Hey guys After some careful thought I have decided I'm gonna go for a bigger sized van, high top LWB perhaps. Parking at home isn't a problem and work will be a doddle too. If I have to go to the supermarket I'll just park it a mile from the entrance! Sorry btw jay I'm sure your vivaro is lovely but I'm gonna need some more space. My budget looks as though 3.5K is all I can manage. What do you guys think to this? 54 Ford Transit 350 LWB Mid Roof 120PS £3495 No VAT!!! | eBay
TBH YT I was going to say you'd do better with a longer and higher Van, it's exactly why I'm flogging mine. Both those Tranny's look good, try and get a Silver one rather than White, they'll always sell better when the time comes! I've had a few reasonable p/x prices for mine at dealers so no worries on a sale matey!
Its all coming together. Picked up a lwb transit today and just got home. Drove it back from newcastle and been fuckin about on back roads and roundabouts all evenin. 250 miles in total. So easy to get sideways being rear wheel drive. I love driving!!! Anyway here it is..
That'll be the next Drama then! "I've damaged me R6 when I power-slid me Van in to a Lamp post off a roundabout!" Not even made it to the Track!
Hey YT, hoping to buy a Renault Master minibus, ex NHS, and converting to a campervan. For the time being I'm gonna put two bikes in it for transport to rallies etc. Gonna make a double cradle, ie two single cradles to support the front wheels that will slide along cross braces so that any two bikes will be securely supported during transport. Anybody else interested?
I'm just gonna buy a single wheel chock for now MW and bolt it to the floor of the van, ride straight in. I hope your new van and conversion goes well for you though mate, sounds good.
Recommend this setup for your Van YT, ace value too at less than £90 all in! BikeTek Lightweight Loading Ramp - Demon Tweeks Warrior Wheel Chock - Fits 12-19" Inch Wheels - Demon Tweeks
Nice one Mark welcome to the world of 4 wheels that will be spot on for your racing mate and of course for the ladies in the back .Well happy for you I remember those early days when I got my first car me and my mates used to just drive around all night just for a laugh,then another mate got a car and that's when the egg fights started .What a laugh chasing each other round all night chucking eggs at each other's cars should of seen the cars at the end of the night.. Happy Days . Quite happy to meet up for an egg fight if you want .lol. Jimbo next for a van as we need to get a double mattress in the back .
Haha after this weekend of nearly 300 miles of messing around the van has been christened "Terrence the Terror-Transit" yesss
Set of alloys and some graphics will smarten that up no end. Looks v.clean though so good start point - ghost bikes good place for a ramp too - that's where I got my one from. With not seeing the back is it worth getting the locks braced with re-inforcement fittings? So often you hear of things going 'missing' from vans at race meets.
