Turning bike round (Steep driveway garage at bottom)

[Delphinus]

Just a random question to get others experiences,

Looking at moving into a new flat next year but unfortunately the garage is at the bottom of a pretty steep driveway...

Can ride forwards into the garage fine, but obviously reversing out is not going to work.
Dont think there is quite enough room to 3 point turn (with some extra points) the bike round in the garage.
What about rotating the bike on the stand? I've seen this done twice, is it easy/dangerous/stupid?

Or I guess the other option is stop bike at top of drive and reverse back downhill into the garage using the hills steepness to push me down...

[onearmedbandit]

If I can safely rotate my bike on it's side stand then you should be able to as well. I don't do it very often, but it can be very handy. Never heard of anyones side stand breaking, but I'm sure there will be those that don't recommend it.

[NighthawkNZ]

make a turntable...

[Delphinus]

If I can safely rotate my bike on it's side stand then you should be able to as well. I don't do it very often, but it can be very handy. Never heard of anyones side stand breaking, but I'm sure there will be those that don't recommend it.
Thats true.. So whats the secret?


make a turntable...
Thats a rather ingenius idea... I wonder how hard it would be...

[Usarka]

Thats true.. So whats the secret?

..

Keep your foot behind the stand.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oU7jvx4qnQ0

[scumdog]

Not that it is 100% fool-proof but I have grabbed the front wheel and dragged the bike to it's right - your left (away fron the stand - the side-stand that is) and skiidded it across the floor.

Might be risky with some bikes.

[quallman1234]

Whatever you do just make sure your on the inside of your bike. E.g the bike's leaning kinda towards you so you can catch it.

[Delphinus]

Not that it is 100% fool-proof but I have grabbed the front wheel and dragged the bike to it's right - your left (away fron the stand - the side-stand that is) and skiidded it across the floor.

Might be risky with some bikes.

As strong as I feel... not really something I want to be doing every night after getting home..
Guess it would get easier...

[JimO]

has the old triumph got a full stand??probably easier to spin it on that perhaps even place the stand on a old oven tray so its the tray that turns

[NighthawkNZ]

Thats a rather ingenius idea... I wonder how hard it would be...

http://www.biketurner.co.uk/html/biketurner.html

http://turnabike.com/

[Bullitt]

has the old triumph got a full stand??probably easier to spin it on that perhaps even place the stand on a old oven tray so its the tray that turns

How about putting the back wheel on something so you could push it sideways while still on the ground. The cheap way might be a McDonalds tray. How about the trolley things you can get to put under car wheels to push cars sideways in a garage, maybe theyd work, or maybe theres a motorbike equivalent.

[Delphinus]

has the old triumph got a full stand??probably easier to spin it on that perhaps even place the stand on a old oven tray so its the tray that turns

Thats a no to a centerstand.

[MyGSXF]

make a turntable...

My thoughts exactly!!! :Punk:

Get a hunk of thickish board & cut it into a circle. Put a couple of cupboard handles (the type that screw down on both ends) on either side, with a bit of rope you can hold onto to turn it round in a circle .. slowly!! :done:

(possibly rub a shitload of candle wax on the bottom of the board, to make it easier to spin it on the concrete.. thought about castor wheels, but that would make the board higer off the ground.. which might not be so good..:rolleyes:)

Jen :rockon:

[NighthawkNZ]

just do dohnuts in the garage??? :dodge:

[0arbreaka]

Just do a million point turn in the garage. Atleast you wont have to cough up for expensive turntables etc etc.

[Bullitt]

thought about castor wheels, but that would make the board higer off the ground.. which might not be so good..:rolleyes:)

You dont need the ground clearance so no reason why you couldnt recess the castors up through the board so it only sat a mill or two higher than without them.

[MyGSXF]

You dont need the ground clearance so no reason why you couldnt recess the castors up through the board so it only sat a mill or two higher than without them.

Yep.. true!!! :Punk:

[eliot-ness]

I have the same set up, steep, narrow drive with a bend halfway down. Never had a problem reversing down using the front brake and with both feet down. You'll find it a lot easier than trying to spin the bike on the sidestand.

[Mikkel]

Easy solution... Gun it down the driveway and do a stoppie, one of those where you turn the bike 180 degrees on the front wheel.

[mattimeo]

Yeah, and if the above fails... Just back down. I had the same problem in my last flat, 30m driveway too (back section). Backing whilst rolling down hill gets easy after practice. I could do it without feet on the ground, just using the front break to control speed.

[Devil]

If the TT's one is the same as my Speed Four's one, it's an utter pain in the arse. Not very friendly for spinning it on the spot :(

[xgnr]

mine is a bit more of an arse tho as my drive comes off a downward sloping ROW.

Means I gotta stop, turn hard right for a metre (while pointing downhill) then hop off, push the bike back and around then hop back on and reverse down a real steep drive into my Garage.

Dodgy exercise when theres a bit of moss about... Good for the balance control and a decent work out :apumpin:

Hmmmm maybe a turntable is a decent little project to think about.

[Delphinus]

If the TT's one is the same as my Speed Four's one, it's an utter pain in the arse. Not very friendly for spinning it on the spot :(

Yup it'll be exactly the same... Just with about $5000 worth of plastic round the outside to encourage you not to drop it ;)

[ZeroIndex]

With the wide bars on my FZR400, I just used to twist the bars to the right, pull back on the bars, so the front wheel would leave the ground, then you balance the bike slightly sideways so the rear wheel comes off the ground and all the weight is on the sidestand... do the turn, and then, gently put the rear wheel back on the ground first, then follow by easing the front wheel back onto the ground :)

Ps. Very useful with this: If your key/handlebar lock, locks into position when the bars/wheel is facing right as opposed to left

[UberRhys]

just do dohnuts in the garage??? :dodge:

Just light it up in the garage and push it round with ease whilst permeating the air with that sweet sweet rubber. May become rather a costly exercise to do it each evening though...:niceone:

[Pixie]

Get one of these:

$179 at The Toolshed

http://www.thetoolshed.co.nz/products2/?op=viewDetails&pid=546

It's useful for servicing/changing tyres etc.
You'll need to knock up a cradle out of pieces of 4x2 to clear the exhaust collector

[Griff]

Looking at moving into a new flat next year but unfortunately the garage is at the bottom of a pretty steep driveway......

You live in Dunedin... Nice :2thumbsup

Just wait until it snows or is icey, then you will be able to spin your bike around effortlessly. (Both going up and down the driveway).

[Delphinus]

You live in Dunedin... Nice :2thumbsup
Yeah its great here :)


Just wait until it snows or is icey, then you will be able to spin your bike around effortlessly. (Both going up and down the driveway).
Kinda one of the reasons I was hoping to be able to turn it round in the garage without having to reverse down the drive... :P

[sunhuntin]

would a paddock stand work? would be hard controlling the bars though, but if you push them to full lock in whatever direction... or maybe a bike jack.