Friday, May 29, 2009
One of my favourite places is Princess Auto. I love looking through their flyers/catalogues and while reading one I came across an ad for a motorcycle dolly. The unit was a wheeled track to ride up on and then dismount the bike, then turn the bike around and ride off again. This would of been ideal for me in the summer time when I am riding a lot. I could of kept the bike in the driveway, under its rain cover and then I wouldn't of had to do the old "back and forth" dance each time I come home, tucking it away under the back porch. As usual, being a Princess Auto product it was only $99, not the $200 - $300 I had seen in J&P catalogue or at the bike shows, but unfortunately, since I have had the bike lowered it did not work for me. I couldn't pop the unit back up on it wheels once the bike was aboard, because the dam exhaust was in the way of the lever, AND since it is lowered the kickstand tends to stick out a little further than normal (I am always having to make sure I am parking on level land or even better, sloping away on the left side, so the bike sits right and I don't have to worry about returning to find it on its side...YIKES) so the kickstand wouldn't even fit in the dish that was built to hold the bike. It was dirty from trying to get the bike in and out, so I put it up for sale on Kijiji and sold it for $80. Small loss for a good lesson learned .... remember the dam bike is lowered and it WILL influence how it sits or stands.
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