timothy st.john
Cruisin' Guzzisti
Hi everyone,
Years ago I went to a well respected dealer to win advice on how to remove a part that was difficult to access. I assumed a special tool or some such investment would be required. I was therefore surprised when he took up a large hammer and beat the crap out of it until it fell away in pieces. "No charge."
That wasn't the only time I had this experience. So as much as I can (given my personality), I have taken to 'considering'...inelegant solutions; though it irks me to do so, before then pursuing what are kinder, gentler solutions, that inevitably cost far more to implement.
Here's the question. I can't imagine it, but...just in case, here goes: is the oil pan (which I assume to be cast...aluminum) structurally strong enough to jack the bike up on (such that either one or the other wheels, but not both, leaves the ground). It could be overbuilt for just this purpose.
Thanks in advance for not too much depreciating my report for having sinned against design.
Timothy St. John
Years ago I went to a well respected dealer to win advice on how to remove a part that was difficult to access. I assumed a special tool or some such investment would be required. I was therefore surprised when he took up a large hammer and beat the crap out of it until it fell away in pieces. "No charge."
That wasn't the only time I had this experience. So as much as I can (given my personality), I have taken to 'considering'...inelegant solutions; though it irks me to do so, before then pursuing what are kinder, gentler solutions, that inevitably cost far more to implement.
Here's the question. I can't imagine it, but...just in case, here goes: is the oil pan (which I assume to be cast...aluminum) structurally strong enough to jack the bike up on (such that either one or the other wheels, but not both, leaves the ground). It could be overbuilt for just this purpose.
Thanks in advance for not too much depreciating my report for having sinned against design.
Timothy St. John