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This post was inspited by a post on the old forum.

Have you ever been annoyed by the difficulty of rotating the front wheel when the RS is on its centre stand?
I had a short length of c. 60 mm lumber, I sliced it on the diagonal to get 2 pieces, drilled a 13 mm hole to take 12 mm theaded rod, used a few washers and nuts and a bit of conduit that fitted loose20180910_171726.jpg - Bild entfernt (keine Rechte)ly around the rod. Did the same thing again and then connected the 2 units by light chain, 1 side with a hook.
This lash up lets me rotate the wheel without lifting the front each time or jacking up the motor.

Zitat von Aussie Import im Beitrag #1

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This post was inspited by a post on the old forum.

Have you ever been annoyed by the difficulty of rotating the front wheel when the RS is on its centre stand?
I had a short length of c. 60 mm lumber, I sliced it on the diagonal to get 2 pieces, drilled a 13 mm hole to take 12 mm theaded rod, used a few washers and nuts and a bit of conduit that fitted loosely around the rod. Did the same thing again and then connected the 2 units by light chain, 1 side with a hook.
This lash up lets me rotate the wheel without lifting the front each time or jacking up the motor.

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Yes I know, but I wanted to be creative, mess around with "junk" and make something useful out of it. I have a home-made crankshaft locking device and a rear wheel holding stud as well. I have also made small special tools for the CanAm Spyder. For me, this is FUN!!!!!

I'm with Aussie on this. Ive made various tools from "junk" such as fork stanchion pullers, special wrenches for getting at nuts in difficult places, fork height gauges, and others. I've saved a fortune and get a great feeling of smug satisfaction in not handing my cash over to manufacturers of over priced kit 😁