Gyrobob
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Posers ain't motorcyclists
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Newnan, GA
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I met a fellow out on the left coast who sometimes rode (drove) around with my brother. They both had Suzuki cruiser twins, C50s, I think.
Anyway, this guy was a talented aircraft welder. He made a centerstand for his C50 out of thin wall 4130. It couldn't have weighed more than a couple of pounds.
He had it set up so it just barely held the bike up. It rolled backward only an inch or so past TDC,.. and it would only work on pretty flat ground. The rear tire was only about a half inch off the pavement.
His thinking was that being made of soft thinwall steel, he didn't want to make it work all that hard.
It worked just the way he wanted it to work, and it added very little weight, but I shudder to think how much time he had invested in it.
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