Canyon Dancers and trailer transport

Hey guys,

Apologies if this has been discussed (I did a search, but couldn't find my specific question answered).

There was someone on the club pani v4 facebook page (possibly a member on here too) saying they bent their handle bars with tie downs during transport (but no specific accessory mentioned). Anyway, I'm about to hire a bike trailer for transport, and was considering the Canyon Dancers and those rear *things* that hold the wheel down (because a) I do it so rarely; b) don't own a bike trailer; and c) am just trying to keep it simple and the cost down). I didn't want to get into buying extra stands, chocks etc... for a once or twice a year thing. I don' t have any transportation equipment at the moment.

Questions:
1) Has anyone else experienced handle bar bending using the Canyon Dancers (or equivalent)... and if so is it due to incorrect use or just something that can happen if the stars line up?
2) Original or v2 dancers? v2 has those cups which are supposed to prevent grip and control cover damage... but there's a warning about damaging bar end bolts?
3) Any other good value for money reliable options? I've seen people tie down from where the front brakes meet the forks, but that doesn't make me comfortable as a) it's pretty low down (in terms of balancing leverage); and b) the lateral force there... I just don't know??

Anyway, thank in advance.

Nads

Strap the bike down via the bottom yoke is preferable to going from the handlebars.
You can get small brackets, that mount where the pillion pegs mount, for rear straps.
A tyre down and front wheel chock is a great way to go. But the front chock needs securing in place, and tie points fitting to the back for the tyre down.

The more I think about it, I like the bracket in the foot peg idea.
I’ll have a look into the lower yoke. Thanks ;-).

Secured front chock will provide most of the support to hold the bike up leaving you to use a canyon dancer or other ties to stabilize and provide a back-up to the chock. Also reduces the need to crank the front down and fully compress the front suspension potentially causing damage. The rear ties then become a 3rd stabilizing effort, again not requiring the rear suspension to be fully compressed.

Pit Bill Trailer Restraint is the only way to go.

I second the TRS....no straps needed.

TRS is pretty solid choice

Yes TRS is the way to go! I haul a lot in my truck and didn't want to mount trs in the box. I have been using canyon dancers both with the stock clip ons and now my aftermarket ones and have had no issues. I use wheel chock, canyon dancer, and have the aella rear tie down points that connect to the rear subframe.

Bike has seen approx 3100 miles of transport in this configuration.



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Agree with most posts, have used canyon dancer with front wheel chock for many, many years/miles with no problems, also accompanied with soft ties to the rear subframe for additional stabilization. People tend to way over compress the front suspension because they don't understand what a good wheel chock does. FYI the "professional" motorcycle shippers I've seen crank the front down to the point of bottoming out, they are gorillas!

Took the V4 and a couple 600s to the track yesterday

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Took the V4 and a couple 600s to the track yesterday
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can you mount the pitbull TRS either way?

Yes....but for the bike to fit in my truck bed and to not have to cut any of the supports under the bed, I had to use the "backwards" way of mounting.

Pit Bull is the only way to go.

TRS is the ...., i love mine, but i cant see anyway bending a bar using a canyon dancer, your not supposed to even bottom out the suspension