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McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
Keep us posted about how the ramp idea pans out.
This 500 is a keeper so a working solution instead of using the side stand sounds interesting.   📐🏍️

K2-K6:

--- Quote from: McCabe-Thiele (Ted) on August 28, 2024, 09:17:32 AM ---Keep us posted about how the ramp idea pans out.
This 500 is a keeper so a working solution instead of using the side stand sounds interesting.   📐🏍️

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I've seen the same, similar,  to mitigate this, at home of course rather than when out.

With bike on main stand, whichever wheel is off the floor (usually rear) measure with wood packer or similar underneath that tire to ground clearance. Then add 10mm to that dimension, make a plywood "patch" to roll bike onto, can put a "stop" onto the top surface to run tire up to as you can't see it when riding.

Then the centre stand will only need to lift a very small amount when you need to put it on there. The 10mm extra accounts for suspension sag with no bike weight on it.

ewanhughes:
I had the same problem trying to get my 750 onto the centre stand. I found that if I rolled the rear tyre onto a piece of 1/2" plywood laid flat on the floor it made it so much easier to lift. It didn't even have to be a ramp, just that extra 1/2 inch made it manageable.

McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
I'll give that a try sounds easy enough. 8) 8) 8)

Spitfire:

--- Quote from: McCabe-Thiele (Ted) on August 28, 2024, 11:13:29 AM ---I'll give that a try sounds easy enough. 8) 8) 8)

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Sound like a simple idea, I will have to give it a go as well.

Cheers

Dennis

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