Due to limited space and additional tools/machinery purchases coming I’ve been looking at ways to make the motorbike more moveable and came across these….
I mean jeez they look good but are there any UK equivalents? I know there’s the ABBA lift but these seem so simple just not sure they can justify that price…
Wonder if I can just add multi directional wheels onto a normal paddock stand
Back in the day I saw a home made custom centre stand that had an industrial castor fitted to each leg of the stand. The motorcycle could be moved forwards, backwards or pivoted by rocking it on the centre stand.
Reason for wanting something more akin to the Dynamo stand is that my bike isn’t used much at the moment so wanting to keep the tyres off any surface to prevent flat spots etc
A dolly still required contact with the tyres so couldn’t leave it on them long term
I note on those stands the front wheel is still on the ground. If you want it out on the road more often I’d be happy to ride it for you, no fees required I’d just expect you to keep it topped up with the go go juice.
I just bought some of these! Straight off an advert on Instagram. Looked dodgy as hell, i.e. prices in USD, (paid via PayPal for some protection), and no international shipping fees. They were so cheap it was worth a punt - 2 pairs for $97 shipped.
Just checked the tracking info, they’re coming from China, big surprise.
For the past 4 years I’ve been using one of these which works well. The rubber coating is useless but unnecessary, it takes a bit of getting used to centring the bike so you can manouevre it easily but once you’re used to it it works fine.