i trailer mine maybe 4-5 times a year with a basic flat trailer with no front wheel chock using 3 straps for a 2.5 hour ride up the pa turnpike with no problems at all really.
I usually attach my straps to the handlbars or around the risers, the higher the better but its not necessary...
stick the bike on the trailer and get the straps up on the the handle bars or wherever a good spot would be, im not sure what your bike looks like...snug them up a bit evenly so the bikes straight up, and then while pushing the bike downward to compress the shocks tighten the straps.
I dont have the ratchet kind i have the slip straps, but what you wanna make sure is that you have the front tire pushed up firm into the front chock and the straps are pulling the front suspension down as much as possible, you dont have to over do it or anything.
the way this works is the bike cant lean left or right because each strap is holding it to its own side.
Its up to you if you wanna put straps to hold down the back, i dont usually. I even sometimes bounce the trailer so hard that it knocks the rear end out a bit to the left or right and its fine cause that front wheel is perfectly straight and tight with the 2 straps.
If you do use the rear straps, use the same method, make sure the shocks are compressed down so its giving upward resistance to the straps to keep them very tight.
I usually do 90mph with the trailer on the back with not one worry, so if youre more careful than me you'll definately be fine.
just keep checking in that mirror and make sure the bikes straight and the front wheel is straight.
Last edited by brokenfixed; 05/29/2008 10:07 AM.
