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How to increase ground clearance...
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(05-28-2015, 08:49 PM)The ferret_imp Wrote: Can you slightly raise the back of the ramp, effectively lowering the top edge? Works for my trailer and my ST ( or make the ramp longer?)

My thoughts as well. Seems we are missing the obvious, as a first step. Can the ramp be modified? If it can't be raised, or lengthened, to make the top lip less of an angle, then consider adding "a bump" in the ramp itself. In other words, right at the point your exhaust is striking the ground, you prevent that by raising the rear of the bike a bit. To accomplish that, add a bump on the ramp, that the rear tire must roll over, effectively raising the rear end. What you make the bump out of depends on how much raising you need to do. It could be as simple as a little 6" square of plywood, that you put down as needed, and pick back up when done. Stack a couple of layers, bevel the edges so the tire can roll up easily, problem solved.
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RE: How to increase ground clearance... - by DGShannon_imp - 06-07-2015, 12:05 AM

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