van sizing

As long as you draw the line at scat I'll play.

 

Like the fluorescent tool Lisp was using on her webcam a couple of
years back.

 

1 x Triumph Rocket

or

10 x C90s

 

that's a very interesting idea, actually.

 

Yello.

 

it's a beat-up shit heap by now too.

Or have you got another one?

 

yes, and I'm disappointed that Ant has mentioned it in public :-/

 

I think I'll go for the trannie[1].

[1] shut it.

 

OK - not big enough, then.

heh.

I'm coming round to the idea of a box-bodied taillift van - it's only
money, after all; convenience wins every time.

 

I don't mind a few dents in my track bikes, as they're both
pre-dented. Simon and Ken may feel somewhat different.

yup - I've been checking that the tie-down lugs are available in the
vans I've been enquiring about.

 

That's the way I generally fit bikes in. Get the front wheel in place
and then pivot on the sidestand or drag the back end around.

A tight fit is a good fit, as demonstrated with four of Loz's bikes
across a Luton van, all secured with a single ratchet strap between
(more accurately, across) them. They stayed put from Worksop to
Dover, at least.

 

Coo. I feel all validated, even though I'm only peripheral.[/QUOTE]

That would be the Peripherique, Shirley.

 

At least if you crash it, you can say ...

Schtum.

 

Tail lifts rock a fat one, especially when you're shagged out/really
don't want to drop your bike (again)/can't push the wreckage easily.

 

sweet - I have a couple of ratchet straps already.

BTW, for some reason this website reminded me of you:

http://www.oddculture.com/ak/leprachaun6.html

 

I have drive a diesel Luton-bodied transit, so yes, I'm aware they're
slower. I'll have a look at the ordinary LWB transit and see what size
it is inside at the weekend.

 

darsy wrote

I have done this sort of shit before and have found that a small space
is easier to manage than a large one. You can easily get two cruisers
in a basic transit and they take more space than your tiny toy.

A tail lift is good though.

 

I did wedge cushions between them, mind - and they were
perviously-loved two-strokes to boot.

I'm not sure what to think of you now.

 

I got two bikes (one faired, one normal) into that Leyland Sherpa I had.

darsy and I were going to jam the ZX7 and a BMW in but it was already
half full of crap, it was raining and was quite simply too much effort.

 

I hired a really pikey tail lift Luton to take bikes to the Scottish
Motorcycle Show about ten years ago. So pikey, that it wasn't until I
actually got to drive it away because I had to wait for it to be ready,
that I discovered it was limited to about 65 flat knacker.

It was the worst drive of my life. One particularly hairy moment was on
the M6 trying to get past an artic before the crawler lane finished.
The clutch was so heavy that I had groin pain for days afterwards.

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