Silly question but I can only ask .

[DrFarkoff]

Geno When you feel right, drop her over and I'll cut and shut your stand to the right height for you

P.S. Give me a couple of weeks heads up I'm on crutches right now (Torn cartilage slipped in snow )

 

[Geno]

Geno When you feel right, drop her over and I'll cut and shut your stand to the right height for you

P.S. Give me a couple of weeks heads up I'm on crutches right now (Torn cartilage slipped in snow )

What is a old fella like you sliding in the snow, you know the older you get the harder and longer things take to heal , but saying that i am sure the air was blue instead of white . Many Thanks for offer , will try to find a RT stand . But if i cant i will take you up on the very kind offer, no long walks for pups or cat . Take care of yourself. I am sure the good lady don't want you around the house.

 

[snelly]

Notagser's idea of using wood under the wheels good but shortening the main stand will make it much easier.
Then when you need it on the main stand with more clearance under the wheels simply place one piece of wood under the stand

I do that with the ZZR when I clean and oil the chain or take the wheel out. I have the adjusters for the rear wheel turned 180 degrees to help with ground clearance.

 

[Tractors are go]

Tarka is right.

Nobody needs to ‘pull’ a bike onto its main stand. Done properly (easy once you learn) the bike should ‘climb’ up itself, the main stand acting as nothing more than a lever. Too often people fight the bike and end up ‘pulling’, the ‘pressing down’ action with the ‘rearward bias’ he describes is what you are after achieving. When you try to ‘pull’ the bike, all you are doing is pulling the bike horizontally, in effect fighting the rising motion the main stand’s leverage is trying to give you.

Go into any good motorcycle dealership, someone there will be able to show you how. If they can’t or won’t, find another.

You're welcome to show me how to get a Trophy 12 up that way; I'll even offer free tea and bickies, let me know when, so I can book the ambulance !

It is without doubt, in 40 years the most difficult bike I have ever owned, to put on it's centre stand.

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[John B]

Just my 2p's worth but, yes, you are right that with the cast wheels it's much more difficult to put on mainstand, it will also be more prone to rolling off the mainstand tooDAMHIK, I'm changing back as I think the bike "handles" better with the originals even if it looses a tad in flickability and road holding. Cheers, John B