$10 part cost me MY HYPER!!!!!!!! - Ducati.ms

acoolsubi · Nov 18th, 2010, 7:05 pm

So I was transporting my 09s on my bike carrier in SoCal yesterday. On the 405 I hit a fwy rhythm section and felt a snap. Next I notice a missing motorcycle behind me. Doing 65+ I quickly exited the lanes and discovered half a tie down connected to one side of the carrier. Next I noticed a bike that looked beautiful 10 minutes previous ground down and busted up hanging by the rear tire strap only. What a s**ty day! I'm guessing it's a total loss because the swing arm is scratched up, the header is dented, the fairings busted, the bars are ground down and twisted, the frt brakes feel tweaked, the frame is nicked and lst goes on.

08hyper · Nov 18th, 2010, 7:14 pm

That sucks, lets hope the insurance company doesn't give you any sh*t.
Good thing the bike didn't let go, and cause a BIG ACCIDENT!

Aloha Alex

el tardo · Nov 18th, 2010, 7:17 pm

that happened to my friends crf and now i always use two tie downs per side and a extra on the rear wheel.
sorry to hear what happened,you did get lucky that you didnt cause a big pile up with cars behind you.

acoolsubi · Nov 18th, 2010, 7:29 pm

Two straps - got it

Boy this sucks but I'll never let that happen again! I also wrap the rear tire once and this is the only thing that held it on. Sorry to hear about the crf - guessing no ins there, bummer

Alex - good point bout the cars behind me. That was my biggest fear besides being hyperless

Nginear · Nov 18th, 2010, 9:41 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by acoolsubi

That was my biggest fear, being hyperless

Fixt

Decreasing Dave · Nov 18th, 2010, 10:00 pm

I don't do bike carriers. I bought a giant, lifted Superduty to haul my bike around.

Those carriers just look too scary for a 400 pound bike.

Sorry to hear about your Hyper.

Dave

redscout · Nov 19th, 2010, 9:00 am

I know that has to hurt a BUNCH, but imagine how cool it was to watch from the other lane. Surely in this age of iPhones, someone got a shot of it...

Ed243 · Nov 19th, 2010, 9:18 am

Makes me ill. Trailering sucks.

Martyn · Nov 19th, 2010, 9:37 am

Sorry to hear about that. It happens more than you might think. I use Ancra tie downs, they are the best. And using an enclosed trailer or in my case a van really gives you some more security. Pick up a used van and you will be happier. It's probably all fixable. Good luck to you.

yellow cake · Nov 19th, 2010, 3:13 pm

Stop buying cheap tye-downs.....

ONLY buy Ancra's...It was funny when Decreasing Dave and I went to cali, we were both protective of our tye downs...because no one wants to lose an ancra..

The Walmart or Vato-zone ones are complete crap.

That said, I don't like to use the pull-tights on heavy bikes like the hyper, so I bought a set of the ratching ancra's from On Any Moto...

They're absolutely AMAZING.