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May 08, 2012

street motorcycle hauling

Just purchased river forest 27ulp toy hauler. I need to haul 2012 harley touring bike. Whats the best way tie the bike down without drilling holes in the floor for wheel chocks. Does anyone have pics.

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  • I have a fabricated setup similar to fj12ryder, and got my idea from him based on his pics. I did mine cheaper however by using Harbor Frieght motorcycle stands (less than $70 each), not the chocks. The stands have a wider stance than the chocks and have built in tie rings. I bought a piece of aluminum angle from the metal yard and fit it between and attached it to the two front d-rings. I attached the two stands to the angle and so far so good. It's a fast set-up and take down once the bikes are unloaded. My next fabrication will be an electric winch set up to winch my bikes in when I have a steep angle on the ramp. Lighter bikes go in ok but heavier ones require someone pushing at the rear as you power it up the ramp, or the rear wheel spins and the bikes starts going sideways, not fun and always intimidating.

    http://www.harborfreight.com/motorcycle-stand-wheel-chock-97841.html

    Good luck.
  • I wouldn't strap to the handlebars. Kuryakyn makes some really nice frame mounted Tie-Downs
    that work far better than the handlebars.

    The aluminum frame system is cool. I just added a second row of tie downs to the RV floor, (made sure all the back sides were indeed through frames and added nuts/washers to them) I also positioned my chocks (not as nice as the Condors) and drilled holes in the floor. I then inserted threaded inserts into the floor (gorilla glued) so I can simply remove the chocks when I arrive and toss a rug over the floor. No bumps and simple. When I tie down I use the triangle method, a strap from the Kuryakyn tie down bracket to the front d-ring and one to the d-ring just behind the bike front floor boards. I usually haul 2 Ultra's and they've never moved.
  • I dont have a toy hauler, but the few times i have had my HD in the bed of the truck i would put a 4x4 and 1x4 block of wood under the frame at the engine. Then hook my straps to the fram at the crash bars, the wood acts as a stop so you dont over compress your forks.
    Also you didnt mention which model HD, but i know my ultra has rubber mounted handlebars so i would strap to them.
    My fathers TH has tracks in the floor which allow for hook points, he also puts some wood under the frame and then straps till the bike is sitting on the wood.
  • The chocks are standard Condor chocks, and an excellent unit BTW.

    I bought some flat 3/16" aluminum stock from a local metal supply shop, cut it to size, and had it welded. Then I slotted the holes for the D-rings, figured out the position for the chocks, and drilled the holes. Then I threaded the holes, countersunk the underside, and installed flat head allen bolts.

    I got the idea from another guy on here who had done something similar.
  • Mine looks like this:

    and this:

    The bolts are countersunk on the bottom of the aluminum flat stock and protrude up through holes in the chocks. With the front wheel in the chock it the tie downs really only keep it from wobbling around with virtually no front fork compression. I also use a couple tie downs at the back to keep the rear end from walking around.

    No need to drill any holes anywhere.

    (EDIT: Resized images to fit the page.)
  • Doesn't the toy-hauler have tie-downs built-in? I just used the four tie-downs to hold my motorcycle from four corners. Quality ratchet-straps pulling down four-ways; it wasn't budging.