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The bike lived on the boat, the boat was custom to accommodate this.
Literally an I girder laid flat, to create a grooved ramp, he had two I girders welded from the deck up to the front, and a chunk of I girder in which he'd cut through the edges such that 2 pins were on the underside... and a paid of holes in the edge of the deck.
So by placing the extra girder off the front to the side with the bank, he could push his bike up the side on the permanent girder, over onto the removable segment of girder and onto the bank.
He originally had a chopper, but this was a royal pain in the arse on the canal side, so changed to a Yamaha equiv of a Harley. He preferred the Yamaha as they started in winter.
What else... oh, yeah it was a 72ft, the V run of girders was at the front, and it used to be a cargo barge so when he built the frame on top of it, he built large doors at the front so that the bike came under the cover of the main room itself. He could work on the bike in the warmth of the main room if it was shitty outside.
This was before he sold that barge, went down to 60ft and bought an American Jeep instead and would leave that parked at the nearest pub. He also redesigned the rear at that point so that the engine of the barge was accessible and serviceable under well-ventilated cover. He'd had a bad experience with losing power in the rain... as he would always tell me afterwards; I was best not considering custom anything until you've had a few, only then would you have the experience to tell you what the hell you wanted.