spinning your parked bike around on the sidestand

hugo-a-gogo · Trackday Trickster Joined: 13 Feb 2004 Karma :

does everyone do this? stand next to the bike, grab the other side, front n rear, lean the bike towards you and lift it off it's wheels onto the stand so you can spin it round?

i suppose it can't be good for the stand, but i haven't broken one yet Laughing

I did it today outside a honda dealer where a girl who was obviously a newbie collecting her first bike stood amazed, her jaw almost hit the floor
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Sparks! · Sir Tart-a-lot Joined: 30 Aug 2003 Karma :

I do this all the time, get some stunned looks in the middle of a packed shopping highstreet as I spun the R6 around 180 degrees Laughing

Got more inventive ways of shifting the KTM around though Wink

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Josh|RD125LC · World Chat Champion Joined: 08 Sep 2004 Karma :

I would love to be there if the side stand snapped in half!
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hugo-a-gogo · Trackday Trickster Joined: 13 Feb 2004 Karma :

so you could help me, yes? why you are kind Wink

it would probably just land back on it's wheels, leaned against my body, so it'd be ok, until i wanted to park it
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dansuresh · Scooby Slapper Joined: 26 Jan 2005 Karma :

so thats why your bike is leaning against the wall then on your pic! Wink

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J.K.R · World Chat Champion Joined: 06 Feb 2005 Karma :

So you think ''Wow...that was one fast 450'' as you see it disappear into the horizon Wink

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Jrod · Page 3 Girl Joined: 02 Aug 2004 Karma :

It was a 450, he blew the head so is putting the 525 head on it.

Wave2k · G's Stalker Joined: 06 Apr 2004 Karma :

i only do it if i really need to, it will bend the sidestand and the bike will look like its falling over all the time.
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california_rookie · World Chat Champion Joined: 08 Aug 2004 Karma :

Never done it. The frames are geting so light now (read: thin), that it could do some amount of damage over time.
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MarkyPancake · Crazy Courier Joined: 05 Jul 2005 Karma :

The 04 R1 has a flexible side stand and sometimes I wonder how it supports the bike let alone doing this! My 01 ZX-6Rs stand was much more sturdy.

I've seen them doing this at my local dealer when they are moving the bikes around, personally I wouldn't try it myself.

fast_tzr · World Chat Champion Joined: 02 Jul 2005 Karma :

never tried it, don't think i want to either, it may save a bit of hassle, but its not worth having to fork out for a new stand.

steveh · World Chat Champion Joined: 24 Aug 2004 Karma :

i do it all the time as im to lazy to put my bike in the shed backwards,

(as soon as i come out of my garage i have to push it up a hill)

so i spin it round, no problems, its fairly light.

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gimpy limp · Nearly there... Joined: 19 Mar 2005 Karma :

I've never heard or seen people doing this before, gotta try it now Twisted Evil

I'll weld a brace down the sidestand it if my bike's not too heavy to do it with , sounds well handy especially since my bike is kept in the tightest most awkward space imaginable.
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natefz6 · Brolly Dolly Joined: 06 Apr 2005 Karma :

At the bike school i did my DA at they did this on every bike every day in order to fit them all in and out of the garage.

All the bikes were CBF500 or fazers. Didn't see any of them break so i guess it depends on the bike.
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milo4004 · L Plate Warrior Joined: 09 Jul 2005 Karma :

i tried to do it with my z1000 it so of balance i almost lost it

gimpy limp · Nearly there... Joined: 19 Mar 2005 Karma :

tried mine, ain't easy is it Sad

the front end is very heavy and I have to yank it back to do it. Think i'll have to put weights in the side boxes to balance it.

Was thinking you could mount a roller skate wheel to the sidestand to make it easier.
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stu_m · Crazy Courier Joined: 27 Jun 2005 Karma :

a few mates saw a guy on a zx10r do it showing off and when he walked away it just fell over Confused

Craggles · Traffic Copper Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Karma :

Could someone explain the technique - where to hold, apply pressure etc?

Cheers,

Craig
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ZaphodBeeble · World Chat Champion Joined: 10 Feb 2004 Karma :

I just grab my left handlebar and the rear grab rail and walk it around. Takes more space to do it that way but I only do it to get the ass end of the bike off the road when I'm parking it somewhere.
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colin1 · Captain Safety Joined: 17 Feb 2005 Karma :

The bloke i bought my bike off was keen on turning the bike round by pivoting it on the sidestand. I was impressd at the time.

Since I bought it I have had to have the bit of the chassis that the stand mounts onto, rewelded.

I think there may be a connection but I cant be sure.

Its putting stresses on the bike in a way it probably wasnt designed for.
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Kickstart · The Oracle Joined: 04 Feb 2002 Karma :

Hi

Could snap the side stand. Rather worse it could snap the side stand mount off the frame (which apparently can happen with the MV Agusta).

All the best

Keith
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