Bike turntables

You did it to my CB500 in the carpark of the ER after a BOTAFOT.

Had my heart in my mouth I did.

--
Dan L (Oldbloke)
My bike 1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr
M'boy's bike 2003 Honda NSR125R
Spare Bike 1990 Suzuki TS50X
BOTAFOT #140 (KotL 2005), DIAABTCOD #26, BOMB#18 (slow)

 

Dan L says...

Did I?

Don't remember that one.

 

It was the one where you rode side saddle around the Bicester ring road on
your ZZR

--
Dan L (Oldbloke)
My bike 1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr
M'boy's bike 2003 Honda NSR125R
Spare Bike 1990 Suzuki TS50X
BOTAFOT #140 (KotL 2005), DIAABTCOD #26, BOMB#18 (slow)

 

Dan L says...

Wasn't me occifer, I never break the law

That'd be the day I had two desperately underinflated tyres and wondered
why it was handling like a pregnant hippo on roller skates and spinning
up coming out of sharp corners. I had a good dice with MattG down the
4011 IIRC.

 

I reckon a simpler idea would be to have single, large diameter[1],
sufficiently thick[2] steel disc with the severed head [3] of a large
coach-bolt welded to the underside & centre of the disc. The bike
wouldn't appear terribly stable - but certainly wouldn't be going anywhere
of its own accord and would facilitate easy rotating the bike.

[1] couple of feet diameter?
[2] 10mm thick?
[3] 3-5mm thick?

 

Lozzo says...

Yeah. I did enjoy that. Wanna do it again?

 

MattG says...

OK, but this time we let 15 psi out of your tyres.

 

Lozzo says...

Sounds good to me. That way I have an excuse for being so far
behind.

 

The two metal plates as used by car MOT workshops for turning the front
wheels during the test?

 

Circular pub beer trays is what you want. Take one and cut around it
to remove the rim. Put an amount of oil in the other sufficient to
cover the whole of the bottom and place the rimless one inside it.

He-presto, the rimless one will rotate quite happily inside the rimmed
one on a nice bed of oil.

How it'll rotate with the weight of a bike on it, mind...

 

Throw in a layer of little ball bearings?

 

That would be better. Would need to be very small ones and completely
cover it though otherwise the tray would dent into gaps between the
bearings.

And they cost money as well.

 

ITYM **** 'em... HTH... ;-)
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1 Black, shortly to undergo extensive surgery.
1 Red, undergoing lightweight surgery. -----
1 Blue, for Power-Ranger baiting. | o |
Numbers ... | o |
Stuff ... | ooo |
Life ... -----

 

Ho! That's a **** to do with the ZZR. Made me appreciate how easy it
was with the Divvy, mind.....


--

Stan Stannard - Grimsby, UK


"Statto's evil twin"

ANORAK#01 BONY#57 UKRMSBC#01
Kawazaki ZZR1100D

 

Stan Stannard says...

I never tried with any of the ZZRs. I always thought the sidestand was a
bit flimsy looking at the best of times.

 

Indeed, one of the reasons it's now only tried if there's REALLY no
other option. Plus of course the fecker weighs a ton.....
--

Stan Stannard - Grimsby, UK


"Statto's evil twin"

ANORAK#01 BONY#57 UKRMSBC#01
Kawazaki ZZR1100D

 

It's probably mutual

Phil

 

Add arthritic hands and wrists into the equation (and knees and
ankles)..

Phil

 

The other fly in the ointment - mine isn't a nice 9R with race shocks
on - it's a Tiger with about 3x the travel in the suspension.

Phil

 

Bear says...

It shocks people that someone as scrawny looking as me can lift both
wheels of the 9R off the deck, but it is actually very easy to do.