Dead Weight at the rear wheel

[Jim48M]

New poster here, been around awhile learning as much as possible from all experience that resides here and thank all of you for that.
I have a question, does anyone know the approximate weight at the rear wheel of a Standard Valkyrie? I need to transport the Valk in the bed of my truck and also haul a trike on a trailer for 800 miles. The truck is an 2014 F-150 and the rear wheel will sit center on the tail gate..any special concern or experience with the tail gate or the braided straps. Thank you in advance for your input.
Jim

[John Schmidt]

Those retention straps for the tailgate have pretty high strenth ratings, but some riders simply lay a sheet of thick plywood on the bed for the bike to sit on.....both front and rear wheels. That takes the strain off the tailgate, just remember to not tie it down using the handlebars and also raise the sidestand. 

[Chrisj CMA]

I have a F-150 with the longer bed.  The rear wheel rests on the hinge of the tail gate and I still use a plywood "bridge" to share the load.  The cables will hold, the tail gate may be damaged if you don't take the extra step of that plywood (3/4) across  from the bed to the gate.

[Bighead]

Well fist off Never,Never put a phat girl on a trail or or in the bed of a truck, RIDE IT  or people will think you are trying to be a HD guy
 But as stated a bridge of sorts will work fine, a 2x12 from under the front tire all the way back is the way I have ......... errr.....seen it done

[TJ]

Those retention straps for the tailgate have pretty high strenth ratings, but some riders simply lay a sheet of thick plywood on the bed for the bike to sit on.....both front and rear wheels. That takes the strain off the tailgate, just remember to not tie it down using the handlebars and also raise the sidestand. 

    

[Firefighter]

Chris, How do you get that bike in the truck bed? Walk it up, ride? Looks scary to me, see you have that wide ramp.

[Chrisj CMA]

Chris, How do you get that bike in the truck bed? Walk it up, ride? Looks scary to me, see you have that wide ramp.

It was scary the first time.  I ride it in, but the ramp is so good no speed or momentum is needed, in fact, you can stop at any point with feet securely down, so it's not like a launch.

[Firefighter]

Thanks, I would have thought that would be kind of risky, but sounds like you have it figured out.

[Relax]

Chris, How do you get that bike in the truck bed? Walk it up, ride? Looks scary to me, see you have that wide ramp.

You lucky guys.
I helped a friend ..doi ng the same.....at degrees bellow freezing point..which gave ice on the "ramp".......It became" interesting" ,,,

Yes, it ended well , no probs 

[Tfrank59]

"It was scary the first time."  --ChrisJ

I should think getting down would be more scary