You're joking, right? Even with pictures, no doubt!

 

Wheel chock, straps at lower legs, not compressing forks works perfect, no issues..Cali to Oregon and back..

 

That's just the way I would do it up front. No fork compression. Works greatly, lasts long time.

 

I hauled bikes back and forth to Daytona for years - 42' gooseneck, 8-10 bikes.

I am a big fan of front wheel cradles that are a chock and hold it straight - padded up to accommodate skinny front tires. I strapped to the handle bars with soft ties as close to the clamps as possible and used four straps up front - sometimes the second pair where on the forks lower than the handlebars. The angle was always forward and down compressing the front forks half way +/-. witht he bike being pulled down against its suspension and forward tighter into the cradle arresting forward movement.

The rears pulled aft with a fifth strap sometimes run left to right with one wrap around the tire/wheel; while trying to arrest rearward movement the big thing was to keep the rear when from walking left to right - especially the last two bike onboard as they get the roughest ride. That's where i usually put my bike as well as a lighter/smaller bike such as a Sportster. Soft ties where used everywhere except for the ratchet straps I had with soft ties already sewn into the straps. I had buckets of small rags to use for chafe protection as needed.

I never put the jiffy stands down while towing - ever.

There was also a thought NOT to put the bikes in gear as the slight fore/aft movement would move the piston, ever so slightly, over and over and over again in the exact same spot - with no oil pressure. I do not have an opinion one way or the other on that but did what the bike's owner desired. My on bike has been towed both in and out of gear and if anything happened, I wouldn't know.

Separate side story. I woudl start the bike to run them up on the trailer's ramp and into their spot onboard; you could tell a high compression engine, a weak battery, tired starter because i was doing one right after the other and the comparison was easy. One fellow, a friend of mine, whose bike I towed many times bragged about how he didn't know if his last oil change was 10, 12 or 15,000 miles ago. When i would go to start his bike, it fired right up but the starter spun it like the spark plugs were missing! Either he had a 24V battery or very low compression.

 

I had a problem the 1st couple of trips with bikes side by side. Was strapping to low down and it was sway. I got these, problem solved..
You don't have to compress it hardly at all for it to stay in place.

 

 

 

No help but have a question is that a class A MH toy hauler or 5ht wheel and what are the dimensions of the garage space Thanks.

 

 

I've trailered bikes for many years and many miles on flatbed as well as enclosed trailers and on pick up trucks.

The only issues that I've experienced is with the 'S" hooks on tie down straps disconnecting from their anchor point because of slack in the strap, cause by travel on some very "bumpy" roads.

In addition to frequently checking strap tension, I would highly recommend the tie-down straps with hooks that ahve the "spring lock safety" that prevents from disconnecting from an anchor point regardless of the amount of slack there is in a strap. (H-D sells these type of straps).