Frame sliders as tie downs

[derf]

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

http://www.cbr600rr.com/pages/reviews/yoyo/DSCF0042.JPG

http://www.cbr600rr.com/pages/reviews/yoyo/tDSCF0054.JPG

[tommymac]

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

Tom

[derf]

Yeh that is yoyodyne

[CrazyKell]

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]

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]

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]

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

[shmike]

Great idea.

[CasterTroy]

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

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

[Hydrant]

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

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


And stayed at a Holiday Inn last night.

:lol


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

[Amber Lamps]

What a surprise... I have two different brands of these...:lol: I have the Yoyodyne ER type and a different company...too lazy to go look!:lol:

The ER ones are GREAT as tie downs...not so much as sliders. I had a small get off on my bike and because the slider screws on to the base, it doesn't have a great deal of material. Basically it cracked and flew away immediately. Also, you have to wait until the bike has cooled down to remove the slider and install the tie down mount.

The other type I have uses three screws to hold the slider or tie down on to the base which affords you a lot more slider material BUT I had nightmares about the bolt's shear strength and quit using them. To be fair, because the slider and/or tie down mount fits onto a "lip", I'm sure that the stress isn't carried by the bolts.

I just got back from hauling my bike to Knoxville, TN and used my Canyon Dancer. The other major problems with frame slider tie downs are the proximity to the body work and because the mounting point is lower, some ratchet straps start out with too much "dead strap" which leaves you with little pull down room.

Other than that, they work awesome! I obviously suggest that you use a wheel chock with them though to keep the front wheel straight. Something that is not necessary using Canyon Dancers. Btw you can almost always just use Soft Straps to wrap around any frame sliders and tie off that way. I used to do that because I had MoMo carbon fiber grips that I was afraid of cracking.

[HokieDNA01]

I have them on my bike and have never used the tie-down rings. I use a cannon dancer or handle bars because they are up higher and offer more stability. They are great frame sliders though for the numorous "drops" I have had. Haven't laid it down at any speed though so I'm not sure how they would do.