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- From: kenm@array.com (Ken Murphy)
- Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles,rec.motorcycles.dirt
- Subject: Re: homebrew truck ramps?
- Message-ID: <3027@monarch.array.com>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 12:28:47 GMT
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- Dances With Bikers (blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com) wrote:
- : erikn@vcd.hp.com (Erik Ness) writes:
- : >Dances With Bikers (blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com) wrote:
- :
- : >: Now I can just putt up into the bed of the truck. I wouldn't
- : >: care to try the stunt on a 2-wheeler, but it works perfectly with the
- : ^^^^^^^^^^^
- : One reason I haven't been inclined to try it, is a guy I used to work
- : with did it. He had a jacked up shortbed Chevy, and had only had the
- : YZ490 a couple of weeks. He made it into the bed ok, but wasn't ready
- : for the sudden stop at the end, and went over the bars onto the roof.
- : And the hood. And the ground in front of the truck.
-
- Its really not that hard. I finally got the nerve to try it after some
- trail work on the Pikes Peak Enduro last year. Just remember that there
- ain't much room to stop. I rode into the bed of a Toyota pickup and
- almost did what was described above. After the first time, you learn
- to ride up slower :-). 6 feet ain't much room to stop.
-
- : Blaine Gardner @ Evans & Sutherland blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com BIX:blaine_g
- : 580 Arapeen Drive, SLC, Utah 84108 Favorite road signs:
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