how to: motorcycle loading ramp

RACER X · 09-01-2015, 12:08 PM

so I'm looking at getting a loading ramp, and I see this pic

and I'm thinking dude is nuts, skinny ramp riding up it.

is this normal? lol

cuz this is what I envision

bdmpastx · 09-01-2015, 12:33 PM

I have seen way too many people fall doing that. They then mess the truck, bike and themselves up. You need to walk it up next to it. I use to use the bikes power and I would walk next to it up into the truck clutching it up. The lower part of the bike sometimes bottoms out and the bike and rider stop and they both go falling down.

bdmpastx · 09-01-2015, 12:35 PM

Just watch these...
[YOUTUBE]akyDmCayHao[/YOUTUBE]

hondarider77 · 09-01-2015, 12:35 PM

I have never once ridden a time up a ramp. Push it up. Not difficult. Unless you got a super wide ramp used for atvs or side by sides.

RACER X · 09-01-2015, 12:37 PM

I watched a buddy try to ride up a short ramp into the back of an 18 wheeler trailer w a short ramp, back when metric cycles was in the Galleria area

Mint cbr900rr was not minty after the fall. Lol

Nastynesto85 · 09-01-2015, 12:43 PM

I have 2 ramps for loading purposes, one aluminum and one steel ramp . The steel ramp is secured to the rear bumper via straps and the aluminum one i use to walk next to the steel ramp that bike is on and clutch it and front brake control the whole time .

All it took was one time of the steel ramp slipping out as i was almost loaded into bed of truck and almost dropping the bike out the bed of truck that i realized i needed the straps lol , it only cracked my lower fairing thankfully

Zapata · 09-01-2015, 12:47 PM

Seems like it's more easy if you are sitting on the bike and riding it. I have no idea how it works and I will never attempt to load any of my bikes with a ramp but walking the bike seems trickier.

urbanXJ · 09-01-2015, 12:48 PM

I have ridden up my ramp twice.

Both times I said F that never again way to easy to F everything up.

Its the narrow one from cycle gear.

NEVER AGAIN

atvmxr · 09-01-2015, 12:48 PM

when I was young, i used to ride up on a plain old 2x8 into the back of my pickup all the time. one time in college I got a little sketchy and Ill be darned if I could do it after that. Its kinda dumb, I have a truck, but feel like I need to trailer to haul bikes around cause its a pain to get them in back of truck.... getting old I guess.

slim_grizzy · 09-01-2015, 12:54 PM

I only use a wide ramp. That way I can walk it up on the side using the bikes power or ride it keeping feet down on both sides. And only try it going slowly. These videos of people gunning it up the ramp make me chuckle.

Zapata · 09-01-2015, 01:02 PM

! Expensive but worthy if you are going to plan trailering your bike a lot.

https://www.kendonusa.com/limited-edi...e-trailer.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=45&v=uL-HT2v7UjI

Zapata · 09-01-2015, 01:24 PM

or you can also rent a motorcycle trailer for around $15.00

https://www.uhaul.com/Trailers/Motorc...ler-Rental/MT/

LRD · 09-01-2015, 01:44 PM

I use the wide ATV ramp from HF and I still don't like riding my bike up. Almost busted my several times. Been thinking of lowering the trailer somehow

urbanXJ · 09-01-2015, 01:48 PM

I like the one the magic man has

https://www.cabelas.com/product/Extre...3651299&rid=20

Rttoys · 09-01-2015, 01:55 PM

Go big or go home

https://jettrax.com/motorcycle-lifts.htm

bumblebee · 09-01-2015, 01:58 PM

Wide ATV ramp and sit on the bike, ride it up slowly. No sweat.
Done it a thousand times.

Narrow ramp... seen several bikes get dropped. Never with a narrow ramp.

Sure an ATV ramp costs $150. Won't seem like much of you drop your bike one time.

Rttoys · 09-01-2015, 02:08 PM

Yep, a tri-fold atv ramp is the way to go. Make sure it is securely strapped to the truck/trailer, it can kick out.

If its going into my toyhauler, I ride it up. If its going into the truck bed, I walk it with power assisted.

Zapata · 09-01-2015, 02:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rttoys

Go big or go home

https://jettrax.com/motorcycle-lifts.htm

^^^ WoW! That's the best! No idea how it will be taking a big tourer like that bike on a ram walking it on the side or riding the ramp up.

WABFZ1 · 09-01-2015, 02:41 PM

The only way I feel secure about using a ramp, is to park the rear wheels of the pickup truck in a ditch so the tailgate is less than a foot off the ground. That way, the slope of the ramp is very slight, and you can have someone stand on each side of the bike while loading. Usually can just push the bike up the ramp, keeping hold of the front brake just in case.

Only problem is --- how many places have a suitable ditch with the right depth, contour, and surface?

atvmxr · 09-01-2015, 02:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zapata

or you can also rent a motorcycle trailer for around $15.00

https://www.uhaul.com/Trailers/Motorc...ler-Rental/MT/

no t. thanks a ton, no idea these were so cheap!!! Figure a decent trailer is $1500, at uhaul price I would have to use it 60 times to pay for itself. Considering I go out maybe once a month or two, thats about 7.5 years. Now further considering I would be paying ~$50 a month to store the trailer, I dont think buying a trailer would ever pay for itself...

, even for one of those $300 ramps you would need to use it about 15 times.

09-01-2015, 12:08 PM	#1
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09-01-2015, 12:33 PM	#2
bdmpastx The Cripple Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Pearland Feedback Rating: (0) Posts: 6,077 Experience: 10+ years Trackdays: 10+ Bike(s): 2009 Nissan GTR - sold 2015 Nissan GTR	I have seen way too many people fall doing that. They then mess the truck, bike and themselves up. You need to walk it up next to it. I use to use the bikes power and I would walk next to it up into the truck clutching it up. The lower part of the bike sometimes bottoms out and the bike and rider stop and they both go falling down.
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09-01-2015, 12:35 PM	#3
bdmpastx The Cripple Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Pearland Feedback Rating: (0) Posts: 6,077 Experience: 10+ years Trackdays: 10+ Bike(s): 2009 Nissan GTR - sold 2015 Nissan GTR	Just watch these... [YOUTUBE]akyDmCayHao[/YOUTUBE]
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09-01-2015, 12:37 PM	#5
RACER X what R you lookin' at? Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Richmond, Tx Feedback Rating: (26) Posts: 34,517 Experience: 10+ years Trackdays: 8 Bike(s): 2015 Ducati Monster 1200S '14 Honda GROM! 181cc of fury!!-SOLD '10 Aprilia Tuono Factory-SOLD '08 Busa - sold A few more sold	I watched a buddy try to ride up a short ramp into the back of an 18 wheeler trailer w a short ramp, back when metric cycles was in the Galleria area Mint cbr900rr was not minty after the fall. Lol
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09-01-2015, 12:35 PM	#4
hondarider77 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Cypress Feedback Rating: (0) Posts: 4,379 Experience: 10+ years Bike(s): 2007 cbr1000rr 2005 crf450r 2005 crf150f 2005 crf150f tarded 2008 r6	I have never once ridden a time up a ramp. Push it up. Not difficult. Unless you got a super wide ramp used for atvs or side by sides.

09-01-2015, 12:47 PM	#7
Zapata a.k.a Dos Equis Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Katy Feedback Rating: (5) Posts: 2,775 Experience: 10+ years Bike(s): '13 HD V-ROD Muscle '11 HD Softail Fatboy	Seems like it's more easy if you are sitting on the bike and riding it. I have no idea how it works and I will never attempt to load any of my bikes with a ramp but walking the bike seems trickier.

09-01-2015, 12:48 PM	#9
atvmxr Senior Member Join Date: May 2014 Location: Spring Cypress Feedback Rating: (0) Posts: 238 Experience: 1-3 months Bike(s): 2001 Vulcan 800 CR125 LT500R TRX250r ATC350X	when I was young, i used to ride up on a plain old 2x8 into the back of my pickup all the time. one time in college I got a little sketchy and Ill be darned if I could do it after that. Its kinda dumb, I have a truck, but feel like I need to trailer to haul bikes around cause its a pain to get them in back of truck.... getting old I guess.

09-01-2015, 12:54 PM	#10
slim_grizzy Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Sugar Land, TX Feedback Rating: (0) Posts: 76 Experience: 6 years Bike(s): 2007 Triumph Daytona 675 2015 Ducati Scrambler UE 2009 Ducati Monster 696 (sold)	I only use a wide ramp. That way I can walk it up on the side using the bikes power or ride it keeping feet down on both sides. And only try it going slowly. These videos of people gunning it up the ramp make me chuckle.

09-01-2015, 01:02 PM	#11
Zapata a.k.a Dos Equis Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Katy Feedback Rating: (5) Posts: 2,775 Experience: 10+ years Bike(s): '13 HD V-ROD Muscle '11 HD Softail Fatboy	! Expensive but worthy if you are going to plan trailering your bike a lot. https://www.kendonusa.com/limited-edi...e-trailer.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=45&v=uL-HT2v7UjI

09-01-2015, 01:24 PM	#12
Zapata a.k.a Dos Equis Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Katy Feedback Rating: (5) Posts: 2,775 Experience: 10+ years Bike(s): '13 HD V-ROD Muscle '11 HD Softail Fatboy	or you can also rent a motorcycle trailer for around $15.00 https://www.uhaul.com/Trailers/Motorc...ler-Rental/MT/

09-01-2015, 01:44 PM	#13
LRD Kawi Green! Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: SE Houston Feedback Rating: (0) Posts: 910 Experience: 5 years Trackdays: 1 Bike(s): 05 636 08 250 (Sold)	I use the wide ATV ramp from HF and I still don't like riding my bike up. Almost busted my several times. Been thinking of lowering the trailer somehow

09-01-2015, 01:55 PM	#15
Rttoys CMRA 982 Join Date: May 2015 Location: Waller Feedback Rating: (0) Posts: 1,443 Experience: 10+ years Trackdays: 10+ Bike(s): 99 Ducati 996s 07 Yamaha FZ1 14 Yamaha TW200 13 Kawasaki 300se 18 Honda Grom	Go big or go home https://jettrax.com/motorcycle-lifts.htm
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09-01-2015, 01:58 PM	#16
bumblebee Yeah I'm flippin' YOU off Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Pearland Feedback Rating: (3) Posts: 13,999 Bike(s): '74 Suzuki GT380 '82 XS650 StreetTracker '17 Triumph Thruxton R '83 Yamaha Seca 900	Wide ATV ramp and sit on the bike, ride it up slowly. No sweat. Done it a thousand times. Narrow ramp... seen several bikes get dropped. Never with a narrow ramp. Sure an ATV ramp costs $150. Won't seem like much of you drop your bike one time.
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09-01-2015, 02:08 PM	#17
Rttoys CMRA 982 Join Date: May 2015 Location: Waller Feedback Rating: (0) Posts: 1,443 Experience: 10+ years Trackdays: 10+ Bike(s): 99 Ducati 996s 07 Yamaha FZ1 14 Yamaha TW200 13 Kawasaki 300se 18 Honda Grom	Yep, a tri-fold atv ramp is the way to go. Make sure it is securely strapped to the truck/trailer, it can kick out. If its going into my toyhauler, I ride it up. If its going into the truck bed, I walk it with power assisted.
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09-01-2015, 02:41 PM	#19
WABFZ1 Old Age Crazy Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Southwest corner of Loop 610 Feedback Rating: (1) Posts: 189 Experience: 10+ years Bike(s): 2008 Yamaha FZ1 2006 Yamaha FZ1 (sold) 2009 Yamaha FZ1 (deformed) 1982 Kawasaki KZ750	The only way I feel secure about using a ramp, is to park the rear wheels of the pickup truck in a ditch so the tailgate is less than a foot off the ground. That way, the slope of the ramp is very slight, and you can have someone stand on each side of the bike while loading. Usually can just push the bike up the ramp, keeping hold of the front brake just in case. Only problem is --- how many places have a suitable ditch with the right depth, contour, and surface?
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