Turning The Bike 180 Degrees

Stu9000 · Jan 15, 2025 at 6:27 PM

My current setup is to reverse the bike down the drive, between car and wall. It is OK, but can be a faff and there is potential to slip!

I am getting a new bike on Friday and am thinking it would be good to have a way to ride in forward and then spin the bike round.

The new bike is a triumph gt1050. Do they go up onto the centre stand easily (my old Tbird 900 was quite heavy to lift)? I'm thinking of making oe buying some kind of dolly/trolley/turntable thingy .

Cheers all.

joe mc donald · Jan 15, 2025 at 6:32 PM

Stu9000 said: ↑

My current setup is to reverse the bike down the drive, between car and wall. It is OK, but can be a faff and there is potential to slip!

I am getting a new bike on Friday and am thinking it would be good to have a way to ride in forward and then spin the bike round.

The new bike is a triumph gt1050. Do they go up onto the centre stand easily (my old Tbird 900 was quite heavy to lift)? I'm thinking of making oe buying some kind of dolly/trolley/turntable thingy .

Cheers all.
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@Stu9000 No my sprint was easy to lift on the centre stand It all depends on the room you have to man handle it.

Samsgrandad · Jan 15, 2025 at 6:54 PM

I made my own turntable with a 'lazy Susan' from eBay and square steel plates top and bottom, large (around 300mm diameter) last Susans usually have a load capacity more than enough to take a GT1050.
The other way is to buy a square of heavy duty plastic which is normally smooth enough to allow the stand to slide around on it, I don't know how much strain this puts on the stand and I prefer the turntable.

You can also buy a ready made turntable