Fri, 3 Jul 1998 21:45:57 +0200
- Message No. 3520
From: Arne Lindgren
Subject: RE: Tyre repairs
Ive seen a device, a sort of screwed one-legged jack which is supposed
to lift the right side of the rear swingarm a couple of centimeters.
I will buy it when i find it in the store. If it can be stored with the
halves inside each others. If not i will build one in alu...
Arne Lindgren (and Mattewerner, the green&white @)
> ----------
> From: Vladimir Stehlik[SMTP:stehlik@student.fsid.cvut.cz]
> Sent: den 3 juli 1998 08:01
> To: xrv@atic.org
> Subject: (XRV) Tyre repairs
>
> Hi all,
>
> thank you all for your answers.
>
> Seems to me that there is no one who has good experience with Tyre
> repair sprays, instead you solve tyre defects by going on empty tyre
> to
> the nearest service or is there somebody who change/repair tyre/tube
> 'on
> the road' ? I will do so next time, because now I'm carrying necesary
> tools with me (after that bad experience with spray).
>
> But now there arise another question in my head, it's about how to
> lift
> the bike up to remove the wheel 'on the road' when I don't have main
> stand ? Till now I was doing it with help of another person, one was
> lifting the bike and the other was keeping balance and putting
> something
> under the bike (boards or bricks), but how can I do it alone ? Any
> suggestions ?
>
> Bye for now
>
> Vlada
>
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