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BuzZz wrote:Who needs exellent low-speed riding skills?

People who are trying to load bikes into the back of trucks!!!!

Oh P-U-L-E-Z-Z-Z, video tape that for me!

oh and i have a feeling you think i have no low speed riding skills.

dood! i spent some time riding slow around our condo driveway before i got out on the streets. it's not even an option to speed up on our driveway.

also, i practiced a lot on parking lots. figure 8, braking skills, stop and go w/o putting foot down etc.

i wouldn't be able to ride on the streets if i had no slow riding skills.

BuzZz wrote: What 'you don't think' can bite you in the azz. Or bust you jaw on the tailgate when the front end drops off the ramp. Wait till you see how thin any ramp starts looking when your halfway up it.

why the hell would i use a ramp that is super steep and as thin as my tires?

of course i'll use a ramp of considerable size, width, and length for my bike.

as for your comment about getting it down... i don't get it.

Heh, you may not be able to find a ramp that's sturdy enough, cheap enough, and wide enough as you'd like.

Ramps are generally very thin (a little wider than a tire), steep (longer = more materials = expensive), very expensive.


Though we did pick up two for $63 each and they're pretty good. So if you wait long enough a good deal will pop up eventually.

But to quote Tom Petty, "the waiiittting is the hardest part."

i see.

well all of these are just plans for now since im not sure i can find and afford and old but good enough pickup truck.

but if it turns out that good ramps are very expensive then i'll just rent a bike trailer and tow it to get to the tracks.

anyway... im getting sleepy now. good night fellow riders.

why the hell would i use a ramp that is super steep and as thin as my tires?

of course I'll use a ramp of considerable size, width, and length for my bike.[/quote]

I did say any ramp. I know this is all new and different to you, but your really not the first to come up with any of these ideas you've had. You will see.

VermilionX wrote:as for your comment about getting it down... i don't get it.

You will get it. Eventually.

You have a small dilemma. Load it alone and in private, so as to save embarrassment, or with a bunch of friends so they can lift the bike up off you as they laugh....



Look long and hard at trailers..... the lower, the better.

BuzZz wrote:
Keep that scarf handy, it'll make a good make-shift sling.

You are on a roll. That was pure gold!

I would think getting it up there would be harder as you need to go against gravity...... I don't know why you think going down would be harder, VX. I would suggest getting couple people to help get it up and down. Going down you just need them to brace the bike, but when you go up you need to pull it up there, which is why going up is HARDER than going down. I don't know what kind of ramps you are talking about but most are pretty thin, unles you want to by some big "O Ring" piece of wood that is real thick and cut it out yourself. But of course you would need some way of making sure the ramp wouldn't slip which would be hard with wood. I think it is best to think things through before one talks, and I don't know why you can't understand the sarcastic comments. They come through pretty clear.

-Edit: now that I think about it, wood would suck as a ramp because you wouldn't be able to get good footing on it unless you cut out areas for your feet.

i wasn't thinking about wooden ramps. i was thinking of steel ramps. kinda like the one the truck guy had when he delivered my bike.

that ramp was pretty good in length and width.

and the reason im saying it's easier to load it up for me is that when loading it up, i can ride it slowly up there.

loading it down i have to pull it and support its weight. which i cannot do on my own.

The way I have loaded mine was to use a 4-wheeler(aluminum) ramp. It's wide enough and strong enough(my bikes weighs 630lbs or so) to back the bike out by yourself. Plus it has some tabs at the top of the ramp so it sits on the tailgate real nice and some cable hooks so it doesn't slide out.
I had to barrow my brother in laws it folds in half so it fits right beside the bike in the pickup(which was a toyota 4x4 4banger). I had to slide (the hardest part by myself) the bike over so it was sitting at an angle so the tailgate would shut though since this was a small pickup.

Sorry to hear about your car dude but I think we all knew it would be totaled. But on the bright side, you do wanna step up to a truck now! Get whatever you can afford and then invert in atrailer or just rent one. I know I'd never try to put my C-50 in the back of my truck. If I need to haul it, I'm renting a trailer.