Stopping a Bike from blowing over

[Tony Danger]

This is for a friend, as I have my bike stored inside a shed.

He's getting a bike soon, but doesn't have anywhere indoors he can store it at his property. He does have an off street drive way, so he can park it up and have something to bolt it down to on there if needs be.

The problem is, where we live in Scotland, it's very often windy, and it can get really nasty in the winter. Even a couple of weeks ago in july we were seeing 40-60mph winds.

What's the best bet to secure it? Most places I see when someone asks this question, they just get jumped on being accused of being a spammer/idiot/fake bike rider/waste of space etc. None of that is really helpful.

I've seen two things really, one saying a shorter kickstand, the other saying a paddock stand. Are these viable, or is there something better?

Thanks
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[Minty]

Park up against his property wall. The more in the open, the greater the force of wind that can blow through.
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[delsol]

If your mate can have something to bolt it down to then a basic 25mm wide ratchet or cam strap attached to the hold down anchor will stop it blowing over when on the side stand.

Cheap fix, plenty of thrift shops have them at good enough quality for that particular purpose.

If an exceptional hoolie is expected, fit 2 of them

[Tony Danger]

[lihp]

Park it with sidestand facing the wall.

Wall protects from wind blowing it off the stand.
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[Tony Danger]

[stinkwheel]

It's unlikely, but not totally impossible*, for it to blow over towards the side stand. So a simple strap from the LHS frame/pillion peg/footpeg hanger holding it down onto something solid on that side should stop it blowing over.

Or. He could park it into a bolted-down front wheel chock which would have the added benefit of acting as a ground anchor if you use security bolts. For added windproofness, you can run a ratchet strap over the bottom yopke and back down to the chock.

* My mates SV650 once blew over the top of the sidestand and landed upside down on its handlebars before falling over onto the RHS. But that was an utterly freak wind and it was leaning over that way a fair bit anyway.
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[yen_powell]

Park facing into the prevailing wind.

Put the bike into first gear.

Let the clutch lever out and push the bike forward until all slack is taken out of the drive train.

Lean onto side stand, turning steering fully to the left.

If your bike isn't a manual geared bike it's your own fault if it blows over.

This was tested and worked during the 87 hurricane, my brother's bike however went over.
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[Tony Danger]

[delsol]

Some people on here are not reading all the posts thoroughly before commenting

Not something I have ever done (OK, I did it yesterday - again)

[P.addy]

[yen_powell]

[WD Forte]

What material is the driveway?
grass, Dirt/gravel, tarmac, concrete ?
I'd be looking at sinking something down to anchor
ratshit straps to or maybe a frame to lock the front wheel into
flush cargo rings mebbe or a ride in cradle type thing from heavy timber or steel.
Options abound
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[Skudd]

[delsol]

[Dave70]

When I lived by the coast in the IoM (another very windy place), I only had the road to park my bike in. 90% of the time the wind would blow down the street in the same direction, so I'd park up so it was blowing towards the sidestand. (This was a 125 too btw, so a fairly light bike).

The one and only time it got blown over was when it had a cover on it, so if it was particularly windy, I'd leave the cover off.
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[Barnoe]

Buy two ground anchors.

one on the left and one on the right, not only does he get double the security and the possibility to chain to both for extra safety.

He can also run a ratchet strap from each ground anchor, over the bike to hold it during high winds
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[Polarbear]

[Kaya75]

[Pete.]

Wheel chock is the way IMO. You could make one cheaply from two bits of channel or angle iron and flat plate. Extra benefit is that you can fix down the wheel chock and secure your bike to it so you get a free ground anchor.

Something like this but simpler and not adjustable.
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132.9mph off and walked away. Gear is good, gear is good, gear is very very good