So I'm needing a loading ramp to get the trackbike into the back of a vw transporter,Now there's a multitude of ramps on the market ranging from as little as £50 upto £250+ with varying plus/minus reviews , so for those of you that you ramps any advice? So I would prefer a folding lite weight one.
This will do. Had this one for a few years, given it some serious use and still no flex or falling apart.
I first bought the warrior one and then tried a friends black widow https://www.theramppeople.co.uk/black-widow-motorcycle-kit-2750mm lot’s more money and much bigger and heavier but far safer to use. The extra width and length are worth it for the piece of mind it gives. Lot’s of people use the warrior ones with no issues but the black widow makes loading and unloading far easier.
I have the black widow with additional narrow ramps (x2) and the reason I did this was to give me some confidence when loading/unloading on my own. I don't use all three together, I use the wider one or the narrower one depending on what type of help i have on the day. The wider ramp is a lot heavier than the narrower ones so factor that into your decision. I have a lwb double cab van which will fit a bike in the back but it has to be on the angle so getting the bike in and out is a bit more challenging than if it were going in and out straight. I also tie the tamp back to the van for loading/unloading so the ramp doesn't move. I had the ramp slip away from me when loading my RSV4 on week 2 of ownership. I shat myself and learnt a very valuable lesson that day!
Post two's a winner for me, i bought mine from ebay last year secondhand for very short money, but years before that period using a with a scaffold board.
If you scorch them on all surfaces, then liberally apply a coat of diesel, the woodlice eat someone else's...
That sounds like a bar of soap recipe,but i think i'm done with the wood plank routine untill i forget the aluminum one.
the biggest learning aspect for me was the switch from a flat ramp to a curved ramp ( similar to the ones above) the Higher the load entry is the more critical I found it, and a curved ramp pushes the rear wheel up at the point the underside of the bike crosses the threshold ( Panigale or 996 with a belly pan used to catch on the flat ramp)
When I was racing years ago it was always a scaffold board, cheap and good enough if you have a lighter weight bike, I had a TZ250. I did find when I started using a Ducati on the track that a non-slip alloy ramp made loading easier as you could manoeuvre the bike more easily without it slipping back.
Its how they treat fence poles and wood out west in the USA. Those guys know what works. PS Do they have gas torches and diesel in the jail showers these days?
Yes could well be similar though I've never heard of them railway sleepers scorched on the outside? The heat contracts the wood and makes it really hard.
