I have a stupid question
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I have a stupid question
Hi guys
I got a Fatboy lo and I park my bike in a shed daily. Shed has a little ramp..I ride front wheel in first and get out of the shed rear wheel out first. Now, I bought a motorcycle Dolly which will allow me to spin the bike around so I can leave the shed front wheel first. My question is will I bottom out now that I'm leaving front wheel first?
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Hi guys
I got a Fatboy lo and I park my bike in a shed daily. I ride front wheel in first and get out of the shed rear wheel out first. Now, I bought a motorcycle Dolly which will allow me to spin the bike around so I can leave the shed front wheel first. My question is will I bottom out now that I'm leaving front wheel first?
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OP, if you're using the same ramp, you will have more clearance coming OUT of the shed front wheel first than you do going IN the shed front wheel first. If it doesn't hang up going in you should have plenty of clearance coming out. But I would check it by easing it down the first time.
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Agreed, it shouldn't make any difference on way or the other.
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The lowest point on the motorcycle are the shocks and they of course are closer to the rear wheel. If you back the bike in, the rear wheel lifts the shocks
out of the way faster. If you go in front ways, the rear wheel doesn't get to do that, and only the front wheel (way up there,) lifts the shocks at a much gentler angle, and the shocks will scrape. It does matter.
out of the way faster. If you go in front ways, the rear wheel doesn't get to do that, and only the front wheel (way up there,) lifts the shocks at a much gentler angle, and the shocks will scrape. It does matter.
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The lowest point on the motorcycle are the shocks and they of course are closer to the rear wheel. If you back the bike in, the rear wheel lifts the shocks
out of the way faster. If you go in front ways, the rear wheel doesn't get to do that, and only the front wheel (way up there,) lifts the shocks at a much gentler angle, and the shocks will scrape. It does matter.
out of the way faster. If you go in front ways, the rear wheel doesn't get to do that, and only the front wheel (way up there,) lifts the shocks at a much gentler angle, and the shocks will scrape. It does matter.
If instead, one was going on or off a curb, the direction would matter.
It depends a little on the length of the ramp though. A super short ramp would behave more like a curb.