Unboxing & Re-fitting

Friday 18th December

 

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In Bangkok I had 5 willing Thai helpers to hold the bike when I took the front wheel off & then gently lower it to the ground. No possibility of that here, so needed a solo approach. Hmmm...

 

I decided to try & make use lf the center stand and so cut away the parts of the pallet that prevented it from lowering. I then cut the retaining straps and had a go lifting it onto the stand.

No joy - as it was sloping forwards, it meant lifting the entire engine weight upwards before it would pivot over onto the stand. As that was probably in excess of 100kg & I'd only had one weetabix for breakfast, ut didnt work.

 

So i set about cutting the plank that was supporting the back wheel, which duly dropped a few inches, oved the centre of gravity over a enough to allow the bike to be humphed onto the centre stand. The back lart ofthe pallet could then be cut away.

Re-fitting the panniers added enough weight to the back to lift the front end off up so that I could put the front wheel back on - success!

 

All that remained was to fit the brake calipers, mirrors, screen and make a few adjustments.

 

 

and there she is ... all ready for Xmas deliveries!

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Merry Christmas & Happy New Year everybody!

 

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