Motorcycle through a door?
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Motorcycle through a door?
Here is the situation... I have an 09 Street bob and at my house the carport is screened in. I have a 36" door and my bike is just a liitle too wide. (I have to rock it side to side to get the handlebars in.) The mirros are the widest part...(will invert them.) But wanted to see how many people on the forums go through this process on a regular bassis. (Not once a year for storage.) And, does any one have any advice as to how to make this process simpler or easier. (Not cut a bigger door, tear down the screen, get a shed, etc) Any advice would be apreciated, as I am new to doing this often.
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OL would kill me... It is a decorative door on the front of the house. Though about new bars but do not have the $$$. What was the best way to approach the narrower door Animal03? (i.e. head on? at an angle? Backwards? upside down? Bike over the shoulder?)
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i'm a little confused.
are you bringing the bike thru your front door or is this the door to your carport?
if it's not the entrance to your house, you don't think your OL will bend a little on widening the door?
if not, going in the way you've been going in is your only option.
are you bringing the bike thru your front door or is this the door to your carport?
if it's not the entrance to your house, you don't think your OL will bend a little on widening the door?
if not, going in the way you've been going in is your only option.
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The door leads to the carport.... The carport is fully screened in. Has a nice decotrative screen door. (lots of wooden thingies on it...wife loves it.) I just wanted to know if there is a good technique to this.
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what about widening the opening and installing a second door to match the first?
i know, probably not gonna fly but i dono what else to tell you.
i know, probably not gonna fly but i dono what else to tell you.
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I appreciate your input though... Just wondered how many others have this delemma and how they get it through. When entering I back it in but think I would do better if the bike was at an angle rater than straight on... The driveway leading to the door goes downhill into the door and is really dificult if I do not get it right on the first attempt. Just phishing to see if someone who has done this a bunch could give me some advice on the best way to get it through the door.
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Come at it straight but off center away from the hinge side. Turn sharply towards the hinge side so the end of the bar clears the door frame, once the end of the bar gets past the door frame turn and lean, the other side should make it in.
You may want to put reference marks on the ground and door frame to guide you in and let you know when to start turning.
As you mentioned repositioning the mirrors should help, I loctited the jam nuts on my mirrors so I could loosen them (with the stem) and then swing them back into position without using tools.
As far as changing the door what about hinging the panel next to it or adding a narrow panel (think narrow door) next to it. Would come on handy moving furniture etc. in or out of the screen porch.
You may want to put reference marks on the ground and door frame to guide you in and let you know when to start turning.
As you mentioned repositioning the mirrors should help, I loctited the jam nuts on my mirrors so I could loosen them (with the stem) and then swing them back into position without using tools.
As far as changing the door what about hinging the panel next to it or adding a narrow panel (think narrow door) next to it. Would come on handy moving furniture etc. in or out of the screen porch.
Last edited by piasspj; Apr 6, 2010 at 10:33 AM.