Grover Posted October 27, 2012 Share Posted October 27, 2012 after 6 months with my bike in teh garage, getting on and off the centre stand at least once a day, ive managed to start wearing away my concrete floor in the garage i found one solution is to place a floor plate down http://www.sportsbikeshop.co.uk/motorcycle_parts/content_prod/74424]like this, but i can only seem to find such a product for a side stand, and it's not wide enough to take a centre stand has anyone else found a solution, preferably one that can also hide the dirty marks ive left behind (the pains is worn away, and theres some little holes where the concrete itself has been worn away thanks people! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike1949 Posted October 27, 2012 Share Posted October 27, 2012 A bit of wood cut to size? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neversaydie Posted October 27, 2012 Share Posted October 27, 2012 after 6 months with my bike in teh garage, getting on and off the centre stand at least once a day, ive managed to start wearing away my concrete floor in the garage i found one solution is to place a floor plate down like"]http://www.sportsbik...prod/74424]like this, but i can only seem to find such a product for a side stand, and it's not wide enough to take a centre stand has anyone else found a solution, preferably one that can also hide the dirty marks ive left behind (the pains is worn away, and theres some little holes where the concrete itself has been worn away thanks people! Try slipping a piece of old hose pipe, or something similar, over the centre stand feet I've got to say, thats not very good concrete though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Airhead Posted October 27, 2012 Moderator Share Posted October 27, 2012 Yep a piece of plywood? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grover Posted October 27, 2012 Author Share Posted October 27, 2012 maybe a piece of ply cut to 300x150 should do, but im not the best hand with a saw, perhaps i can enlist the help of a buddy/dad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Airhead Posted October 27, 2012 Moderator Share Posted October 27, 2012 300 x 200 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike1949 Posted October 27, 2012 Share Posted October 27, 2012 maybe a piece of ply cut to 300x150 should do, but im not the best hand with a saw, perhaps i can enlist the help of a buddy/dad Blimey Grover, if you're that dangerous with a hand saw, I bet your dad's a nervous wreck by now. It's only a matter of getting a bit of wood, putting it on a B&D workmate, putting your right knee on it and with the saw in your right hand cut along a line that you have marked with a pencil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bippo Posted October 27, 2012 Share Posted October 27, 2012 A bit a old carpet or floor mat will do the trick too, that's what my ex used to use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
up.yours Posted October 27, 2012 Share Posted October 27, 2012 use an old trainer, simply put it under your side stand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike1949 Posted October 27, 2012 Share Posted October 27, 2012 use an old trainer, simply put it under your side stand. Brill, your talents are wasted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grover Posted October 27, 2012 Author Share Posted October 27, 2012 Blimey Grover, if you're that dangerous with a hand saw, I bet your dad's a nervous wreck by now. It's only a matter of getting a bit of wood, putting it on a B&D workmate, putting your right knee on it and with the saw in your right hand cut along a line that you have marked with a pencil. i never said i was dengerous... just not accurate... it wouldnt end up a rectangle anyways, but it would sure as hell be cut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator drewpy Posted October 27, 2012 Moderator Share Posted October 27, 2012 use an old trainer, simply put it under your side stand. you wearing out trainers Kev? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slice Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 HI Grover, I use a couple of carpet (industrial) tiles only about £4 each and no marks or crumbly concrete and my bike weighs 650 lbs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wild foamy Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 +1 for the old bit of carpet, also gives you something nice and softish to lay on for those fiddly jobs, easier to cut than plywood aswell tbh, as for the wood who cares if its a perfect rectangle? you're parking a bike on it, not serving the pope his breakfast from it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul-666 Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 If all these fail get a piece of 3 mm steel and if you wear that out I cant help lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
up.yours Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 a piece of welly stuck to the stand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grover Posted October 29, 2012 Author Share Posted October 29, 2012 a piece of welly stuck to the stand why ever bother with the hard stuff? even if it sounds stupid, i bet it does the job twice as well with half the effort Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Campaman Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 I think up.yours shoe idea is a good un, you can also do it for free, and I don't mean nick one from a shoe shop, I can't be the only one that regularly sees odd shoes laying at the road side !!!??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
up.yours Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 yea ? usualy stilletoes, (these are no good) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonnietiler Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 Or....he said with the "Tiler" part of his name to the fore...Quarry Tile it, done once never need doing again. Also makes sweeping up easier, finding things that you dropped easier and oil spills come right up.. They dont break under the force of a centre stand from a triumph Trophy1200 either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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