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So I'm taking a trip a few hundred miles south in a month and will need to transport my bike in the back of my truck.  I've been looking at wheel chocks but don't know if they are actually worth the money or not.  If they are which ones are better? I like the Baxley Sport Chock it seems to be solid and mid range price wise.  Has anyone used these, how is quality, do you recommend them? http://www.baxleycompanies.com/Sportchock.html (http://www.baxleycompanies.com/Sportchock.html)

If you don't like these which ones, if any, would you recommend?

 There seems to be a lot of members who use and recommend the baxley sport chock from what I can remember.

 My truck bed is line-x coated, so no chocks needed, and with a set of canyon dancer2 tie downs, my bike will not budge even when maneuvering thru busy highway traffic.

I've got one of these, it's the bomb!

http://www.ccrsport.com/bed-buddy/ccr-sport-bed-buddy-motorcycle-truck-tie-down-rack-p-246 (http://www.ccrsport.com/bed-buddy/ccr-sport-bed-buddy-motorcycle-truck-tie-down-rack-p-246)

I've trailered from Maryland to Missouri from Missouri to California and back again and again. For a while I was just using tie-downs before eventually buying a cheap harbor freight wheel chock to use in addition to the tie downs.
I find the the chock makes it much easier to load/unload the bike by myself and I feel a good deal more peace of mind know thing there is something else holding the bike upright if one of the straps were to fail.
For $30 from harbor freight I don't see how you can go wrong.

http://www.harborfreight.com/motorcycle-wheel-chock-96349.html (http://www.harborfreight.com/motorcycle-wheel-chock-96349.html)

I love my baxley sport chock.  It is built very very well.  If you can swing the $$$ I recommend it.  You will use it for a long time.  I ride straight into my baxley when I get home and just hop off and go about my business.  Now I did hold out until I found a used one but once I had it I wish I would of bought it a long time ago.

I have a condor style wheel chock in my van and wouldn't be without it, it makes loading and unloading on my own very easy.

The one thing that I like about the condor is that when the front wheel is in place it sits allmost on the foor of the van were as with some of the tube style chocks they raise the wheel 2-3 inchs from the floor.

Geoff... [coffee]

I have seen bad things happen with Condor's...someone can give me one and I'll get rid of it as fast as I can...and my opinion of Harbor Freight products is generally a "you get what you pay for" kind of attitude, though they aren't always as hit and miss...but for what I look at, they seem to be moreso...and I don't want to trust my valuable( to me or otherwise) machinery to something made for to be the cheapest thing possible by the lowest bidder meeting the lowest common denominator...I know others here will sing the praises of HF to the heavens (ducatiz), but I am just being generally realistic, with the acknowledgement that there are exceptions to that rule in the case of HF, but they are few and far between...

I own a Baxley Sport Chock, and I can say, it was without a doubt worth every penny I paid for it and then some...it will be the one moto accessory I will retain probably for ever, or as least, as long I continue to own motorcycles, as it works with any and all of them...it will be without a second thought a 1 time purchase that will make you sometimes wonder why you did without it...it is useful at the track(when you have to secure or remove your kickstand), it is useful at home(for riding into the garage and being lazy and not wanting to have to put it on the kickstand), it is useful for transport( making the securing process an easy 1 person affair)...I just can't speak highly enough of them....I can almost say, their product is almost as useful as my Pitbull stands...

If you are only loading one bike in the back of your truck you can load it diagonally with the front wheel in the front corner of the bed. The corner acts as the wheel chock. You can use a 3 strap system - (this assumes the front tire in the driver's side corner) one off the right bar to the front pass side of the bed, one off the left bar to the back driver side corner and one from the front driver corner to the foot peg to keep the bike locked in place. With the back tire snug up against the pass side of the bed, the bike won't move at all.

I have a Pitbull chock. very nice and bombproof like their stands. Also removeable.

The nice part about one like the baxley is you can use it in the garage too.
i use the wheel chock more than the rear stand

Baxley sport chock!! [thumbsup] [popcorn] [bow_down]

Baxley FTW.
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a lot of positive replies on the baxley, i have been lookin on line for a couple of days and i think i like it the most.  after all this great feedback i think that i will have to pick one up.. thanks to all for the info!!!  [drink] for all

Baxley. It's used in the garage and the truck.  [thumbsup]

wish i had it.  any wheel choke is better than none.  why?  because of this  [bang] http://www.ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=53077.0 (http://www.ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=53077.0)

several people have suggested the baxley.   but i can't swing the price on it.  traile co-owner got one from harbor freight, i am looking at possibly getting the pit bull wheel choke.  but if i could swing the money, the pit bull trailer restraint, now that's the one i need.

Figured you would of got a red one.  [cheeky]


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I have one of these and like it.

http://www.webbikeworld.com/motorcycle-wheel-chock/smart-chock/ (http://www.webbikeworld.com/motorcycle-wheel-chock/smart-chock/)

It's not as fancy as the Baxley, but it works fine.  It does slip around a bit on a slick surface but I put it up against the garage wall or the front part of the truck bed.  And it does require a little bit of a rock back and forth on the bike to get it to disengage.  But I've had it for so long I really don't think about these issues, but they are there.

I think chocks are the way to go.  Especially since it makes checking the oil level a simple glance and see operation.

I've had a Condor chock for 4 years.  Hooks onto the supplied trailer plate for transport to the track. Never ever ever had a problem..... Even when I had to avoid a tire on rt 93 @ 70mph and thought the trailer was going to teeter onto its side.  Pulled over to check my undies and the chock and straps kept the SV upright and solid. 

I also have the HF roll on chock. It sucks. I use it when both bikes are put away for winter.