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General => Roadcraft => Topic started by: Stig / Major Tom on September 17, 2024, 04:54:03 PM

Title: ...is this where I finally drop my scooter?!
Post by: Stig / Major Tom on September 17, 2024, 04:54:03 PM

Steep hotel driveway.
I had to deploy my broccoli band parking brakes on the front  and the rear levers!
All ended well....but it had my full attention!
(https://i.postimg.cc/sDWPXK1Q/20240917-074858.jpg)
Stig

Title: Re: ...is this where I finally drop my scooter?!
Post by: Neil955i on September 18, 2024, 07:49:03 AM

When parking on an incline like that, I find it’s pushing it off the centre stand that provides the cardio workout!  So much so I’m often tempted to use just the prop stand.

Title: Re: ...is this where I finally drop my scooter?!
Post by: Ruffus on September 18, 2024, 11:06:48 AM

Kymco and several other brands DO have the main stand lever out to be  pushed by boot and bodyweight.

But I tell you, try to put an old MotoGuzzi on the mainstand...oh my. You have to pull nearly the full weight up by hand, which is in certain situations simply impossible.