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Spirit of Tassie

  • DocGreen
    DocGreen
    6 years ago
    gents, am heading over to Tassie later in the year on the bike with the bride and some mates and was wondering if any of you who have done the boat trip can offer any advice on securing the bike on the boat. Bikes a 2017 SGS BTW.
    I know HD sell brackets that attach under the front indicators that have tie down points in them, may go that way but would most likely be a one off use.
    Are the handle bars or engine bar suitable attachment points?
    On another note, do any of you use aftermarket TPMS on your bikes - had a serious blow out on the old Fatty once sitting on 110 with the bride on the back - wasn't pleasant.
    I do regularly check pressures before rides but anything can happen in a few hundred k's. I've been looking on fleabay, but it's difficult to know whats crap and whats not some times.

    cheers all

    DocGreen

  • Wideglider
    Wideglider
    6 years ago
    The ferries carry tens of thousands of bikes of every make every year without incident, they carry their own lashings (straps) which attach on handlebars/forks or engine crash bars then attach to lashing points on the deck. The ship's crew do all the securing while you watch if you like. A heavy duty rubber band is put around to squeeze in front brake lever. The staps they use will not damage or mark your bike.
  • mickle
    mickle
    6 years ago
    I used the Garmin TPSM, it drove me mad after a few weeks, couldn't get it to work correctly, always telling me batteries
    were flat on the front sensor, when it worked it was a handy gadget as how many times on a trip I have just jumped on
    and ridden off without checking to at least see that the tyres haven't gone down overnight, quick click on the Garmin would
    see everything in the green. I don't have a lot of patience with this sort of shit so the problem was more than likely just me.
  • bad_dog
    bad_dog
    6 years ago
    Don’t know about TPSM, when I take my Streetglide over on the boat they use the engine guard near the top of the frame, tie downs going from top left pulled to right and from top right pulled to left. Hope this helps, since my last trip I have fitted lowers so I now have the Harley tie down points below the indicators 
    Mick
  • DocGreen
    DocGreen
    6 years ago
    cheers for all the replies guys, and Mickle that's pretty disappointing about the Garmin set up - thought they would have been one of the better ones.
    Krash, I've seen that green goop shit you can put in your tyres, never used but may be something to consider for sure.

    cheers

    DocGreen 
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