Norton up those stairs

How best way to get Crazy up my apt . stairs ? 13 stairs up total 15 ft. , 41 " width. Did it last winter with 4 huffing puffing guys ,crowding due to lack of width, removed tank, battery ,seat and exhausts for that one. 7 1/2 ft. from top stair and 9 1/2 ft. up is a possible place to affix a pulley to take off some weight and someone can pull on the rope to help bring up. A friend said to buy a "come-a-long". Going back down in spring was a breeze ,just down stairs using front brake and gravity. Ideas ?

Drop it into first gear, release the clutch gas the piss out it and go flying up the stairs screaming like a mad man! It allways works in the movies...

I dunno but........ we want pictures!

get some kind of manual winch or try to use something as a pulley. 1 person winding and 1 person walking it up 8)

Did somthing similar with a Triumph once. (on my own) First gear, High tickover take it slowly, when the back wheel hits the bottom step put your chest ( you need to be fairly tall ) on the seat to maintain traction, Push.
DO NOT STALL!

My friend Dennis rebuilt his T150 in the spare bedroom. One tip; Make sure the front brake is bled and working BEFORE going down.

A sturdy prop across the door jambs, about 4 foot high, horizontal to the floor, with several men and some ropes.
Doors off at the hinge pins if you need the extra inch or so.
Gloves, if you think the men have tender hands.
No drinking before the deed.
Determine who is most likely to be of no help and use one of the ropes to tie him up and keep him out of the way.
Tins, exhaust, seat, battery off. Bars swept back as far as practical.
Operator in position.
Men pulling as needed.
A plank secured to the stair treads is helpful.
The Drinking Lantern is now lighted.
This is all theory. I was gonna put my mine in the basement for the duration of the season and envisioned it leaving this way.
Going down was thought to be no big deal.
It was going to happen on Thanksgiving with all the company on hand but put off until Christmas by the missus.
She was angling for time.
Christmas was yesterday and the company was here but it all deemed inappropriate at the last minute by, you guessed it, the missus.
So, if I had to do it again I would rearrange the chronology to blindfold and tie up the missus first.
I have to go now, she is coming home soon.

I tried to ride up stairs with a 305 scrambler when I was 15 yo, not pretty, murder on carpet, unsuccessful to say the least.
...just my thoughts, seasons greetings.

I once had a part time job as a doorman (security) at a function room in Waterlooville Hants, When my friend and I left we rode his Fantic trials bike up the three flights of stairs and around the ballroom.

The answer to your question= Trade the Norton for a trials bike and just ride up and down. Or am I not taking this seriously?
Happy new year.

We definitely need photos on this one!

I can't offer any advice other than try not to let the landlord find out! They tend to take a dim view of this sort of thing.

Debby

A Norton can be ridden up and down stairs. I did it once at a motel many years ago. Outside cement steps with a switchback. Granted the stairs were a little less steep than the average and I didn't have a windshield on the bike. Not so sure I would try it today unless I was on my KTM. Jim

You will need the following:

1 - case of good beer
2 - bottles of good liquor, appropriate mixers, ice
4 - bottles of good wine
4 - reliable, relatively able-bodied men (4, minimum)
2 - very pretty women (2 minimum, preferrably flirtatious)

You will need to do the following:

1. Take everything off the bike that comes off easily; tank, seat, battery, wheels, especially wheels, etc.
2. Put the beer, wine and liquor in your apartment.
3. Go get the pretty women and hide them in your bedroom for use later.
4. Call the relatively able-bodied men to come over.
5. Show the men the beer, wine and liquor.
6. Surprise the men with the pretty women.
7. With the men's help, remove wheels if not already removed.
8. Position pretty women at the foot and head of stairs.
9. Tell men to each lift a corner of the bike and carry, in lock-step, up the stairs. (3 foot steel rods through the axle carriers makes it a snap)
10. Start drinking and admiring the bike. (Take everyone to dinner later if you are unable to feed them at your apartment)

What's posing you the problem is leaving the wheels on..... you're trying to go up, the bike is trying to go down, and it has weight, and more than a little physics, on its side. As we say in the space business, "Gravity is tough". Without the wheels, even if you have to unexpectedly set the bike down, it's not going anywhere..... it'll just rest there on the steps.

The beauty is, a) the men need not be sober for this operation, and b) men being men, no one is going to set their corner down first in front of pretty women (assuming the heterosexuality of the men).

Anyway, that's my $0.02 worth,....... lose the wheels and incentivize the participants.

Happy New Year,
Rod

Boy I've a ways to go to cover the scope of seasoned Nortoneer's ingenuity!
Love the women part but too few worth tempting labor will agree to show up but heck could just lie to buddies telling em they be along any minute now : )

In Ozarks locals just offer a few friends some beer and speed balls so job get done in a few minutes then rest of time party and stumble around till chased off in arguments.

If'n it was me I'd rent/use electric wench or block tackle as coma-long is so tedious and requires multiple resetting. Two people a lot easier but one could do it if wench had long control line or wireless. Otherwise can straddle bike and haul in line to creep up stairs. Getting rope attached beyond the door to get off last step would be tricky but maybe a stick across a far window or attach to rafters by lag bolts and leave for lowering or patch up and brake slide your way down.

If you are handy with feathering clutch and its running reliable to hold steady throttle just off idle and not stall I'd ride it up after letting a good bit of air out tires, pulling or removing mirrors or what ever may snag if bike tips-drifts or steering forks far.

I have a block and tackle off my sailboat that has a cam lock so that you pull, the lock grabs and the rope doesent release until you intend for it to. It comes in really handy for keeping a strain on the line while working. I can lend it to you if needed.

How big is your damage deposit? And what are the stairs made of/covered with?

Russ

Didn't know we were allowed to have pretty woman along.

The very best way of getting this Norton up the stairs is to station one good looking woman at the top,
Say in a very loud voice in the presence of my mate offy (Tony Hoff) "It can't be done"
Walk away.

Job done.............

comnoz said:

A Norton can be ridden up and down stairs. I did it once at a motel many years ago. Outside cement steps with a switchback. Granted the stairs were a little less steep than the average and I didn't have a windshield on the bike. Not so sure I would try it today unless I was on my KTM. Jim

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Many (40ish) years ago in Portsmouth the Commercial road went past the Guildhall.

A wide pavement then I think 3 tiers of shallow steps, We would ride up the left side across the corner and down the centre and away.

Oh how the memories are seeping back.

Garage-less city living can be rough.. I used to live on the 5th floor of my old apartment and went through this exercise more than a few times. I used the 2 pipes 4 guys method. Get 2 lengths of sturdy black black pipe, duck tape some padding on the center of the pipes, put the pipes through the wheels, and each guy lifts a corner. Incidentally this is the same way bike thieves make off with heavy bikes with locked forks. Since then I've seen the light and moved into a loft with an old water powered elevator. Now I simply ride on to the elevator and off into my apartment.. no more sore backs or beer bribery!

Wow domiracer66, water power lift, a new way to me plus flavor of an exotic movie setting at the top.

Getting up 10 ft of stairs if not super steep, maybe put a big racket on crank shaft nut and click her on up step by step in 20 min or so?

Hey! nice loft domiracer66 and even nicer norton decor! Looks awesome!

Under no circumstances can I "drive" Crazy up the stairs. Thankyou Debby.I have friends in 1 day notice for pushing swearing ,lifting. Now have a thin offer of stay for Crazy the 3 months in a local coach house. Alma and myself will do our big backpacking trip of S.India to Nepal to Paris ,France. Downtown this city (-10 Celcius tonight ) it is so expensive to rent a garage , the house in front just went off the market at 640 ,no takers and we are now at par. Behind me the mansions start at 2 M.up to 7.5 for the best. Will go out looking for pulley system tomorrow attached with Lag bolts. I like the Marine idea, pull and lock , pull and lock ,safer. Perhaps with front wheel off with the black pipe n' lifters to rest as resting was the prob. last year. Pretty girls no prob. Private steel and coppertop bar at top left of stairs ,well used. Photos assured when this is figured out. Lived in warehouses for many years with slide or drop-gate elevators for years until the developers found out...

Christ, I envy you man. Who needs a DVD big screen when that's in the lounge???



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I was thinking that with enough stuff stripped off the bike (seat, tank, wheels, exhaust and maybe even forks and rear brake assembly) a group of guys could carry the bike up the stairs in pallbearer fashion. I think at times like this the wheels become more of a liability than an asset. You have to approach the problem from a large heavy piece of furniture perspective rather than the motorcycle up the stairs angle.