You guys have a video camera right?

[erkishhorde]

LOADING UP THE BIKE THE EASY WAY....

*pounds head thinking, "Why the hell did I forget my ramp?!"*

[Randimus Maximus]

with all of the people in the video on the OP, I'm wondering why they didn't just push the bike into the truck?

[dennisd]

I think that first video was a "here, hold my beer and watch this" moment.

[erkishhorde]

with all of the people in the video on the OP, I'm wondering why they didn't just push the bike into the truck?

They wanted to see him fail. Why else? The guys by the ramp weren't anywhere near close enough to save the bike from a tip over but were in a good spot to help him from falling on his head. The guys int he chair had the right idea getting comfy for the show.

[derby]

He wasn't going fast enough for momentum to help him up the ramp.  You hear the motor spin up because there isn't enough traction to push the bike up the ramp. 

the motor spins up because he panicked and pulled the clutch in. he even "blips" the throttle.

[the_Journeyman]

Oh, oh well, I thought it came up because it lots traction ~

JM

[derby]

Oh, oh well, I thought it came up because it lots traction ~

JM

i could be wrong, but i'd be really surprised if something that heavy would lose traction on a ramp like that.

i've loaded my share of bikes in trucks with ramps. i generally find a way to get the truck's front wheels higher than the rear (reduce the distance from the tailgate to ground),  use an "arched" ramp (to avoid high-centering on the tailgate), and use a step stool on the ground in front of the tailgate so i can just walk beside the bike while i "walk it up" the ramp in 1st gear while modulating the throttle/clutch.

it's a pretty easy, no-rush way to do it.

[mitt]

I have seen my br-in-law ride a HD up a 5' long 8" wide ramp that is way too short for the trailer he has several times.  He is a lifetime rider, originally on dirt bikes, and he just guns the bike up it.  The ramp bends like he11, but he makes it every time.  I think loading bikes in 95% mental and 5% physics.


mitt

[Buckethead]

I think loading bikes in 95% mental and 5% physics.

Like an art student metal sculpture. As long as they don't know that it's physically impossible to make, they'll make it anyway and mount it on the lawn in front of the engineering building and defy physics all damned day.

Damned hippies. 

[muskrat]

More evidence the majority of cruiser riders don't know how to ride a motorcycle. 

Here we go again.  My Roadstar NEVER fell while being driven up a ramp by yours truly and that pig weighed 800 lbs.  Each one of these bikes were being handled by novice.

[Kopfjager]

Well at least they were trying to go up a ramp. 


Nice Ducati


ducati 748 low speed crash

[ab]

I am terrified of ramps.  After my first wreck (yamaha 400cc 1987 bike I think), a coworker and I were loading the bike onto a pickup.  All I heard was a big crash sound as it fell from the ramp.  Scary.  It did not matter as it was a totalled bike anyhow.

So now, the few times I load my bike, I am trembling and nervous as hell.

[The Architect]

What was this guys plan if he'd managed to get the bike on the ramp?  Levitate along next to it all the while still pushing?

It's always int the details.

[He Man]

The ramp bends like he11, but he makes it every time.  I think loading bikes in 95% mental and 5% physics.

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