Hi Bonnie. Useful advice for anyone who hasn't taken their bike on a ferry before. Just one thing though, I wouldn't recommend putting the bike on the centre-stand as it means you effectively only have two points of contact with the floor, rather than three if you use the side stand. It also prevents the rear suspension from being compressed by the strap. I saw how bad an idea it was to use the centre-stand, a few years ago, on a crossing from Santander to Portsmouth. One guy put his Ducati Multistrada on the centre-stand. It was a particularly rough crossing and when we went down to the vehicle deck, the next evening, his was the only bike to have fallen over! Nice tribute to your great-uncle at the end there... 😊👍
Hi Bonnie. Useful advice for anyone who hasn't taken their bike on a ferry before. Just one thing though, I wouldn't recommend putting the bike on the centre-stand as it means you effectively only have two points of contact with the floor, rather than three if you use the side stand. It also prevents the rear suspension from being compressed by the strap. I saw how bad an idea it was to use the centre-stand, a few years ago, on a crossing from Santander to Portsmouth. One guy put his Ducati Multistrada on the centre-stand. It was a particularly rough crossing and when we went down to the vehicle deck, the next evening, his was the only bike to have fallen over! Nice tribute to your great-uncle at the end there... 😊👍