Turning bike round (Steep driveway garage at bottom)

[Bullitt]

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

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:Me]

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!!!

[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

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???

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...

[Pixie]

Get one of these:

$179 at The Toolshed

http://www.thetoolshed.co.nz/product...etails&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

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

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.