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Transportation In A Van

Discussion in 'Technical Help' started by triari, Apr 29, 2017.

  1. that's why I come on this Forum, that's a really lovely gesture Paul, I haven't forgotten you giving away that perfectly decent SS tank to someone on here who was desperate :upyeah:
     
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  2. Room for a few more sir ??? ..........











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  3. When I have taken 3, in a LWB its quite easy, stagger them so centre bike with a wheel chock or rear stand is pushed right up against the bulkhead and strap it down using handebar straps if you can. Blankets as said above, then load one right and one left (depending on which side the door is, do that one last). If there is room it may be worth putting on paddock stands but its more likely to move about, so I'd strap with the bar against the side of the van. Do same both sides. Make sure you cable tie or bungie the front brake on all bikes.

    Put in gear too :)
     
  4. If you don't use a chock, and intend to strap the bike down on the side stand, make sure that you put a puck under the side stand-I found out the hard way when navigating a roundabout and the whole van lurched as the side stand on my 748SPS popped through the ply sheeting on the van floor.
     
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  5. ive only ever put 1 bike in a standard smallish transit not the lwb.

    but 2 ratchet straps has always been plenty, one pulling frame one way, one pulling frame the other.
    easy
     
  6. Just to give you an idea, this is how my monster was transported from Guilford to Glasgow, I know he has special rails in the floor etc. but the basic principal of how the bikes are set out is there.
    hope this helps
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  7. Here are how I do it

    Was thinking of getting eyebolt for where pillion pegs were to anchor to subframe but touch wood this has been fine so far

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  8. You'll be lucky to get two bikes in strapping it like that. :)
     
  9. And when you use handle bar straps wrap around the grip half a turn before heading downwards otherwise the straps can slip and touch the bodywork - don't wrap around the brake lever though as I had one snap just as I set off on an MV :) - use a tie wrap as bradders suggested to pull the brake on.
     
  10. That's van porn! I wish I had such a conveyancer [emoji25]


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  11. been riding and transporting Dirt Bikes around for years....has anybody mentioned that you strap the front down too tight you could blow the front fork seals ? I made a fork brace from scrap wood but you can buy them on line.....just sayin
     
  12. Yes :)
     
  13. lol....couldnt be arsed to read it all
     
  14. We've taken two or three Sprinter vans to WDW for the last couple of years, each with four bikes inside.
    We used front wheel chocks which were bolted to large sheets of cheap, roofing grade chipboard, one for the front pair of bikes and another for the rear.
    These were cut to neatly fit the profile of the van floor and interlock with any features such as the wheel arches etc, to give a reasonably tight location.
    This makes it much easier to load the bikes into the chocks as they don't move about.
    Also each pair of chocks is retained by the weight of two bikes, instead of just one.
    Then ratchet straps as normal .. but note that the front straps need to be angled slightly forward to hold the front wheel firmly in the chock (just to be on the safe side).
    Ideally the rear straps should be angled slightly rearward too, so the bikes are solidly held against movement forwards as well as backwards.
    We strapped to the frames and tightened down, compressing the suspension slightly.
    As pointed out though, this can overload the fork seals and experienced bike transporters have advised against doing it this way.
    In fact, one of the bikes did blow a fork seal but not necessarily due to our strapping methods as they were possibly already on the way out and in fact one fork leg had recently had new seals, but not the other (for some reason) and it was the old one which blew.
    All the other bikes were fine .. and we covered plenty of miles.
     
  15. Why do fork seals blow When the front is strapped down ?
     
  16. Because Ohlins make them :)
     
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  17. Sure there's gag there somewhere...:D
     
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  18. I don't know if they fail as such, I've had it happen a bunch of times now (as Exige alludes to - Ohlins seals are known to fail too frequently) and it's generally that they pick up some crap from the lower part of the fork leg and scrape it back up when the fork pressure is released getting trapped under the seal mating face and causing oil to leak. SealMate or other cheap bit of flexi plastic usually sorts the problem by clearing the crud out.
     
  19. possibly because the oils under pressure and puts more force on the seals? buggered if I know but after years of moto cross and green lane-ing it was a problem in my old sport
     
  20. How should I transport a Tank in a Van BTW? :Watching:
     
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