getting the bike onto the centre stand ..
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getting the bike onto the centre stand ..
There is a sub thread in another topic on this subject but I would like to ask how you use the centre stand ..
I don't recall any problems 65 years ago, but neither do I recall how I used to do it.
Nowadays I approach it with trepidation, and use the side stand a lot ..
I hold the left grip in my left hand and grip under the saddle on the right and pull and lift, and often fail, but I've not dropped it (yet).
In the other thread it talks of left hand at the front of the saddle and right on the rear mudguard handle.
I have positioned myself for this, but it feels very awkward, and I wouldn't care to try it without somebody else around (which would be ill advised these days) to grab the bike if it goes wrong.
Ps .. I weigh 13 stone and a bit and, If I could still stand upright I would be 6'1" tall
I don't recall any problems 65 years ago, but neither do I recall how I used to do it.
Nowadays I approach it with trepidation, and use the side stand a lot ..
I hold the left grip in my left hand and grip under the saddle on the right and pull and lift, and often fail, but I've not dropped it (yet).
In the other thread it talks of left hand at the front of the saddle and right on the rear mudguard handle.
I have positioned myself for this, but it feels very awkward, and I wouldn't care to try it without somebody else around (which would be ill advised these days) to grab the bike if it goes wrong.
Ps .. I weigh 13 stone and a bit and, If I could still stand upright I would be 6'1" tall
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Re: getting the bike onto the centre stand ..
HiTaid wrote:In the other thread it talks of left hand at the front of the saddle and right on the rear mudguard handle.
I have positioned myself for this, but it feels very awkward, and I wouldn't care to try it without somebody else around (which would be ill advised these days) to grab the bike if it goes wrong.
I too thought that way when I first read it, but I gave it a go and can confirm it's easier and although feeling 'different' there was no feeling of loss of control.
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Re: getting the bike onto the centre stand ..
The very best way of doing this is to fit one of Rob Swift's centre stands. You'll put it on the stand for fun then!
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Re: getting the bike onto the centre stand ..
I adapt a folding footrest and bolt it to the rear of the bike. Makes it much easier.
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Re: getting the bike onto the centre stand ..
I am 5'2" (on a good day) and 11st 14lbs and this method works great for me. Before I learnt of this method I used the "traditional" method you use. I struggled because the direction in which you can apply the force is wrong (well, it is for me) and on one occasion when I gave the left handlebar grip a particularly large yank I was embarrassed to be left holding a twist grip and nothing else in my hand. My embarrassment quickly turned to panic as I tried to stop the bike falling over with my right hand, luckily I managed to regain my composure, chuck the twist grip away and grab hold of the teetering bike!Taid wrote: In the other thread it talks of left hand at the front of the saddle and right on the rear mudguard handle.
I have positioned myself for this, but it feels very awkward, and I wouldn't care to try it without somebody else around (which would be ill advised these days) to grab the bike if it goes wrong.
Ps .. I weigh 13 stone and a bit and, If I could still stand upright I would be 6'1" tall
I also use the same method when putting the bike on my ramp in which case the bike is ~9" higher and it still works for me.
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Re: getting the bike onto the centre stand ..
As a quick and easy answer, the idea of the footpeg appeals, especially as I don't expect a pillion passenger, but my saddle rear-end fitting is quite different to the one you show, Les,
and the way the saddle overhangs the mudguard handle makes access to it difficult for the earlier suggested method ..
I like the modified stand from Rob Swift, especially when I put the bike on the ramp, but I'm not keen to try fitting it .. apart from already overspent my budget on modifications ..
Thanks to all who have responded and given me things to think about ..
and the way the saddle overhangs the mudguard handle makes access to it difficult for the earlier suggested method ..
I like the modified stand from Rob Swift, especially when I put the bike on the ramp, but I'm not keen to try fitting it .. apart from already overspent my budget on modifications ..
Thanks to all who have responded and given me things to think about ..
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Re: getting the bike onto the centre stand ..
I've not done it but I thought the usual way for the folding footpeg was at the nose mounting point for the seat?
+1 for Rob's stand.
Johnny B
+1 for Rob's stand.
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Re: getting the bike onto the centre stand ..
There are various comments elsewhere about how to fit them. I managed it, and the difference is remarkable.Taid wrote: I like the modified stand from Rob Swift, especially when I put the bike on the ramp, but I'm not keen to try fitting it .. apart from already overspent my budget on modifications ..
Thanks to all who have responded and given me things to think about ..
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Re: getting the bike onto the centre stand ..
+ another one for the Robsticks
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Re: getting the bike onto the centre stand ..
Was there a post a while back suggesting a piece of timber with a taper at one end, 1/2 to 1 inch thick
You rolled one wheel onto the timber, it raised the bike enough to make it a little easier to get the centre stand down.
You rolled one wheel onto the timber, it raised the bike enough to make it a little easier to get the centre stand down.