Condor wheel chock review and suggestions and how to properly strap down your motorcycle
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- Опубликовано: 8 авг 2019
- Brief video with tips and recommendations on how to properly strap a motorcycle down in a trailer along with a review and suggestions using the SC2000 Condor wheel chock.
4 years on and still relevant advice in a changing world. Thank you
Well done! I have two very different bikes and now have the information to correctly strap them to the trailer. Refreshing to hear from someone who actually tows and or hauls vehicles and freight for a living. Real life experience.
So glad there are good people like yourself that explain how to and don't
Wreck your very expensive motorcycle 🏍 nice job
Really informative video, I use 1/2” bolts through the trailer floor with a backing plate under the frame to secure my condor.And use the bikes suspension to float. Front forks of the H-D by strapping over the forks fender bolts and double ratchet tie down straps each side as I had one break once
awesome video. love the idea to strap over the front tire. was kind of worried about the lower tree on my first front fairing bike. us former dirt bikers know about cinching down the front forks to much. thanks very informative.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge- very helpful- glad I’ll be securing my motorcycle properly moving fwd.
Thank you for the information and like I say I learn something new everyday. I ordered the Condor pit stop for my Ultra Limited. I used to have a Street Guild had to get the couch because I ride Two Up now.
Nice job. Very well informed.
Good info. Thank you. There are times I can't just ride the bike, like when I'm taking my whole family on vacation but would like to have the bike with us for some Mom and Dad time while the kids play Nintendo!
Hey Man, thanks for your time and help. I'm curious to and update the wheel chock now you have used it etc. I'm also wondering what if or couldn't a guy replace the bolts that hold the wheel chock to the brackets?
Great video!
Thanks for the thoughts. Good things to consider
Excellent information
Good advice. I’ve never trailered any of my bikes in the past. In about a month I’m going to and travel about 10 hours to west Texas.
Great video thanks. I have a very similar chock from harbor freight and I've been strapping only the sprung weight on the front of my zx6r. Will use your method instead.
Excellent information! Looks like your fenders were probably fine since the wheel lifts up enough for clearance in the chock. If you check out SRK Cycles or Bikes and Beards, they move hundreds of bikes by strapping to the forks at the fender mount using Tank Straps. They have a test vid using just 2 Tank Straps to prove how well they work.
Thanks for your time.
Ya gave me some ideas
Nice bike! That was a good video too. I think Im going to try this chock out on my harbor freight table lift. The lift seems great for the money. But, I have tried a bunch of different chocks and they all suck!. I tried the HF's version of this chock (the one that looks like the condor) and I returned it. The HF table is high up off the ground and the pin that holds the rear part of the HF chock (the condor clone) prevents the tire from easily driving into the chock. Its a pain to get it back out for this reason too. It's like trying to back your bike up over a speed bump while sitting on it. The only good thing about it is the front part of the chock is all one piece, nice and tall and doesnt need adjusting like the condor.
I see what you're saying about those two pieces being too close together and creating a gap off the floor. I don't understand the design. Why not just make it without those. Or, if they are there for lateral strength weld them flush with the bottom so theere is no gap between chock and floor. I have a vtx 1300 and a cbr 1000 so I want something that will work for both with minimal fuss. I don't mind moving a pin to a different setting but, I don't want to be unbolting things. Thanks
Thanks for the wisdom..
Can you just run a bolt thru the trailer floor and then use a backer plate on the bottom of the trailer as well as larger washers on the back? Or how about using e-track in your trailer and attaching the chock to the e-track?
Nice video thanks, I suppose this would be safe to use on a motorcycle lift?
nice job. was wondering about that fender.
Nothing is overkill and basically you don't want to damage the bike or create a hazard on the road...Good job brother!
Thanks for your excellent advice and professional experience working in the towing industry. I was wondering if your Condor chock was locked/bolted onto the floor of your trailer or can it be used without bolting for those that are renting a trailer and cannot drill or insert mounting brackets. Thanks in advance.
7:46pm, I have 2019 gildwing dct and would to no where in the rear is a good place to strap it down.
Exelent advice
Any way for a short person to get the bike out of the wheel chock without a strain?
I have a Victory Cross Country. The rear part of the fender is an issue like you stated. Did you take pictures or do a video on how much you took off that Cradle piece so it would clear the Fender? I think Many Vic Owners want to know this. Thank you.
Just put a dirt bike fender and relax…or take a hack saw to the fender. No problem and relax.
How do you keep the front tire from rolling forward or backward when strapping over the apex? Seems like, to me, any deviation either direction would cause the tire to roll in the chock.
When you run the tire into the chock, the rear saddle that you drive over "cams' over and binds the tire between the saddle and the front bar. Getting the bike back over that saddle takes a good bit of pull/jerk. Putting the strap over the top of the tire locks the tire down hard in the chock. Truth be told, I should have done this video in my trailer with the bike mounted in the chock.
A lot of very good information and I gave a thumbs up, but what is a wheel chaulk?
Best video I have seen in securing a motorcycle. Love your ideas based on experience. What is your view on the "canyon Dancer " strap? Please advise!
Thanks for the comment. Personally I am not a fan of any strap that uses the bars to control the bike. The Canyon Dancer in a nutshell bridges the strap across the bars as a whole instead of individual anchor points on each side. On a light weight motorcycle they would be a great addition to strap the yaw or side motion with additional securing straps to the chassis or wheels, but I wouldnt make it my only anchor choice.
fillupread Thanks for your reply. I was thinking the same. I truly appreciate you taking the time to thoroughly explain the reasons behind the correct method of securing a motorcycle. I will be following your method to transport my HD and Duc.
@@georgesanchez9971 Considering how much money can be put in a motorcycle, no sense on risking it falling over or out of a trailer.
Thank you 👍
In Three days I will pull my bike on a Lowe's utility trailer for the first time. Thanx. I have the Condor.
Condor makes a chopper chock that works with custom fenders .. doesn't come up as far .. I e-mailed them about it and ended up talking live with one of their techs. got one coming for my 180 x 18 wide front
Your math is flawed, even if it wasn’t, putting a few 1” straps rated at approximately 1000 lbs breaking is not going to hold your suggested 48k load... You can use FMCSA 393, 393.100, 393.102 etc. for guidance. I do agree with you that more straps are better. And I am plenty disheartened when I see some of the other guys pulling front and rear straps both in a forward direction. Straps always need to pull against each other.
Flawed, pull against the chock, strap it down and chill…
Wish you had shown the straps after you were done. Love a photo. Thanks though. All Good points.
You didn't roll your bike on the stand?
I strapped my bike down using the front tire strap method. First time my bike has ever tipped over in a trailer. I understand the concept but I wasn't happy with the results.
I hope you are strapping your foot pegs straight out to the side with no angle. Any angle will diminish the amount it can hold side to side movement.
if they say that they can be sued for it. Its illegal to use less then 3 straps on motorcycles or a atv. 5 are required on a car.
Look up the Condor motorcycle wheel chock demo videos. You will see exactly what I described in this video.
@@fillupread yep they do. The wheel chock Harley sells is a relabeled Condor and they claim the same illegal bs 2 strap crap. Your video is the only one iv seen that tells the truth.
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I’m thinking that most people are like me and stopped watching long before the end
You state in the video about the "teeny tinny screws" holding the chock to the trailer? Well why don't you use some longer, more substantial thicker screws then? Use some common sense.
I did, which is why I point out the weak link in the video. So maybe its not me that should use that common sense....
I dont want a condor now...
Your math is way off. You’re going to hold it “backwards” with a strap that’s way less than your 48k force or whatever lol. If you get in a wreck, the bike is hosed most likely anyways. Put it in the chalk, strap it forwards, and go ride lol.
And it's rolling weight since it's going forward or backwards depending on the wreck. Aaand it's strapped. He's talking like it's 48k lbs of force HANGING from the screw
a 900 pound bike won't pivot anything steel with that thickness. That's nonsense.
I think your figures are way off and mainly because you didn’t understand the motion part of your equation!
The motorcycle is not going 40 mph when it hits the chock !
There was no perpetual motion!
The trailer is going the same speed and when stopped suddenly it’s all about the impact not what you are saying it is
instead of being a trailer queen, how about riding it?
What a generic DICK comment.
@@fillupread He asked for it. His video was informative but was over shadowed by his arrogance. So much so, I was surprised that he didn't have a harley.
Condor sucks for using wussy screws and strapping by hand bars should get your ass kicked...REALLY...so where are all the lawsuits by bike owners??? Sounds like engineering and the laws of metallurgy wins out this time...