A broom with a long handle, I use mine all the time for fighting the resident arachnid back into it's corner - it's days are numbered !!
Thanks for the input guys. I have an evolving drawing and a good layout worked out - and a rough budget going - but am now struggling to find a decent builder! The chap I thought was doing it seems to be slightly less reliable than I had hoped, and the chap doing the house is a little overkill for this project. Anyone know any decent builders in the south London area?
and nobody has mentioned what not to have in workshop/mancave number 1 the wife cant let them find out what were hiding lol
That German bike lift you can move around; having never suffered from a surfeit of space, I would actually kill for one. My mate's got two, one for each track bike; he can move them around so easily and make instant space it's ridiculous. Even in a big garage they'd be invaluable.
I have seen these before, fantastic idea Look forward to see pictures of this man cave once done. What builders you looking for? do you need to build the garage or is it existing and converting?? PM me and i can send you some numbers
FFS - that's awesome! Want one of those immediately. How handy is that exactly?! Presumably they make different fittings for different bikes...... wonder if they make one for the Desmo......
Do the pegs expand into the holes in the frame? What's to stop it getting nudged off sideways? I definitely want one. Cancel the turntable idea!
No, just pegs. Sure, if you give it a good nudge it'll fall over, but how many times have you nudged you bike while it's on a paddock stand..? Not often, I'm guessing.
The difference is that it's only supported on one side, unlike the Abbastand I currently use. I always the right tool for the job, sometimes that's a massive hammer. :biggrin:
Slight delay in my project caused by a small rear-of-house-underpinning issue discovery! FFS...... irritating. Should kick off in anger in a week or so. Bikes now duly scattered around at friends houses, and obviously one at JHP in need of work! Bike lifts recessed into the floor (it turns out) also need a safety circuit adapter to prevent trapping when the lift is lowered, so that it doesn't remove a limb if accidentally in the gap! Good point, I admit to the man on the other end of the phone - glad you mentioned that! How much is one with a safety circuit then........ Double the price, obviously. Ouch. So what with that, the underpinning, the rear garden renovation at the same time (so that my garage isn't trashed thereafter when we do the rear) and the normal building drama when life involves neighbours and boundary walls, we are almost ready to commence. Had a look at those Bursig stands and they actually require nasty pins inserting into the bikes, and a different adapter for every bike, so not sure they are going to be that practical in the end. Just wondering if anyone has ever used a manual tyre changer or if a small footprint tyre machine would actually be worth doing.....? it's got to be the second most common task on the bikes......
I change my own tyres, one of the little manual bead breakers is a god send, then it's rim protectors and levers for me! This is the kind of thing: Mechanics Workshop Garage Motorcycle Tyre Bead Breaker Motorbike Tyre Changer | eBay
Thanks. Having never tried to do this manually, is it that hard? I run Dunlop tyres usually, which seem stiff as hell compared to my older Michelins. Is changing them by hand a nightmare job with one of these and levers, or not too bad? Thanks.....
