I truck my bike to a lot of remote riding areas, be it my home in Mexico, the mountains or the desert. Most of my favorite places to ride are at the end of dirt roads or twisty pavement, making it important that my motorcycle is well secured. I have seen what happens to an unsecured motorcycle after it has bounced out of a truck or trailer and more importantly I would never want to be responsible for causing an accident. I have seen new tie down systems come and go with very few improving on the old tried and true tie-down. Pro-Taper approached the problem with the idea of improving the tie-down itself without complicated mechanism and gimmicks.
The Pro-Taper tie-down has four neat features that really make it stand out in my mind:
1. The carbineer type lower clip makes for a bulletproof attachment that I don’t have to worry about disconnecting and dragging my bike down the pavement.
2. The built in swivel at the bottom of the strap means no more twisted tie-downs. The strap automatically un-twists itself, preventing jams in the mechanism.
3. The loose end of the strap has a Velcro loop to secure the slack and prevent the strap from flapping in the wind as you speed down the freeway.
4. The strapping itself is extra wide (1.5”) and features a “soft-tie” on the business end, so you wont scratch your nice new Pro-Taper Evo Handlebars on the way to your favorite riding area.
I own more sets of tie-downs than I care to count but if you see me trucking my KTM 250 XC-W, you can bet that I’m using my Pro-Taper tie-downs. If it’s good enough to secure my beloved motorcycle, it’s good enough for ‘The Malcolm Test’. Five Stars!
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