Modern Vespa

Keith, I saw a picture that you posted with 2 shocks on your trailer. did your wheel guards on the rear of your front tires have a problem with the shocks when they folded up to lock your bike in place. I have a 5 x 8, 12 inch tire trailer. Shocks from Harbor Freight. anything that I should know about the tire guards or anything else.

Thanks to all

Perhaps you mean chocks, not shocks?

As Jim said...
You must have meant to say the Front Wheel Chocks (The Blue Condor Model)
No issues with my setup, I have used for both MP3/250 and MP3/500 with no problems. The important thing is to strap the MP3 correctly. Don't dare strap from the Handle Bars, and strap the Rear so the ASS does not slide. I have a Rear Camera on my 2017 Z71 Colorado, so it comes in handy to check periodically how things are looking.

Keith,
Marietta, GA

thanks: just what I wanted to know.
wheel shocks should be spelled with a " C "

Keith, how do you see to get the front wheels to line up with the Chocks.
If I ride up on the trailer I only have a few inches left from the rear of the trailer and rear tire. I need to be right on when I get all 3 wheels on the trailer.
I have not tried it yet. I can pick up the back of the scoot and move it side to side. I can buy rails and guides, but wanted to save that expense.
Any help will be appreciated.
Reg

When I installed the Chocks...
I measured the Center of the Front Wheels (At the time I only had the MP3/250). I placed the Chocks centered on the Trailer with one Bolt through the floor. Since the Trailer is One Axle, I attached to my Chevy Colorado hitch ball, Rode the Bike up on to the Trailer and Locked the Tilt-Lock.
Then I pushed with my feet forward while sitting on the bike to Lock into the Condor Chocks where they engaged gripping the Front Tires. (Note: You could paint two lines on the Trailer Floor for Targeting into Chocks.) Examining this, and seeing it was perfectly spaced, I completed the install with the Condor Base Plates. Removal of Bike is easy, sit on the bike push with your Feet in reverse with Tilt-Lock Engaged, and out you come using your brakes to push off the Trailer on to the Street. (No Engine Running)

The way the Condor Chocks work, you can remove them from the Base Plate and store them. That's why I mounted a Locking Trailer Box Storage on the Front of the Trailer to keep my Bike stuff in it.
When I remove, I use the Trailer to hauling other things. I also found installing "Floor Rail System" on each side added the ability to easily connect the Ratchet Straps instead of using the Rails on the Trailer which has no good latching points. I wanted something Adjustable that I could slide and lock on each side for the anchor points on the ratchet straps.

Back in my early experimenting days with the trailer, I just had two small 2x4's that I would screw down on each side of the rear tire. That kept the shifting of the rear but when I used One Chock to haul the Vespa, that shifted the need to lock the rear tire down on that bike since it is only a 2 wheeler to a different position. So the Floor Rails System with locking pins for Strap Points made it more flexible.

Very happy with my setup...
It's primary use is to trailer any of my bikes, and it also worked out that the Front Wheels on the later purchased MP3/500 was spaced the same as the MP3/250, so no adjustments were needed.
I use the Trailer for everything else when the Chocks are removed.

I have also found using the CounterAct Balance Beads in the Trailer Tire's (In my case 15" Rims) made the Trailer more stable at Interstate Highway Speeds. The "Auto Balancing" of those Trailer Tires works well. It took about 2 1/2 oz's of Beads in each tire.

If I had to do it all over again...
I would have purchased a Trailer that is all enclosed to keep the bikes out of the Weather. Do the same floor installation of Chocks and Locking Rail System. Add a Wireless Camera Inside the trailer to check the bikes while on the Highway and for Security when at a Hotel. Can always check from my iPhone.

Good Luck,
Keith
Marietta, GA

Here are some pictures of my wife's MP3/400 in our RallyTime trailer. Hope that this will give you some more ideas about tie downs. The Condors work great and there are plenty of tie down points for the bikes (The BMW is mine). The best tie down points on the MP3 are on the upper mounts for the shocks. Don't forget to disengage the tilt-lock when you tie down.

We took the bikes from Northern Michigan to western North Carolina with no problems. Some tightening was necessary every day due to strap stretch mostly due to some really rough construction zones on the roads.