Clonk the Moto Guzzi: How I load a Honda Dax on a trailer

The trailer is a simple model suited to load motorbikes. When I needed to transport a Honda Dax a problem an inherent problem of this type of cheap trailer showed up. The wheel diameter of a Dax is a lot smaller than that of a motorbike. When the wheel is driven up to the end of the sledge into the stop, the steering is over the edge of the trailer. When you fasten straps and belts over the steering fork and connect them to the edge of the trailer bottom, then the dax is pulled out of the sledge stop.

So I needed a way to fix the straps on the steering head lead them to the sledge stop and lead them back to the fixing points at the edge of the trailer. This way the connection from the steering head is pulled forward to the sledge stop and this force keeps the wheel inside the sledge stop.

I am using straps without ratchets:

For each side there are 2 hooks, the shortest one has a ratchet. For the motorbike you need 4 sets of 2 hooks.

The 1st image shows the connection if 1 set of 2 hooks on the left front side of the bike. The shortest one is connected closest to the bike, the long one will go through the ratchet and you can sit on the Honda Dax to pull its shocks down and simultaneously tighten the strap.

The hook of the longest strap is fixed to the connection furthest from the sledge at the edge of the trailer. The strap is led to the sledge stop, twisted 360° around it and then led over the steering fork down to the the ratchet. The strap is led through the ratchet. The other hook is connected to the fixation point closest to the sledge. Pull the strap lightly, to keep it from falling over.. You need to do the other side now.

Picture from the right hand side.

Picture from right hand side steering head, see the strap simply go over it and down to the ratchet. This picture was taken after sitting on the bike and pulling up both straps.