Tue May 20 12:36:23 1997 - Message No. 848
From: Pierre DEBRAS

Subject: Re: screens, locks and chains


Hi Mark,

I really appreciate your chain oiling method :-) I've already experienced
some problems with my wife because of oil in the garden path coming back
on the living room carpet via the shoes of the childs ... 

More seriously, I use now the following oiling method. I hang the bike by
its handlebar to the garage ceiling (of course, you need a very solid
ceiling). This will stabilize the bike vertically. Then I use a screw
car-jack to lift the rear wheel. I fit the jack just behind the center
stand support, with a wodden piece that fits both the jack and the frame.
If I need to really secure the bike in vertical position (to work on the
engine or so), I put a bar below the swing arm, just in front of the rear
wheel. The bar is supported by two "workshop tripods" (see what I mean ?).
This way, there is no chance the bike lean.

This may seem a little be complicated but it's full secured. And it's the
only way I've found to set the bike vertical when I'm alone.

Let me know if it helps,
Pierre

PS: Jorn, the picture at http://hem.passagen.se/tenere/19affestall.html is
really great. I'll use it as Windows wallpaper!! Are you the rider ??



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