Rear wheel trolley - ideas??

[Piglet]

Took my pride and joy home for the first time last night, and discovered that I can't get the thing into my back yard :oops:

Combination of narrow side alley and narrow gate (oh, and a crap turning circle on the SV) conspire to make it impossible to turn into the garden single-handed. The neighbour helped me and by man-handling the back end round it went in OK. This is not practicle on a daily basis, so wondering if there is some gadget/gizmo that will help me slide the back end round :?:

Really needs a very low platform to roll the rear wheel onto, which will roll easily on castors

Seen a couple of products on the M&P website but they look clunky and seem pricey. Anyone got any alternatives? Aren't there some products that help in moving white goods around? Had a look at a few places but can't seem to find any.

Afraid that widening the gate is not an option (not my gate), and think the neighbour might object to being woken at 6am to help me get my bike out for work :shock:

Cheers

[Flamin_Squirrel]

http://www.n-w-s.com/stands/

Checkout the 'lazy parker'. Would that be suitable?

[Steve]

I have had the same problem . So i hold the fornt brake and pull the back round. i know it sounds akward but you will soon do it without thinking about it.

[Clunk]

What about a skateboard ?

[greeno76]

I find pivoting it around the stand a good way of turning the rear around tightly. From the stand side grab somewhere solid near the passenger pillion and rock it towards you. Doesn't require brute force or too much agility.

J

[Nekkid]

I find pivoting it around the stand a good way of turning the rear around tightly. From the stand side grab somewhere solid near the passenger pillion and rock it towards you. Doesn't require brute force or too much agility.

J
Ditto.
Turn the bars all the way to the right.
Hold the front brake with your left hand.
Using the rear grab handle, pull the bike towards you with your right hand so the rear wheel leaves the ground.
Find the balance point then tweak so the front wheel comes up as well and it's just resting on the stand, then just shuffle it round.
Genius!

[Viney]

Move house!

[Jdubya]

http://www.n-w-s.com/stands/

Checkout the 'lazy parker'. Would that be suitable?

The lazy parker is only suitable if you have a flat hard stand(concrete or blacktop) to turn the bike on... :? :?

[Anonymous]

Had this problem. How wide is your back alley (and I'm not being personal here...)?

[Piglet]

Some tip-top suggestions, thanks

I only discovered the problem late yesterday, having spent all evening (ahem) riding the two miles back to mine – well, it was a nice evening :lol:
It was getting dark and I was flapping at the thought of parking the bike out front, after all my ground anchor preparations round the back :roll:

Think I will try the balance/pivot method. It did cross my mind at the time but I thought it might damage the side stand in some way or lead to it failing altogether and dropping the thing on top of me. I can be a bit more confident now.

Cheers!!!
:lol:

[northwind]

It's much easier to drag the front end sideways than the back if it comes to that- batter handles, and less weight on it.