Ferry Tiedowns

[Andrew Shadow]

I can confirm the ST1300 grab rails are plastic as mine broke when my garage collapsed on it as you can see in my avatar. Very burly plastic but plastic all the way through.

Good to know, I have wondered about that. I did put a magnet to them once to see if there was any steel in them and there wasn't. I thought that there might be aluminium alloy in there somewhere. I found it impossible to tell definitively by the feel of them.

I don't remember ever reading where Honda states to not use them as tie-down points. At the same time, I don't remember reading where they state that they can be used for that purpose either.
If they are robust enough to use a lifting point to hoist the motorcycle, I see no reason why they are not robust enough to us as a tie-down point if someone chooses to do so. I personally don't use them for that because I don't want to scuff the paint off of them. I use the tip-over bars like most people seem to.

 

[oude geit]

Every ferry I've been on had different requirements. From no straps to 3 straps, brake lock, in gear....etc Straps around the triple tree was best....for longer trips. Rough seas, harbor ferries don't see much rough sea so not so much needed.

 

[Uncle Phil]

I've got the Middleton Handbrake (predecessor to the Pendle) on all of my ST1100s.
It's a mighty handy piece of kit for sure as is the Pendle one.

 

[acedantinne]

! 5MM hex a the cover is removed.
Took Black ball ferry to Victoria Island. The deck hands tied the. bike for me. All was good. The other 3 ferry rides to get back to Seattle. Deck hand said Please stay with your bike parked in gear U on seat, U will be first off. Ok
Now about tieing that ferry down?

 

[drrod]

On the ferry from Isle of Man to Morcambe they simply ran a big rope through loops in the floor, over the seats of the rows of bikes and cinched it down. Bikes were on sidestand and in gear. You rode your bike up behind the one in front, got off, and stayed out of the way. The crew took only seconds to tie a bike down. Several hundred bikes on the ferry so there wasn't any time to fuss over tying down a special way.