Cant believe it happened! By nicpaige (Read 902 times)

[nicpaige]

???Well I made myself a really nice scooter rack and ramp for the back of my motor home and we got to use it last weekend. Worked great. Thought I heard some strange noises as we pulled into our driveway. Walk around and the scooter was laying parrallel to the road and Im guessing we dragged it about 3/4 mile that way. The only damage I have seen so far is the brake lever broke and the end of the handle bar grip was ground down to the handlebar. One of the ratchet straps came loose (may have had it routed wrong through the ratchet). We were very lucky it didnt come off and injure someone on the highway. The thing I have noticed is these scooters done have convenient strap attachment points. I have ordered some soft straps that loop over the handlebars and rear grip handles and will be fabricating a front wheel corral also. Dont want this happening again for sure.

[alleyoop]

HOLY MACARONNIE!! Yes I would say your lucky it did not really come loose and was at least being dragged. Its amazing nobody was beeping the horn at you trying to get your attention or sometime.
Alleyoop

[prodigit]

Poor bikie! A hair away from motorcycle heaven!

[tvnacman]

That hurts , look on the bright side . You have the scooter and you know no one got hurt . I would be thankfull !!!

John

[cruiser]

You are lucky there wasn't more damage. It doesn't take long to grind away plastic and if the gas tank was involved, you probably wouldn't even be posting here.

I had a back up monitor camera on my motorhome. I wired it so I could turn it on whenever I was towing something and this would allow me to keep an eye on things. You might want to think about doing this.

[nicpaige]

Well I replaced the brake handle and got me some soft sided looped attaching straps. So we are back in business.