Have you guys ever tied your bikes on a trailer? How did you do it? I usually go around the fork leg above the lower tree on the softail but I can't do it on the bagger.. Any ideas?

 

I use a wheel chock too. No ties above the wheel axles.

 

I always thought the higher the better. Guess not.

 

I go from the pass floorboard brackets like soos in the back...then on the front I go around the crash bar where it attaches at the top of the frame with soft straps

 

Kuryakyn sells some nice chrome brackets that attach on either side of your forks (the part where there are two bolts beside your switch caps). they look good, and work great.

Cannon

 

I use a Harbor Freight wheel chock to hold the bike upright..The Condor type....

Two tie downs from the fork/fender mount area (like SOOS), hooked to a section of E-Track... I have it pulling on the same angle as the forks straight down to the trailer floor.

Two tie downs going through the back wheel, one going left and one going right, so the bike doesn't shift in either direction.

SG did not move at all for the 325 mile trip to Lake George and then another 325 miles home.

 

Your a brave man.....I would not trust either of those tie down points but that's just me....

 

I have a wheel chock (loop or shoe type) on my trailer, never thought of going as low as the lower leg like Soos.. I was actually thinking of going around the grips with the loops and tying it down, but I'm not sure the bars are strong enough..

 

Geez, whatever you do, stay off the bars. You're right, the bars are not strong enough. They are at best, 1" diameter with a .04 -.06 wall thickness. Tying above the front wheel axle involves compressing the front shocks. Doing that will put tremendous pressure on the bars which could cause them to rotate down loosening the straps or damaging the bars and still loosening the straps. Tying at the axles does not compress the forks and lets the bike ride its own suspension.

 

I have gone to using a Condor chock and I only strap to the rider pegs, it will pull the suspension front and rear down anf the bike never moves. I use 2 set of straps on them. I use to do it the way SOS does it in his photos and never had an issue with the front fender either.