You're gonna need a bigger seat.Three pints of Proper job cask ale and a cheese and onion sandwich,soon to be followed by fish chips and mushy peas.
You're gonna need a bigger seat.Three pints of Proper job cask ale and a cheese and onion sandwich,soon to be followed by fish chips and mushy peas.
So what, pray tell, is the brand?2 new tyres for the Bird.
It’s usually a very hot iron placed on the skin of an animal to signify ownershipSo what, pray tell, is the brand?
Front or back????2 new tyres for the Bird.
Bridgestone T32So what, pray tell, is the brand?
I've put both on the back, just to be different!Front or back????
The skylift is a good bit of kit but moving a bike round on one isn't as easy as you may think I will try to explain why ....Also contemplating an Abba skylift to replace my hydraulic bench as the bike can be turned around on it in my very small garage and trying to pull it backwards off the bench against the gradient of the drive is getting impossible. Anybody got experience with one?
Thanks for the feedback Tony.The skylift is a good bit of kit but moving a bike round on one isn't as easy as you may think I will try to explain why ....
First of they have small wheels so you really need a really good flat surface to roll it on, if you have carpet or mats down in the garage it makes it so much harder, if its ridged or rough concrete then with something as big an heavy as a bird it still takes real effort
Next they do exactly what they say but what the blurb does not tell you is that just bolting it on and lifting the bike will only lift the rear due to how they fit at the swingarm pivot and bikes having the main weight in front of that, so to lift both wheels it is attached and jacked up a bit then you have to strap the rear wheel down to the stand and jack again to raise the front, you can then spin the whole thing (on a flat surface as above)
All this is easily done with a bit of practice but if you were riding every day and having to turn it around every night its a bit of a faff
I don't know what your fabrication skills are like but if they are decent you can find plans on the net for them or even work it out by looking at one and make your own for about 30 quid and an old bottle jack
Imho a good thing for working on a bike but if the primary idea is just for turning it around one of those dolly's where you put the centre stand on then just lift the front and spin the bike is easier and quicker, again a good flat surface is needed for the same reasons as above
I understand a lot better now mate I have similar problems getting them turned around even on the flat bit outside the shed and that is part of the reason I sold them all offThanks for the feedback Tony.
I want it primarily to work on the bike, my problem is I have a hydraulic bench and an ordinary ABBA stand that I fabricated from scratch ( I copied one) and beefed it up, due to not having a centre stand cause the bikes got an Akropovic 4:1 System I have to drive the bike down the drive onto the bench and into a front wheel lock, ( a decent one that bolts on and off ) tie the front wheel in and Jack the bike up with a scissor jack untill the ABBA stand fits and then lower it down so it’s sitting on the ABBA stand whilst elevated on the bench, I can get at the front end by just strapping down the back end the front swivels up, jobs a goodun.
My problem starts with getting the thing off after I’ve finished, the bike has to be reversed off against the incline of the drive and as a one man job it’s precarious and bloody knackering, and as time goes by this situation isn’t going to improve. My thinking was I could swivel the whole plot around on the sky lift or just back the bike in as I would ordinarily to park it skylift and work on the thing from there, the garage is only 8ft wide so there isn’t room to roll the bench out the way and use the turntable I made from a lazy Susan bearing and a plank some years ago which actually works impressively well (just drive on and paddle it round).
Sounds like a good swapA new garden bench for Ma P.
Nah, I quite like my mum so I got her back.Sounds like a good swap
Not wearing any trousers then?Couple of casual shirts and a jumper in case we actually manage to go on holiday on our cruise next year.
They don't make the size!!Not wearing any trousers then?