Drilling through front of floorbed

So, I am thinking of picking up a new TRD OR 4x4 DCSB M/T next week and it will be my dedicated race bike hauler. I want to mount my Baxley front chock

into the very front of the bed. A quick peek under the truck and it seems there might be a gas tank under there? How difficult of a job am I looking at?

Thanks!

 

It's easy. Just go very slow till you pop through

 

Thanks.

I guess I'm curious what is under there? Plus, I would need to get under there to put a washer and nut most likely.

 

I would think a trailer would be a way better option. I don't know how people load their bikes in the back of trucks. Seems like a lot of work to me.

 

Use a large washed where u can. I still don't trust the composite bed. When I had mine I just used it to hold the bike while I strapped it. I always do 4 straps also.

 

With a good ramp it's easy. Just ride it in.

 

My TLR was a pig. No thanks.

 

Looks like all your mounting holes are towards the rear?
You should be all right.

 

I would recommend using a unibit for the drilling if your unsure of what your doing

 

When I was figuring mine out, I used the drainage holes as my reference when checking underneath.

 

Eh, I have been doing it 4+ times a month for a while now, it is pretty easy.

I would actually go strapless this time though. Perma-mount the chock and then use pitbull or moto-d trailer restraints mounted to the bed or tailgate.

 

Why bother with the chock? You have good tie down points front and rear.

 

It's easier to hook up the tie downs when the bike is up right.

 

I guess, I always just had the tie downs straps staged in easy reach, just took a few seconds.

I did use a Pingle pop chock in the van, but that was just to locate the front of the bike since there was no forward wall to push against.

A trailer is nice though, the last couple of years I raced I had a 6x12, ramp door and tall enough to stand in. Liked being able to just leave stuff in the trailer when I got home, could deal with all the unpacking later.

 

I am hoping to avoid ever using tie downs again. Sick of removing the lever guards, putting stress on the clip-ons with the canyon dancers and dealing with all the straps. This way I can roll it into the chock, casually put the trailer-retraint through the rear axel and drive away.

 

Dude, you're doing it wrong!
Use soft ties around the lower triple tree, or the fork legs right above it. Never use a canyon dancer on clipons.
Shouldn't take more than a minute to strap a bike down.
Granted, the modern restraint systems are nice, but to me they just seemed like a solution to a problem that didn't exist.

edit: Actually, the one situation where they do have a big advantage is if you're squeezing multiple bikes into a trailer. Then losing the web of interlocking web of tie down straps is a big plus

 

Haha, try doing that on a Panigale.

Ducati takes all your easy solutions and says, "fuck you!" in Italian.

 

I'm facing a similar dilemma, but I saw a post a thread on here with this thing called a cmp box bar. I'm thinking about going that route instead, even mounting a small winch on the bar to help pull the bike up the ramp when I'm solo. Wondering if anyone's tried this before?

 

You can even use the soft straps on the clip on. Just don't get crazy with pulling down. With 2 front and 2 rear straps bike is not going anywhere. My mv is a bitch also but that's what I do. The gsxr is a different story.

 

Don't get me started on Ducati, I've had a couple. 848 currently, it'll be my last one.
Dunno if the Panigale bodywork is much different, but I can use my above method on it without much trouble.