Flyinfool

"I'm dreaming of a white Christmas............." :snow2: :snow2: :snow2: :snow2: :snow2: :snow2: :snow2: :snow2: :snow2: :snow2: :snow2: :snow2: :snow2:

Happy Birthday Tippy. Old Puc is a lucky man to have someone like you. I don't think I have ever seen a pic of you where you did not have a bug smile. Make that old coot your with take you out for a ride, fall colors should be about peak right now. I even dialed the weather machine up to sunshine just for you for the whole weekend.

And don't forget the snow that will come with that polar vortex..

Isn't it amazing just how far them things kin fly.....

Moose are a lot bigger than that, that is the size of a medium 180-200lb deer up here...... But I think I might need some deer tracks for my bike......... I like it.

That is a real common dent. Guaranteed to start leaking coolant at some point. Might as well replace it now, and do Randys mods to the guard, AND stop dropping it on that side.....

The side stand switch has nothing to do with cranking. Its purpose is to kill the engine, by shutting off the ignition, if you should put it in gear while the side stand is down. The side stand switch does this by connecting two of the wires to ground the third wire. to bypass the side stand switch for testing you connect all 3 wires together. this will tell the computer that the side stand is up. Just unplugging it tells the computer that the side stand is down. As long as you are at the side stand switch connector, check with an ohm meter to see if there is a connection from the black wire of the bike side of the connector to battery negative. it should show very close to zero ohms. If not then you are chasing a ground problem.

No it was a small bear that walked across the right saddle bag....... The deer are on the left. probably hiding from the bear.....

Thats what I have been trying to talk him into. I never even implied that I wanted it for free.

Looks good. But did you know that a deer walked across the wet paint on your left saddle bag lid......

Is there someone that can give you a jump to get it started and charged up enough to get you home? It sounds like you may have an issue with the charging circuit. When you go to jump these bikes, you do not want to jump from a running car. Have the car shut off so you are just jumping from the battery. If you wish to charg your bike from a car you will need to remove the negative battery cables on the bike, you can then have the running car connected to the bike with jumpers to charge the bikes battery. This is not the ideal way to do things but it can at least get you home. Once home this is not usually hard to troubleshoot.

Great ride. But what mods are required to the bike to get it to stick to the road thru the 2 barrel rolls.......? I have never had any good luck getting upside down on my bikes.

The ones that I designed around are 2.5 tall with 2 inch wheels rated for 250 lbs each. For free casters I can certainly adjust the design. The ones I picked from McMaster are $14 each and account for almost half of the cost of the project.

See PM I sent you.

Well that just ain't gonna happen....... What would you and ol Puc have left to complain about? That falls back to the original issue of me having more time than money...... And we are not talking enough stuff to justify a storage unit. Your also forgetting that I LIKE to build things. This sounds like a fun project that will end up useful to me. Anyone want a free BBQ grill, it is eating up space in the shed and I have not used it in years.

There is no way to get a bike lift into the shed with the bike. Yes there is a potential for ugly. Good thing 1st gens have a lot of plastic so they are light weight.......

Brian If thee is room for the dolly to start the lift then that is the same spot it will be in when the bike comes down. I think..... Ken I did see that one. That is for bikes with no center stand like a 2nd gen or a Hardly. I actually do not think it will not work with a bike that has a center stand.

The turntable would not help me. The dolly above it is basically what I am building. I just can not bend heavy gage metal so I have to weld it up out of pieces. And it will not cost me $200+. I seem to always have more time than money.

I'm so tight in there that to change my mind I have not only go outside just to find my mind, but still have to walk to the front of the house to be able t o change it...... then by the time I get back I forgot what the problem was....... I have tried a few times to talk the neighbor across the ally out of his 4 car garage. His garage is actually closer to my back door than I could build my own. And it is just sitting there empty for the last 6 years........ What a waste......

That looks just the one from HF mentioned above.

Sorry to hear, but been there, done that, have the t-shirt. You still have a lot of friends here to help you through. It does not seem like it now but things will get better, especially if you have some friends around to lean on a little. Most of us on this site don't tip over real easy so lean away.

I looked at that one from HF. But since I will be doing suspension work this winter I need a dolly that can get the weight off the wheels. The HF one would be great for simple storage and being able to move the bike around. When on the center stand it only takes 50 lbs of weight in the trunk to hold the front wheel off the ground, with an empty trunk the rear wheel is off the ground.

OK here is revision 2. Using angle instead of the channel for the cross pieces, this way the ends are still open for the side stand lever to stick out and the verticals in the center will still prevent the side stand from sliding sideways. It saves about $10 in material by using the same angle iron for all 4 pieces, just need an extra foot of material. I can always still add some gussets next to the casters if needed. There will be scrap for gussets from the scallops in the 2 parts. The scallops are only there to reduce weight a little, look cool and the fun and challenge of figuring out how to fixture and machine them. Micarl I hope that it will not be a real often thing that I am putting the bike up on this dolly. The dolly means major work is getting done..... The bike goes up on the center stand pretty easy as it is, I am hoping that it will not be an issue with the dolly. As you mentioned I can max the air in the suspension, and/or use a couple of boards under one or both of the tires if needed. I'll try just the one dolly first before I try to build another for the front wheel. The center stand is so near the CG of the bike that it is easy to push down on the back to raise the front tire to spin it any which way. I will use a safety strap to lock the center stand in the down position.

In looking at how the center stand is built there can not be a flange on the outside of the left foot. The bar that you stand on for lifting the bike gets very close to the ground when up on the stand, less than 1/2 inch clearance. Using channelsBy having a flat bottom this is not tied to one specific width of center stand, just in case I decide to sell a couple of these. I don't think that the center rib is needed, none of the commercial units have it, but it would otherwise be a piece of scrap so it is free anyhow, just an extra 5 minutes to weld it in. I also have gussets necxt to the casters (not really visible in this view) that are probably not needed but are also cut from scrap so they will get used anyhow. All of the commercial ones are stamped out of a single piece of flat stock that appears to be 5/16 or 3/8 thick, with no gussets anywhere. Mine is welded up out of 3/8 plate and angle iron because I can not bend something that thick in my basement, (yet...) but I can weld it. The top of the "floor" of the dolly will be just 9/16 above the floor, 3/16 clearance under it. So I am hoping that this will not make it to hard to get the bike up onto the dolly. If I have to I will drive the bike up on some pieces of wood to makeup the height difference. But you did give me some other ideas........

I am planning to a bunch of things to my bike this winter. My work area is an 8 x 10 steel storage shed. The bike shares this shed with the normal stuff like lawn mower, grill window AC units, generator and other stuff you would find in a garden shed. This does not leve much room for working on the bike. As it is to get the bike into the shed I have to come in at an angle and then turn the front wheel full right just as it gets to the corner so that the door can close behind the bike. This obviously means that the bike must be stored with the bike on the side stand and the steering full lock to the right. It is impossible to get the bike up on the center stand AND still get the door closed. So my plan of action for before winter gets here is to build a dolly for under the center stand. The dolly will have 4 swivel casters with wheel locks. I did find that you can buy these from several sources on line but the ones rated to hold the weight of a 1st gen are $200 to $350 plus shipping. They are heavy so shipping will be high. Mine will be rated to hold 1000 lbs and allow me to move the bike all the way to either side of the available area to get more room for my fat butt to get in there to work on things. I can easily move it to hang out the door to work around the front and then easily slide it back in to close the door when I am done for the day. It will cost be about $120 in materials to build this. What ya think?