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40MILERUN · 03-03-2011, 10:03 AM

My wife and I just faced this little delema. She bought a GZ from a dealer about 45 miles from our home plus the temperature has been about 25 degrees at the peak of the day.

We rented a U-haul motorcycle trailer for $15.00. Your distance is much shorter, but the ease of just loading the bike on and strapping it down makes it a solution you might consider... way easier than loading it on and off a pickup.

The dealer attached the tie-down straps to the front corners of the trailer (so they couldn't slide lose) and then over the handlebars near to the triple-tree. He tightened the starps down so the forks were compressed about a inch or so. The front wheel was trapped in the trailer wheel chock designed for that purpose. Hauling was a piece-o-cake... no worries.

40MR

03-03-2011, 10:03 AM	#25
40MILERUN Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Connecticut, USA Posts: 13	Re: Buying that first bike -- and getting it home My wife and I just faced this little delema. She bought a GZ from a dealer about 45 miles from our home plus the temperature has been about 25 degrees at the peak of the day. We rented a U-haul motorcycle trailer for $15.00. Your distance is much shorter, but the ease of just loading the bike on and strapping it down makes it a solution you might consider... way easier than loading it on and off a pickup. The dealer attached the tie-down straps to the front corners of the trailer (so they couldn't slide lose) and then over the handlebars near to the triple-tree. He tightened the starps down so the forks were compressed about a inch or so. The front wheel was trapped in the trailer wheel chock designed for that purpose. Hauling was a piece-o-cake... no worries. 40MR Login or Register to Remove Ads
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