Hope this is of use to someone......I bought one of these turntable mats about 6 weeks ago so that I could turn my 12GSA in the garage. A fantastic bit of kit, I've always had trouble reversing or maneuvering my bike so it is ready to go in the mornings, now I can ride straight into the garage, turn the bike and in 30 secs I'm ready to go again.
Its basically 2 mats, held together by a plastic press stud, the mats are rubber coated on the outside and are a slippery plastic on the inside which allow the mats to rotate with low friction. The bike is ridden over the mat, centre stand deployed, rubber friction keeps the lower mat in place on the ground and allows the top mat to rotate with the bike, push down on the rear of the bike to lift the front wheel and move forward to rotate the bike. Remember to leave a big enough turning circle!!
Out of the box, the low friction is not great but OK. After about 6 weeks the mats came apart one day as they were gaining friction on the slippery surface, I simply disassembled and sprayed grease onto both surfaces, and re-assembled, now there is so little friction I can almost push the bike around with one finger (no joke!) not bad for a 250Kg bike!
Highly recommended
for £72 it saves a load of hassle and its pretty robust so I hope it will last a few years, it's also portable. Make the addition of grease to the slippery surfaces a priority modification.
Find it here:
http://www.bmwandguzzispares.co.uk/bmw/products/specials/Turntable.php
Its basically 2 mats, held together by a plastic press stud, the mats are rubber coated on the outside and are a slippery plastic on the inside which allow the mats to rotate with low friction. The bike is ridden over the mat, centre stand deployed, rubber friction keeps the lower mat in place on the ground and allows the top mat to rotate with the bike, push down on the rear of the bike to lift the front wheel and move forward to rotate the bike. Remember to leave a big enough turning circle!!
Out of the box, the low friction is not great but OK. After about 6 weeks the mats came apart one day as they were gaining friction on the slippery surface, I simply disassembled and sprayed grease onto both surfaces, and re-assembled, now there is so little friction I can almost push the bike around with one finger (no joke!) not bad for a 250Kg bike!
Highly recommended
for £72 it saves a load of hassle and its pretty robust so I hope it will last a few years, it's also portable. Make the addition of grease to the slippery surfaces a priority modification.Find it here:
http://www.bmwandguzzispares.co.uk/bmw/products/specials/Turntable.php
it would be at least a 17 point turn without it
Still lucky it didn't land on top of her (or the lawnmower).
