launch ramps

[Stenhouse]

can someone please point me in the right direction, for plans on bmx launch ramps for dirt.

[robson]

do you mean kicker ramps made of steel or do you mean dirt??

[robson]

ok peoples, i have just been told by james that he wants a kicker ramp made of steel or wood, for a pushie. i have no idea about the BMX side of this site, so can someone please help him out.

[motoxxxer]

ok... this is what i did to make my ramp because i couldnt be bothered drawing up plans, and it works sooo... figure out what you want the height to be. AT LEAST double the height to get the length your going to require. So if height = 1000mm, length should = 2000mm+. Cut wood for height and length (just one side will do for now) and put together. Lay it on the ground and draw what looks like a good angle on the ground. You want something that stays straight at the top for about a foot, and then curves down all the way to the end of the wood. Mark it out on the ground in masking tape, and also put some tape around the outside of the wood so on the ground you have a nice ramp shape. Next just figure out what you want the width to be, make the other side, join em, and then use what you marked out on the ground to get measurements for the supports. Hope that gets you on your way.

[Stenhouse]

i looked at yours and its all right, but i'm looking for a ramp with a set radius and height and all those details, and i sorta wanted some plans along the lines of the motox ones that they used for z 50's at the x games in 2001.

[SCAR8]

just do it on your own u dont need plans. just build what u want. cause everyone has there own prefrences. and i havent seen that many bmx ramp plans anyways mostly cause everyone builds there own cause there easy to make.:D

[motoxxxer]

if you ask nicely i have some plans that i drew up a while ago that I can scan and give to you. It's to scale and everything, on an A4 page, dimensions are something like 900mm x 1800mm x whatever width you want.

[Stenhouse]

motoxxxer can you please send those plans to us. thanks

[motoxxxer]

stenhouse i'll scan tonight and post here. I just need to fix up one of the measurements i made a mistake on that i just noticed. Then it'll be all sweet

[kyle]

yeah post pics of the finished product, i wanna see how good u got it, it was not looking that good when i saw it on the holidays:)

[motoxxxer]

kyle its pretty much all finished, all i need to do is pull some money out of my a## and buy some plywood for it, i'll get a pic without it though so you can see the finished frame. And umm... stenhouse, im sorry man, but it seems like then i was writing the measurements on the plans i drew up, i kinda uhh... screwed them up a bit. I can still scan em and show you how it's designed though, and you can go then and make up your own measurements.

[Stenhouse]

yeah if you want scan them, post them, but i kinda realised that if i want a plan im gonna have to draw it up my self. thanks

[SCAR8]

here is the ramp i just finished w/ my own plans . I just hit it for the first couple times a minute ago. its so smoooooooooth. lol the angle is kinda messed up in a few places but u cant tell it when u jump it. o yea dont worry bout the spray paint either im not done w/ that yet.;)

(Cropped :))~Mungo