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- From: rwalls@twg.com (Roger Walls)
- Subject: Re: homebrew truck ramps?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.220707.8615@twg.com>
- Sender: news@twg.com (USENET News System)
- Organization: The Wollongong Group, Palo Alto, CA
- References: <C1Fn76.2HB@cmptrc.lonestar.org>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 22:07:07 GMT
- Lines: 18
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- In article <C1Fn76.2HB@cmptrc.lonestar.org> neal@cmptrc.lonestar.org (Neal Howard) writes:
- >In article <C1F57F.458@vcd.hp.com> erikn@vcd.hp.com (Erik Ness) writes:
- >>Dances With Bikers (blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com) wrote:
- >>:
- >I use a homebrew wooden ramp (5' x 12", 2" thick) to load my Sportster into the
- >back of my full-size GMC pickup. The ramp board is smooth, but I've never had
- >a problem with traction. I guess the Sporty just has so much low end torque
- >that all I have to do is ease out on the clutch and just give it enough gas
- >so the engine doesn't stall and it goes up the ramp effortlessly.
- >
- >--
-
- Ahhh, a Harley in its natural habitat, the back of a pickup truck.
-
- Jolly Roger
-
- :-) 8-) =:) (for the humor impaired:)
-
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