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I might be helping a co-worker move to Poughkeepsie from BTV. Condition is my moto fits in the UHAUL
(maybe a 17-footer) for my return. That offer was leapt upon. So.
I'm assuming there'll be tie down points in the bed.
I don't like the idea of using the side stand. Use the Pitbull stand and ship it back
(no fun to carry that back)?

Appreciate your thoughts.

There aren't tie points on the floor in a uhaul box.

With the pitbull and the high ties you should be OK.

I had to u-haul my bike 400 miles home after hitting a huge pot hole in Michigan a few years ago, breaking my rear engine mount.

as DP saids, there are no points on the floor, but I was able to ratchet strap it from the top triples down the the side rails that run along the walls of the truck.

they do rent a specific motorcycle trailer for about $15/day with tie-downs. 

Sandwich it between the mattress and box spring?  Worked for me.

I screw four super-heavy-duty bicycle hooks

(http://s7.cdn.hardwareandtools.net/is/image/HardwareandTools/045734971349?wid=200&hei=200)

(like you stick in the garage ceiling)
into the wooden floor and ratchet strap down to that.

When you get to your destination and unscrew them the little holes in the floor are not noticeable.   ;)

I would use four lag-bolt eyes instead of the bike hooks.  Like this:

(http://www.boltdepot.com/images/catalog/eye-lag-bent-wire.gif)

They seem a little sturdier than the bike ones to me.  You can even go a step further (like I do with my own enclosed trailer that has no tie down points from the factory) and put the lag-eyes into short 2x4's then secure the 2x4's with regular wood screws.  I've moved my bike across country 4 times in this manner and have been more than satisfied.

Those will work too, but the heavy-duty bike hooks are just as stout (3/8" thick).
Regular bike hooks I agree are too light duty.
The bonus of my plan is when you get to your new house you can hang your bikes up when you get there!  ;D

Recommendation:

Do NOT use the side stand at all. When you are driving and the trailer is bobbing and moving the bikes suspension will not be able to compensate if it is on the sidestand.

When I bought my bike I trailered it 6 hours in a Uhaul using 4 tie-downs (2 front 2 back) and no sidestand

I used body weight to compress the forks and rear shock so there was still ~2-3" of travel but shit was still in there snugly.

No issues at all, and we rode on some shitty roads through NY.

Baxley Sport Chock....

nuff said!

I moved all the way from Maryland to Arizona with my bike on its sidestand, sandwiched between a bunch of furniture and couch pillows.  No problems at all.  And that's the route up and over the Tennessee Blue Ridge mountains.

um...

Ride it both ways?

Make sure you have a big enough truck (16' or longer) that has a ramp or a lift on the back and get it up there first. You can use a couple sheets of plywood and matresses to put around it. A crate is easy to make. You could just make a tie down point like the one pictured in my thread for crating a bike in the tutorial section. You just need a prieve of plywood a few pieces of plywood and hooks. Check it out.

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A lot of UHAUL floors are wood. Make your own tie points.  [evil]

sac

FIY, I hauled a CB550, tailgate down, with only 2 straps (each side of the handle bars) so if you can find ANY way better than that, you'll be good to do.  This CB550 was hauled across Deals Gap & NC28 at "I wanna get home now" speeds in a Dodge Dakota w/ heavy duty (I think it has bricks instead of shocks) suspension.

JM

Excellent advice here thanks.
The purpose of me going is to handle the driving duties, my  co-worker is not a confident driver and does not want to cannot  deal with a UHAL plus towing her car.
I like the eye hooks & straps, or side rails and straps, so I don't have extra hardware to ship back.
I would forgo the sidestand, I hate leaning my bike on it it my garage (I set it on a 3/4" block).
For $15 trailering it would be an option, if she would now drive her car .vs having me tow it.
I'll let a truck co-packer hang on to my pit-bull in case it needs to go in.

As it turns out another co-worker is leaving to go camping down that way so I may get bumped,
pissah, I'll end up abusing myself in some far more self benificial way.