School me on enclosed trailer set-up

A jack stand under the foot peg works OK for a short term side stand. Just put it close in against the foot peg mount so there is less leverage to bend anything. If you are anal about scratching the bottom of your foot peg or the top of your jack stand, put a rag between them. That will hold the bike up long enough to put a TRS on.

 

Shit. That is a good idea too. I keep some jackstands in there for rear spring swaps. That would be easy enough.

 

It was the PitBull fork-lift stand.

I had just started racing and hadnt messed with bikes much (in general). It seemed like a good enough idea at the time. But it wasnt.

I have had the RSV4 come off of just the front stand before to. We tried it a couple of years ago for some reason. I cant remember what it was. But we wanted to leave it just on the front stand for a few seconds, and it almost fell over but Livengood caught it.

I just dont trust it.

 

Yep. When coaching i will sometimes leave mine on Pit wall so i can get off and bullshit with people on the grid.
https://www.rockymountainatvmc.com/p/875/6944/Excel-Pro-Series-Triangle-Stand

 

I didn't read everything but I want to say that I also didn't want to spend the money on the TRS system and just like my LASIK surgery I would pay double or triple the price since I value it so much now that I have it. I have a base system in the truck and in the trailer.

I have an enclosed trailer and an open trailer. Choose to always put the bike in the truck if I'm traveling alone. Even when I'm picking up friends I still put my bike in the truck and haul their trailer to make dropping off easier.

 

Look at this exhaust keychain.

 

I think the front stands that go into the center of the triple are more stable when no rear stand is used. When yours fell was it the kind that go under the fork bottoms? When using a front stand in the triple, if the steering head turns, pretty much nothing will happen. If you are using the one on the fork bottoms, if the steering head turns, the bike is going down.

 

that overhead shot of the pickup is exactly what makes the TRS so useful - you can put the bike so close to the edge without worrying about a tie-down point beyond the width of the vehicle.

On my open trailer, I run an old stop-sign post across the front edge of the trailer. It extends 6-8" beyond the deck so that I can get my tie-down points further away from center, and fit 2-3 bikes more easily. I could accomplish the same thing much more simply with 3 TRS setups, but I can't rationalize the expense for XR100's that were only $400-$900 when I bought them :P

 

Yep, fork kind.

And yep, it will.

That is what happened with the Ape also, the bars got bumped and it threw one of the fork legs off the stand.

 

Someone from the AFJ group posted a picture up of his toolcart. He bolted a couple tabs on the end and uses a PitBull TRS to lock his tool chest into the trailer. No more E Track or ratches straps. When not in use, he just bungees it up. Pretty solid idea.

 

Where the hell was your Uccio when this happened?

 

This was in 09 when i first started racing. I had none then.

 

On the SV (at least the 1G), the swing arm bolt (that connects swingarm to frame) is hollow and the exact right size for MX stand, works perfect for temporary parking.

 

So yeah, for the record my front stand is a first gen Pit-bull triple lifter.

 

It seems like it'd be simple to make pins for the swing arm pivot instead of the rear axle.

 

WTF did that come from?

 

Broome :shrug: