Hauling the KLX in a pickup
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Getting the bike on is the easy part. How do you guys get the bike back off by yourself? I have to find a bank or mound to back up against so I can walk the bike off without a 45 degree descent. Is there a trick to doing this by yourself?
For you guys who ride your bike up the ramps and onto the truck, make sure the ramps are strapped to your bumper first! I watched a guy try this with a CRF450 onto his truck. He got his front tire up onto the tailgate and stopped for some reason. When he let the clutch out to get the back tire on, the wheel spun the ramp out from under him and down he went. He was OK, but he messed up his bike and his tailgate.
For you guys who ride your bike up the ramps and onto the truck, make sure the ramps are strapped to your bumper first! I watched a guy try this with a CRF450 onto his truck. He got his front tire up onto the tailgate and stopped for some reason. When he let the clutch out to get the back tire on, the wheel spun the ramp out from under him and down he went. He was OK, but he messed up his bike and his tailgate.
I stay up on the truck and let the bike get down the ramp far enough where I can reach the handlebar with the clutch lever on it, hold the bike up while getting off the truck, then let the bike roll down some more.
My ramps would be impossible for the wheel to slip.
You can also control how fast the bike rolls with the clutch too, just like moving foward. Feather the clutch and it will roll slowly.
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I almost always ride down because when I'm loading........ I almost always have help- I back it up.
I have riden it up when I have nobody around to help it just make backing it down a pain in the A$$ specially at the end of the day when tired.
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I like the idea of ATV ramps because its easy to walk up and down next to the bike. I am definitely going to look at a homemade 2x8 ramp too. Especially if it can be made real cheap. Thanks guys.
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When I go riding with my buddy up north we always took his Dakota no problem lifting the bikes in the back. Well he doesn't have a truck anymore so we took mine a Ram 2500 4x4 with a very high tailgate. What do you guys use to get the bikes in the bed? I'm thinking a single ramp but, I don't see how you could load it without walking next to the bike up the ramp. Any suggestions?
Deej i have the exact same truck as you do what do you use?
Deej i have the exact same truck as you do what do you use?
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wierd how many of us have the same bike and truck...j/k. I second atv ramps and clutching the bike up and braking the bike down..it get easier but is always kinda sketchy. or drink a couple of beers and just ride it on
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this is what i did,i customized a bi fold aluminum ramp. On the left side i attached a piece of siding from a house,the textured type.I used a screw gun.Works really well.That way you can walk up on one side.
