How many guys to carry a Monster up one flight of stairs?

[671M900]

^ DO , possible hilarity is increased by this scenario.

WARNING: The suggestion, while fairly easy compared to picking up the bike, can go very very wrong if not paying attention! Please be careful!

I have to put that in there somewhere, right?

[Rameses]

If they won't let you keep your monster indoors, go buy a house.  It IS a monster after all... 

Seriously though. how wide is the stairway to begin with? I did push a bike up a flight of stairs with two other guys, but the way we did it was strap the bike down to some 1/2" plywood, and pull and push it up the stairs. That way it can "sled" up the stairs, bust be steady and careful not to let go.

This seems like a horrible idea to me.

This negates the opportunity to hold the brake and allow a tire on a step to hold the weight of the bike for you to take a brake.



That being said, I don't think the OP should in any way disregard this as a viable way of moving the bike up the stairs as long as it's being recorded for us to watch later.   

[zooom]

in seriousness for a moment...

take the front end off the bike...run a metal bar through the frame right behind the neck downtube...have 1 guy on either side of the bar...for the rear...either put the bike in gear and come underneath the swingarm and through the wheel and chain with a second metal bar, or some ratcheting straps doubled or tripled over themselves to hold the bar to the "passenger" grab handles...4 guys can do it and you should be short enough (wheelbase/length wise)to turn in the stairwell if needed...

[DucHead]

1) Disassemble bike
2) Carry parts upstairs
3) Re-assemble bike
4) 

[zooom]

1) Disassemble bike
2) Carry parts upstairs
3) Re-assemble bike
4) 

hey...I said that alrready...

http://www.ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=43157.msg774976#msg774976

[ducpainter]

plagiarism...

or derby?

[zooom]

plagiarism...

or derby?

how 'bout a just plain derby...LOL

[DucHead]

hey...I said that alrready...

http://www.ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=43157.msg774976#msg774976

Neither, just missed your post.   

[zooom]

Neither, just missed your post.   

tis all good!...no  biggie...

[Ahks]

i'm still waiting for the video with the benny hill theme...

[671M900]

This seems like a horrible idea to me.

This negates the opportunity to hold the brake and allow a tire on a step to hold the weight of the bike for you to take a brake.



That being said, I don't think the OP should in any way disregard this as a viable way of moving the bike up the stairs as long as it's being recorded for us to watch later.   

Forgot to mention, we only strapped the front end of the bike and used a chok to keep it standing up. Rear wheel was not sitting on plywood. I think it really depends on the width of the stairs, we used something like a 4'x2' piece of plywood. If you do it slowly and steady, it'll get up.

Dropping the engine seems like it would free enough weight to pick it up easily.... but then you'd have to do it to get the bike down... Unless... You ride it down.

[speedknot]

Stop being so make the beast with two backsin cheap and pay the few hundred for the season for storage.
Orrrrr, speak to the super of the building.  I've heard of guys making deals with the super to keep it in the maintenance area on the first floor.  If he cant help you maybe he knows a local bldg. manager who can.  Some green and a bottle of Johnny Walker Black can go a long way.

[Rameses]

Forgot to mention, we only strapped the front end of the bike and used a chok to keep it standing up. Rear wheel was not sitting on plywood. I think it really depends on the width of the stairs, we used something like a 4'x2' piece of plywood. If you do it slowly and steady, it'll get up.

Dropping the engine seems like it would free enough weight to pick it up easily.... but then you'd have to do it to get the bike down... Unless... You ride it down.

Okay, that makes a lot more sense.


Dropping the engine, however, doesn't make sense.

The engine's a stressed member.

The swingarm is attached to the engine and not to the frame.

[darthmoto]

how about the axles. they are hollow. how about a bar though each axle and a man on each end of the bar?

This isn't a bad idea. Ive seen people lift an engine block chained to 2 wooden beams.. 1 guy on either side of the motor and putting one beam on left shoulder and another on the right.

Maybe you can get 2 snugly fitting pipes to fit the front and rear axle. Then find a way to affix straps on each end of both pipes, maybe a foot shorter than ground to shoulder height.  Get one guy for each end of pipe = 4 guys. Hopefully the staircase isnt so narrow that you cant fit a bike and 2 guys on either side.

[junior varsity]

Dropping the engine, however, doesn't make sense.
The engine's a stressed member.
The swingarm is attached to the engine and not to the frame.

But see...



http://www.speedymoto.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=04-0201&Category_Code=SMT