Abstract Apparatus for restricting the motion of a motorcycle while it is being carried by a pickup truck or similar vehicle is disclosed. Such vehicles are of the type having a bed which includes a horizontal load-bearing portion and one or more sidewall portions. The motorcycle is provided with a luggage rack or similar rear-mounted load carrying member. The apparatus of the present invention provides a substantially vertical strut mounted to the vehicle bed proximate one of its sidewalls. A transverse hook member is attached to the top of the vertical strut. The free end of the hook member has an upwardly opening hook contour. The rear portion of the motorcycle is lifted and the rear-mounted load carrying member engaged with the hook contour along the side of the motorcycle near the strut. The rear wheel of the motorcycle is thus maintained in a raised position relative to the horizontal portion of the vehicle bed, and the lower extremity of the rear wheel is biased against the vertical strut. The front wheel of the motorcycle is turned against a sidewall portion of the vehicle bed and locked in position and movement of the motorcycle is prevented as it is being carried by the vehicle.
Apparatus for restricting the motion of a motorcycle carried by a pickup truck or similar vehicle which has a bed including a horizontal portion and at least one sidewall portion wherein the motorcycle is positioned with both wheels adjacent a sidewall and is provided with a rear-mounted hook-receiving member which is affixed to the motorcycle laterally off center, said apparatus comprising in combination, a mounting bracket affixed to said bed and including an upwardly directed stud portion, a substantially vertical hollow strut including mutually telescoping first and second members, said first telescoping member being removably mounted to said bed by slipping over said stud portion and the said second telescoping member being mounted relatively above said first telescoping member in overlapping telescoping relationship, means for fixing the vertical position of said second telescoping member relative to said first telescoping member, a transverse hook member slidably attached to the top of said second telescoping member adjacent and having an upwardly opening hook contour at the other end and means for adjusting the lateral position of said transverse hook member, so that the rear portion of the motorcycle can be lifted and the rearmounted hook receiving member thereof engaged with the hook contour of the transverse hook member to suspend the rear wheel of the motorcycle in a raised position relative to the horizontal portion of the vehicle bed so that the weight of the motorcycle causes the rear wheel to swing laterally toward and remain biased against the vertical strut, and the front wheel of the motorcycle can be turned against the sidewall and locked in position to restrict the motion of the motorcycle as it is being carried by the vehicle.
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Apparatus for restricting the motion of a motorcycle carried by a pickup truck or similar vehicle which has a bed including a horizontal portion and at least one sidewall portion wherein the motorcycle is positioned with both wheels adjacent a sidewall and is provided with a rear-mounted hook-receiving member which is affixed to the motorcycle laterally off center, said apparatus comprising in combination, a mounting bracket affixed to said bed and including an upwardly directed stud portion, a substantially vertical hollow strut including mutually telescoping first and second members, said first telescoping member being removably mounted to said bed by slipping over said stud portion and the said second telescoping member being mounted relatively above said first telescoping member in overlapping telescoping relationship, means for fixing the vertical position of said second telescoping member relative to said first telescoping member, a transverse hook member slidably attached to the top of said second telescoping member adjacent and having an upwardly opening hook contour at the other end and means for adjusting the lateral position of said transverse hook member, so that the rear portion of the motorcycle can be lifted and the rearmounted hook receiving member thereof engaged with the hook contour of the transverse hook member to suspend the rear wheel of the motorcycle in a raised position relative to the horizontal portion of the vehicle bed so that the weight of the motorcycle causes the rear wheel to swing laterally toward and remain biased against the vertical strut, and the front wheel of the motorcycle can be turned against the sidewall and locked in position to restrict the motion of the motorcycle as it is being carried by the vehicle.