GEN 2 Load a 450lb motorcycle - how

[hedonist222]

I’m too scared to load my bike in the bed. Especially since I didn’t have anyone to help me at the time.

Wheel chock at the front really helps to stabilize the bike.

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I have no qualms with with loading it onto the truck bed.

I wonder how I can include a wheel chock if I end up closing the tailgate and loading it diagonally. Could probably have my local metalsmith fabricate a right angle wheel chock?
There are plenty of options if I leave the tailgate open.

Nice Ducati by the way!

I'm still wondering how you get into your car everyday with that display photo

 

[hedonist222]

I load my BMW f 850 ds Adventure. It is 100% safe. Just need to tight in proper places. 4 ponts. 2 front on shock absorber, and 2 on foot pegs. Dont need the rear to be tight down, just to avoid not to go left or right on bad roads. I have my truck to carry my bike. Usually the 300 cc 2t Husqvarna, but sometimes the BMW also

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nice pair of bikes!
the f850 GSA is one of the motorcycles I'm considering

thanks for the reassuring thought

when I used to trailer my enduro bikes - I would strap onto the forks like you and instead of the pegs, I would loop a strap around the rear tire so that it doesn't move
something to try...

 

[hedonist222]

Yeah, and two ramp. And a helper. I would not try with the help of engine.

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a helper would depend on the ramp design
some are like ladders - spaced out rungs
maybe fine for ATVs but not my preference for motorcycles
its like rock climbing - why would you put yourself through all that stress
if I end up with a rung-style ramp - I'll plate it with a plank or sandpaper


but with a flat surface ramp, I think clutch and throttle while walking it up on at least 8 foot ramp is fine

 

[JohnyPython]

I have no qualms with with loading it onto the truck bed.

I wonder how I can include a wheel chock if I end up closing the tailgate and loading it diagonally. Could probably have my local metalsmith fabricate a right angle wheel chock?
There are plenty of options if I leave the tailgate open.

Nice Ducati by the way!

I'm still wondering how you get into your car everyday with that display photo

Thanks, I gotta get my bike out soon.

Haha I drive in nose first now. Easy to get out of the driver's side.

 

[hedonist222]

Until you have been laying under a GSXR1000 in your drive way at 4:30 in the morning when it is 20 degrees outside because your ramp broke the tie down and slipped on the ice you will never have a full appreciation for these. https://www.ford-trucks.com/articles/fords-f150-stowable-loading-ramps/. They are THE BEST accessory I have for the truck. When I am dog as tired from riding for 10 hours in the desert and want to load a 385 pound bike in the back with ZERO effort I would gladly pay way more than the 500.00..... One drop of the bike or slipped ramp makes 500 bucks seem cheap... Look everyone on here owns a 60k plus truck and if you want to cheap out on difference between 200 in regular ****** ramps and 500 in something awesome be my guest but as soon as you scratch your truck or drop your bike and you spend 1K minimum to fix anything, that extra 300 bones for good ramps will seem cheap as hell....

thats cold and painful!
that appendage and orifice attachment at the tailgate really looks secure

 

[hedonist222]

Amen to that. Just like I said above

guys
I'm cooperating with a governmental all-day curfew

Theres not really much to do these days - lets all be nice...

I've washed my mountain bike
Changed out 10 light bulbs

5 weren't even burned out !!!

 

[06z]

This was before I installed the RPG rack.

 

[hedonist222]

Depending upon the angle of your driveway, the easiest method is to park in the street w/ the ramps back in the driveway, thus reducing the angle. My driveway is flat, but the enpty lot next to my house allows me to back up and the ramps are almost parallel. You can almost always find a land feature nearby that you can use to reduce the ramp angle. Drainage ditches also work well. Work smarter, not harder.

Yeah good point
Thought of that and I'm sure I'll find some hill to off load when im in the mountains or valley area

Alas, gentrified neighborhoods and sea-level geography yield very little opportunities

 

[richnot]

If you don't want`t to go in the bed, this is what my brother used for his BSA Vintage flat tracker

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[richnot]

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And then this.

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