SAFELY LIFTING YOUR BIG BIKE SOLO

[GSDisciple]

Hello everyone
Having hurt my back while lifting my bike solo last week and then seeing a couple of posts of downed bikes of a couple of our stalwarts, I have decided to purchase the East Bound Moto Winch - please see website link to their home page below.

If you are interested in a group buy (no commitment required until I get a sense of numbers) please let me know this week.

Regards

JP

https://www.eastbound.shop/

[bowewilson@gmail.com]

I reckon Raider (Robin) would love one of these after his latest play in the mud!

[GSDisciple]

Thanks for your input Bowe - so perceptive as always.

JP

[Swampy]

I think Robin would have needed an extension leg to compensate for the pole sinking in the mud!!

Swampy

[Bozo]

JP

In my situation you would need the extender pad and to start lifting with the device off vertical with the foot closer to the bike. Even in the twin track the small foot of the device is not going to tolerate much lateral force. I also expect that with the bike beached on the left hand pannier and the middle of the bike that it may have a tendency to spin. Even if I had the device I would have secured the rear of the bike to stop spinning until it got a grip on both wheels.

It would be interesting to know if you could use the webbing and ratchet to reposition the bike or assist with the lift using a nearby tree.



Bozo

[GSDisciple]

Hi Bozo Yes I agree given your situation more remedial action would be required. You can purchase an additional foot pad (aka camel toe) and/or make one yourself I guess.
When I first looked at the product I thought to myself "surely I could make something up myself by way of a heavy duty tie down from Bunnings" but it would involve the availability of a sturdy tree which would need to be in close proximity and of course this would not always be the case.

Great input as always.

[Raider]

Geez... This calls for an action photo of the resting place of an ALMOST new R1250 GSA HP. Anyone know how to do that?

[GSDisciple]

Yep Raider - go to the General topics area and you will see a reference about three lines down as to how to do post photos to the Forum

JP

[Bozo]

Raider

I would hate you to get bogged down in the photo post process so have gratuitously copied some potentially relevant images.




Bozo

[Bozo]

Vaporetti Venice Lagoon


Vaporetto road to Greenhills


Bozo

[GSDisciple]

Thanks BOZO - I had a sneaking suspicion you might grab some pics from Facebook and post them on the Forum.

I have done a fair bit of reading about the Moto Winch from an external source and they make the point that their product is designed to only bring a bike up to the point where the rider can then do the final bit of the lift themselves. Reasoning behind this it to keep the kit small and portable and also protect the structural integrity of the 'lifting pole' (if that makes sense).

So Raider's predicament would be particularly challenging even for MotoWinch I suspect.

[GSDisciple]

And now having looked more closely at the 'incident site' I see a tree trunk nearby that I might use as an anchor point for my winch and strapping coupled to a length of tow rope in the event my Moto Winch pole was not sufficient to get the bike to a suitable angle.

I look forward to you and Raider informing us all of the soil type and the species of tree regarding their particular characteristics and suitability to support a rescue effort.

Hold tight everyone, this is about to get very scientific and include some Latin terminology from these two I am sure.

JP

[Bozo]

JP

Discussion of soil types takes on Cassius Clay proportions with Raider but it should be a cracking good discussion.

I notice that he seems to have "lost it" in a neat arc.....does that make him Raider of the lost arc?

Bozo

[Bozo]

Raider

I think I have found the problem with the soil type that led to vaporetto turning turtle.

The Morbinning soil landscape system is a nasty beast with colluvial duplex slopes that leads to more binning of motorcycles.

It may have also been responsible for JPs motorcycle binning with duplex soils being a problem for Africa Twins.



Bozo

[GSDisciple]

Excellent, we are off and running with a colour coded map depicting the south west's soil types. And it is only Monday!

Once the exact soil type is confirmed we can move onto the flora.

JP