made it in one piece and I'm that much closer to my 2008
C50T:mrgreen:

dan
 
Hey Vagent, I tow mine to IA every year. Points to tie it down are hard to find on the Boulevard. I had the same question. What I did was buy a Bike Pro wheel chock. That mounts to the floor of the trailer and a strap goes over the front wheel and allows one person to tie it down very easily. I attach to the handle bars running forward and also I have engine guards so I attach straps to them also running forward. Last I attach one around the back wheel to keep any side to side movement from happening. Last year I strapped two side by side and will do the same this year. Tie them down drive around a bit and see if they are tight. You should be able to shake the bike as it is tied down and the bike/trailer will move together. Altogether I have 6 tie down points and no problems so far. Good luck.
 
no body passed us on the way there. we went about 100mph the whole way and stopped every 100 miles for fuel and to strech. so no, they didnt get to ride more when they got there. we did.
 
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