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Update: the bike's not gonna make it into the basement, the break-over angle of the ramps is too steep, it doesn't even come close to having enough clearance. So, I'm just gonna borrow a big kerosene construction heater and do it in the garage
ok, well, I cleared a path through the snow to the bulkhead door, but there's no way in hell I can ride the bike down those stairs, they're WICKED steep. I have one of those little come-a-long kind of ratchet winch things (to get it out), but it doesn't really lower things well, so I need some other way to lower the bike down the staris (on a ramp). There's a tree right outside the bulkhead that I can use to anchor the winch. Any kind of winch will work, I just ned something that will lower slowly. I was gonna use an old boat winch of a trailer, but I left it up in NH last summer I'll go get it if I have to, but if any of you local guys have something that might work, I'd appreciate it.
All the crap I ordered is starting to get here, so I really want to be able to get to work, but I can't really do anything till I get the bike in the basement
oh, BTW, if you're looking for a rear stand, check ron ayers, I just got a lokhart phillips one for like $65, and it's WAY nicer than I thought it was gonna be. it's BIG and made of nice thinck tubing, and it has spring-loaded rubber-padded swingarm cradles (and you can get it set up for swingarm buttons). A great deal, if you ask me. It's not quite a pitbull, but it's pretty close, for a TON less money.