Tyre down

[Captain]

I love my tyre down, great product.
Looks like the 'experts' agree, here it is on "New Inventors' (from last night) ... and it won :ayyy:

New Inventors on ABC (http://www.abc.net.au/tv/newinventors/txt/s2557435.htm)


And at $ 150, it's a bargain (http://nswrats.com/shop/?tyre-downs,29)

[heretic]

seen it and looks like a good invention.

[CowskinBodybag]

held my bike in just fine, and it weighs 230 kilos or so.

[Captain]

I was a little surprised to see it on 'new inventors', given that it's been on the market for a few years now ... and widely used.

[ozducati]

I have 2 of them, guaranteed to make life easy when loading and transporting the bikes around...

[Col]

i use one when transporting my tard cos the handguards prevent me from using the handlebar ones

good aussie product
i saw them use it on that superbike school in the UK too

go aussie

[Dr freedom]

The new inventors would have a massive backlog of people whove contacted them to show off their products.

[Captain]

You're probably right.

[Dr freedom]

I couldnt think of any other reason.. tyre downs have been around for a while as mentioned.

[X27]

I have one too, I dont think I trust it to hold my bike all on its lonesome

[Bigdog]

I have one too, I dont think I trust it to hold my bike all on its lonesome

I have done a few trips from Sydney to Phillip Island with mine and if correctly installed, the bike doesn't move. You just need a strap to hold the front wheel down and your good to go.

[Captain]

I have one too, I dont think I trust it to hold my bike all on its lonesome

I think you can, although I have two loose straps on the side, just in case. The only bit that remotely could fail is the weld, if it wasn't done properly for instance, but I've never heard of that happening. Other than that it's good.

I do wonder what would happen if you were involved in an accident though, we have plenty of rules for vehicle safety, even when you carry stuff in a van there are rules (eg safety cage) but a bike on the back of a trailer? Best not to think about it ...

[ozducati]

I use a couple of these "Bike Grabs" in the front of the trailer, then the Tyre Downs on the back, holds the bikes perfectly.. if am going further than EC then I tie the front down using endless ratchet straps looped through the front brake caliper mounts.. no compressing the front or rear suspension then...

http://i720.photobucket.com/albums/ww206/Michael2511/webgrabsingle20plates.jpg

[X27]

I've only used mine twice. I have a trellis frame so Im able to use it as a tie point without effecting the suspension. I tried around the radial calipers but the distence is too short for the ratchets. I found it moves (wobbbles) a bit more than when I use four ratchet straps, Im sure I tighten the TD good cus it gets to a point where its near impossible to get another click out it. My trailer is getting on, I think I need some other form of bike transporter....device thing.

[Cedric]

Mine broke - probably operator error but the ratchet locking piece bent and gave no purchase on one of the sides. I back it up with ratchet straps, better safe than sorry, and can never have too many ratchet straps!