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Riddle
Mar 8, 2007 6:38:50 GMT
Post by Doom on Mar 8, 2007 6:38:50 GMT
Riddle me this:-
How many MOT testers does it take to get a Divvy 9 onto its centre stand?
Answer: Two of them couldn't do it yesterday. I had to go and do it for them before my pride and joy went scuttling across the testing bay floor.
You would think that somebody who says he owns a B12 and one of those old Benelli six cylinder jobbies would be able to manage wouldn't you?
Anyway, he also gleefully informed me that my bike is an import!! Well it comes from Japan as far as I can remember so I suppose it must be. No, no! It has a ten digit frame number instead of a fourteen digit one so it was probably originally intneded to be sold in France or Germany or somewhere similarly european.
Anybody else heard this? Is the man who can't get the bike on the stand talking through his rectal orifice? How long is your frame number? (Ooo er missus!)
Ed
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Riddle
Mar 8, 2007 15:03:51 GMT
Post by brandane on Mar 8, 2007 15:03:51 GMT
Mine is JYA4KM, six zeros, then a 5 digit number. As far as I know it was a legit British spec model official import.
Re the centre stand, are your MOT people a bit on the wimpy side, or is the stand suffering from another of those little quirks that affects them when they reach a certain age. The stand breaks across the bridge that connects the 2 legs. Not immediately obvious, but can make it a bit awkward to get on the centre stand.
Al.
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Riddle
Mar 8, 2007 15:08:52 GMT
Post by alpaholic on Mar 8, 2007 15:08:52 GMT
B12 would be able to manage wouldn't you? Yeah, I would, the B12 is sod to get on the centre stand.
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Riddle
Mar 9, 2007 0:05:40 GMT
Post by chunk166 on Mar 9, 2007 0:05:40 GMT
hi, just checked my log book i only have a 9 digit frame no & 8 on the engine, could be dodgy! ray
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Riddle
Mar 9, 2007 6:12:05 GMT
Post by Doom on Mar 9, 2007 6:12:05 GMT
Re the centre stand, are your MOT people a bit on the wimpy side, or is the stand suffering from another of those little quirks that affects them when they reach a certain age.
They are wimpy. The bike isn't the easiest to get on the stand but I put it there every time I put it in the garage - it's largely just technique. I must say I was afraid they might damage the stand, or drop the bike, trying to haul a quarter of a tonne of motorcycle up onto one leg of its stand isn't the best.
Ed
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Riddle
Mar 12, 2007 21:41:03 GMT
Post by CD on Mar 12, 2007 21:41:03 GMT
On mine they whacked it back horribly - so hard the bike skids backwards. If it wasn't so difficult to get at I'd take the centre stand off for MOTs/tyre jobs/etc and let them use paddock stands.
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