Tieing a bike down in the back of a van

[Paul the 6th]

it's totally standard apart from heated grips unfortunately no crashbars yet although I've picked up a H&B topbox for it already

I've got about 6 ratchet straps (all 4m long) so I'll make sure it's braced for forwards, backwards and sideways movement as well as cable tieing the front brake & popping it in gear..

[the_lone_wolf]

Originally Posted by Paul the 6th

it's totally standard apart from heated grips unfortunately no crashbars yet although I've picked up a H&B topbox for it already

I've got about 6 ratchet straps (all 4m long) so I'll make sure it's braced for forwards, backwards and sideways movement as well as cable tieing the front brake & popping it in gear..

Forget the front brake, just jam it as far forwards as possible and place the straps so the tension pulls the bike forwards and left into the front nearside corner

You'll be fine

Of course your sexuality will be questioned for not riding it home...

[Paul the 6th]

1) The guy was originally gonna be at home from 4pm onwards so I wanted to get there as early as possible - Leedsmatt was gonna take me in the car since it's over 110 miles away, but he isn't available to set off til half past 3...

2) There's mega weather warnings for all of yorkshire & the north east on Sunday/Monday - I drove home from london in the van last night and there were points where the wind pushed us halfway out of our lane = friggin horrible.

I want my first ride to be on a nice sunny autumn/winter day with no hurricane are sideways rain to spoil it creme brulee anyone?

[the_lone_wolf]

Pah!!...

[Paul the 6th]

Honestly mate, you should see the floods at tadcaster near York (nobhead in a freelander was in front of me in the fast lane and slammed on so he could have a good look at them on the way in this morning - then when I flashed to get him to maybe look in his mirrors he started giving me the vickers - CUNNT), the weather has been really bad so I'm just gonna set off up around 2.30, nice leisurely drive, give the man some money, bring the bike back in the van (along with a new matress for my bed since it's like a bag of springs) and away we go

[the_lone_wolf]

Originally Posted by Paul the 6th

Honestly mate, you should see the floods at tadcaster near York (nobhead in a freelander was in front of me in the fast lane and slammed on so he could have a good look at them on the way in this morning - then when I flashed to get him to maybe look in his mirrors he started giving me the vickers - CUNNT), the weather has been really bad so I'm just gonna set off up around 2.30, nice leisurely drive, give the man some money, bring the bike back in the van (along with a new matress for my bed since it's like a bag of springs) and away we go

Dude, you bought an "Adventure" and you're worried about a little river crossing??



Are the floods this bad??

[Paul the 6th]

fook that! Only ever ridden one of these on test ride for 45 mins, I wanna get used to the thing before I go up Ben Nevis on it! And besides it's a new bike to me so I don't want my first journey to be 2 hours in the freezing cold dark pishing rain on the motorway, I wanna take it down some backroads and figure it out

that and you dont have a penis.

Wus! Get your firkin textiles on and ride it. I've been in Boroughbridge today (drove up last night too) and the weather's lovely

OK, rivers were a little flooded, but they've all got strong bridges over them you know!

If you have ratchet straps, its a piece of p1ss to tie the bike down.
All vans have tie down eyes or perforated panelling, ratchet starp from both sides so that they are pulling against each other, that thing aint gonna move anywhere.
Tie a rope around head stock somewhere and attach that to roof through a beam or something, job done.