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Author Topic: How to load a bike (or not..)  (Read 2716 times)

aussie

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How to load a bike (or not..)
« on: November 04, 2008, 02:03:46 AM »
1. Truck - check
2. Ramp - check
3. Bike - check
4. Running start to get said bike up the ramp into the truck - check
5. Got the bike into the truck - ummmmmmmm  :o

How not to load a bike....
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=UkQYYBOrRNk&feature=related
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Offline steve hawkins

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Re: How to load a bike (or not..)
« Reply #1 on: November 04, 2008, 05:31:55 AM »
Muppet. ;D

I love to hear the explanation to the insurance assessor.

I was ridng my bike up a ramp into the back of a truck, when I went to put my foot down and there was no ground to put it on ....doh!

Will you pay for me to have the bike fixed?

There should be a law against stupidity.

SteveH
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Offline Semper Gumby

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Re: How to load a bike (or not..)
« Reply #2 on: November 04, 2008, 06:40:27 AM »
I can't look.
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Re: How to load a bike (or not..)
« Reply #3 on: November 04, 2008, 06:11:45 PM »
They cut it off just as it was getting interesting!
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Melena

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Re: How to load a bike (or not..)
« Reply #4 on: November 04, 2008, 10:14:05 PM »
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They cut it off just as it was getting interesting!

Yeah!  What's with that?  Oh, maybe they decided to run over and help the guy out?   :-?

That guy needs more practice with slow riding.  He needs to have a place like mine that I have to get my bike into all the time.     :o  
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Offline Rob Valdez 79 R65

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Re: How to load a bike (or not..)
« Reply #5 on: November 04, 2008, 10:32:44 PM »
What happened is he got scared just as he was going in.  He needed to stay on the power and wimped out.


Yes, practice makes better!

It is an easy bet he has never ridden a dirt bike, either.


Check this one out:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8vggli15no
« Last Edit: November 04, 2008, 10:36:10 PM by Rob_Valdez_79_R65 »
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Re: How to load a bike (or not..)
« Reply #6 on: November 04, 2008, 11:56:53 PM »
I always use a wide enough ramp that I can "walk" beside the bike all the way up, or else I put another plank/ramp that I can walk on next to the bike ramp.
Earlier in my life, I've ridden bikes up ramps like that, and discovered that the smooth steel floor of the truck didn't provide much braking traction.... at least I didn't fall off the bike while on the ramp, though we did slide into the front of the cargo bed rather briskly... :o
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Re: How to load a bike (or not..)
« Reply #7 on: November 09, 2008, 08:30:53 PM »
 :-/I remember having to load my bike in a u haul by myself. I felt really embarassed it took me an extra 30 seconds cause I got caught off balance while some teenie boppers were watching. I dont feel so bad now.
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Re: How to load a bike (or not..)
« Reply #8 on: November 10, 2008, 10:31:55 AM »
I've never loaded a bike that was running.  

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Re: How to load a bike (or not..)
« Reply #9 on: November 10, 2008, 04:01:45 PM »
How they loaded my broken R65:







« Last Edit: November 10, 2008, 05:26:16 PM by Rob_Valdez_79_R65 »
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Re: How to load a bike (or not..)
« Reply #10 on: November 10, 2008, 05:22:49 PM »
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...There should be a law against stupidity. SteveH

If there was, I'd be doing life without parole !   ;)

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Re: How to load a bike (or not..)
« Reply #11 on: November 12, 2008, 07:19:06 AM »
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...There should be a law against stupidity. SteveH

If there was, I'd be doing life without parole !   ;)

Monte

And so would a couple of my bosses  >:(

greetings from a rainy and dark north - really depressing

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Darwin_R65

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Re: How to load a bike (or not..)
« Reply #12 on: November 12, 2008, 07:55:50 AM »
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Muppet. ;D

There should be a law against stupidity.

It's called Evolution
Do something too stupid and nature removes you from the gene pool.
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Offline Rob Valdez 79 R65

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Re: How to load a bike (or not..)
« Reply #13 on: November 12, 2008, 05:46:23 PM »
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Muppet. ;D

There should be a law against stupidity.

It's called Evolution
Do something too stupid and nature removes you from the gene pool.


Only if they do it before they procreate.  
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aussie

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Re: How to load a bike (or not..)
« Reply #14 on: November 13, 2008, 05:53:26 AM »
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Muppet. ;D

There should be a law against stupidity.

It's called Evolution
Do something too stupid and nature removes you from the gene pool.


Only if they do it before they procreate.  

I think it's called retrospective abortion.... ;)
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