Robert C Trauthwein

US Patent:

20030152436, Aug 14, 2003

Filed:

Feb 13, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/073332

Inventors:

Robert Trauthwein - Cedar Lake IN, US

International Classification:

B61D045/00

US Classification:

410/097000

Abstract:

A tie down device for securing modern sport type motorcycles having a full fairing to a truck or trailer bed without damaging the fairing. The device has a support T-bar that is secured to the central portion of the steering area of the motorcycle by a central stabilizer rod. The T-bar includes a tie down bar perpendicular to a stabilizer rod having a height stop. The stabilizer rod fits within a center-bored nut on the steering stem and into the frame neck of most sport motorcycles. Adjacent to and spaced inward from each end of the tie down bar are handle bar stabilizing hooks and tie down eyelets for attachment of standard tie down straps. The invention provides tie down points for securing the motorcycle without attaching the tie down straps to the motorcycle, thus avoiding damage to the fairing and handle bars.