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3/22/2015 9:03pm
I've been doing a lot of research and shopping around and I'm just about sold on the motovan thing. I currently have a 4cyl 4x4 tacoma that I'll more then likely be keeping. But it sucks anytime I need to get building supplies or tube/sheet steel for fabrication projects. I went to take a look at a few vans so far and took measurements of about 50" high for the rear door opening. Are you having to compress your forks with a tiedown to load or do the bars clear by a cunt hair? I measured my bike and the tops of the hand guards are right at 50"
I guess what I'm asking is how much of a pain in the ass is it to load a motovan vs. a truck?
I guess what I'm asking is how much of a pain in the ass is it to load a motovan vs. a truck?
https://youtu.be/8mG2Okd830k
The Shop
My tire touches door. Front tire on the wall. Can fit 3 bikes or 1 and a ton of vacation shit.
My van is the 4.3L 6 cyl. Short cargo. Gets about 18-20 mpg. Costed me 550 to drive to florida and back from northern Ohio a mile south of lake Erie.
Make sure your measurements are spot on is all my advice. Only reason I went with this small van was for cheaper tags, better mpg and overall cost. Paid 14500 for it with 78,000 miles and it's an 09.
If you got the money and no issue an extended 8cyl or diesel would be the way to go but now you're soending 30k+ on a Motovan that does the same as mine.
Sorry for repeat posts but for some reason it's not showing more than 1 pic to be displayed. But they're all posting after.
He drove a old dodge van with that big window behind the driver. The bike slipped off the stand ,hit the shifter and launched thru the side doors and puched the front wheel out that window.
I wont mention his id,see if he comes by to read this,lol.
Pit Row
Either a 3.5 twin turbo gas or a diesel
I love my new motovan. And even though I brag that I got the best deal ever on it ( long story , bought it from a crazy Russian who listed it wrong )......I'm into it $1800.00 in repairs so far. She finally has most of the bugs worked out I think. And this summer I'm going to take the time to make it into a nice motovan in the back. Not going to do the sleeper thing though. Since I may need that extra 3' for other things.
BTW....that ladder rack is already gone.
The sprinters are the way to go, the clearance is so good you can stack two bikes on top of each other.
Stock wheels and ladder racks make for great "aint no dirtbike in here" camoflauge.
Bike stands/equip/tools
clothes
Golf clubs (and man do I suck at golf, but they're necessary for the next necessity...beer)
cooler/beer
beach supplies
shit paper
When I was a kid my dad and I had a box van for a number of years that we turned into our moto rig. It was pretty sweet and we even had a lift gate on the back so loading the bikes was very simple. I don't remember what motor was in it but it had to of been on the smaller size because it wasn't the most economical thing to drive up a hill or into the wind. I remember one time going up to Cooperland from Dallas one weekend there was a massive headwind and our MPG dropped well into the single digits.
3 sheets 3/4 in plywood.
Standard wall insulation.
You basically build the wall like you would a house. Measure up, frame it. Box out the back. Seal with caulk. And mount theough the floor of van and the side struts of the van alongside shell. . Lag bolts on the floor and sheet metal screws on the side. Just don't get too long and blow a hole through your van. That would be bad.
Don't really know how else to explain as I'm not a carpenter and I'm delirious from night shift. .....but like a house. Lol. Night.
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