most modern bike stand

You expect him to be pregnant as well?

I've never been one to lift heavy weights, and used to have problems with
centrestands on my early bikes, even after being shown how easy it is. Then
one day, it just happened, and it's been easy ever since.

Theo

 

And if you're a short lassie and some helpful man has 'adjusted' the rear
suspension to make the seat lower for you, that's not gonna help at all.

Theo

 

What the hell is this 'chain' thing and why would have an exposed one on
your motorcycle?

Theo

 

I saw a pile in just those colours (plus green) at Cranbourne motorcycles.
They were off-road jobbies though.

Theo

 

It's your upper body strength, Theo...

 

Who was it at the dinner who said "I'm from Canberra, it can't get that cold
in the Bass straight stand".

Theo
Told ya!

 

yes yes.... <eating words> ;-)

crikey it was chilly!

betty, whose nose is starting to peel a bit

 

It is an arrangement of metal plates rivetted together with spacers between,
quite clever really

And quite different from the thing made of oval links formed from wire, used
for tying things together that you are undoubtedly thinking of

They are most useful in an industrial environment for the solution of power
transmission problems; although somewhat superceeded by the timing belt,
they can be used where sprocket alignment cannot be guaranteed, unlike the
timing belt that likes a good alignment lest it become shredded.

Due to the use of modern materials and construction techniques most chains
run just fine without much care at all...as any maintenance fitter will
attest

Exposed chains are fitted to motorbicycles in order to ensure that the
'chain lube' industry continues to exist.

 

Brilliant design too; only 450 moving parts!

 

the 250 here only has a centre stand, but weighing bugger all its pretty
easy to use

 

http://tinyurl.com/2fk3mb

Moike

 

In aus.motorcycles on Wed, 24 Oct 2007 11:59:37 +1000

Hell yes.

It only has a centrestand, dating as it does from the era when all
pukka sportbikes had centrestands and only boring average bikes had
sidestands.

Zebee

 

Hmm, anyone else want yellow 3.00 x 8, and 3.50 x 8 road pattern tyres?

regards,
CrazyCam

 

Not on Friday it wasn't. Still, sipping beer inside our tent whilst being
served hot fingerfood was tolerable.

Theo

 

The beige is very fetching.

Theo

 

I can offer you a try at either a CT90 (at 80kg probably good for
learning the knack!), or a bloated 220+kg GPZ900. Minx's Hyosung
doesn't have a centrestand.


BTH

 

Does it matter how many moving parts there are? Surely that's only
relevant if they fail.. and they don't fail often enough to warrant a
bad name for it... and they don't require replacing frequently enough to
cause financial hardship.. but if you really wanted to save money, when
petrol is in the region of $1.20/litre, you'd buy a bike with an engine
which gave better than 30% efficiency. Imagine spending $25 for a tank
of petrol and then burning it in an engine which wasted $18 worth of the
energy potential of the fuel.

Nev..

 

Go for the bloatbike. In fact, there's a kiddy book in it: "Biker Betty
and the Bloat Bike".

 

Ooooh, fab idea - and I'll dedicate it to you Andrew, as the Ideas Man!!!!!

PS Give me a hint - is the Bloat Bike a Goldwing?

betty, hiding

 

Actually, writing the book will be easier than trying to hoick the bloated
220+kg bike onto its stand, I reckon.... (Can one write with a hernia???
<chortle>) (Oh I am seeing visions of fabulous illustrations already!)

I think that starting with the CT110 would be the go, BTH... You know, I
didn't have any probs getting the GPX250 onto the centrestand....

betty