How tight should I pull on my tie downs?
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afm199
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NO NO NO. Try and use the frame sliders to tie down the bike, and the subframe. The Canyon Dancers will rip a throttle tube right off if tied down tight. You are putting all that tension on a tube that is anchored by two small screws that screw into plastic, and a plastic pin.
Bad idea.
Bad idea.
kiltwearinfool
do not read this title
Are you tying down the back end, too? I've never had a problem with bike sway with the back end tied down.
Is this on a trailer or in a vehicle?
Bracing the front wheel against something can help.
Is this on a trailer or in a vehicle?
Bracing the front wheel against something can help.
fruge
on RED Kryptonite!!!!
NOOOOOO, not too tight, if you pull down too tight you could break the fork seals on your suspension. Not good,
I make sure, first, that the tie straps are through the fairings and not rubbing on them. Second, lean the bike towards you, left or right , and tighted the strap, just so that there's tension on the strap, then lean the bike towards you the other way and do the same. when your done, make sure that both straps have tension on them. Again NOT tooo much tension b/c you may realize that when you begin riding your front suspension may be bottoming out. Fork seals may break.
I make sure, first, that the tie straps are through the fairings and not rubbing on them. Second, lean the bike towards you, left or right , and tighted the strap, just so that there's tension on the strap, then lean the bike towards you the other way and do the same. when your done, make sure that both straps have tension on them. Again NOT tooo much tension b/c you may realize that when you begin riding your front suspension may be bottoming out. Fork seals may break.
LongGoneJohn
Gone
I've never had any of the above mentioned problems.
I tightened the shit out of my canyon dancers, on the bars. Not on the frame sliders or anywhere else. If you want, you could just use some soft-tie downs and put them on the triples.
Anyway, I always tightened them real tight -- but it never fully compressed the forks.
I tightened the shit out of my canyon dancers, on the bars. Not on the frame sliders or anywhere else. If you want, you could just use some soft-tie downs and put them on the triples.
Anyway, I always tightened them real tight -- but it never fully compressed the forks.
emarkham
Gimme an 'O'!
if the bike sways left and right, then use straps that are more toward the midpoint of the bike to control that motion. i put an eye-bolt right in the center of my truck bed so i could attach a tiedown to it. a chock prevents the bike going forward.
the forks should be able to move up and down. driving along with them fully compressed is putting a lot of pressure on the fork seal.
the forks should be able to move up and down. driving along with them fully compressed is putting a lot of pressure on the fork seal.
afm199
Well-known member
Yeah you guys who have never had problems won't have problems till you do :laughing. That is why we MENTION it.
Pull your throttle tube sometime and LOOK at the two small screws that hold the plastic sides together and ask yourself if you are comfortable trusting an expensive motorcycle to two small screws that are held in plastic. cause that is ALL that holds the throttle tube on, and when you cinch down tight that is what you are pulling on.
And when it lets go ( as has happened) if you are lucky the bike does not fall off the trailer, and you just have to find a new throttle tube mechanism at the track.
Pull your throttle tube sometime and LOOK at the two small screws that hold the plastic sides together and ask yourself if you are comfortable trusting an expensive motorcycle to two small screws that are held in plastic. cause that is ALL that holds the throttle tube on, and when you cinch down tight that is what you are pulling on.
And when it lets go ( as has happened) if you are lucky the bike does not fall off the trailer, and you just have to find a new throttle tube mechanism at the track.
clutchslip
Not as fast as I look.
Hooli said:
I still need to use four tie-downs with a Baxley's. I learned that one the bad way.
:cry
