Well.. I did it. I fit my gs into my parents CRV inorder to take the bike down to campus. Definitely gonna be a nice mode of transportation while I'm knocking out a class or two over the summer.
PS. :flipoff: to everyone who said it couldn't be done.
PPS. Just needed to compress the front suspension a bit and loosen/rotate the handlebars down on the bike. I did however have to remove one of the 60/40 middle seats. No biggy... just 4 12mm bolts. :cheers:
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"downward facing dog" a lil yoga move i picked up from the girlfriend ;)
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woot
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:bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown:
Oh and it helps to load the bike with the car on lower ground. My driveway is sort of a large ramp so with the CRV off the driveway the board had so little grade that I was pretty much able to push it up myself. 8)
EDIT:
If I would have removed the front passenger seat the bike would have fit even nicer but it worked without. A passenger easily sat on the other middle row seat.
maybe someone should have told you... it's a lot easier to just ride the bike itself. :icon_mrgreen:
j/k... but what kept you from doing that?
150 miles, all open highway w/ lots of large trucking traffic, in the rain? no thanks.
Wow! I'm impressed! :thumb: :icon_lol:
And, yeah, 150 miles on a new to you bike, and you haven't ridden that long. Kudos to you for the wisdom to avoid potential disaster.
two words...
freakin sweet
well......
shaZam!. I was wrong.
jackass.
WOW i totally retract my statement from that last thread you started about this. You are the man. :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: Again i like the color. :laugh:
I like how you laid out the blue tarp to protect the GS from blemishes from the interior :icon_lol: :icon_lol:
Take car of that baby:-))
Good luck with the new bike!!
Chris
Quote from: dwn4whadever on May 14, 2006, 04:25:30 PM
WOW i totally retract my statement from that last thread you started about this. You are the man. :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: Again i like the color. :laugh:
No no... I like your color better.
(woot first car/bike picture)
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Quote from: Chris2P on May 14, 2006, 04:30:22 PM
I like how you laid out the blue tarp to protect the GS from blemishes from the interior :icon_lol: :icon_lol:
:icon_razz: CRV is pretty new... and it has mint ivory leather... I wouldn't want too much of the new car smell on the bike.
:thumb: :thumb: Aweome :thumb: :thumb: I agree w/ the above.. its better to spend 3 Hrs getting that thing in the back of a car if you arent comfortable riding that far :thumb:
For your next trick, let's see you put it in the back of the CRX! :icon_mrgreen:
Quote from: Caffeine on May 14, 2006, 06:43:31 PM
For your next trick, let's see you put it in the back of the CRX! :icon_mrgreen:
might be easier to strap the CRX on the back of the bike
That's too funny.
Well done, CRXDrew!!!!!!!!!!!!! :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: :laugh:
Quote from: Chris2P on May 14, 2006, 04:30:22 PM
I like how you laid out the blue tarp to protect the GS from blemishes from the interior :icon_lol: :icon_lol:
:laugh: :laugh: :thumb: :thumb: :laugh: :laugh:
Quote from: Caffeine on May 14, 2006, 06:43:31 PM
For your next trick, let's see you put it in the back of the CRX! :icon_mrgreen:
Funny you say that.... I've been looking for trailer hitches....
Quote from: CRXDrew on May 14, 2006, 07:51:09 PM
Quote from: Caffeine on May 14, 2006, 06:43:31 PM
For your next trick, let's see you put it in the back of the CRX! :icon_mrgreen:
Funny you say that.... I've been looking for trailer hitches....
for the bike or the CRX, i'm confused as to which is the cart and which is the horse
When I had my CRX, its "payload" was 400 lbs..and it explicitly warned against towing...I had the HF model....are other models heartier souls?
Quote from: pandy on May 14, 2006, 08:03:59 PM
When I had my CRX, it's "payload" was 400 lbs..and it explicitly warned against towing...I had the HF model....are other models heartier souls?
merely manufacturer suggestions. Also... the HF has what... 52hp?
I've seen a CRX tow a CRX.
integra tow an integra
prelude tow an integra
and even an S2000 tow a bike and trailer!
My unibody in the rear is nice and solid as far as I can tell plus I'm making a bunch more power in the upper 100's lower 200's. Just have to take it nice and easy.... no launches off the line :cookoo:
Quote from: CRXDrew on May 14, 2006, 08:18:16 PM
merely manufacturer suggestions. Also... the HF has what... 52hp?
If that much! :laugh: I got him for his good gas mileage, and he was a faithful friend for about 14 years...then my son killed him... :o :laugh:
P.S. More pics if you ever do tow with your CRX! :thumb: :icon_mrgreen:
HF also runs a different 1/2 shaft
Holy COW. Thats awesome. Im considering buying a GS thats about 200 miles away, and Im going to need to either tow/trailer it...or....TRY AND FIT INTO A MINI VAN.
Its funny that you posted this, because I might try and fit one in a Honda Odessey next weekend and Im worried some.
I dont know. Did you happen to meassure things before trying to get it all in there, and would you happen to remember the highest point on the bike after buckling down the front forks? Looking at your pics, the rear end looks to be sticking up pretty high...
From the pics, it looks as though I might have a little more room to work with....but Im bad at eye-balling things.
Another funny thing is, this bike I speak of....is the same color.
Oh yea, how the heck did you wheel it up there with out it falling over on you?
Any help you can share would be GREAT...
Thanks
Quote from: moon_raker on May 14, 2006, 09:06:29 PM
Holy COW. Thats awesome. Im considering buying a GS thats about 200 miles away, and Im going to need to either tow/trailer it...or....TRY AND FIT INTO A MINI VAN.
Its funny that you posted this, because I might try and fit one in a Honda Odessey next weekend and Im worried some.
I dont know. Did you happen to meassure things before trying to get it all in there, and would you happen to remember the highest point on the bike after buckling down the front forks? Looking at your pics, the rear end looks to be sticking up pretty high...
From the pics, it looks as though I might have a little more room to work with....but Im bad at eye-balling things.
Another funny thing is, this bike I speak of....is the same color.
Oh yea, how the heck did you wheel it up there with out it falling over on you?
Any help you can share would be GREAT...
Thanks
37ish inches max height with suspension compressed and bars down
72ish long? I forget exactly.
With middle seats removed I bet an oddesey would be perfect.
Oh and note in my pics I had a board to roll the bike up with. atleast 3 people is nice too.
Now i know if i ever need to move my bike i just gotta compress the forks and tuen down the handle bars and throw it in the back of my wifes CRV. :cheers:
I'd do it on the off reason to just piss her off.
You absolutely proved me wrong Drew. Way to go. That looks freaking cool! :thumb:
Quote from: TragicImage on May 15, 2006, 12:51:12 AM
I'd do it on the off reason to just piss her off.
That would be funny as hell. Wait till she is sleep and have a friend help me throw it in there. I think she would try to kill me in the morning when she seen it. She is pregnant right now with our first kids, i try to stay on her goodside to say the least.
Thanks Drew, yea...I am actually going to ge it...and the guy Im getting it from thinks it wont be a problem either...I just hope me and him can roll it in there with out dropping it. THEN theres getting it out, by myself, at home.....eeesh.
DANG.
Im guessing you had help getting it out also?
Thanks for the info!
LATERS*
I would have bet against it.... waddya know.
:bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown:
Quote from: moon_raker on May 17, 2006, 05:31:27 PM
DANG.
Im guessing you had help getting it out also?
:cheers: My roommates are both taking 1st summer session class aswell so they gave me a hand. And we had a few random apartment people looking/wanting to help... just not enough bike to go around :)
HA HA HAAA!!!! That's freakin awesome! Impressive shoving-big-things-in-small-places skills, man. I bought a bike from northern San Diego, and the guy I bought it from was kind enough to haul it 80 miles north to LA for me :D That was a huge help, seein as I drove to check it out in a little 2 seater. I don't know anyone with a truck :icon_confused:
So yea, this weekend I did end up getting the bike.
It went into y moms mini van, a honda odessey with NO PROBLEM.
Just had to drop the bars down and the gauges....got it on with help, although it wasnt really needed.
Got it home and unloaded it all by myself, down a 2x4 plank...no biggie.
Wheeeeeeew....glad thats over. I was stressing over nothing.
Thanks
MUHAHAHAA Look what I have started!!!! :laugh: :thumb:
moon_raker,
Did you take any sweet pictures?
Whats up man....I just now found this! So's I wasnt ignoring you...sorry.
Yup, I got pics...although Im not sure I got any of it in the van.
Im at school right now, so I'll post some pics later when I get home.
HOPEFULLY I uploaded them off my digi cam....BEFORE I DROPPED IT LAST WEEK.
Which sucks because I just began breaking the bike down to begin building/customizing it....and I took a few pics before breaking it down...then DOH, dropped the cam....and now it wont work really....it turns on, but then turns right back off.
I know I got pics of it when I picked it up though....Ill get 'em up later...
In the mean time, Im really enjoying toying with this bike so far. Everything has been really straight foward as far as design and mechanics....although I havent cracked open the engine yet....but everything else is GRAVY, I love it.
Im going to make my own rear cowl though. Somehow. Probably get some styrofoam, shape it, make me a nice mock cowl, then fiber glass it or carbon fiber it...then dig out the styro or something???
GOOD TIMES.
Anyway, laters!!
Wow, now that makes me want to go measure the back of my Toyota Matrix. Just another reason to love our little GS. :bowdown:
Hey, CRXDrew, where do you go to school, UIUC?
Quote from: EdChen on July 03, 2006, 01:37:47 PM
Hey, CRXDrew, where do you go to school, UIUC?
Yes indeedy.
Not impressed. I put a bandit 400, FZ600, spare engine for both, spare FZ tank, bandit body work, three paddock stands, a 6' 2X12, 10 gallon fuel can and a strawberry snow cone in the back of a Caravan.
Put it in the CRX and I'll be impressed.
What are you talking about? You could almost fit a CRX into a caravan. :icon_mrgreen:
If we left the hatchback up, and let the Baby G hang out a little, we could get him in the CRX! :icon_mrgreen:
You know you'd be impressed, too, Geep...lol
sweeetzzz....i have a crv, too. now i know i can fit the gs into my car :)
Quote from: moon_raker on May 22, 2006, 06:54:34 PM
So yea, this weekend I did end up getting the bike.
It went into y moms mini van, a honda odessey with NO PROBLEM.
Just had to drop the bars down and the gauges....got it on with help, although it wasnt really needed.
Got it home and unloaded it all by myself, down a 2x4 plank...no biggie.
Wheeeeeeew....glad thats over. I was stressing over nothing.
Thanks
You loaded/unloaded on a 2x4? I had a nice thick plank, maybe 8 inches wide and used up most of it. I imagine the 2x4 looked like your GS was tightrope walking.
Also Drew, when are you coming back to Chicago?
:o :o :o :o
Here it is, finally. I know I have more pics, but this is all I could find....plus my cam is broken, and I know there is more on it....eh.
Sucks because I was gonna document everything I did to it as I went along...
Anyway, I got this bike for 500 bucks!!! Needs some work, but heck, thats like a months car payment for some people...
(http://www.diggiemoon.com/efgjbfjnfdjndfjknblbposbpojbopjsbdojpfbbbvofdlkfkriwpodpddpfpfcmdsofegfgdflfokfgf/muhbike.jpg)
Im really looking forward to working on this bike, like I said before....everythings been a snap thus far.
...let me say this though, THIS SITE / THIS MESSAGE BOARD has been a huuuuuuge help with all my questions.
No matter what I need to know, I can always find it here somewhere. From frame paint to tweaking its all here...
And if I hadnt found this site, and looked at all the cool GS's and what a great fan base they have, I dont know if
I would have been into getting one as much...? So's this site is a must see for anyone into or interested in getting one! (new or old)
That is all..... :cheers:
Quote from: CRXDrew on July 03, 2006, 04:11:44 PM
Quote from: EdChen on July 03, 2006, 01:37:47 PM
Hey, CRXDrew, where do you go to school, UIUC?
Yes indeedy.
Ahh, yes, I knew I saw that thing, might you have parked it under the apartment complex on Springfield/5th? I rode by once and saw it one day, wondering if it belonged to someone on here. If you ever need any help loading it into the CRV again, i'm here :) Or, just to cruise. I'm here for summer session 2, and wiill ne all semester as well :)
Ed
hey chicago, lets meet up one sunday for a cruise :) i need to practice hehehe
if u could ride it in to the car while it was moving that would be sweet hahaha
Quote from: EdChen on July 04, 2006, 11:48:59 PM
Quote from: CRXDrew on July 03, 2006, 04:11:44 PM
Quote from: EdChen on July 03, 2006, 01:37:47 PM
Hey, CRXDrew, where do you go to school, UIUC?
Yes indeedy.
Ahh, yes, I knew I saw that thing, might you have parked it under the apartment complex on Springfield/5th? I rode by once and saw it one day, wondering if it belonged to someone on here. If you ever need any help loading it into the CRV again, i'm here :) Or, just to cruise. I'm here for summer session 2, and wiill ne all semester as well :)
Ed
haha, damn small world. Yea thats me on 5th/springfield. I park it right infront of the CRX. What color is ur gs? I saw a blue 500F during first session but couldn't flag them down. I'll be down in a few weeks for drill so maybe i'll PM you and get ur number.
Quote from: Unnamed on July 04, 2006, 03:18:13 PM
Also Drew, when are you coming back to Chicago?
I'm in chicago now. PM me some time.
Beware of girlfriends who can sustain a downward-facing-dog: they're probably in better shape than you are! On the other hand, good lower-back and upper-body fitness lends itself to... other good things.
Congrats on packing into the Honda. That's quite a feat.
just wanted to bring this back for the BWAHAHAHAHA factor.
QuoteBeware of girlfriends who can sustain a downward-facing-dog
*ahem* i beg to differ. if they know what a downward-facing-dog is, they do yoga, and if they do yoga, i think you'll be able to have A LOT of fun. :cheers: just my opinion.
Quote from: TragicImage on January 07, 2007, 09:32:08 PM
just wanted to bring this back for the BWAHAHAHAHA factor.
I was wondering what sick sob thought bringing this back from the dead was a good idea...
I fit mine into my work van, a Chevy Astro. All I had to do was take off my mirrors to fit under the ladders I have hanging from the roof. Next time I put it in there I will get some pictures of it.....
Damien
Hmm. I wonder if I could fit my R6 into my 2004 Isuzu Rodeo. My seats dont' come out like CRV seats do, though :-/