Moving a bike in a rented van?

[G]

Yes; as ever with my quickly scribbled posts, the whole sentence is a tad lacking in finesse, frankly!

[thegubner]

Have some karma for being non argumentative.

For a change.

[Phoenix]

Actually, it should have a comma before and after it.

I only ever once spat the ramp out with the throttle and this was in 2.5yrs delivering and collecting bikes in vans. I was loading a crashed R6 in and we dropped a bolt through our ramp into the rear of the van floor to stop this from happening, the bolt snapped though. I always used throttle to get the bike up and stood alongside it and jumped in. The bolt snapped, ramp spat out and I was left holding an R6 on the front brake with the back wheel hanging out of the back of the van, thankfully were some builders within shouting distance to push it fully in.

[thegubner]

[G]

[thegubner]

[Raffles]

[thegubner]

[Nope.]

Thanks for all the advice guys, Ive hired a van with a tail lift (the bike is within lifting capacity!) and im going to strap it to the side with plenty of padding etc. and hopefully this should hold the bike in place!

Thanks for all the help guys! Ill post when I get it back safe

[MarJay]

How about this for solving a problem that didn't really exist?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tFy1pjH0s0

The only use I can see for that is if you want to steal or reposess bikes...

Otherwise even I can use an ordinary bike ramp with a bit of practise...
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[G]

You still have to wheel the bike on to it.
Seems to be a rather poorer version of various tail lifts available.
A normal tail lift, a disabled tail lift. Also seen some bike specific looking ones. Paul Rosso (PR track bike hire) had one in his van and seen a few others - it's just under half the width of the van and stored to one side. Comes out on an arm and lays the platform on the floor. So just wheel the bike on, press a button and it's in the van, still level with no faffing.

[Polarbear]

[Nope.]

Ok, we moved the bike on thursday and all went well, it didnt move an inch in the van

This is what we did:

1) Put bike on tail lift, you'll need someone to help you with this as it is a VERY tight fit on a 6ft tail lift. It takes a 15 point turn to get it in the van so take someone with you

2) wheel bike into van, I used the left side of the van as the exhaust is on the right on the bike, I had to remove the wing mirror to get it in the corner but thats not an issue. Get the bike as close to the wall as you can and put the sidestand down, this SHOULD stop the bike banging into the wall.

3) Lock on the front break. We did this with a torn off strip of jeans (to protect the grip) and then wrapped it in thin rope. This kept the front wheel locked nicely.

4) Make sure the bike is out of gear. I guess you could park it in first but I dont like the idea of putting that bit of extra stress on the transmission.

5) Tie a thick rope from the rear swing arm to the van side rail and make sure its tight.

6) Tie a piece of rope to the sidestand and then to the front fork to stop it popping up if the bike jumps.

7) Put padding between the tank and the wall of the van to stop them knocking. I also wedged some between the handlebars and the side to stop it denting the van.

8) Tie the front forks to the side of the van

9) Tie the handlebars to the side of the van, first to the bottom rail, then to the first grip, then too the second grip, then to the top rail.

10) Tie the other side of the swing arm to side of the van going through the wheel so as not to scratch the fairings.

11) Tie down anything else you may feel needs tieing down. I probably went a little overboard but id rather be safe then sorry.

12) My big worry was that the bike would slide out in the van so I tied an old bench press board (steel reinforced wood) on the side of bike. This was probably unnecessary but I did it anyway for my own piece of mind.

I then covered the bike with dust sheets and bungied them down to protect the bike from stuff that could be flying around in the van.

I probably went a little overkill but hey, rather safe then sorry!

A photo of the bike in the van is attached.

Thanks for all the offers of help guys, If id seen some of your posts a couple of days earlier I might have taken you up on the offer! Thanks anyway.

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[Poseidon]

I think I'll stick to a plank of wood for a ramp to wheel the bike into the van and the 2 ratchet strap method... Seems like it's less of a crystal maze type challenge that way!

Glad you got it home though!
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1977 Honda CG125
2002 Ducati Monster S4 (currently restoring)

[blurredman]

I've done this twice using rented vans. Once for a TS50, the other for a CB125T.

Neither fell over..
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[MarJay]

You used STRING?

/me faints.
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British beauty: Triumph Street Triple R; Loony stroker: KR1S; Track fun: GSXR750 L1; Commuter Missile: GSX-S1000F; Cheap project: CBR900RR FireBlade
Remember kids, bikes aren't like lego. You can't easily take a part from one bike and then fit it to another.

[Easter Bunny]

[Nope.]

[Easter Bunny]

bet it wouldnt have if you had to break hard!
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[Nope.]

[dragstaar]

Ideally it should be like this: