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« on: 05 July 2013, 08:06:07 pm »
 :) Does anybody know a 6 tread step ladder that you can fold up to carry on a bike , or a bracket you can fit to a bike to carry a stepladder.

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« Reply #2 on: 05 July 2013, 09:20:10 pm »
:) Does anybody know a 6 tread step ladder that you can fold up to carry on a bike , or a bracket you can fit to a bike to carry a stepladder.

Are we a builder, perchance?  :lol
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« Reply #3 on: 05 July 2013, 09:34:47 pm »
Maplins are doing some cheap ones right now.

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« Reply #4 on: 05 July 2013, 10:17:03 pm »
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« Reply #5 on: 05 July 2013, 10:28:39 pm »
I like both ladders , gonna go for the cheaper one from Maplins , thanks for the information . next question  , is there a maximum width limit for motorbike loaded up .

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« Reply #6 on: 05 July 2013, 10:38:01 pm »
is there a maximum width limit for motorbike loaded up .

Of course not!  Haven't you ever seen a GoldWing?   :rollin

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« Reply #7 on: 05 July 2013, 10:42:13 pm »
is there a maximum width limit for motorbike loaded up .

Of course not!  Haven't you ever seen a GoldWing?   :rollin

Or me??  :lol :lol :lol

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« Reply #8 on: 05 July 2013, 10:45:35 pm »
If you send those panniers back to us at Oxford Products saying a zip failed, I'm gonna look real close to see if they were sat on your exhaust, cos I'm betting that'd be the real reason you want a freebie set!
33bhp? I'll bet loaded up like that it wouldn't pull the skin off a rice pudding  :lol
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« Reply #9 on: 05 July 2013, 10:49:53 pm »
If you send those panniers back to us at Oxford Products saying a zip failed, I'm gonna look real close to see if they were sat on your exhaust, cos I'm betting that'd be the real reason you want a freebie set!
33bhp? I'll bet loaded up like that it wouldn't pull the skin off a rice pudding  :lol

That's me relatively lightly loaded to boot!!  :eek :eek

That was when I last came back to the UK after Easter. The bike was pushing 80mph (not flat out), uphill, on the A3. 33hp maybe, but for a restricted bike, it goes like stink!!
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« Reply #10 on: 06 July 2013, 03:17:32 am »
If you send those panniers back to us at Oxford Products saying a zip failed, I'm gonna look real close to see if they were sat on your exhaust, cos I'm betting that'd be the real reason you want a freebie set!
33bhp? I'll bet loaded up like that it wouldn't pull the skin off a rice pudding  :lol

That's me relatively lightly loaded to boot!!  :eek :eek

That was when I last came back to the UK after Easter. The bike was pushing 80mph (not flat out), uphill, on the A3. 33hp maybe, but for a restricted bike, it goes like stink!!

So basically, it doesn't move  :lol
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« Reply #11 on: 06 July 2013, 09:43:41 am »
I like both ladders , gonna go for the cheaper one from Maplins , thanks for the information . next question  , is there a maximum width limit for motorbike loaded up .


Not as such but if the po po deem it an unsafe load you're going to have to prove to them roadside it's not!
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« Reply #12 on: 06 July 2013, 11:44:13 am »
I like both ladders , gonna go for the cheaper one from Maplins , thanks for the information . next question  , is there a maximum width limit for motorbike loaded up .


Not as such but if the po po deem it an unsafe load you're going to have to prove to them roadside it's not!

Also, I think the load shouldn't exceed the bike's max carrying capacity (a rule I throw away half the time). But again, if it looks safe you should be fine.
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« Reply #13 on: 06 July 2013, 12:04:48 pm »

is there a maximum width limit for motorbike loaded up .

Of course not!  Haven't you ever seen a GoldWing?   :rollin
Or a brazilian
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« Reply #14 on: 06 July 2013, 04:03:12 pm »
Ok , I guess not then .