P500 no park

[rocmar]

From the manual:

Do not tow your Honda SXSbehind a car or other vehicle except on a trailer.

When you transport your Honda SXS,we recommend that you carry the vehicle in its normal operating position (on all four wheels).

Follow these procedures:
1. Set the parking brake, and the drive select lever in 4WD.
2. Secure the vehicle with tie-down straps in the areas shown.

• Suitable tie-down straps are available from your dealer.
• Ordinary rope is not recommended because it can stretch
  under load. Using tie-down straps in any other areas can damage yourHonda SXS.

3. Rock the vehicle back and forth to make sure the tie-down straps are tight and the vehicle is secure.

I read that...once...haha

 

[DaddyDubbs]

From the manual:

Do not tow your Honda SXSbehind a car or other vehicle except on a trailer.

When you transport your Honda SXS,we recommend that you carry the vehicle in its normal operating position (on all four wheels).

Follow these procedures:
1. Set the parking brake, and the drive select lever in 4WD.
2. Secure the vehicle with tie-down straps in the areas shown.

• Suitable tie-down straps are available from your dealer.
• Ordinary rope is not recommended because it can stretch
  under load. Using tie-down straps in any other areas can damage yourHonda SXS.

3. Rock the vehicle back and forth to make sure the tie-down straps are tight and the vehicle is secure.

Gotta love instructions "(on all four wheels)" - you know they had to put that in because some idiot tried to transport on its side or upside down.

 

[Bastardchild]

While towing leave it in neutral with parking brake. Otherwise every road impact and being transferred into your transmission. It doesn't need that. And use lots of straps... Like 4. Redundancy, its never good when your like sh**! that last strap was holding it on!

Good advice. I never thought about it like that.

 

[oldfortyfive]

If you are in gear, have the brake on and are properly cinched down I wouldn't worry too much about the road impacts. If the gears are that poor I would have seen issues by now my 10,000 or so miles of trailering.

 

[Chooglin]

If you are in gear, have the brake on and are properly cinched down I wouldn't worry too much about the road impacts. If the gears are that poor I would have seen issues by now my 10,000 or so miles of trailering.

X2

 

[RydeAK]

If you are in gear, have the brake on and are properly cinched down I wouldn't worry too much about the road impacts. If the gears are that poor I would have seen issues by now my 10,000 or so miles of trailering.

Yea they are probably fine. Just remember the gear will only hold it one direction... I have not really wrapped my head around the transmission and how it works but push it around you’ll see. Forward gear will only stop it from rolling forward and reverse will only stop it from rollin back. I have to do this on my Yamaha Wolverine 350 as well cause the parking brake on that is a joke.

 

[RydeAK]

the straps may also loosen over bumps if there was tire friction holding it in place when cinching it down. I like neutral as it rolls into the cinched down position. then apply the brake or put it in gear. If that makes any sense..

 

[Bastardchild]

I actually almost always leave my p5 in gear though just because the damn parking brake never works. It gets jammed with mud and the little 'clickers' that you hear when you pull on the handle dont 'click'. Lol I either need to somehow install an inline hydraulic lock or maybe somehow figure how to put it up to the left of the steering wheel on the dash like the P7.

 

[RydeAK]

 

[RydeAK]

This is the one I was looking for lol