[Spanner Man]

Morning all.

Having collected a bike or two over the years my method is to place the front wheel against the bulkhead with the bike in gear & on it's side stand. I then un-thread the ratchet straps and pass the end of the strap over the bottom yoke & re-thread the strap. This provided the straps used have a short tail strap keeps the ratchet away from the bodywork or mudguards.....Watch that you don't splay the straps too much because you can catch the fairing on a faired bike, this will depend on how many anchor points you have on the floor of the van in question.

For my van I made a low level bulkhead form steel tubing & box a bit like a dog guard, (for a dog of dinosaur proportions) I have 1 inch straps made that have no tail strap & just 3 metres of webbing, I pass a strap over the bottom yoke on either side, down & around some part of the 'dog guard, then thread it into the ratchet & hey presto! !5 years & I haven't lost one yet!

If you have suitable anchor points a strap through the rear wheel at floor level might stop the bike doing a somersault in the event of an accident or emergency stop.

Cheers.