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Vineland, NJ United States | Any tips on trailering the Vision. I have 6x10 trailer with front tire chock and tie down hooks in each corner. I have to travel about 400 miles with it on trailer, want to make sure I don't screw it up. I've had my Road Star on there plenty of times, but never had a Vision on there?
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Cruiser
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Corpus Christi Tx. | edsasdelli - 2009-03-06 2:53 PM
Any tips on trailering the Vision. I have 6x10 trailer with front tire chock and tie down hooks in each corner. I have to travel about 400 miles with it on trailer, want to make sure I don't screw it up. I've had my Road Star on there plenty of times, but never had a Vision on there?
ED
The manual has some good info on how to tie the bike down. I am trailering mine soon also on my 5x10 trailer with tire chock....which really helps to keep the bike upright while strapping it down.
Ride safe.
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Corpus Christi Tx. | edsasdelli - 2009-03-06 2:53 PM
Any tips on trailering the Vision. I have 6x10 trailer with front tire chock and tie down hooks in each corner. I have to travel about 400 miles with it on trailer, want to make sure I don't screw it up. I've had my Road Star on there plenty of times, but never had a Vision on there?
ED
The manual has some good info on how to tie the bike down. I am trailering mine soon also on my 5x10 trailer with tire chock....which really helps to keep the bike upright while strapping it down.
Ride safe.
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Iron Butt
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Rockford, IL | Here is a link to a post at VMC that has all of the information you need..... http://forums.thevmc.com/bb/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=63570&po... print it and read it and you should have ZERO problems. Oh....you might want to rethink the wheel chock idea. Depending on the design it may hit the bottom edge of the front fender.
Edited by Lotzafun 2009-03-06 3:41 PM
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Tourer
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Fargo, ND | Hi Ed, I have trailered mine and use the same method that I have used with other bikes. First - a soft-tie (or rope looped) around the lower triple tree. Second - tie down(s) hooked to the soft-tie or rope that is coming off the triple tree and secured to your trailer tie down(s). Make sure you have a good angle so the tie downs won't rub on your paint. This photo isn't too specific on the front end...but it may give you a little help. Good Luck! 
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Visionary
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New Bohemia, VA | I'm cringing a little seeing a Vision on the trailer, but to each his own. I'm curious, could you have used the eyelets that go into the front-tip overs? BTW, that is probably the best looking motorcycle trailer I've seen, who makes it? |
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Houston, Texas | Chris
Its a KENDON.......I've had one for five years and I love it and the best part is it folds up and sits on its end....doesn't take up much room in the garage. |
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Puddle Jumper
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| If you look behind the head lighe assembly Victory has supplied a neat loop in the frame for tying down the front end. The hooks from a ratchet stram fits neatly thru. Just make sure that your tie downs on the floor are wide enough apart so the straps dont rub on the front fender. I also use a condor pitstop wheel chock and have never had any problem |
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Puddle Jumper
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| If you look behind the headlight assemblie you will find a loop in the frame that Victory put there to tie down the front. The hooks of a ratchet strap fits neatly thru. I also use a Condor Pitstop chock and have never had any problems. Just make sure your floor tie down points are wide enough to keep the straps from rubbing on the fender. |
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Iron Butt
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Linwood, MI | varyder - 2009-03-06 6:01 PM
I'm curious, could you have used the eyelets that go into the front-tip overs?
No, don't use those eyelets to tie it down on a trailer. Those are used for cross-support during shipping to the dealer. As the others have stated, use the handy-dandy loop on the triple tree. Also, don't put a cover on it while trailering. Well, unless it's an enclosed trailer, that is.
I agree with varyder, that is a really nice bike trailer. Is it wide enough to put 2 Visions on it? Or a Vision and another "comparable" bagger? |
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Tourer
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Tacoma, WA | I used to cringe when I saw a bike on a trailer too...that is, until I wanted to ride with my 75 year old dad during winter weekends in Yakima. I have to go over a mountain pass to get there, and that means snow, and nasy road grime. So now I use an enclosed 12' long trailer behind my FJ cruiser. I arrive with a clean, dry Vision, and ready to ride the dry roads of Yakima! I also use a wheel chock, and 4 tie downs. Works like a champ.-----Metalguy |
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Iron Butt
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| edsasdelli - 2009-03-06 2:53 PM
Any tips on trailering the Vision. I have 6x10 trailer with front tire chock and tie down hooks in each corner. I have to travel about 400 miles with it on trailer, want to make sure I don't screw it up. I've had my Road Star on there plenty of times, but never had a Vision on there?
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Cruiser
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Tavares, Fl | I've hauled a lot of stuff in my life and fortunatly haven't lost anything. I tow my Vision on a trailer behind my fifth wheel. I use the loop behind the headlight, the eyelets in the front tipovers and loop one on each side on the rear tipovers....I know its a lot of safety straps, 6 in all but they're really cheap..... |
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Tourer
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Fargo, ND | My trailer is as mentioned, a Kendon. It's a dual rail (holds two bikes) and I added the third rail in the center after I purchased the trailer. The factory says it will trail just fine with one bike mounted on one of the side rails, however I wasn't comfortable with that and so I added the third rail in the center. Here is a photo from the rear of the trailer showing my Wing and Roadstar both loaded...no problem. I haven't ever hauled two touring bikes and am not sure they would fit. You could probably get them on there, however bumps, etc. might cause the handle bars, mirrors or fairings to possibly bang together. One touring, One cruiser = no problems. As mentioned...when not in use the trailer does fold and stand on it's end for storage in your garage. I've had it for probably 4 or 5 years. I don't use it often...but it is handy, even when the bike needs to go to the dealership for something and the wife unit isn't around to come and pick me up...I load the bike on the trailer (as it can be quite easily be done singlehandedly) and off to the dealer we go, drop it off and come back home.  Regards, |
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Iron Butt
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Richmond, Virginia | I also own a KENDON two up trailor. Best purchase ive made. Flatsix is correct. When you dont use it the entire unit folds in half and sits straight up taking up about 3 feet of space in the garage up against the wall. There are many tie down points to use because of its design. Ive never had a problem rolling it into the front chock. I have used it for one bike on the right side, it performed as well as
it did when i had both bikes. I have to admit it makes you nervous but with the suspension on the trailor, it acted perfectly fine.
I also use GEZA covers for the bikes when towing because they mold to the bikes, wont scratch paint, and keep road dirt debris from hitting the bikes. |
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Cruiser
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| Go to your Vision dealer, he should have some eyebolts tgat screw into the bottom of your front tip-over protectors. When I bought my vision I had to haul 400 miles and used a trlr lke yours. Thats what the dealer gave me and they are still srewed into bike to this day |
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Iron Butt
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Rockford, IL | gary - 2009-03-07 6:29 PM Go to your Vision dealer, he should have some eyebolts tgat screw into the bottom of your front tip-over protectors. When I bought my vision I had to haul 400 miles and used a trlr lke yours. Thats what the dealer gave me and they are still srewed into bike to this day Why would you leave the eyebolts in? Don't they scrape on corners? And |
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Iron Butt
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Rockford, IL | gary - 2009-03-07 6:29 PM Go to your Vision dealer, he should have some eyebolts tgat screw into the bottom of your front tip-over protectors. When I bought my vision I had to haul 400 miles and used a trlr lke yours. Thats what the dealer gave me and they are still srewed into bike to this day Why would you leave the eyebolts in? Don't they scrape on corners? And don't |
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Iron Butt
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Rockford, IL | gary - 2009-03-07 6:29 PM Go to your Vision dealer, he should have some eyebolts tgat screw into the bottom of your front tip-over protectors. When I bought my vision I had to haul 400 miles and used a trlr lke yours. Thats what the dealer gave me and they are still srewed into bike to this day Why would you leave the eyebolts in? Don't they scrape on corners?
Edited by Lotzafun 2009-03-07 8:33 PM
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Cruiser
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Edmonton Alberta, Canada | I have trailered mine a couple of times, as we have a vast prairie to get to mountains, so on short weekends, 3-4 hours of night time driving through some of the worst moose and deer areas. Gives us a great two days of sunshime saddle time. In my enclosed I tie the front down by the manual, under and behind the headlight is a factory eye, on the rear, I use use the loops in the rear tip overs. I have loosened the front straps and the bike remains upright just by the rear straps. Also as I am unable to see in the trailer, I do not need to worrry about the rear wheel skipping to the of the trailer thus damaged side bag. |
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