Will,
As you may recall I shamefully trailered to GA this year....being new to the whole "trailering your bike" thing (that was only the second time I have ever trailered) but you can learn from my mistakes and sucesses.
First BE SURE YOUR FRONT WHEEL CAN NOT MOVE FROM SIDE TO SIDE...if your front wheel can move it will (but it sounds like this trailer of yours has a wheel chock) mine DID not...I don't wish to revisit the consequences of my mistake...
Second...
Strap on the triple trees (either upper or lower) NOT the handle bars...position your bike in the chock then put the side stand down...gently lower the bike onto the stand...checking the wheel for binding and such...connect the strap to your baby on the left (drivers side) and just pull the strap tight-ish (a little sag is ok) no need to be tight or rachet it up (OH GET GOOD STRAPS) the $$$ diff is 20 or so dollars between cheap crap and pretty decent...spend it! now why you sit upon your baby (still on the side stand) have a friend place the right side strap in position (old rags, leather scraps, or whatever between straps and ANYTHING they touch) now while pushing forward into the chock...straighten up the bike...and cinch up the right side strap...this should bring the compression of your forks to within an inch or so of where you want to be...if your front chock is a good one the rear straps are almost un needed...(but I used them just because) ...no need to super compress the rear at all ...in fact I went over the swing arm and let the rear suspention do it's job...when the Shriners ship their bikes they use a locking front chock (very slick) and they strap the front wheel (no fork compression at all) then they strap to the side of the trailer (to keep the lean out) no rear strap the bike rides on its suspention as it was meant to do...they trailer 15 bikes in a semi across country useing this system and have never had an issue...good luck (it's a short hop just take it easy)
