Front Wheel Clamp / Holder

[Wapping]

Wapping

Many thanks for the help - I will try these options first and see how I get on.

Donation will be made as requested.

S

Good man

 

[tanneman]

PPS The last variant, if you have a bit of room at the back, is to wheel the bike in backwards, just like normal.

Drop the bike onto its side stand.

Squeeze yourself between the wall and the rear wheel.

Grab the back of the bike (GS's are perfect) lifting the bike to vertical (it's not hard).

Extend your left leg to drop the main stand onto the garage floor.... then heave backwards.... pulling the bike onto its main stand. Job done.

I copy that but with a difference. I get the side stand out on the right hand side and keep my left foot on the side stand. It helps if you got the panniers fitted. Now pull back on the handle bars and straighten your legs while using your body to push on the pannier. Remember to keep your foot on the side stand otherwise it might slip. The movement is a up and backwards pull/push against the pannier. If you're of smaller/lighter build it helps to bounce the suspension a bit to get it over the leverage of the side stand. Sounds like a lot of huff and puff but very easy even with a full load of fuel.

Or you could try the Wunderlich catalogue pg42 http://download.wunderlich.de/Blaetterkatalog/OnRoad_Katalog_2010-2011_ENG/blaetterkatalog/

 

[Nice 'n' Fat]

Or you could drop the bike on the floor then pivot it around the cylinder head

 

[Wapping]

I copy that but with a difference.

Are you describing lifting the bike onto the main stand with you standing alongside it

Do you stand on the catalogue

 

[Wapping]

Or you could drop the bike on the floor then pivot it around the cylinder head

As novel as your approach is.....

The OP wants to get the bike tight up against the left hand wall, not turn it around

 

[Wapping]

Wapping

Many thanks for the help - I will try these options first and see how I get on.

Donation will be made as requested.

S

How did it go?

 

[Doofus]

I have much the same problem but fixed it for free

Ditto for me, but even simpler. I ride in straight until front wheel hits back wall with handlebar about 6" from side wall. I then get off, lean bike against the wall and walk away.

It is completely stable. You can stick a small bit of carpet to wall if you want to stop scuffs on your bar ends (i have muffs so don't bother).

Only issue I've ever had comes from leaning bike against the wall before getting off, which I sometimes do. This causes the bar end to drag on the wall when the suspension unloads, which over time can move the hand guard. I am in the habit of checking it more often.

Darren

 

[justabof]

What about this sort of thing (not that I have used one myself so not sure it would work with GS main stand)

http://biketek.co.uk/store/Centre_Stand_Mover_1265

I've got one of these, and it's only as good as the garage floor surface. My garage is fairly rough, showing ripples caused by the aggregate in the concrete mix. It's not at all bad, just not billiard table perfect.

The ripples are sufficient to stop the small wheels of the bike mover from moving (with the weight of an 1100 on it) so I can't use it.

If used on a perfect surface, these centre stand movers would probably be fine, although mine also flexes under the weight of my GS.

Having bought mine, I've seen a version somewhere which has double wheels at each corner. This may be a better bet and I might try one after Christmas. (Sorry, can't find a link for this one at the moment.)