Curious where the best location to use tie downs on a 2009 Ultra Classic rear end would be when towing in a cargo trailer. I live on a terrible gravel road that is a mile long. I rode that gravel for 5 years on my Heritage and just bought a cargo trailer to tow my new bike to black top. It might sound stupid, but I hate gravel and the constant gravel dust...Plus I have a great new place to store my Ultra Classic. Would the rear passenger peg brackets work to use the nylon tie straps that hook to the reg S hooks on the tie downs? I just bought a Condor wheel chock that i am mounting in the trailer.

Any help would be great!

 

Yeah, they'll work. You're really just trying to prevent side to side movement when tying down the rear, the front does all the work.

 

You can use those or just use the saddle bag rails and in the front go up over the the triple tree and pull forward and down shouldnt go anywhere!!

 

I run a strap through the wheel.

 

Towed my Ultra 1500 miles with Harbor Freight $45 wheel chock. Wrapped soft ties around front forks right above fender mount with ratchet straps to the front and soft ties around rear floorboard mounts with ratchet straps slightly rearward. Bike never moved or came loose.

 

what he says. you actually only need to secure the front. the weight of the bike will do the rest and as ya are only goin' a short distance, the bike will not move if ya keep it under 100 mph in that 1 mile commute

 

You must not ride much or you're going to get real tired of loading and unloading.

 

Exactly what I was thinking as I read this.

 

Get a locking wheel chock to secure the front wheel and use a good quality ratcheting tie down through the rear wheel to eye-bolts. If you're going to haul it further, or just want more stability, install the HD front fork tie downs and secure the front end with tie downs to eye-bolts in the front (that way you're not compressing the forks). This should secure the bike well and keep the tie downs away from chrome and paint work to avoid rub and abrasion marks.

 

Why not just leave the trailer at the end of the gravel road and use it as a bike garage?

Walk or ride an old mountain bicycle the one mile to and from the blacktop.