Jiffy Stand ?
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RE: Jiffy Stand ?
ORIGINAL: ron potier
BTW, anyone else ever notice the similarities of cowboys and bikers beside me? Both wear leather, especially chaps. Both have distinctive head gear - cowboy hats vs. do-rags and/or helmets. Most bikers wear leather vests. And bikers generally refer to their bikes as iron horses. And best of all, we like the freedom to enjoy the great outdoors.
BTW, anyone else ever notice the similarities of cowboys and bikers beside me? Both wear leather, especially chaps. Both have distinctive head gear - cowboy hats vs. do-rags and/or helmets. Most bikers wear leather vests. And bikers generally refer to their bikes as iron horses. And best of all, we like the freedom to enjoy the great outdoors.
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From: Houston
RE: Jiffy Stand ?
It's on the left because the old carburetors had a bowl with a float which was hinged on the right side. If you leaned the bike over to the left, it let the float keep the gas shut off soit wouldn't leak from the tank through the carb and into the crankcase. If you left it parked leaning over on the right, the bowl float was left in the down position (like the float in a toilet tank), and the gas could flow from the tank into the carburetor and into the crankcase, ultimately displacing the lighter oil there.
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<<<Thunderchild wrote: hmmmmm....i know im kind of a newbie here but.....
if you stop your bike and have your right foot on thebrake, then lift your left footto put thejiffy stand down.........you gotta have one hell of a good scence of balance dont ya? >>>
You have your foot on the brake when you park and put the jiffy stand down???? What they hell for?
You don't need to unless your on a hill, even then the front brake works fine. You watched one too many eposodes of "Ride like a Pro" and missed the important parts.
if you stop your bike and have your right foot on thebrake, then lift your left footto put thejiffy stand down.........you gotta have one hell of a good scence of balance dont ya? >>>
You have your foot on the brake when you park and put the jiffy stand down???? What they hell for?
You don't need to unless your on a hill, even then the front brake works fine. You watched one too many eposodes of "Ride like a Pro" and missed the important parts.
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From: Corpus Christi, Tx
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I remember seeingthechariottheorymentioned on some Discovery Channel documentary or something over the years. Snopes calls BS, though..... (sorta)
http://www.snopes.com/history/american/gauge.asp
http://www.snopes.com/history/american/gauge.asp
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From: Westerville, OH
RE: Jiffy Stand ?
ORIGINAL: t_m34
Yeah, but you wouldn't be saying that if you were talking about an old Ironhead that had the shifter on the right side.
I think it's a couple of things, the most obvious being the horse theory. I grew up on horses and I never got on a horse on the right side unless forced to by circumstance.
But also, the bike's primary makes it heavier on the left side so when it leans down on that "jiffy" stand (oh gee wiz fellas I've got a jiffy stand on my neato motorcycle! tee hee!) it is there to stay. If you lean it to the right, that sucker won't plant as hard.
And I love the two horses *** story. I don't care if it's true or not, it sounds true and that's cool with me.
Yeah, but you wouldn't be saying that if you were talking about an old Ironhead that had the shifter on the right side.
I think it's a couple of things, the most obvious being the horse theory. I grew up on horses and I never got on a horse on the right side unless forced to by circumstance.
But also, the bike's primary makes it heavier on the left side so when it leans down on that "jiffy" stand (oh gee wiz fellas I've got a jiffy stand on my neato motorcycle! tee hee!) it is there to stay. If you lean it to the right, that sucker won't plant as hard.
And I love the two horses *** story. I don't care if it's true or not, it sounds true and that's cool with me.
Motorcycles are setup to mimic standard shift cars. What I mean by this is a car has the clutch on the left side the brake pedal in the middle and the accelerator on the right side. If you look at your bike the clutch and the gear shift lever are on the left side; The brake and throttle are on the right side of the bike. Since the bike is setup this way the tranny has to be on the left side of the bike which means that a good chunk of weight is on the left side of the bike thus the bike needs to lean (rest) into the weight of the bike or the first good gust of wind will knock the bike over.
Just my two cents.
Mike
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