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With 4,000 miles round trip ahead I thought I'd look into a better tie-down arrangement for my H2. This may not be pretty but it's really SOLID.

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This is true. Where I grew up the hills were so steep and long, when your ball rolled down the hill you just said "screw it"...

Neat. Make a 4-point harness for it so you can haul it up a tree at night, and you won't take up a parking space at the meet.

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If it surges, that's normal, upshift.

You have WAY too much time on your hands They come from the factory with adequate tie down points But, for peace of mind and 5 mins work you are sorted As an aside, the quality of the straps is equally as important as their location on the bike -If you are a Sams Club member, do yourself a favor and spend $20 on a set of 4 Goodyear Ratchett tie downs - I buy nearly 1,000 pieces a year and have never had a failure other than bad routing (This pic is from the days before I found the straps a S C
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Always remember, there will be greater and lesser people than yourself . . . you can learn from either!

+1 on straps Rick, learned that one early on. Oh - if you have young adult kids - watch out - they'll steal them

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This is true. Where I grew up the hills were so steep and long, when your ball rolled down the hill you just said "screw it"...

I smell a 4-stroke in this bunch..

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Busy doing more riding than wrenching.......

Two of them even!

suprise, suprise, both 73 Z1's

What? No second level on either the truck or trailer? Tacky....very tacky!

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Well, this photos was taken 5 years ago, back when you could get a nice Z1 for $3,500, a couple of pals bought every one that came up for 6 months (around 40 of them) the price on Ebay then went from an average of $3,500 to $7,500 and following Months upwards from there
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When I first started transporting bikes with the 20ft flatbed I would get 10 bikes aboard . .. soon found out that with care (I Know it looks a mess) - I could get 14 aboard . . . didn't need to get in that toolbox anyway!
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Or 9 bikes and a race car
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Always remember, there will be greater and lesser people than yourself . . . you can learn from either!

and no one gorgeous Z 750 twin