Mini Ramp

[twothreesix]

Hey.

Me an dad r makin a mini ramp for me jst to stuff around on an for a bit of fun. also so ppl hu havnt hit a ramp can learn on it first. Its only gonna b 1.2 metres high an 3 metres long. U guys reacon it will work???? an how high do u reacon i could get off it????

(an dont laugh at me, i no its small, "mini")

[Mungoman45]

I wont laugh, cause my mini ramp is pretty much the same, only, if ya can believe it, it's smaller than that. it's 1.2 meters high, and only 2meters long, no idea on the curve, i just guestimated that, it boots ya pretty hard. I would never have mine set at a gap any bigger than 30ft. It doesn't have any smoothness to it at all for the bigger bikes, it's just like hittin a spring, BAM ya up. So in short, yes, it will work, and bein longer than mine, it should give ya a lil more smoothness to the overall feeling ya get when ya hit it. Mine is reinforced for the bigger bikes (125/250), but after hittin it, it's obvious something that small would suite BMX and fifty's a lot better. Good luck with it :cool:

[twothreesix]

o Sweet. Yea im gonna b hittin it on my 125. U reacon i will get up 2 my downramp for my full size ramp or will i need sumthing smaller. My downramp is about 4 metres high

[meesh]

hey mungo can you bust off it? and you got any pics of it?

[Mungoman45]

Yeah, not any tricks but, 30ft was a lil too small for me. this is a pic of me with it set at 30ft.

[Mungoman45]

And a close up of it, with Mungoman188 hittin it on his 125. :)

[meesh]

holy f#ck!! hahaha look at the preload!! thats mad man i wasnt sure if anything that small would work, good stuff bro. cheers for the pics.

[[TOPGEAR]]

that looks a bit steep, i would go for 3 metres long.

hey brad have u got any plans for that little ramp, i think i might make one.

[Mungoman45]

Na, i dont have any made up plans for it, but ya can work it out:

120cm high
120cm wide
200cm long

just whack in supports wherever ya want, mines got a lil more than usual underneath, just for the pure fact it's bein used with 125's and 250's, needs the reinforcment, if it's only used by BMX or fitty's, it wouldn't need all the shit underneath in the middle.

[twothreesix]

me an dad jst scaled down my fmx ramp preety much for our plans. Man that YZ is bottemd out F**kin ToNS!! man he got heaps of air off it lol. Cheers for the pics Mungoman!

[[TOPGEAR]]

hey brad, which tool do u use in photoshop to make straight lines ?

[[TOPGEAR]]

dont worry i found it.

but i been trying for ages to make some plans and i suck at it.

if u get time do u think u could make some more plans of your mini ramp, but have it 300cm long instead of 200, and have the rise not as steep ??

[Mungoman45]

lol Photoshop is useless for ramp plans, if ya doin em properly. as in "to scale". And yeah, i might be able to do up a basic shell design for those measurements if i have the time. :)

[[TOPGEAR]]

cool.

[Mungoman45]

Dont have the time or the motivation to do a complete plan, but here's the four one one:

* Base Steel Length: 318cm (Transition extends behond base to make a total length of 300cm + 50cm rear triangle section =Total length of 350cm)
* Upright Height Length: 112cm (4cm of base + 4cm of
* transition = 120cm total height)
* Width Steel: 112cm (4cm of each side length = 120cm total width)

Each upright support is set with a gap of 50cm.

These are just very close measurements taken from the longest part of each bit of steel, angles and such are not taken into concideration, so you'll need atleast a 5cm breathing length on each piece.

[[TOPGEAR]]

fkn cool, thanks heaps.

ill post pics when i start making it.

[twothreesix]

After a day of hard work. WE hav dun the mini ramp in about 4 or 5 hours. Not a very steep slope but it wil b fun. Its made of wood but its solid as! Heres a pic. ill send in sum more of me takin it wen i do it.

[METAL_MULISHA41]

yeah man thats the sh** nothing better then i nice set-up of your sweat ramp bro im thinking of making one myself cause im getting sick of the same ones evryday but it still good fun

[METAL_MULISHA41]

thats pretty sick backflip_fmx it still a ramp aye

[twothreesix]

what u guys think about it??????

[[TOPGEAR]]

i had to look twice, it looked like a toy one to me at first.

[[TOPGEAR]]

pretty good for a days work.

did u do that today ??

[METAL_MULISHA41]

if u tryed to make it higher it would be heaps better but apart from that it awsome

[twothreesix]

yea man. Planed it yesterday, but its easter so all the shops where closed 4 wood. so we had all the plans yesterday an we made it today. Im gonna try it out tomorrow

[twothreesix]

yea i thought it was a bit small but i mean its jst for a bit of fun an it was real cheap. Im tlkin 50 buks NZ or like 25 buks US or sumthing like that. Im happy with it a

[Mungoman45]

Are you using this for Moto or BMX? cause i wouldn't even look at that thing twice for hittin it up on a moto. When will people learn NOT to use wood for upramps. people WILL get hurt.

[twothreesix]

Wat. Woods sweet as. all my ramps r wood. my mates gotta F**kin blast ramp thats straight the hole way up. no curve at all made of the shittist wood around. he didnt even plan it. He made it as he went. Its 1 metre high an 3 long an that old things held up for years! Do u even hav a wood ramp?. its fine. Ill show u sum pics tomorrow an i prove that wood holds up if u do it right!

[Mungoman45]

I dont have a wood ramp, because i have more sence. I know you say "oh they're good, and it's lasted bla bla." but it's just commen sence, which you wont learn until someone does get hurt. I've been over this so many times before, that i wont bother debating about it again, no matter what i say, your not gunna make yourself a proper one. No matter how poor you are, you shouldn't skimp on ramps, especially in a sport as dangerous as this. If you dont have the money to do it properly, dont do it, simple.

[twothreesix]

Na, jst because u got tha money to make a flashy metal ramp, Anit meen im gonna b sidelined because i cant offord a "real" ramp. dont get me wrong, I would much prefer a metal ramp, but i jst dont hav the cash. FMX is a great sport an im not gonna stop because my "crappy,shitty wood ramp" isnt up 2 ur standards.
If i get hurt, i get hurt an thats al there is to it. But im preety sure that this thing is gonna hold up so im gonna go an hav sum fun. An ill post sum pics wen i get bak. L8a.

[twothreesix]

Another pic. U couldnt c it propa last night coz i was in the garage.

[twothreesix]

sorry bout the size

[Mungoman45]

I took care of the size :). By all means, it's your bike, your ramp, your life, and i have no say in what you do, but may i just point out a few lil statments that worry me:

1) "My Standards".....I never base any comment on "my" standards, it's just a safety and commen sence issue is all. Everybody's standards are different with everything in life, but when it comes to such a dangerous sport as FMX, ya gotta have some sort of decent standards, and I'm pretty sure wood upramps, by "most" people's standards will not come up to scratch no matter how well they're built.
2) "I'm pretty sure".....if there's one thing in FMX you should be able to RELY on, and not be "pretty sure" about, it's the ramp. It's no secret, metal is stronger than wood.
3) "It'll Hold up"....Ramps should not just "hold up" they should be realiable to hit time after time without worry.

ok, I'm done, not preachin or anything, just wanted to bring to your attention and make you aware of those points.

[meesh]

yeh i reckon that to with the exeception of those ramps on www.fmxschool.com they look pretty sweet to much material to make it though.

[twothreesix]

Me hittin it 2day. Lol nice points there mungoman. What can i say to that. Only that after a day of tryin it out its absolutely fine an i will be cheakin up on it regually. Thanks for ur concern to all FMX'ers out there!

[The Snitz]

Well that's SenSational ur having a blast on ur ramp BUT I'd get a tetanus shot before ur next ride. Soon you may be able to make metal ramp and eliminate all fears

[~FMXster~]

how much did the wood cost to build it?

[twothreesix]

50 buks but dad took sum 5 ply from his work for free an we had enuf to dubble layer it so i soppose its 10 ply. Um thats Nz 50 buks so probly like 60 buks austrailia???
An yer from wat ppl hav been sayin im conciderin savin my few buks for a metal ramp.

[deathtroop666]

i made my ramp completly out of scrap wood its 6 foot high and 13 long and its holding up fine ill post some pics as soon as i can

[twothreesix]

Shot Bro! woods fine a!

[[TOPGEAR]]

more like 40aus.

the currency shit, 1aud = 1.25nz

[twothreesix]

lol yea srry , got it round tha wrong way

[BORN2RIDE]

me and my brother were gonna build a ramp and we found the right sort of steel in the garage. we were stoked
we still havnt built it yet thhough:(

[jraab]

when you make ramps what sort of ply do ya use cose wont the rain and stuff make it weak?

[The Snitz]

If you have a look around the Ramps Thread you'd probably find information on it there, but since I'm nice I'll let ya know here again..

Thick ply... 17mm to 21mm at least. Just the normal stuff but make sure u paint it and waterproof it. For this I used "Perm-a-Tar". It is a 2pack style paint stuff, it's actually a big can of Tar and a smaller can of Thinner. It equals out to be Thinner is a third of the Tar... Mix it all together and paint it on with a paintbrush (Preferably an old paintbrush that you would throw away).

Other people use Marine ply which has already got the surfaces waterproofed, just make sure that the sides of the ply are painted so moisture doesn't get in the sides.

[twothreesix]

other wise it could snap wen u hit it an then ur in the shits

[The Snitz]

Originally posted by blackflag_fmx
other wise it could snap wen u hit it an then ur in the shits

PMSL!!!!

Now why didn't I sum it up in one sentence like Blackflag LOL

[redbull_fmx]

dam straight id hate to bloody go threw a ramp jsut wait i think i would cry

[twothreesix]

wtf is PMSL??????

[The Snitz]

PMSL = Piss My Self Laughing

[twothreesix]

ahhhhh i see, cheers snitz

[dtrule]

mungo ma n how old is u

[kona]

i like your little ramp there mate...

[Mungoman45]

Originally posted by dtrule
mungo ma n how old is u

I'm the ripe old age of 22 :cool:

[twothreesix]

My mate hittin the mini ramp (jst thought i send a pic, im very board)

[PJFMX]

That is the s*@t Sam my man ill have to come over and try it some time. laterz Paul Jervis

[twothreesix]

yea man, cum over next week end, my downramps under water so no go for my kicker. Mini ramps all good tho

[twothreesix]

Hey.

Im sooo bored ill send in 1 of me. lol