[FMF Doc]

Originally Posted by l2ridehd

Reading about the auto train and bikes, looks pretty simple and cheap. You just drive it on and off a pallet. And the cost is about $200 for you and the bike. Use more gas then that pulling a trailer. I have a 6 X 10 Landscape trailer with a 4 foot high tail gate, but looks like it might not be so easy riding it on and backing it off. Probably easier then some trailers.

If you tow it down I'll help you roll it off.

George

[l2ridehd]

Thanks George. I appreciate that. Right now I am leaning toward the auto train as that looks to be the best way. But I will keep that in mind because it would be a lot simpler with two doing it. I have moved that bike a lot and I am not a weakling by any means, but that bike is very heavy and if it starts to go over, it is really hard to stop.

I was riding down Sky Line drive once and pulled into a parking area to take some pictures. I put my foot on the kick stand and pushed it down but missed it. Started to lean the bike and my foot was on sand over tar and it slipped. All of a sudden I had the entire weight of that bike trying to take me over. I stopped it, but had a black and blue thigh muscle for two weeks. Ever since then I have been extra cautious about getting in places where it is hard to keep it balanced. You don't realize how much weight there is there until it wants to go over. It rides great because of all that weight, but it causes some other problems being so heavy. I will ride it until I turn 70 and then think I will trade down to a Piaggio. They have the two front wheels that lock when you drop below 5 mph.

[Chief X]

Originally Posted by l2ridehd

Thanks George. I appreciate that. Right now I am leaning toward the auto train as that looks to be the best way. But I will keep that in mind because it would be a lot simpler with two doing it. I have moved that bike a lot and I am not a weakling by any means, but that bike is very heavy and if it starts to go over, it is really hard to stop.

I was riding down Sky Line drive once and pulled into a parking area to take some pictures. I put my foot on the kick stand and pushed it down but missed it. Started to lean the bike and my foot was on sand over tar and it slipped. All of a sudden I had the entire weight of that bike trying to take me over. I stopped it, but had a black and blue thigh muscle for two weeks. Ever since then I have been extra cautious about getting in places where it is hard to keep it balanced. You don't realize how much weight there is there until it wants to go over. It rides great because of all that weight, but it causes some other problems being so heavy. I will ride it until I turn 70 and then think I will trade down to a Piaggio. They have the two front wheels that lock when you drop below 5 mph.

I'm also available and willing to help you on this end, anyway that I can.

Chief X

[FMF Doc]

Originally Posted by l2ridehd

Thanks George. I appreciate that. Right now I am leaning toward the auto train as that looks to be the best way. But I will keep that in mind because it would be a lot simpler with two doing it. I have moved that bike a lot and I am not a weakling by any means, but that bike is very heavy and if it starts to go over, it is really hard to stop.

I was riding down Sky Line drive once and pulled into a parking area to take some pictures. I put my foot on the kick stand and pushed it down but missed it. Started to lean the bike and my foot was on sand over tar and it slipped. All of a sudden I had the entire weight of that bike trying to take me over. I stopped it, but had a black and blue thigh muscle for two weeks. Ever since then I have been extra cautious about getting in places where it is hard to keep it balanced. You don't realize how much weight there is there until it wants to go over. It rides great because of all that weight, but it causes some other problems being so heavy. I will ride it until I turn 70 and then think I will trade down to a Piaggio. They have the two front wheels that lock when you drop below 5 mph.

I sold my Road King before I came down and only have one bike. It was not "Village" equipped having a 103 ci, cams changed, heads done and a Vance and Hines 2 into 1 Pro Pipe. Ironically it and a Goldwing were the only motorcycles (including my 2011 BMW) that I never dropped. Probably the heaviest to pick up was a Valkyrie I had. It all depends though on how many people are around when you drop it. The adrenaline and embarrassment around a lot of people take a few hundred pounds off the weight and presto you pick them up. Being along or having someone else to blame for dropping it makes them heavier. LOL

George

[angiefox10]

Originally Posted by FMF Doc

I sold my Road King before I came down and only have one bike. It was not "Village" equipped having a 103 ci, cams changed, heads done and a Vance and Hines 2 into 1 Pro Pipe. Ironically it and a Goldwing were the only motorcycles (including my 2011 BMW) that I never dropped. Probably the heaviest to pick up was a Valkyrie I had. It all depends though on how many people are around when you drop it. The adrenaline and embarrassment around a lot of people take a few hundred pounds off the weight and presto you pick them up. Being along or having someone else to blame for dropping it makes them heavier. LOL

George

*laughing* Funny story!!!!

When I had my bike... I had a similar experience... Just bought it and drove it to a cafe with "lots" of windows. I was cool!!!! Forgot to put the kickstand down and just had to let it fall as I knew I couldn't pick it up!!!

OK... Maybe... not so cool after all!!!

[angiefox10]

Note.... That I now drive a scooter....

[Bill-n-Brillo]

Here are a couple of ways you can get any motorcycle upright after dropping it:

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeLkrPkjimo[/ame]

The biggest issue is keeping your head clear enough when the adrenaline hits to remember how to do these!! Been there.......had that same problem before!

Bill

[angiefox10]

Oh sure... now you post it!!! Where were you when I needed you?????

Seriously.... This would have been GREAT to know!!! I still would have looked like a dork dropping it becasue I FORGOT TO PUT THE KICKSTAND DOWN!!! But... still good to know!

[Bill-n-Brillo]

Originally Posted by angiefox10

Oh sure... now you post it!!! Where were you when I needed you?????

Seriously.... This would have been GREAT to know!!! I still would have looked like a dork dropping it becasue I FORGOT TO PUT THE KICKSTAND DOWN!!! But... still good to know!

Story of my life: Day late and a dollar short!!

But just think - If you ever are unlucky enough to drop your bike again, just think how impressed the onlookers will be when they see how easily you get it stood back up!!

Bill

[angiefox10]

Originally Posted by Bill-n-Brillo

Here are a couple of ways you can get any motorcycle upright after dropping it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeLkrPkjimo

The biggest issue is keeping your head clear enough when the adrenaline hits to remember how to do these!! Been there.......had that same problem before!

Bill

Originally Posted by Bill-n-Brillo

Story of my life: Day late and a dollar short!!

But just think - If you ever are unlucky enough to drop your bike again, just think how impressed the onlookers will be when they see how easily you get it stood back up!!

Bill

Um.... Bill.... I drive a 150cc scooter... A three year old can pick it up!

[FMF Doc]

If you dropped it on Main st. in Sturgis first week of August you can pick it up in about a tenth of the time.

[angiefox10]

Originally Posted by FMF Doc

If you dropped it on Main st. in Sturgis first week of August you can pick it up in about a tenth of the time.

No kidding!!!!

[Bill-n-Brillo]

Originally Posted by angiefox10

Um.... Bill.... I drive a 150cc scooter... A three year old can pick it up!

OOPS!! My bad - I missed that earlier post of yours!!!

But now you can help others with their big bikes!

Bill

[l2ridehd]

Good information to have Bill. However the best solution is to never drop it.

Chief, thanks and if I do trailer it down will call on you and Doc to unload it. You said you did yours in a landscape trail. Did you build any kind of folk wedge in the front to hold the bikes upright? I have seen them made with 2 X 4's that seem to work. I would guess if you had that to hold it upright, strap in down in 4 places it should ride fine. I would only do that if I need to bring the landscape trailer with other stuff. Right now the auto train still looks like the best option. I may do that sometime this October/November when the riding gets cool here in VA. Did about 200 miles this weekend just around the area with going no where.

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/j...d%20King/3.jpg

[Chief X]

I used a Condor portable motorcycle chock on the streetglide. on the cross bones, i simply cut up a 2x4 into short pieces (about 1 foot) and used deck screws to mount them on either side of the front and back tires (into the wood floor of the trailer, not into the tires..ha) so that the bike wouldn't "walk" side to side. You'll get a lot of free advice on securing bikes to trailer them, so here's mine -

secure the bike upright with ratchet straps but don't tighten them down to where the bike can't bounce on the shocks. don't have the kickstand down, you don't want anything rigid in contact with the trailer. double strap the front of the bike (strap it once, then put a second set in another location so if one strap breaks or loosens you'll still be secured), and finally, once you have the bike secured on the trailer and head out, stop within the first 20 miles or so and check all of the straps and see how the bike appears to be riding on the trailer. obviously, you should check everything at each gas stop also.

here is a photo of my bikes the day i left.

https://picasaweb.google.com/1042538...eat=directlink

hope this helps.