How to Prevent Wheel Flop from Motorcycle When Carried Using B and W Biker Bar

Question:

We have two of your awesome Biker Bars for our H-D Softails we use in our toy hauler. While one of the Harley’s front end rides stationary and straight, the other bike’s wheel flops to the side and hits a nearby cabinet in the toy hauler. We have a 12x12”, 1 inch piece of wood under each bike tire to help compress the forks. I’m wondering what the best solution would be to fix the one bike’s floppy front wheel. A wheel chock I would think would certainly fix the issue, but would be in the way of the living quarters once the bike’s are unloaded. Do they make a quick release wheel chock? I did read in one of the comment on your website that someone else had this wheel issue, and they were able to make an adjustment to the Biker Bar so there was more fork compression resulting in “wheel flop” fix. I also wondered if locking the steering lock on the bike would work? Would that possibly break it? I really don’t want to mess with a tie down straps.

asked by: Becky P

Expert Reply:

If you set the height of the B and W Biker Bar like part # BWMC2301 properly the wheel flop issue you are having will go away.

Measure the distance from the middle of the bar to the trailer's floor. Your bike's suspension must be slightly compressed while latched down to appropriately stabilize the bike during transport. So you must remain sitting on the motorcycle while taking this measurement. Once you have this measurement, remove the bar from the bike and place it in the latching base. Adjust the height of the base until the bar is the same distance from the floor as it was when on the motorcycle. The base adjusts in 1/4" increments, so the height may not be exact. As long as the bar is within 1/4" of your initial measurement, setup is complete.

If you used this method you might try the next increment either up or down to see if the problem goes away.

expert reply by: Jameson C