Negotiating a metal ramp

[shop_addict]

As of next week I'll be starting to commute to work on my motorbike, but I need a bit of advice as to how to complete the last 5 metres upright!

The car park at work has a small area for bicycles and motorbikes. It's under cover with those sheffield bars cemented into the ground (so you can chain your bike to them). I use this area when I cycle in, but this'll be the first time I've gone in on me motorbike.

The problem is a metal ramp, about two metres long which you have to get down to get to the bike sheds. Other people get down there (although it hasn't been frosty of a morning until the last few days), but I'm a bit worried about going down it sideways

There isn't much alternative (only some steps) and the ramp is that textured steel stuff, but I'm a bit concerned if it's icy.

So realising that I should try to go in as straight a line as possible, should I:

- Roll down slowly without any brakes (might be awkward if I want to avoid the wall)
- Roll down dabbing the back brake
- Roll down holding the back brake
- Roll down holding the front brake
- Get off and walk it down the ramp (don't fancy this one!)
- Get off and walk it down the steps (there's only 4 of em, but I don't fancy this one either!)

Ta
Jo

[JonB]

Seems a bit ridiculous to have a rampmade of metal which leads to a motorcycle park really, I would be more worried if it was wet as it would be just as slippy. I guess there best way would be to keep the revs on the biting point ready to accelerate if you start to lose control and to ride in as straight of a line as possible.
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[G]

I would be using the rear brake... You can have the rear locked going all the way down it and be upright at the end. A bit less likely with the front.

Rather than dabbing the rear, I'd suggest to try and keep it on slightly and modulate it gently. If the ground at the bottom offers grip, you can always let go and just brake at the bottom.

Also, be ready to get your feet down, while it may not offer much, that little knock back upright might save your fairings .

[shop_addict]

The area was originally just for push bikes, but there are only two people that cycle in (and one of them is me) so it's ended up being used for motorbikes as well.

It's just dawned on me that getting down to the bottom is only half the challenge......I have to get back up again!

I think I may see what the conditions are when I get there, and if it looks slippy, I may have to just leave the bike in the open in main car park....and hope nobody nicks it

[mchaggis]

I'd crawl along with both feet down and as dangerous as it perhaps is, a constant light pressure on the front brake. On the way back up, just keep both feet down and crawl back up in first gear.
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I'd be more inclined to get off and push it down whilst holding on to the front brake.
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