Build A Bike Ramp Out Of Wood

How to make wooden bike ramps.

Build a bike ramp out of wood.

Check out sam pilgrim s portable kicker ramp build. Building a dirt bike ramp is no joke whether you re constructing it out of wood or digging it into the ground. Lay the ply over the curve get your mates to stand on it while you screw it to the cross members about four per cross member should do it. 2 cut groves in the ramp so you can place the support beams in example if the ramp is 30 inches 76 2 cm from the bottom to the take off point cut groves every 10 inches 25 4 cm.

If it s easier and more cost effective to acquire wood beams planks a saw nails and a nail gun build a wooden ramp. Then drive a screw to hold it. If you or a friend have easy access to a backhoe or other heavy duty digging equipment dig out a dirt jump. The back side of the deck should have the horizontal scores that will allow it to flex.

Things to keep in mind. Measure the width of the ramp and cut the 9mm plywood to suit. Check out this kicker ramp build from undialed that is 1 5 high and 4 long. Make four copies of each and make sure that all of them are in the same sizes.

Take a large piece of wood and cut 4 ramp shapes depending on how big you want your jump to be. If you re building both the lip and landing you ll only need 1 piece of 1 2 inch thick plywood. This is another portable diy kicker ramp but with a little more height to it. Then make around four grooves in each of the plywood ramps.

Get your ramp deck and align it on the frame. This is what a standard piece of plywood measures when you cut it down the middle lengthwise. Push against it and drill a pilot hole through the deck into one of the cross members either the left or right side so you can see where the cross beam is located. The ramp lip take off and landing both measure 24 inches wide.

This video also teaches you how to use the pythagorean theorem in building ramps.