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:Me]

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.....

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

[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:Me]

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:Me]

make a turntable...

My thoughts exactly!!!

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!!

(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..)

Jen

[NighthawkNZ:Me]

just do dohnuts in the garage???

[0arbreaka]

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