I had one like that back in the 80s. it served me well for many years. I now have 2 Harbor Freight lifts that I converted to electrically powered hydraulic cylinders.
I’ve built two of these tilting motorcycle ramps. One 45 years ago for my father and one 12 years ago for my son. This design was made by Harley-Davidson for their U.S. Army WLA manuals in WW2. These ramps work great.
An enjoyable video to watch. This stand reminds me of the stands at my first job assembling motorcycles at Clarke Simkins Honda under the Grandville street bridge in 1967. I look forward to your disassembly videos.
Excellent demonstration of a very cost effective solution. That idea can be adapted to a number of different needs. I’m now inspired to make one with reclaimed lumber for my bike. Great work! Looks like it can be partially disassembled for storage as well, something for me to look into. Cheers!
Hi Chris , great design can i ask How do you let the ramp down ? Do you lock the tail bit up ? and the ramp stops up till you start to move the bike backwards ?then hold bike on its front brake brake ? Cheers mate 🤘🤘
I like the esthetic of the video a lot - calm and straightforward. I love the design and used materials choice - no 2by4s all the time. What is the maximum load of the lift?
Nicely done. I saw this design shared on a Farsebook group when I was still on the poisoned platform. It looks like a great low tech, no power use, solution. And an economic alternative to the hydraulic ones. I like how you did it. The only limitation is that it's not adjustable. Have you considered incorporating drawers in the design to make it even more practical? Thank you for shaing.
3:35 On the long edge of the board closest to you there is an angle cut into it.. Its barely noticeable at this angle, but is that just an aesthetic design choice or does it have a purpose?
I followed the plans I found online. I had to go back down and take a look at it and bust out a measuring tape to see the difference. I'm not an engineer, but given the purported purpose of the plans (field construction), I can't see it being purely aesthetic. Perhaps having a tad more meat at the top adds strength to that end of the bench when rolling bikes on and off, so that the top holds together. Just a guess, though.
Great job. And nice vid too. How heavy are the top and base would you guess? I definitely want to build myself one and wonder how difficult it is to move around. Also wonder if you could have mounted the chock before drilling the holes for the pipe hinge to avoid having to add the counterweights. Thanks for sharing.
It's got to be under 50 pounds per. Maybe 60 for the base, as I added more beef. Since the bike is parked, it's tough to say how hard it is to move it. I'm middle aged and ... not unhealthy ... ? I don't think it would hurt me once separated. I could always redrill the holes. I might try it. Of course, the base may get all the lighter for it.
What is the reasoning behind the front parts of the planks being cut with the bevels? It doesn't appear that the top will ever go past the 90* horizontal position, so I am really puzzled as to the need for those cut outs...
I had one like that back in the 80s. it served me well for many years. I now have 2 Harbor Freight lifts that I converted to electrically powered hydraulic cylinders.
I’ve built two of these tilting motorcycle ramps. One 45 years ago for my father and one 12 years ago for my son. This design was made by Harley-Davidson for their U.S. Army WLA manuals in WW2. These ramps work great.
An enjoyable video to watch. This stand reminds me of the stands at my first job assembling motorcycles at Clarke Simkins Honda under the Grandville street bridge in 1967. I look forward to your disassembly videos.
Thank you! I'm a dope, so if you see me do something silly to the bike (and you will), please feel free to chime in!
Excellent demonstration of a very cost effective solution. That idea can be adapted to a number of different needs. I’m now inspired to make one with reclaimed lumber for my bike. Great work! Looks like it can be partially disassembled for storage as well, something for me to look into. Cheers!
What a brilliant design, just what I been looking for, I was drawing up a tilt bench based on the flat loading trailers, but this might be better...
Nicely done!
Nice idea, but nothing beats a Handy air table.
I came up with an idea like this and wanted to see if anyone had done it, looks mint!
Hi Chris , great design can i ask How do you let the ramp down ? Do you lock the tail bit up ? and the ramp stops up till you start to move the bike backwards ?then hold bike on its front brake brake ? Cheers mate 🤘🤘
I like the esthetic of the video a lot - calm and straightforward.
I love the design and used materials choice - no 2by4s all the time. What is the maximum load of the lift?
Nicely done. I saw this design shared on a Farsebook group when I was still on the poisoned platform. It looks like a great low tech, no power use, solution. And an economic alternative to the hydraulic ones. I like how you did it. The only limitation is that it's not adjustable. Have you considered incorporating drawers in the design to make it even more practical? Thank you for shaing.
Thanks for the compliment. I have not considered drawers for it. I wanted to stick to the directions so it won't collapse on me :).
Hoy buscando algo para hacer una rampa me encontré con tu diseño y esta genial lo haré pero en metal que es a lo que yo me dedico felicitaciones
3:35 On the long edge of the board closest to you there is an angle cut into it.. Its barely noticeable at this angle, but is that just an aesthetic design choice or does it have a purpose?
I followed the plans I found online. I had to go back down and take a look at it and bust out a measuring tape to see the difference.
I'm not an engineer, but given the purported purpose of the plans (field construction), I can't see it being purely aesthetic. Perhaps having a tad more meat at the top adds strength to that end of the bench when rolling bikes on and off, so that the top holds together. Just a guess, though.
Great job. And nice vid too. How heavy are the top and base would you guess? I definitely want to build myself one and wonder how difficult it is to move around. Also wonder if you could have mounted the chock before drilling the holes for the pipe hinge to avoid having to add the counterweights. Thanks for sharing.
It's got to be under 50 pounds per. Maybe 60 for the base, as I added more beef. Since the bike is parked, it's tough to say how hard it is to move it. I'm middle aged and ... not unhealthy ... ? I don't think it would hurt me once separated.
I could always redrill the holes. I might try it. Of course, the base may get all the lighter for it.
What is the reasoning behind the front parts of the planks being cut with the bevels? It doesn't appear that the top will ever go past the 90* horizontal position, so I am really puzzled as to the need for those cut outs...
I agree, I didn't see the need for the cuts either.
However, it does provide access to throwing pieces of junk under the front of it.
Did you keep track of the cost to build this? I realize lumber prices have gone up since you built it.
This was a while ago. Maybe a couple hundred?