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    building a ramp for a shipping container?

    It would have been cool if they did the corrections to sort out the perspective issues - either in software or with an additional optical element which applied the required correction. Or better yet, if they had used some of the actual cloaking materials and technologies that are out there. It...
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    building a ramp for a shipping container?

    That's gotta cause some problems at intersections.
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    building a ramp for a shipping container?

    I've done this. I was loading my trailer with our sleds. Instead of turning the trailer around with my car, I unhitched the trailer, turned my car around and then rotated the trailer into position, but neglected to rehitch. Rode the first sled onto the trailer and yup - drove the trailer...
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    building a ramp for a shipping container?

    I've seriously considered painting it to blend in with the background or make it somehow otherwise more attractive. As with just about everything else, a Google search reveals that there are no original ideas left. The page I took that image from has lots of ideas to prettify a container...
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    building a ramp for a shipping container?

    I dropped my Multi the first day I had it. It was a 7-h drive from QC to bring the bike home. Once I got it there, I just wanted to be done and get the trailer back to U-haul so I rushed getting it of. I should have stopped and asked for help next door when I started backing it up and...
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    building a ramp for a shipping container?

    I sold my last bike to a guy in a parking lot. He brought a pickup truck but forgot a ramp. We found a hill on one side of the parking lot and he backed the truck up to the hill and we just rolled her in. You're right about the board orientation. Earlier I speculate that the orientation may...
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    building a ramp for a shipping container?

    Getting the bike in isn't nearly as challenging as getting it out, so I considered maybe turning the bike around in the container and then riding it out. But I measured out dimensions and the interior of the container is only 5" wider than the bike. I don't have the energy to make a 50-point...
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    building a ramp for a shipping container?

    I did. It was a nice video. I'm not sure I see the purpose of your adding the wings to the sides of the ramp though. It makes it wider, but your bike still isn't getting past the rails of the original ramp. Is it just to give someone more room to walk it up if they wanted? I tried riding my...
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    building a ramp for a shipping container?

    My wife isn't letting me put gravel there. As it is, it borders one of her gardens (you can't tell because nothing's in bloom). The spot looks like crap in the picture but there's a lot of debris there and the grass hasn't come back yet. I could put the container where our garage was ( it...
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    building a ramp for a shipping container?

    @Dirty Frank - What are "stick and fittings"?
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    building a ramp for a shipping container?

    So was finally able to snap a shot of the container. Mind all the wood debris - tons of trees and branches fallen. As mentioned - the container is not level with respect to the ground (I *still* have not checked for actual level). The left side sits about 2-1/2" closer to the ground. I'm not...
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    building a ramp for a shipping container?

    Thanks all for the replies. Usage: I expect I will usually leave the bike outside of the container during riding season. But if the solution I end up with works well enough, maybe I’d store it inside. The latter is not necessarily a requirement right now but a nice to have. Got to the...
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    building a ramp for a shipping container?

    this was the first winter I parked my motorcycle in a shipping container. I used a section of my dock boards as a ramp. It was fine getting the bike in the container, but backing it out was an adventure, because my “ramp” was not securely fastened to the container and would not have been very...
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    What did you do in your garage today..?

    You’re right. The 362 I ended up with is a bona fide pro saw. The 462 however is apparently a significant step up in power for only a minor increase in weight. it was also $400 more. I guess my worry is that this saw is too close in displacement to my smaller saw. After cutting all day...
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    What did you do in your garage today..?

    does clearing fallen trees and brush at the cottage count as working in the garage? I had to buy a new chainsaw yesterday because the little one I had left was not happy doing this heavy work. The dealer I went to was pretty much cleared out of saws but fortunately they did have a Stihl 362 and...
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    $15 Princess Auto credit for old batteries April 9-21, 2024

    Nice. I have a couple of old batteries I keep hoping my Optimate will recover but never does. If UPS batteries also work- my office is always dumping old UPSes once they get past a certain age.
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    Any Burgman owners??

    I was joking, but the pic did show 2 (arguably 3) white vehicles but neither was the KLR you mentioned in the same sentence, so your true meaning was not clear to me.
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    Any Burgman owners??

    I'm curious what your "white pride and joy" is.
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    Helmets - Modular or Full-Face?

    @Lightcycle By "chin spoiler" do you mean that little piece of fabric that sits under the chin of the helmet, or do you mean the actual, plastic spoilers that are on some helmets to create downforce? I know some car racing helmets have those but not seen them on bike helmets, and I couldn't...
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    Buying gear from Europe

    What's the logic there, if you're taking it out of the country anyways?
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