Getting sportbike into a tall pickup? What do you guys use?

[Xtremjeepn]

I have a lifted classic crew cab Chevy on 37s that I would occasionally need to get a sport bike into. (take it to the shop etc.)
What do you guys use? I was considering mounting a hoist in the truck anyway to lift heavy objects into the bed.

It would need a mile long ramp and you would be tread height by the time you got it to the bed.

[salsashark]

I would suggest using a trailer...

If you have a recurring need to move bikes, definitely a trailer.

Even if you hoist the bike into the bed, what are the chances that the shop is going to have a hoist to get it out? Or do you plan on taking the hoist with you?

It was enough of a hassle to put a bike in the back of my truck and I have a no lift dodge ram on 33's. If Frisco hadn't have been there to assist, I shudder to think of the potential outcomes... Thanks again for that Frisco...

[Fly boy]

I back up to a burm, or something with raised ground, then use my ATV ramp

[Xtremjeepn]

I have no room or desire to store a trailer.


I am talking a bed mounted hoist that is permanent to the truck.

[Xtremjeepn]

[atrainthornton]

short ramp...speed...balance.....or you can use mine whenever you need it...
just flash back to college and riding up stairs, but with no railing and little room for error

How is that beast since i last saw it.

[TFOGGuys]

We use an 89 inch curved ramp, combined with the dip (not me, dammit) in the parking lot, which lowers the tailgate about a foot. In the past I have "borrowed" a loading dock to achieve the same thing.

[Aracheon]

I've never been comfortable with loading my bike into a larger or lifted truck even using my curved ramp. That damn thing is just too narrow. I suppose I'd be okay if I had a massive Black Widow ramp, but I didn't feel like spending $300 on one either:




So what I do now is find a way to back the tailgate up to someplace raised (like a burm or higher ground) and then place my 10" wooden ramps in front of the front tires. Put that bitch in 4WD, drive up on the ramps, which usually lowers the gate just enough to where the bike will clear with my ATV ramp.

[fullgrownbear]

I bought a 2" by 12" solid board from the home depot. It's about 8 feet long and works perfect.

I think I spent 30 bucks.

[DavidofColorado]

Weld something up. I can help if you need me to. You got the truck ready for the road or do I still have time?

[CurtisRR]

You can goto Sears and pick up a set of riding lawn mower ramps for $120. These ramps fold and are curved. Walk up one while using the bikes own power to get it up the other.

[McVaaahhh]

A 2x4 and a milk-crate should do fine.

[mayhem]

any 6' motorcycle ramp, and pull your truck into the street with your rear tires in the gutter....should lower your truck and give you a good downhill start

[Sortarican]

I am talking a bed mounted hoist that is permanent to the truck.

Harbor Feight has them fairly cheap.

[konichd]

Why not just buy a foldable trailer? The hoist sounds like a fuckin' horrible idea, a 100 dollar Harbor Frieght hoist to lift your expensive bike? Dumb.....

The foldable trialer can be stored pretty conveniently and you won't have such a great risk of damaging your bike or yourself by trying to get it into your bed.

By the time you spend $$$ on a "hoist" you could have bought a small trailer.

[Jennifer]

You can use my drive way.....it's very steep....and when you park in the street the ramp is horizontal. Ask Mike from Faster....he knows

[Aracheon]

You can use my drive way.....it's very steep....and when you park in the street the ramp is horizontal. Ask Mike from Faster....he knows

Uh, he's looking for a permanent solution. He can't exactly take your driveway with him in the truck to unload the bike at another destination.

[AshliRider44]

A ramp and some muscle

[McVaaahhh]

Why not just buy a foldable trailer? The hoist sounds like a fuckin' horrible idea, a 100 dollar Harbor Frieght hoist to lift your expensive bike? Dumb.....

The foldable trialer can be stored pretty conveniently and you won't have such a great risk of damaging your bike or yourself by trying to get it into your bed.

By the time you spend $$$ on a "hoist" you could have bought a small trailer.

As opposed to a $250 Harbor Freight folding trailer?

[konichd]

^^^Would you put the RC on a Harbor Frieght trailer?

[D Berns R6]

A ramp and some muscle

+1 I've found that a ramp works really well when a dilemma like this arises....

[rider955i]

You could probably use a similar method to this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AKz3c--mB4

[salsashark]

^^



nice

[DavidofColorado]

If you put a crane in the bed. How are you going to hoist the bike in there? Are you planning a trap setup or something?