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found on EBAY

THIS ITEM

If you do a little searching on Amazon or E-bay you can do way better with DO-IT-YOURSELF LED'S........they come in so many colors , styles , types, etc. it's really mind boggling. Also it's not hard to wire them up to a switch or permanent on........and much less expensive ....:opps:...sorry did I say a BAD word ......Mike :thumbup:
 
BLUEKNIGHT911 said:
If you do a little searching on Amazon or E-bay you can do way better with DO-IT-YOURSELF LED'S........they come in so many colors , styles , types, etc. it's really mind boggling. Also it's not hard to wire them up to a switch or permanent on........and much less expensive ....:opps:...sorry did I say a BAD word ......Mike :thumbup:
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I didn't see LEDS in the link. I saw a towing hook up.
 
Interesting..!!

Nice to have...another bike in the group with a hitch could get you to civilization safely.....:2thumbs:
 
The parts to do this are available at any ACE hardware store but not metric, you will have to change the lower shock bolts to SAE thread. I have even seen stainless eyes.
 
Thanks for sharing

Thanks for sharing that. Surely something to both think about and look into. A great idea for sure.
 
That puts a stress on the lower A arm in a way it wasn't designed to take. I see they are using it to load on a trailer; seems you could just drive up but perhaps the weight of the rider pushes the front end down too much so there isn't sufficient ground clearance(?).

I would put something on the bottom of the frame (eye bolt) and hitch to that to pull it up the ramp.

But, it is an invention...

Jerry
 
spacetiger said:
That puts a stress on the lower A arm in a way it wasn't designed to take. I see they are using it to load on a trailer; seems you could just drive up but perhaps the weight of the rider pushes the front end down too much so there isn't sufficient ground clearance(?).

I would put something on the bottom of the frame (eye bolt) and hitch to that to pull it up the ramp.

But, it is an invention...

Jerry
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:agree:
This type of invention is not a good one. Anyone that would add this to the front end of their Spyder and "tow" it up the ramp of a trailer better be ready to pay for many alignments on your front end as well as maybe replacing some bent pieces. The area is meant to support the trike while riding it - not used to tug it up a ramp.
 
Used sensibly it shouldn't hurt anything. Dare say if sensibly used it likely creates no more A arm stress than some of the road conditions we encounter daily. jmo
 
Jerbear said:
Used sensibly it shouldn't hurt anything. Dare say if sensibly used it likely creates no more A arm stress than some of the road conditions we encounter daily. jmo
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I disagree.

If you were to do the stress analysis on the area that they placed the eyehooks in, you will see that the joint was not made to be "pulled" on. Bounce up and down, and having a "push" affect (driving forward FAST) on the joints sure. They did not design the Spyder to go backwards at 75 mph. While this do much harm - maybe not, but why experiment on a piece of equipment that could cost you big bucks to have fixed?

I will drive the trike up the trailer and save the $75. :thumbup: Actually I need a trailer to first be able to drive the Spyder up. :pray:
 
belowme29 said:
I disagree.

If you were to do the stress analysis on the area that they placed the eyehooks in, you will see that the joint was not made to be "pulled" on. Bounce up and down, and having a "push" affect (driving forward FAST) on the joints sure. They did not design the Spyder to go backwards at 75 mph. While this do much harm - maybe not, but why experiment on a piece of equipment that could cost you big bucks to have fixed?

I will drive the trike up the trailer and save the $75. :thumbup: Actually I need a trailer to first be able to drive the Spyder up. :pray:
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Look in your manual....they wrap straps around the lower control arms to tow it up onto the trailer when transporting. ;)
 
These would be neat for tie downs...

Right now I tie through my front wheels to two tie downs that aren't in line with the wheels themselves, I do have a center tie down... and seeing as these are a tad farther inboard, it might put less stress/defection on the wheels as I tighten the rachets a tad.

Beats me...I think as long as you don't put a lot of force on it it is a good solution, but I can't see buying them for just towing up a ramp when you can just wrap a strap around the A arms anyway.
 
Wrapping a strap around the A-arms puts the load in-line with the pivot points; this moves it above them... :shocked:
It could put stresses in places not designed for quite that sort of thing; but it'd probably be a minor amount...
I give the guy some credit; I just wouldn't use it... JMHO
 
OK guys, in theory this is a good idea for tie downs and possibly short towing, now we need someone (and you know who you are) to improve on this theory and come up with something that will work and that you can manufacture for us non technical people.

This is probably a good project for someone, especialy on he tie down theory.

Cruzr Joe
 
AND THE SAFEST....CHEAPEST....STRONGEST ......ANSWER IS !!!!!....DRUM ROLL PLEASE

OK folks this is soooooooooooooooooo easy , Get some Nylon or Poly rope ( the more flexible the better ).....You are going to make a short strap 12 inches or so......and you are going to put it behind the front plastic underpanel ( under the frunk ) and around the MAIN CENTER FRAME. If the strap has TWO loops ( it will have to ) you can then attach any kind of tow rope you want to them........getting the tow strap around the frame is not super easy but very doable......Annnnnnnnnnnnnnnd you will not be stressing ANYTHING .......Cost probably nothing because you probably have the materials anyway...........Good Luck......Mike :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::2excited:
 
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