got an sp1 cover Monday, will put to use this weekend and see what happens. Ktm 500 with a cmx 129 kit.
cover for snowbikes?
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got an sp1 cover Monday, will put to use this weekend and see what happens. Ktm 500 with a cmx 129 kit.
Just received mine in the mail, hope it holds up. Hate not having my bike covered in the winter. The old timbersled one I had didn't even last a whole trip before it started getting wear spots in it from flapping.
I emailed these guys the other day to see if they’d consider making one. Haven’t heard back. http://dirtbagdesigns.com/product/original-dirtbag/
Back when Yakima Tent made the heavy duty trailerable covers, I think they were a bit over $300...but that was 6+ years ago. They stopped selling to the public when they soley started making them for Timbersled. Then i think timbersled went offshore to get the price lower and/or changed design. After the polaris purchase, who knows were that left everything. Yakima may well be able to make them again; be that make a run of them (expect $400 each nowadays), or be that a one off for a bit higher price. I probably have the contact info floating around here somewhere.
If the cheap ones are shredding, it's worth paying once for quality. They will never be as cheap as the mass produced, offshore produced but good quality OEM snowmobile covers. We are still a small niche market. Skidoo probably sells more covers in a week than all snowbike covers sold in a year. Ha.
If the cheap ones are shredding, it's worth paying once for quality. They will never be as cheap as the mass produced, offshore produced but good quality OEM snowmobile covers. We are still a small niche market. Skidoo probably sells more covers in a week than all snowbike covers sold in a year. Ha.
I’m going to take some gorilla tape and a half dozen bungees and try to make this SP1 last the season. Will report back on how that’s working out.
That thing looks like it could easily be modified by them to make a snowbike one! They'd probably have to have a decent amount of interest first.
We have a local canvas shop here I've been thinking about taking my cover in and asking them to either reinforce it or what it would cost to make a duplicate out of better materials.
I picked up the TS one for cheap but it was basically a waste of money not lasting more than half way on a trip before it started wearing a hole in it from flapping. I hope this SP1 last at least a few trips, salt is hard to get off a bike, it gets everywhere. I'd be willing to spend a bit more if there was some warranty with it that it lasts at least a year or two without the wind taking it out. Or a company that was willing to repair it even if it did start to go.
I"ve got several trips on my cover now and it is still holding up well. After I get the cover on, I connect the bottom in about 4 spots using loops and carabiners then I put a bungee around the body/engine/seat part of the bike. This keeps the wind from getting inside the cover. I'm still happy with it.
Hope that works. Too bad you have to jerry rig their “trailerable” cover to keep it from ripping. The other issue with SP1 is that nobody knows how to contact them and the retailers that sell the SP1 stuff won’t warranty it or let you return it for full credit. That’s been my experience. Never like buying anything from a company that doesn’t stand behind their product and has zero customer service.
I have a buddy that's a canvas guy. Made mine and his out of sunbrella. He's got too many yachts to work on to support snowest and doesn't want the work, but I could get a template to another boat canvas guy if they want to start a winter side hustle.
I’ll take a copy of the template if you could get one
