Frame sliders as tie downs

derf · 10-14-2009, 09:36 PM

http://www.cbr600rr.com/pages/reviews/yoyo.htm

Found this, thought it was a cool idea, use your frame sliders as tie downs for towing your bike

tommymac · 10-14-2009, 09:38 PM

yoyodyne makes those a friend had them and they seemed to work prety well.

Tom

derf · 10-14-2009, 09:41 PM

Yeh that is yoyodyne

CrazyKell · 10-14-2009, 10:01 PM

I don't need my frame sliders as tie downs.

I have a canyon dancer or I tie down to the forks.

I don't need my frame sliders as tie downs.

I have a canyon dancer or I tie down to the forks.

racedoll · 10-14-2009, 10:02 PM

Not sure what I think about those. I think I need to see them actually being used to decide if it is a good idea.

Hydrant · 10-14-2009, 11:18 PM

Not having frame sliders, or being completely familiar with them. But from what I have seen, the sliders stick out from the side of the bike a couple inches or so, and those eye attachments probably the same. It just seems with those eye attachments being so far away from the frame, that with the use of straps there would be a lot angular downward pull (say 45 to 90 degrees). I know the frame is obviously very strong, and strong enough to take a good blow with the sliders on, but if you have a lot of tension on the straps, and the truck or trailer should take a good bounce, that tension will increase quite a bit. With that much tension, would the threads in the frame be able to withstand that much constant tension, or a quick spike in tension?

Just a quick thought when I first saw that.

Phenix_Rider · 10-15-2009, 08:59 AM

I don't think they'd be high enough to be much use as tie downs.

shmike · 10-15-2009, 09:46 AM

Great idea.

CasterTroy · 10-15-2009, 09:51 AM

I think it's placing a great deal of levered tension load on an area thats somewhat designed to have a compression load

What do I know though...... engineering school was over a decade and a half ago

Hydrant · 10-15-2009, 09:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CasterTroy

I think it's placing a great deal of levered tension load on an area thats somewhat designed to have a compression load

What do I know though...... engineering school was over a decade and a half ago

And stayed at a Holiday Inn last night.

You took my paragraph of rambling and made it make sense in only 2 sentences. Bastard

10-14-2009, 09:36 PM	#1
derf token jewboy Join Date: Nov 2008 Moto: CBR 900, KLR ugly ass duckling, Gas Man Posts: 10,799	Frame sliders as tie downs http://www.cbr600rr.com/pages/reviews/yoyo.htm Found this, thought it was a cool idea, use your frame sliders as tie downs for towing your bike __________________

10-14-2009, 09:41 PM	#3
derf token jewboy Join Date: Nov 2008 Moto: CBR 900, KLR ugly ass duckling, Gas Man Posts: 10,799	Yeh that is yoyodyne __________________

10-15-2009, 09:46 AM	#8
shmike Follower Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 5,549	Great idea. __________________ Racing For Smiles

10-15-2009, 09:51 AM	#9
CasterTroy ................ Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: NC Posts: 3,028	I think it's placing a great deal of levered tension load on an area thats somewhat designed to have a compression load What do I know though...... engineering school was over a decade and a half ago __________________ “Being tolerant does not mean that I share another one’s belief. But it does mean that I acknowledge another one’s right to believe, and obey, his own conscience.” Viktor Frankl

10-14-2009, 09:38 PM	#2
tommymac Moto GP Star Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 11,022	yoyodyne makes those a friend had them and they seemed to work prety well. Tom

10-14-2009, 10:01 PM	#4
CrazyKell Vrooom Join Date: Nov 2008 Moto: 06 ZX6R Posts: 4,427	I don't need my frame sliders as tie downs. I have a canyon dancer or I tie down to the forks. I don't need my frame sliders as tie downs. I have a canyon dancer or I tie down to the forks.

10-14-2009, 10:02 PM	#5
racedoll AMA Supersport Join Date: Nov 2008 Moto: '04 Kawasaki ZX6RR Posts: 3,392	Not sure what I think about those. I think I need to see them actually being used to decide if it is a good idea.

10-14-2009, 11:18 PM	#6
Hydrant WERA Yellow Plate Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio Moto: 2003 Suzuki TL1000R, 2002 Honda CBR 600 F4i Posts: 660	Not having frame sliders, or being completely familiar with them. But from what I have seen, the sliders stick out from the side of the bike a couple inches or so, and those eye attachments probably the same. It just seems with those eye attachments being so far away from the frame, that with the use of straps there would be a lot angular downward pull (say 45 to 90 degrees). I know the frame is obviously very strong, and strong enough to take a good blow with the sliders on, but if you have a lot of tension on the straps, and the truck or trailer should take a good bounce, that tension will increase quite a bit. With that much tension, would the threads in the frame be able to withstand that much constant tension, or a quick spike in tension? Just a quick thought when I first saw that.