| Author | Message | ||
     09_1125r |
Anyone know from experience that 2 1125r's will fit side by side facing forward in a full size Chevy Silverado? Standard length/width box. I need to take a heavy fiberglass cover off to check. Thanks | ||
| Augustus74 |
If you dont have a bike handy, I can measure for you but have yet to try 2 bikes at once. | ||
| Ratsmc |
I cannot imagine they won't. The bed should be exactly the same width as my Ford and I can easily get my CR with bar-end mirrors and another bike back there. However, with a standard bed, it is very likely that the tailgate won't close. | ||
| D_adams |
I haven't done it as far as getting 2 in mine, but the tailgate will close. 6 1/2 foot standard bed. | ||
| Dano_12s |
Should be fine,had 2 1125r in a Dodge full size.Take off the inside mirrors. | ||
| 09_1125r |
Thanks for the input. I've had 2 rice rockets in the back on my old pickup. The other 1125r owner doesn't think they'll fit based on his measurements. If anyone has pics, please post. Width is the main concern. Length will work, I know at least the tire contact will be on the bed. This tonneau cover is a heavy PITA to remove. | ||
| 09_1125r |
Figuring out how we're going to get our 2 1125s down to Buelltoberfest from Cheeseland. | ||
| Froggy |
Couldn't you put one in backwards to give a little more room? | ||
| Rocketsprink |
I'm the other 1125R owner. My concerns are width, tie down points and the needless removal of mirrors and clip-ons. Outside tie down points are not the problem. However, inside, or between the bikes, concerns me very much. I've googled this and a lot of people from various forums run the straps through the other bikes rim, from inside clip on and rear passenger peg brackets, to outside bed hook. That's a lot of pressure on one hook. Also, the brake rotors tend to be a little sharp and some rubbing is all it takes to cut a strap and send one bike into the other, or worse yet. We did a trip a few years back, and a friend had his and his wife's bikes hooked up like that in a trailer. The strap didn't cut, but it put so much pressure on the rotor, it actually bent it, and she couldn't ride the entire weekend because you'd pump up the brakes and as soon as you rolled the bike, the bent rotor would push back on the piston and there would be no front brake pressure again. Took us about 3 hours to figure out the problem and he was a Buell Engineer. Also, the wheel chocks I have, one is 2 feet wide and one is 3 feet wide, which will not allow the bikes to be "centered". The only way is to try or put both bikes in the wheel chocks like they'd sit in the truck bed and measure it up before taking the cover off and finding out it won't work. If it will, then yank the thing off. But we need to have an option too. (Message edited by rocketsprink on September 26, 2010) | ||
| Hughlysses |
Is there a bolt through the bed near the center that you could replace with an eye-bolt? That'd give you a place for the tie downs between the bikes. | ||
| Stevek1125r |
Get 2 cheap harbor frieght front wheel chocks/holders and bolt them into the bed... 100.00 spent, and later the chocks can be removed for storing the bike in the garage.. thye also help oil changes make less mess. No need for criss crossing tie down straps. | ||
| Spank |
We had two bike in the back of a Ram last weekend...6ft bed. My 1125r and my buddies SV. We could close the tailgate with mine, but the SV was longer. Had mine on the passenger side of the bed and put a strap from the lower triple under the pod and down to the hook on the bed for the right side. For the left side we had the bike on the side stand, so that way I could get a strap over the pod from near the top of the triple through the front wheel of the SV. Hope with all my rambling it maybe painted you a little picture... | ||
| Rocketsprink |
his truck is pretty new, so I don't think drilling holes is an option. | ||
| Dano_12s |
No pics,but I had 2 front wheel chocks,the bikes were about 6" apart at closest point.Ran straps from lower trees w/the inner straps going through the other bikes wheel,then at rear used 1 strap to loop fully around wheel/tire using a towel where needed,then around other wheel/tire then snug down.No problems with the bikes moving around even on the "great PA.roads" we have here. | ||
| Rt_performance |
I just drilled and put 3 3/8" eye bolts in the bed there should be corner hooks in the stock dodge bed i would add one in the middle | ||
| Ratbuell |
Stagger the bikes. I took the Uly (with bags) and the S1W (with bar-ends and Buell Race clipons) to Last Ride. I staggered them by putting a 12" long chunk of 6"x6" post against the front of the bed. You can use that, or a cinderblock, or whatever...just something to keep the tire from going all the way forward. Loaded the Uly first, driver side, put it on the stand and left it sit. Loaded the S1W next, passenger side, and instead of the S1W's front wheel going to the front wall of the bed, it went to the 6x6. Kept the bars from "lining up". Strapped the S1W upright first, since the Uly was leaning away from it, then strapped the Uly. Tiedown points ('05 Dodge Ram, 8' bed, by the way) are in the bottom front corners of the bed. I think I ran the long strap for the S1W through the Uly wheel, but with the S1W sitting "back", the Uly long strap went in front of the tire no problem. | ||
| Pmjolly |
I used a Pitbull trailer mount for a road trip recently. It worked really well. I like the fact that there was no additional pressure on the suspension like you have with tie downs. I also like that I did not have to use tie downs at all. There were no scuff marks. I just rode the Buell up on the trailer and locked it in place. Really solid. | ||
| Jdugger |
You mean like this? Two 1125r, side-by-side, in a '94 Dodge 1500 RAM. The solution to drilling holes is use the chocks from the Harbor Freight with the front bar removed, and instead fashion your own. I used the post holes to run bolts through, and welded together a cross bar that the chocks mount to. Works like a champ.  | ||
| Rocketsprink |
What length box is your truck | ||
| Jdugger |
I have the 8ft, but with reasonable modifications to my chock design, I'm sure I could get it to fit in the 6.5ft Silverado bed, and *MIGHT* be able to get it in a standard 6ft bed, but that would be very tight. Now, other sport bikes, less so. But the 1125r is relatively short among sportbikes. | ||
| 09_1125r |
Thanks for the pic Jim. | ||
| Rocketsprink |
looks like the white bike is a little further back than the black one considering the handle bars don't line up. And what's with the mirror? Again,not saying it can't be done.....with a lot of fcking around with cutting, drilling, bolting, welding and modifying stands. I still say a trailer is a LOT LESS HASSLE. But that's just my opinion. | ||
| Father_of_an_era |
Looks like the mirror is just folded back to prevent from damaging it when the bikes shift during transport. | ||
| Jdugger |
Yea, perspective of the camera doesn't show the bikes are perfectly side-by-side. Mirrors will touch. When you have two bikes of different makes, it tends to work perfectly. I don't disagree a trailer is way easier. But, I'm short on space, so a Kendon would be the only option. My solution required about $100 worth of stainless steel and hardware. The Kendon is $2500. | ||
| Rocketsprink |
I hear ya. But we have a trailer at our disposal. | ||
| Ratbuell |
I still say a trailer is a LOT LESS HASSLE. I just don't get this. A block, a ramp, and four straps is all I need to get two Buells in the back of my truck. We're not talking Space Shuttle here... I loaded them both, at 4am, by myself, in ten minutes. And again - one was a Ulysses with all three bags. The other, an S1W with crossroads-style clipon bars and bar-end mirrors. Truck is a 3/4 ton Dodge 4x4 - not low to the ground, that ramp is FUN at 4am. Drove from Maryland to Wisconsin (and back again, after unload/ride around/reload), and they never touched each other the whole trip. It was only an hours' trip, but I've also had an Ultra and a Road King in the same bed, at the same time. No rubbing. Same model is a concern...until you put a 6" block in front of one tire. Then...they don't "match" anymore, and you have all the room you need. | ||
| Rocketsprink |
Problem is a 6" block in front of a tire in his truck would cause the rear tire to be hanging off the a$$ end of the truck. He wants to take the tailgate off for the 1500 mile round trip. A trailer IS a lot less hassle. I'll get down to Octoberfest one way or another. | ||
| Jandj_davis |
Get a bed extender. Granted, it takes up space when you're not using it, but it'll turn that 6.5' bed into a full 8' bed. (Message edited by jandj_davis on September 28, 2010) | ||
| 09_1125r |
Rocco, I'll take my mirror off. No big deal. | ||
| Rocketsprink |
Gotta to figure out how to strap down all 4 corners of the bikes without going through the rims. How to attach the wheel chocks to the bed as strapping the bikes to loose chocks is pointless. I planned on leaving after work on the 13th and getting back on the 17th or even the 18th. Can't bring the generator as there will be no room in the bed of the truck nor a tailgate and no place to lock it up when out riding. Plus all the camping and riding stuff. Cooler. Small grill. wanted to bring an EZ-Up. Will the ramp fit in the bed without bouncing out or up into the bikes? Got 15 days to figure it out. Not even sure if my chocks will work being different widths, and I'm not cutting and welding them. |
