wheel chock

SCOTTinNJ · 03-13-2005, 12:02 PM

Anyone have a source for inexpensive wheel chocks? I'm looking to buy 2 for my trailer. Also, I need the removable kind, like these:

Thanks.

skidmarx · 03-13-2005, 12:17 PM

While I use Pringle chocks, like the ones you have pictured - be warned that you must have good tie down points for these to work well. I got mine from the dealer - I think they were around $40 a set. I think Sport Rider did a comparison of chacks a year or so ago - there are definitely better ones out there, but the price of these is the best. I certainly wouldn't use them for anything heavier or larger than the S. I use mine for my SV and R1...

repoe3 · 03-13-2005, 12:28 PM

scott, over the holidays i managed to score a sport chock as a gift. it is the type you see guys roll up on to and then get off their bike as it grabs the front tire. i use it on the trailer as well...a bit pricey at $250 each...but man, let me tell you...sweet. the only issue i have seen with the type pictured in your posts is that if the tire rubs the side and there is foward motion, the thing can rub right through your tire. i imagine if it is the proper size, it should not be an issue, but after a harley buddy destroyed two front tires by doing so, it made me leary to use one.

repoe3

Anton · 03-13-2005, 01:30 PM

For REAL inexpensive, go for scraps of 2x4 and deck screws.

yetidave · 03-13-2005, 02:48 PM

I'll sell you one of these http://www.slikstuff.com/slikchock.htm
for $45. Its brand new. You can buy the other new for $59.

SCOTTinNJ · 03-13-2005, 02:49 PM

repoe, i picked up a baxley sport chock from our buddy robert foster. i'm going to try to mount that to the trailer with wingnuts for single bike operation. this is for the off-chance that i'll be trailering 2 bikes. that's why i'm trying to stay cheap. there won't be many times when i have 2 bikes on the trailer.

thinking about it, i guess i could use the sport chock on one side and my existing chock on the other. it was the quick release that had me sold though.

SCOTTinNJ · 03-13-2005, 02:51 PM

yeti, how does that mount? are there quick release connections? what size do you have?

roger albert · 03-13-2005, 06:56 PM

Yeah, the Sport and LA chocks are great. I bought one for use around the shop and ended up so impressed (along with a lot of questions about them from customers) that I ended up taking their line on as a retail item for the shop. No more balancing bikes with one hand and a rearstand with the other. Not sure how I got by w/o one before. They really do a good job as a shop stand.
Haven't hauled with one yet, but will see how it works with the SV on a trackday later this month.

JerryTreeXprt · 03-13-2005, 08:27 PM

I bought one of those cheap ones when I borrowed a friends trailer to carry two bikes and the trailer was set up for one. It did the job just fine. I think it was Lockhart Philips or something like that. I've got to say that the chrome finish was crappy. After one rain they began to rust. After two or three rains they looked like hell. It didn't matter to me since I wasn't keepin' the trailer, I just gave it to him with the trailer for letting me use it. I might recommend that if you get one, sand it and paint it. it'll probably look better longer even if you do a half ass job. Definitely works well, very secure if you're tied down with tension on the front.

sfarson · 03-13-2005, 08:40 PM

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Originally posted by roger albert
Yeah, the Sport and LA chocks are great. I bought one for use around the shop and ended up so impressed (along with a lot of questions about them from customers) that I ended up taking their line on as a retail item for the shop. No more balancing bikes with one hand and a rearstand with the other. Not sure how I got by w/o one before. They really do a good job as a shop stand.
Haven't hauled with one yet, but will see how it works with the SV on a trackday later this month.

Yes, the Baxley Chocks are outstanding. Well worth the cost.

yetidave · 03-14-2005, 05:34 AM

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Originally posted by SCOTTinNJ
yeti, how does that mount? are there quick release connections? what size do you have?

Bolts and washers. Its not really a "quick release", but they are pretty easily removable. I've got the up to 150 size.

SCOTTinNJ · 03-14-2005, 08:06 AM

Thanks yeti, but I think I have my "problem" solved.

johnty288 · 03-14-2005, 09:44 AM

Scott, be careful when you compress the front suspension, some of the chocks will contact the brake discs, I put a small 2X4 in front of the tire to avoid this.