Complete Guide about Dirt Bike Tie Downs
If you are going to transport your dirt bike or motorbike, you will need the dirt bike tie downs to secure it in the truck bed. Learning about how to secure the bike will effectively prevent the dirtbike from falling down, bouncing, or jostling and causing damage to the bike itself and the truck.
The Preparation for Tie Down A Dirt Bike
- Soft loop tie down straps
- Ratchet tie down straps or Cam buckle tie down straps
- Ramp
- Wheel chock
- Fork saver
How to Secure the Dirt Bike
Before securing your bike, you need to load it into the truck bed first. It is better to park the truck on flat ground, this will be helpful for your bike loading. Move forward the dirt bike along the center of the ramp into the truck bed, prepare the soft loop and tie down straps, attach the soft loop on both the right handlebar and left handlebar, and then S hook the tie down straps to the soft loop tie down straps, another end of the dirt bike strap attached to the anchor at the front of the truck bed.
If there is a wheel chock on your truck, this is the right time to put your bike front tire into the chock to hold it firmly. Now, the bike is already in the truck bed, and here are the steps to securing the dirt bike.
- Tie down the dirt bike on 4 points
As we mentioned above, use the soft loop to tie and tie down strap to secure the bike handlebar with the truck bed front ring, use another two tie down straps to connect the bike suspension and the ring at the back of the truck bed, and then secure them.
- Close the Tailgate of the Truck
Once you confirm the 4 tie down straps at 4 points are secured firmly, keep the front tire and back tire of the bike in line, and then you can close the tailgate.
- About Tightness
We need to remind you about the tightness of the securing strap, some customers use ratchet straps, but some other customers use cam buckle straps. If using ratchet tie down strap, you need to pay attention to the tightness, because tightening by ratchet system too hard will cause damage to your bike handlebar or the truck, so just tighten the strap and make your bike no longer move, then it’s ok.
- Rear Tire Securement
The first point above, we mentioned securing both the front tire and rear tire. But if the dirt bike doesn’t move after tying down the front tire, you don’t have the necessary to tie down the rear tire. But you can tie down this part if you want to add extra security to your bike.
Which is The Best Dirt Bike Tie Down Straps
People are always questioned about which type is the best dirt bike tie down strap for securement purposes. Below we list several options that are widely used in the market.
Ratchet Straps for Motorcycle
The most widely used ratchet straps for motorcycle are 1 inch or 1.5 inch on the market, they normally come with soft loop straps in order to avoid the metal hook connecting to the motorcycle or dirt bike handlebar and scratching the surface of the handlebar. One of our best motorcycle tie down straps handlebars are come with 1700lbs breaking strength, but we can customize different strengths of motorcycle handlebar tie down straps according to different types of motorcycles. The motorcycle ratchet straps tighten the bike by ratchet buckle which you should pay more attention to the tightening strength, if you put too much pressure on tightening, it may damage your motorbike or truck bed.
Cam Buckle Tie Down Straps for Dirt Bike
Nowadays, more and more customers use cam buckle tie down straps for dirt bike tightening instead of ratchet straps, because the cam buckle strap can be tightened by your hand strength, so you can avoid overtightening the dirt bike or other types of motorcycles. The breaking strength of dirt bike cam buckle tie down straps or motorcycle cam buckle tie down straps come with 1200lbs. Also the same, we customized different strengths of dirt bike cam buckle straps according to different bike types. As for the metal hooks of the tie down straps for dirt bikes are always S hook or carabiner.
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