I am not going to say why, (fear of admitted stupidity conjecture), but I need to hang my rear wheel off the ground so I can run in first gear, wheel turning whilsdt I do something? I plan on strapping it through the upper rear frame with a come along from a garage roof strut. Front wheel will be on a pitbull stand. Not up far enough to worry about oil retention. I could also leave it on the rear Pittbull and grease the axle bumpers?
Besides sounding like a bad idea I am worried about dangers mechanically, stress, strain on frame, anything I am not realizing. Any guesses on what I am going to do? My wife said she will definitely be capturing it all on video for the AFV prize. It is raining today.
Better than running it on the rearstand, for sure.
Lots of folks have done what you describe for working on the rear suspension.
I'd hang it from the grab handles.
Be careful with what you're doing while it's running, the chain and sprockets will gladly chew up most anything they get ahold of.
The tire is omnivorous as well.
just for discussion, what are you doing?
There may be a safer way to do it...
Quote from: Speeddog on July 27, 2013, 01:13:35 PM
just for discussion, what are you doing?
There may be a safer way to do it...
OK, Might not be that bad, I will tell her not to spend the prize money yet. I have a flat center line on the rear tire to the point I can feel it so I thought I would last the summer out if I took a belt sander and rounded the edge. The frame is made for supporting down load so I was kind of worried about support in the opposite.
Quote from: BoDiddley on July 27, 2013, 01:45:04 PM
..... I have a flat center line on the rear tire to the point I can feel it so I thought I would last the summer out if I took a belt sander and rounded the edge. .....
Get someone to videotape you when you do it and post it. ;D
On a serious note, if you are hell bent to do it, instead of loading one roof truss, lay a beam or pipe across two trusses.
Perhaps a better idea is to replace the rear tyre, or put up with feeling the ridges. Or find some twisties..........
If you do things your way, and the sander grabs, anything could happen.
Quote from: WTSDS on July 27, 2013, 03:50:36 PM
Perhaps a better idea is to replace the rear tyre, or put up with feeling the ridges. Or find some twisties..........
If you do things your way, and the sander grabs, anything could happen.
Yea, it was just a thought for a rain day, the only twisties around here are on ramps. I might try it in the morning.
I gave myself one hour to do this and ended up exactly that. Was it worth it, my tire is rounded and I ended up with a hanger I can use later so for only an hour spent it was worth it. I happened to have everything I needed so it would be questionable if you had to spend time on collecting stuff to make it work. I ended up not needing a belt sander, I had my better half hold it at 3000 in third and just held the board to it, took no more than five minutes of actual grinding and that included the time for inspection as I went. Not bad and now we know it works, took it out, feels like a new tire. Looking at the photo again I could have done a better job rounding it off.
(http://i1234.photobucket.com/albums/ff406/DucatiRocket/TireBefore.jpg)
(http://i1234.photobucket.com/albums/ff406/DucatiRocket/TireAfter.jpg)
(http://i1234.photobucket.com/albums/ff406/DucatiRocket/TireBike.jpg)
Well done. Will this method work for chicken strips ;).
Quote from: pesto on July 28, 2013, 11:22:37 PM
Well done. Will this method work for chicken strips ;).
Hey that would work with a finer grit, and then everyone would think I was some sort of GP racer. I could even put the knees of my riding jeans on the belt sander just enough to let the kevlar show throw, "Pucks, I don't need no stinking pucks".