Honda-SOHC
Other Stuff => Tricks & Tips => Topic started by: PHILIP2908 on January 10, 2020, 08:53:25 PM
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I’ve done some dumb things on motorcycles, mostly going round corners too fast and falling off.
However, this takes some beating and relates to my recent post about swopping out my Lester alloy wheels for spoked wheels.
This necessitated taking of both wheels at the same time so I could get the tyres swopped over; leaving the bike balanced on the centre-stand, axle stands under the footpegs and a trolley jack under the crankcase.
Duh, dumb thing to do was soon as I removed the rear wheel the trolley jack slipped and over it went; the studs on the bottom of the forks thunking into the floor.
It was only by inserting the new rear wheel and getting the wife to sit on the pillion that got the front-end back into the air allowing me to get the front wheel on.
I was reminded that we are dealing with a motorcycle that weighs a quarter of a ton and they can be a bit dangerous when they go rogue. Go careful in the workshop!
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Ooooops ☹️☹️☹️
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Lucky it stayed shiney side up.
I always put the front spindle back in and lower it onto an axle stand
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Lucky it stayed upright, here's a £50 future alternative and much safer method.
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We all make mistakes :o
I was in a Yamaha main dealer a couple of months ago and watched a trainee take a Yamaha R7 off the ramp with the side stand down, as he rolled the bike back, the side stand hit the edge of the ramp and toppled away from him. Crashing to the floor with a dented tank, bent handlebar and tail end damaged . An expensive mistake at £13,000 repair bill :o