Well done! Glad the move went okay. I've moved bike IN the truck, BEHIND the truck and just rode them to move to another area. All methods worked great! :)
*Paul LeBoutillier * *www.hondanighthawks.net <http://www.hondanighthawks.net/>* Honda Nighthawk Lovers Email group <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/nighthawk_lovers> On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 1:37 AM, Neil Dantam <[email protected]> wrote: > A followup for the benefit of future readers: > > Short Answer: > - Put the bike inside the truck > - Set it on the kickstand > - Tie it down to the side rails > - Put a heavy cover on top > > Long Answer: > > I loaded the CB750 into the back of a 14' U-Haul. The truck came > with a ramp. I powered it up by working the clutch and with a > couple friends to help support the bike when I stepped up into the > truck; easy enough but a little step-stool would have helped. > > The U-Haul trucks have a couple wooden rails all along the wall to > tie down to. I put the front wheel into the front-right corner of > the truck with bike on kickstand, then used two ratchet straps on > the front forks and one on the rear grab-rail to secure the bike. > Then, I put the cover on top and shoved a bunch of other boxes > around the bike. > > Nothing budged during the drive, but one of the boxes did rub > through the cover and shined a small spot on the top case. A > heavier cover or tarp might have helped. Besides that, no ill > effects from the transport. > > Cheers, > -ntd > > > On 10/29/2014 01:18 PM, Neil Dantam wrote: > >> Dear Nighthawkers-who-have-recently-moved, >> >> I have an upcoming move (Atlanta->Houston) and wanted some feedback on a >> couple options for moving the bike ('97 CB750). Since the trailer >> rating of the Nighthawk is rather low :), UHaul seems the best choice. >> Would you suggest: >> >> 1. Carry the Nighthawk on a trailer behind the box truck >> 2. Load the Nighthawk into the box truck >> >> Moving to Atlanta several years back, I had a CB250 loaded into a 10' >> box truck, sitting on the kickstand with a couple ropes to keep it from >> falling over. That worked just fine. Would the heaver CB750 be alright >> riding in the truck on the kickstand (with some support ropes), or do I >> need to tie it down on just the wheels? >> >> Cheers, >> -ntd >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/nighthawk_lovers/7I_ >> OUYuP9g4/unsubscribe. >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
