How to Load a Harley-Davidson into a Truck or Trailer and Tie it Down
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- The act of loading a heavy Harley-Davidson into a truck can be an intimidating feat for a lot of people. Learn 3 methods of loading using different types of ramps and vehicles. Make sure to secure the bike in the proper tie-down location. Matt Laidlaw goes over how to tie down the most common bikes to minimize the possibility of damage and maximize the stability of the bike. Learn the common pitfalls and how to avoid them!
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You know you’re a pro when you’re willing to use the show room bikes with tags still on them to load just to make a video. Thank you sir this video helped out a lot
When backing a heavy bike down a steep ramp using only the front brake, the front tire may skid on the ramp. I leave the engine off and put the bike in 1st gear. Then backing down I use the clutch lever as a rear wheel "brake" still keeping both feet on the ramp for balance.
Great idea.
True that.
Smart!
That's what happened to me when the front tire skidded. Fortunately, no damage to my BMW F750GS or me. Will keep the bike in gear next time. Good suggestion! Thanks.
Helpful. Thanks.
from someone that transports bike for a living its always interesting to see these videos when they pop up. Really well done and properly informative for those that may be looking to transport there own bike here and there.
I really fail to understand why would one dislike such video. Thank you Matt for these demonstrations. 👍🏻
Thank you for the positive feedback
People are haters, especially the Indian Challenger folks.
Honda Shadow owner
The vast majority of people who comment on fortnine videos would dislike this video, without watching it, after seeing the word "Harley" in the title.
@@StoneE4 That's only because Matt used the self loading videos from the fortnine commenters as the, "don't do this", examples. 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Sorry, I couldn't help myself. 🙊
Thank you for posting this.. I've always used my handlebars and wondered if there was a better way.. I've seen folks use the fork sliders but I didn't like that for risk of paint scuffs. Using the frame seems like the way to go.. nice to know I been doing it wrong all these years! Will try this next time I trailer it. I use the same harley cam lock straps and pull them as tight as I can.. I'm paranoid of hitting a large bump and the hook slack for a moment and come off.. on a trailer where there's little suspension under the bike, it's probably important to tighten more that what would be needed in the back of a truck. Thanks for the detailed explanation of the different approaches.
Great video. Next time I haul my SG I’ll use that method. I’ve been using soft ties on the lower fork tubes right above the fender bolts. Works good but like the frame/crash bar method better. I didn’t see any straps on the back of the bike. I typically tie down the back at the saddle bag rails or around the passenger foot pegs.
yes more of these types of videos. very well explained, filmed and well done all around
Very good, thorough video. I load dirt bikes frequently into my van, but the harley is entirely different. The wide ramp for foot placement and balance is essential, I wouldn't use my narrow dirt bike ramps to load the fatboy I own. This video very useful, thanks Matt.
The wood and right side detention with kickstand down is priceless. U-da-man Matt. Two weeks ago I took delivery on a 2020 Fat Boy “Killmonger” Vivid Black 160 miles. Sunday I completely the Seminole Harley Riding Academy. I’m taking the Motorman, and MotoJitsu courses as well as learning to be a Simmons Preloader. I installed a Lindby, LED’s front and rear, and am looking for a swept pointed sissy bar. I will go with an enclosed trailer and chock, but I will not forget your advice. I have learned so much from your unique tall man perspective and vast level of knowledge. Still watching.
Good job Matt! Nice coverage and tips - keep the videos coming!!!
Thanks Matt for this motorcycle loading video it was very help full especially for bikes that heavy
this is a good video to put out for sure. so many horror stories of people dropping their bikes on the way up the ramp. uggggh. good stuff man.
At 5”4 I won’t be attempting to load my CVO on the back of a truck any time soon, but very educational Matt! And enjoyable as always.
Being very tall like Matt increases leverage and safety and makes chores like this a whole lot easier. For the majority of folks, loading and unloading is quite the stressful experience, depending on the bike weight, rider height, and the ramp length, width and angle.
Good timing. Picking up my first Harley next week. Thank you
Another great video, Matt. Thanks! I would only add that straps need to be put on the rear of the motorcycle, as well as the front. This required removing the saddlebags in order to access the swing arms. Another thing I discovered was that you need to keep the fob in proximity to the bike or the alarm system will activate due to the bike’s movement on the trailer while you’re going down the road. And I had no issues with the front straps interfering with the leg fairings on my 2020 Ultra Limited.
Thank You Matt you rock! That is great information for hauling motorcycles!
matt!! it also helps if you are 6'5 when loading one of these on a truck!! :)
I was thinking the same thing with my 5'2" self🤣
I'm 5'7 and I've loaded everything form sport bikes to dirt bikes and adventure bikes into my pickup truck. But I use a ramp to walk up with my bike.
Great video, Matt. Please bring us more.
I'm 6 foot and those extra inches in height would be helpful
Thank you for these tips Matt!
Thanks great advice and video. All should watch even if your an experienced rider. I learned alot. Thanks again!!
When I have to trailer my RKS and wife’s Sportster I use soft loops wrapped in microfiber rags and I tie down the forks below shocks (around fender mounts). That way I don’t compress the shocks and let bikes “float” with the road profile. Never had to re-tighten straps due to bike bouncing and adding an additional dynamic “stretch” to the straps. Soft loops wrapped in the rugs protect the paint and I’ve never had any issues with this method even though Matt didn’t recommend it.
Thanks! Great loading bike video Matt 😀👍🏻
Great video with excellent samples of how to properly load a bike. Have been to the dealer and received terrible service. Have been a good customer since your location was in SG. I must comment there was a very nice young lady working in part. She was very knowledgeable and was able to get the part I need it.
That was some VERY VALUABLE information!
Matt your videos are always informative, thanks.
Thank you.
Good Stuff! Saving this video to my archives.
absolutely the very best video I have ever seen on this topic
Thankfully I’ve been lucky enough to not have to load a bike in a truck bed in a long time . The shovel head did that quite often and it was easiest for help to be around. Great explanation and video!
excellent efforts , thank you all
“Get Tacoed,” I love it! Thanks for a great video about our recreation and Rides.
Haha thanks man. Thanks for watching.
Those tailgate braces aren't really going to help prevent the center of the tailgate from tacoing when you're using a single ramp. The weakest point in any tailgate is right in the center. Maybe the braces make the tailgate a little bit more rigid because they go to the upper edge of the tailgate, but not much.
It makes more sense to me (with a single ramp) to place it off-center to the right just a bit.
Thanks Matt. Great instruction, very thorough!
Thanks. Glad I could help 👍🏻
Great tips Matt.Thanks for making this video!👍👍
Thanks for watching.
Great video.Very informative. You make that single ramp look so easy, but no thanks. Glad I have trailer. Thanks for the video.
Thanks for great video, great tips 😎👍🏽 and thank you for being a great teacher
Thank You. Laidlaws has been around for a Min!
Omg Matt this is definitely one of your best videos..... 🤘😎🤘
Love to learn Matt. keep the educational videos coming.
Will do. Thanks.
Great video Matt thanks for the useful tips
Really informative. Thanks a bunch.
Great content ! And I been tying my bike down the wrong way for a long time
Thanks Matt for useful information.
Thanks for this great video, lots of important information here.
Excellent and informative video. Thank you
Great video thx! I have 2 trailers and will be using your methods going forward. A 5x8 for short trips and my toyhauler that I built myself for loonngg roadtrips!
When I was younger and stronger (and stupider) I used to occasionally load my 82 Suzuki 750 into the back of a full sized van using a long 2x8. If I ever need to trailer my Road King I think I’m going to rent a U-Haul trailer. Good info on where to tie down though! Could also be useful if you ever take your bike on a ferry boat. I know the one that crosses Lake Michigan requires you to bring your own straps and tie it down. Now I know how to do it right, I used to tie to the handlebars. Thanks!
Thank you very much for the video Matt!!
I do load my bikes in the back of my 2003 tacoma w/ bike off on one ramp and a 5gal bucket(I'm only 6'4"). It works, really liked the tailgate support bars.
Fantastic video. Super informative.
As always "The King of All Harley Videos" has spoken. Listen and learn. It will be time well spent.
Thank you Matt and John. Very useful information. Much appreciate. 113 people apparently thought this information was not useful.
Excellent content, love all your videos, some are very helpful, currently without a bike, it would be an honor to give my business, but am all the way in Florida. Keep up the good work. Loading a bike on a pick up truck is like an art and no everyone is capable of giving a good hair cut so best to leave that stuff to the artist.
Great video with good information, thanks.
This is great Matt, thanks! The clips of the guys dropping them off the ramp are nightmare stuff.. yessir, pay close attention, this is very helpful 👍🏻👍🏻
Glad I could help.
Wow. I learned a lot. Thank You!!
Awesome video! Really useful. Thanks a lot for sharing it.
Thanks for watching. 👍🏻
Important video. Thank you!
Very helpful Matt, thanks.
One of the most practical videos I've seen on this subject. Though he demonstrated these techniques on Harley's, the principles apply to other bikes too. Nice job!
Really great video Matt, I recently rented a low motorcycle trailer from uhaul. It is the very best way to go since you can.load it yourself very safely and transport it securely.. Just like the one you demonstrated.
Matt, I remember transporting my freshly restored vintage 1971 super glide boat tail night train in the back of my ranger pickup truck from Jim’s Harley-Davidson in Ohio to my home in Illinois. As I was approaching a over pass on the interstate at 65 mph I noticed 3 teenagers throwing rocks at vehicles, they seem me coming and started throwing rocks down at me. I swerved at the last second and the little SOBs missed my freshly restored 71 vintage Night train. Truly, if I had a machine gun mounted to the roof of my pickup pointed up I would have taken them little SOBs all out before they let the rocks drop on me. Thanks for the video Matt. I would use a enclosed trailer for longer distance hauling...out of sight out of mind!
Those sort of "pranks" have caused accidents that have resulted in deaths, so if you do shoot those delinquents and are charged, if I'm on the jury, I'll be voting to acquit.
Come on Paul, a "1971 super-glide-boat-tail-night-train"??? WTH is that, a model you made up lol? That sounds like something a drunk biker would say when a bunch of guys are sitting around the garage telling lies LOL
Night Train didn't come out until 1998, discontinued in 2010. I have a 2004, super sweet bike that I will have until I die!! Rock on Harley bros!
Never tried a solo load... with that kind of weight! Worked at Hempstead Harley, big eye opener, on Harley weight. That first month I had to grow wrist muscles, my bike experience at that time, was zero Harley, all Japanese...big difference! I did dry prep, unloading, unnboxing (ours were always fully wood boxes, then moved into the aluminum spars. Roll it in, after the mech, took it for the test ride, I wash and polish, move it to the showroom. We used to lift the front of the crate bottom, I get on, partner pops the straps, the tilt makes it bump over the crate spars.
Wax on, wax off!
Thanks for introducing new transportation terminology like soft tie and methodology like triangulating and describing frame tie points.
Thanks for watching
Thank you for the excellent video. That is how I have been securing motorcycles for year's.loading yes and no.yave had more motorcycles in my past 36+ yrs then most have had vehicles.thank you again keep up the good work
Thanks man. Much appreciated.
Great video Matt, useful information. I'm still chuckling over the "taco'd tailgate" comment as an aside. It visually perfectly nailed it.
This was a great video. Im not good at loading a bike and I never want to be good at it. It only means one thing. I broke down!!! This video shows tips im always wondering about when I do load a bike though
Matt, I'm 6'4", fit at 195lbs, riding, racing and loading bikes for over 40 years but you've got a bigger set than me walking/feathering a touring bike up a single narrow ramp solo into a pickup bed! ...thanks for revoking my mancard!!!
Yh
Loved the video. Any suggestions as to how to kid a non running bike on the side of the road-other than the obvious “push hard”? Thanks.
Thank you for a very beneficial video. It will help me in the future.
Good information and well presented.
There's one situation that you didn't address. I've been using a tilt bed utility trailer with side rails to transport bikes for many years. I use a front wheel chock very similar to the ones in your video, permanently mounted to the trailer. I tie down as you recommend, but also secure the rear wheel side to side for added stability.
Of course, no ramp is needed with a tilt bed.
I would like to see how you would using a trailer of this type.
I have a Sportster, Dyna and Road King.
Also use the trailer on the farm for multiple purposes.
Great info Matt
A lot of good info thank you.
Good information and details. Thanks Matt.
Thank you my friend 🤙🏻
Fantastic tutorial, Thanks
I am 5'9 so loading and unloading my harley on my pickup was a bit scary. I had to have someone spot me and hold the bike in place as I stepped up and down from the bed. Thank you for making this video, good useful tips here.
Great video with good hints.
I've seen people walk a bike in like that. They just did it when I bought my new bike. Really impresses me. Thanks for the video.
Thanks for watching. 👍🏻
It helps to be tall and be around bikes a lot.
Very instructional, thank you
Another great video thank you.
Very educational and informative video 👍💯%
Best Matt quote: “now you know how to load a CVO limited in the back of a Toyota Tacoma” 🤣🤣🤣
Good advice here. Especially the ramp placement for pickups...(Of course if your Harley ain’t running, make sure you have four friends on standby...)
Outstanding video.
I liked the video, just because of the demonstration of the van door window crank. The other demonstrations were cool too.
Just in time! Best info, for me, was how much to ratchet and compress the front suspension. 1" to 1-1/2" Thanks!
Glad I could help.
The bike will loosen after a while, probably will need to tighten down more even with initial 1 1/2 inch.
Very informative!
This really helps a n00b like myself out. Thank you!
Thanks for showing 👍
That last load was Masterfully executed 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Thank you
I'm surprised that that dealer truck doesn't have something to stabilize that front wheel in a straight up fashion. Strapping the bike down with the kickstand down has the potential to do damage to the kickstand, frame and truck bed where the kickstand sits when you hit potholes and such. The majority of the weight goes down on the kickstand when the suspension gives. If you have to strap it down with the stand down because of urgency then do it, but I like to go upright.
you know Matt, I learned something from this video. thanks
Then my job is done. 👍🏻
Great tips thanks!
Great tips!
Another Great Video... Thank you so much...
Very good Matt.
Great info Matt, i have the tie down fork brackets on my 2014 FLHTK but i like the motor mound system and will they that next time i tow it.
Great info. Thanks.
Very helpful and practical video clip!
Glad I could help 👍🏻
Thanks for this video!
Thank you for this info. I'm renting a uhaul soon for my fat Bob. Fat Bob video was great and thanks again
Good lesson, thanks
Back in the early days of my starting to ride, I did the Evel Knievel while trying to load my 600 lb low rider on to my truck with a skinny ramp. Got the bike on to the truck, but collapse the front of the bed unto the cab of my truck. What a disaster I ain't 6'6". I use a trailer now. LOL.
Nice awesome I never put it in my pickup because I didn’t know how thank you very much 👍🏽