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Crash125 |
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 Posted: 19:38 - 14 Nov 2006 Post subject: High winds moving bike, help? |
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I got a slight problem, where i live there has been a lot of strong winds recently. My bike is chained to a lamp post out side my house and covered with a bag but with all the strong winds recently the bike is getting lifted off the side stand and blown up against the lamp post. I have it parked in as close to the lamp post as possible but it still gets lifted by the wind.
I dont have anywhere else i can keep her (SV650s) Will the weight of the bike falling onto its side stand damage it? Last winter The RS125 I had got blown over, but that was easily fixed, I lifted her rear end until the tyer was into the corner of the lamp post but the SV is too heavy for me to do this with!
Anyone got any suggestions? I dont want to leave her uncovered as I live in the city. ____________________ *SV650s* 7th time lucky, finaly passed me DAS  |
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NSR Mick |
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Finglonga |
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leave the cover off it when its windy.  ____________________ Andy Sez....
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hmmmnz |
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 Posted: 21:51 - 14 Nov 2006 Post subject: |
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yep if she falls you will most probably do damage. probly just a broken lever and a few scratches.
have you got a center stand?
do you live in a tenement or something??
is there a fence near by or some sort of large solid object that you can park the bike beside, that will at least cut the wind from one side, and if you have it parked close enough to the fence atleast if it get blown from the other side it'll just knock it into the fence and not fall over.
even a patch of lawn and some ground screws (b&q do them cheap)
and either 2 or 4 tie downs
https://www.burtech-daj-trailers.co.uk/i/groundscrew002b.jpghttps://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g257/hmmmnz/sv.jpg
sweet as
it wont be going any where then
you could even use one of them or a few of them to lock the bike too as well :d
they dont go anywhere when they are screwed in  ____________________ the humans are dead
I kick arse for the lord
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Crash125 |
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 Posted: 18:45 - 15 Nov 2006 Post subject: |
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I stay in in multi story flats, me bike is chained close enough so that I can still see her but far enough away so thats it not a target for stuff getting chucked out of windows in the flats (it happens a lot, ie glasses, batteries, videos etc, such a nice area I live!) I think leaving her uncovered is going to be the only option, not a good one though as I heard suzuki's are bad for rusting  ____________________ *SV650s* 7th time lucky, finaly passed me DAS  |
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Crash125 |
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 Posted: 19:40 - 16 Nov 2006 Post subject: |
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