Prem wrote:professorkx,Wow! You had it all in that van, but didn't you worry that if you ever got in a collision that all that weight in the rear would come flying forward and take out the driver's seat?
Yup, that was a concern, so everything was built with that concern in mind. This van was actually my third van (fifth van conversion, since both my sons had race vans as well). The bike is connected to the wall at the top on both sides, and the rear seat frame at the front wheel, so the bike wasn't going anywhere except in a very violent crash. My son actually went off the road in one accident in his van and the bike never came loose, just bounced around a lot.
Spare wheels were tied to the bike on the wall side, so they were locked in pretty good. Race gas was at the race site, so only fuel was in the bike. The nitrogen tank was mounted on it's side to the floor behind the rear seat using two standard cylinder mounts, so the tank wasn't going anywhere no matter how bad the crash. Microwave and tool box were bolted to a shelf which was bolted to the wall, but nothing else had much weight.
The final mitigate was that I traveled with the rear seat back in the up position (its down for these pictures), which would help stop most things flying forward in an accident. I felt like I was able to mitigate any concern of flying debris that would kill me in an accident, but thankfully, never test that theory. Longest drive without stopping was 35 hours, and 24 hours straight was pretty common, so I had a lot of practice driving without sleeping. In fact, I once drove from Idaho to North Carolina in about 50 hours by myself, and it was snowing through Colorado and Utah. I loved racing endurance events, so had to do whatever it took to get to the race site the day before each event. Still miss this part of my life after quitting at age 52, but found other outlets for my adrenalin fix...
That stubby one in the background? 
by Prem » Thu Dec 04, 2014 11:23 am 
Cool. 
