Trackside Wheel Chock

Ken Valkyrie

Ken Valkyrie

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09 ST1300A
Looking for your experience or opinion of the Trackside Wheel Chock, I saw advertised on the recent CYCLE GEAR flyer.
I did a search but did not find any info on a Trackside chock.

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I have one of these for my HF MC Lift:

cyclegear TRACKSIDE-Roll-On-Wheel-Chock

I bolt it down to the lift when I use it, so it won't slide on me. It will keep your bike up, but it may require some muscle to get the bike off of it.

The problem I have found is, if I leave the bike on it for a few weeks, I have to jack up the front of the bike and pull the chock away from the front tire. The tires seems to stick to it.
 
Look at the heavy one at Harbor Freight. This one.

Bolt a short length of plywood to it if you have slick garage floor (I made the plywood the same size as the bike so I can 'reserve' my space) or just pin it to the garage floor. I also use it on my lift table to assist there, and it get's put on the trailer if I am moving a bike that way. Usually pick it for around $50.
 
I have looked at them and if I was to buy another chock it would probably be one of those. They had one in our local Cycle Gear with a brand new Triumph from the local dealer on it. No straps. It was rock solid, bike didn't wiggle. I and others sat on the bike and it held it steady. Much steadier than my Condor which "I" kinda consider the standard in chocks.
 
I'm in trouble. Just had my neighbor help me pick up my ST. :(
I bought the Cycle Gear "Trackside" wheel chock yesterday, put it together tonight, checked the instructions & illustration several times to be sure it is assembled correctly.

Then tried to roll the bike on it with no success a dozen times, finally I gave it an extra oooommph, it did not roll on (cam over as it should).
I just lost my balance and she fell away from me.
I had my footing stance good on the side with the kick stand down, but lost it to the other side.

Is there some trick to getting the ST on that Wheel chock ? I do notice that the cradle sides are quite a bit more narrow than the stock front tire width.

Any help on what I'm doing wrong would be greatly appreciated and mayby take away the pain and embarassment of dropping my baby.
I may return it tomorrow.

Sincerely,
Bummed:(
 
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Sorry to hear that. I usually (always as long as the bike runs) sit on mine and use its power to put it on the chock. Does the Trackside have any adjustments for different tire sizes?
 
No, no adjustment for tire size. The cradle (or steel channel) is narrow enough so that if the wheel were in it properly,
the channel sides would hold the wheel about 1" above the bottom of the channel.
I think that is why some here have said that the tire sticks firmly making the bike hard to pull out.

There is one you-tube video supporting that point about the Trackside.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8NsjSbcofQ
 
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BAXLEY! The best made. Stands up anything! Even a GoldWing- without tie downs. LOVE mine. Had it 8 years.
 
Okay, I have both units, the Cycle Gear one and the HF one. The Cycle Gear gets bolted to my lift, where the HF gets bolted to my trailer, when I have to transport one of my bikes someplace.

The key is that they are secured, so they don't slide away from you when putting the bike on them.

The other thing I do is that I ride the bike on them, not push from the left or right, but sit on the bike and use the engine to get it on the unit. Getting it off, requires to pull back HARD! When doing that, I have the bike going and the clutch in, so if I start losing my balance, I just give it some throttle and let the clutch out so it will go back on.
 
SupraSabre said:
Okay, I have both units, the Cycle Gear one and the HF one. The Cycle Gear gets bolted to my lift, where the HF gets bolted to my trailer, when I have to transport one of my bikes someplace.

The key is that they are secured, so they don't slide away from you when putting the bike on them.

The other thing I do is that I ride the bike on them, not push from the left or right, but sit on the bike and use the engine to get it on the unit. Getting it off, requires to pull back HARD! When doing that, I have the bike going and the clutch in, so if I start losing my balance, I just give it some throttle and let the clutch out so it will go back on.
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SS - makes sense to me to ride it on, i wouldn't have dropped it with my feet out.
But I was new to using a wheel chock and the instructions said DO NOT ride it on, said push it on.
Plus it was not bolted down.
 
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