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Author Topic: Front wheel chock and rear stand  (Read 989 times)

Specter

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Re: Front wheel chock and rear stand
« Reply #15 on: March 22, 2023, 09:15:46 AM »

Let me just add some cautionary statements from my experience.  (Which isn't a whole hell of a lot so THAT right there should also tell you something !  8) 

Anything where you may have to drive the wheel over a bar / rod / etc is giving you PLENTY of room for stuff to slide, to shift, to twist, to turn, in a direction you do NOT want it.  Id avoid those 'drive onto' types if you can.

Sitting on a bike and balancing it with your legs is one thing.  Standing on the side of it, and now it want's to start leaning, or you are on an incline, the surface may have sand / dust / silt/ be smooth wood (think going into a trailer) is an entirely different world.  NOT a happy place to be.

The Energica is a HEAVY bike, and Dare I say TOP heavy.  It does not take much lean at all for this bike to want to go over.  You go pushing this lever, the bike goes forward a bit, the wheel turned a tiny bit, now it's leaning forward into that turn and AWAY from you trying to balance it from the rear / side of it.....

From looking at that video, that looks like it would be very easy to manip the bike how we want, but don't they ALL look eazy peazy?  Be VERY careful when 'righting' the bike, all it takes is a little bit of roll or something 'dipping' one way or the other and now you are in a situation where gravity is wanting to help you put the bike to rest.... on it's side.

Speaking for a friend :)

Aaron
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