I can use my bike scissor lift at home, but it is really heavy to carry on a rideout
I was considering a solution could be a small screw jack (like some cars have in the boot) and a plywood platform, unless someone has solved this already?
I used to lay the bike on its side in the grass.
Mind you I had no battery to spill and was careful how much fuel in the tank
Put my jacket on grass 1st
I like it - basic `down to earth` ;D method
it would be easy enough to take the battery off
I always use AGM sealed type batteries anyway these days. But I'm also unlikely to be taking out back wheels by the roadside - it's hard enough in the garage. There's always a nice man with a big van to take me home......
Yep, Mr Samsung to the rescue.
Fixing a flat is a horrible job in the garage, but by the roadside? Thankfully those days are long gone...even moreso if there's not even a centre-stand.
the old (not sure about the new ones) xlh spoertster clymer manuals recommends if any work on the back wheel is required the bike should be laid on its side. never heard of it being done but i suppose it happened.
its all very interesting, a post script would be that I never attempt a repair, I just carry spare new tubes. (especially since ripping a valve out!)
Yes, It's alway's advisable to carry a spare tube in the tool box, as a deflation can always rib the valve out, I allways now leave the screw on the vale loose now, this acts as an early warning if the tube is creeping and usually be rectified before any damage is done.
Nice one - going to loosen mine NOW ;D
Hi,
Can you not fit a centre stand?
When I was younger I could lift the back of an A10 high enough so my wife could get a breeze block under it. No, we did not carry one just in case but one just happened to be handy.
Dave.
I could, but I would prefer not to, as it has high level pipes, and would spoil the lines of the bike. Maybe look into making a removable centre stand that would live under a rear rack, or even design it to double as a rack and a stand.
Design a good one of those and you'll be millyonair by this time next year.