How to get dead motorcycle into pickup truck?
My Honda Shadow broke down on the interstate on a flat surface on the median. Costs a ton to tow it and I just need to get it into my truck and I have a motorcycle ramp. This things heavy. Any ideas getting it in? The motorcycle ramp is a little steep so even with 3 people I think it'd be too heavy to push in. Any ideas? Has anyone ever used a come-along? They only have 6 feet of cable so would you need 2 and then winch it in?
Longer ramp/board or more than three people.
Use a ramp with a winch and chains or cables.
3 people can push it up the ramp. No problem unless they are 7 year olds
A length of rope and a pulley or a come-along will provide enough power to winch it up if the people have trouble pushing.
Put a floor jack under the end of the ramp, roll the bike onto the ramp and block the rear wheel and level the ramp with the jack and let it back down on some cinder blocks for stability.
The ratchet straps used for tie downs can also be used to winch it up.
Pain in the but what with having to stop, unwind and get a new bite, but it does work.
Get a Come-Along -- https://www.harborfreight.com/2-ton-cable-winch-puller-61964.html
I have had mine for about 30 years. Have ripped roots out of the ground, moved a working Cisco 7500 Router down a equipment rack, have pulled a motorcycle onto a trailer.
Use the starter motor and 1st gear to power it up the ramp with a push too
Couple of pulleys, a length of rope, one assistant each side to stop it toppling over. Pulleys are very efficient force multipliers.
Get some rope & a boy scout; he'll show you how to do it.
Otherwise as someone else has suggested a rachet strap. Two people steady the bike & one uses the brake to hold it while you reset the strap.
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