New parking, need stand "protector"

Mousenut · Post by **Mousenut** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 2:30 pm

We are getting new pavement at work and I know I'm going to catch heat about my stand digging it up. I know I have seen attachments for the stand here before so it doesn't sink in but I can't find them now. Any help?

I already have a puck for my kick but I hate using it and much prefer the stand.

Thanks!

michelle_7728 · Post by **michelle_7728** » Sat Aug 03, 2013 4:23 am

Well...not the answer you were looking for (maybe someone else has that info for you), but you could keep a couple of furniture sliders in your pet carrier.

Not super convenient, I know...

I'll watch this thread and see if someone has the info you asked about--I'd never heard of that, and it might be useful!

KABarash · Post by **KABarash** » Sat Aug 03, 2013 11:55 am

Two 'pucks'?
I carry two flattened coffee cans in my 'pet carrier' for just such situations.

Throwback7R · Post by **Throwback7R** » Sat Aug 03, 2013 12:36 pm

If it were me I would just tear up the parking lot. Part of any parking lot will get torn up.

However if you were going to put something or your worried about your scooter sinking you could bring a 1x6 or 1x10 cut down and put that down on the ground. maybe even keep it in the parking spot I am sure no one would take it.

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Sat Aug 03, 2013 12:58 pm

This old discussion on kickstand tips might help.

Kickstand Tips

As I mentioned here, I use an electrical junction box cover for the scoot and MCs. Works great, easy to carry and inexpensive.

Rob

KABarash · Post by **KABarash** » Sat Aug 03, 2013 1:19 pm

Here's another thought, how about asking if there could be some dedicated scooter/bike parking made out of 2 or 3 spots, it should garner 4 or 6 cycle spots out of it. In each one place a 2x8x16 inch concrete paver block while the new macadam is being rolled so as they're flush to the surface.
(I think I may have seen this done somewhere before, if not you can have 'credit' for my idea....

)
Where I used to work a couple years ago, they're dedicated cycle parking area was made of concrete where the rest of the parking is macadam.
Also as an aside, where we have a larger concentration of Amish in the area the local businesses like WalMart, Lowe's, grocery stores and etc have concrete buggie parking areas in their lots.

PeteH · Post by **PeteH** » Sat Aug 03, 2013 1:22 pm

At home, I park my scoot in a pea-gravel area in back (no garage), so I use a 12x16 paver from the hardware store for my center stand. Roll over it, drop the stand, and tug up and back. It took me a few days to get aligned so that the legs would end up centered on the paver after the lift, but I'm good at it now.

The electrical covers should work with the center stand, but it would probably take two of them and some practice. Hopefully they don't slide out of the way.

I've left some minor divots in the new asphalt at work, but nobody's yelled at me. Yet.

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Sat Aug 03, 2013 2:04 pm

PeteH wrote:The electrical covers should work with the center stand, but it would probably take two of them and some practice. Hopefully they don't slide out of the way.

I didn't read the OP carefully enough. I didn't realize they were referring to the center stand. Hmmmm, two electrical covers might be yet another duct tape engineering design.

Rob

Tocsik · Post by **Tocsik** » Sun Aug 04, 2013 12:58 am

There's a product for the big Harley's called a Kickshoe. It's a permanently attached kickstand shoe sold for $99.95 (typical overpricing for anything "HD"

).

Maybe do some ghetto engineering and fabricate something by folding a junction box cover and adding some small screws or pop rivets?

Hey, just found this: do a Google image search for kickstand extension pad.

BuddyRaton · Post by **BuddyRaton** » Sun Aug 04, 2013 1:04 am

Get some beer coasters from the bar....they are free!

michelle_7728 · Post by **michelle_7728** » Sun Aug 04, 2013 4:58 am

Furniture sliders (AKA moving men)
* A junction box cover is hard to pick up with your gloves on....furniture sliders have a curved edge--easy to pick up.
* A junction box cover (unfiled) might have sharp edges....furniture sliders have rounded, smooth edges
* A junction box cover, once dropped on the ground may not slide very well....a furniture slider is easy to slide into position with a nudge of your boot.
* A bar coaster is likely to only last a time or two before it tears apart...and if it rains you have a soggy item to put in your pet carrier or glove box....furniture sliders won't break or decompose and are easy to wipe off.
* A crushed aluminum can may or may not have an even surface. Also, even if you have a really squished one that is flat, while it might work fine for a side stand, it would be a little more problematic to nudge into place for the two-pronged centerstand.

Hmmm...I wonder if furniture movers could be duct taped on to the bottom of the center stand so they automatically are in place. I'M JUST KIDDING!

One would think I have stock in the furniture movers or something....and I don't even carry one myself, never having had the need.

LOL...it's all good though, what ever is handy and works, right?, be it an aluminum can, coaster, junction box cover, piece of plywood, etc.

SonnyD · Post by **SonnyD** » Sun Aug 04, 2013 3:17 pm

I can't imagine a couple of hundred pound scooter doing much damage after the asphalt is cured.. Just one person spinning their tires will do way more damage... I park on our asphalt lot all the time at work, and it's never left a mark....

NikVee · Post by **NikVee** » Sun Aug 04, 2013 5:47 pm

SonnyD wrote:I can't imagine a couple of hundred pound scooter doing much damage after the asphalt is cured.. Just one person spinning their tires will do way more damage... I park on our asphalt lot all the time at work, and it's never left a mark....

This is kind of what I was thinking. Are our scoots heavy enough, even with all the weight on the two feet of the centerstand enough to do any kind of damage?

TVB · Post by **TVB** » Sun Aug 04, 2013 7:41 pm

SonnyD wrote:I can't imagine a couple of hundred pound scooter doing much damage after the asphalt is cured.. Just one person spinning their tires will do way more damage... I park on our asphalt lot all the time at work, and it's never left a mark....

It depends in part on what's mixed in with the asphalt and in what proportions. Good rocky paving material will hold up to heat and motorbike stands better than softer mixes.

SonnyD · Post by **SonnyD** » Mon Aug 05, 2013 10:29 am

TVB wrote:
SonnyD wrote:I can't imagine a couple of hundred pound scooter doing much damage after the asphalt is cured.. Just one person spinning their tires will do way more damage... I park on our asphalt lot all the time at work, and it's never left a mark....
It depends in part on what's mixed in with the asphalt and in what proportions. Good rocky paving material will hold up to heat and motorbike stands better than softer mixes.

Yeah, for sure.... I've parked in the summer on asphalt parking lots and have had my sidestand sink in almost far enough for the bike to fall over...but that was with a 500 pound bike and a little diameter foot. I've never had a problem with the center stand though. I used to carry a flattened out pop or beer can to use, before they started making little plastic discs to carry with you...
You would think any kind of descent parking lot asphalt would support a couple of hundred pounds these days, wouldn't you, LOL.... That little pea gravel size mix asphalt may be a problem though..

TVB · Post by **TVB** » Mon Aug 05, 2013 11:29 am

I had my 200-pound Buddy tip over from the center stand sinking (unevenly) into a tar parking lot a few weeks ago. Took less than half an hour.

SonnyD · Post by **SonnyD** » Mon Aug 05, 2013 10:08 pm

Wow really....that must have been some soft stuff....I've never seen one go over on a center stand....guess it does happen.......

Mousenut · Post by **Mousenut** » Wed Aug 14, 2013 9:30 pm

TVB wrote:I had my 200-pound Buddy tip over from the center stand sinking (unevenly) into a tar parking lot a few weeks ago. Took less than half an hour.

Yes, this happened to me too once last year. I tore up my old "spots" pretty bad.

Mousenut · Post by **Mousenut** » Wed Aug 14, 2013 9:35 pm

KABarash wrote:Here's another thought, how about asking if there could be some dedicated scooter/bike parking made out of 2 or 3 spots, it should garner 4 or 6 cycle spots out of it. In each one place a 2x8x16 inch concrete paver block while the new macadam is being rolled so as they're flush to the surface.
(I think I may have seen this done somewhere before, if not you can have 'credit' for my idea.... )
Where I used to work a couple years ago, they're dedicated cycle parking area was made of concrete where the rest of the parking is macadam.
Also as an aside, where we have a larger concentration of Amish in the area the local businesses like WalMart, Lowe's, grocery stores and etc have concrete buggie parking areas in their lots.

I'll say what happened and leave it at that...

We had a full parking lot one day due to building construction and they needed people to move cars and park on the lawn. It took me some time to get outside due to dealing with a support issue (i'm the IT guy). I was then told flat out, "That thing doesn't even deserve a parking spot!" after I didn't move it quickly enough.
To ask for a dedicated spot at this point would be a waste of breath and with the brand new pavement it is going to increase the scooter "hate" if I hack it up from the HR department and thus my starting of this thread

ed85379 · Post by **ed85379** » Wed Aug 14, 2013 10:01 pm

Mousenut wrote: I was then told flat out, "That thing doesn't even deserve a parking spot!" after I didn't move it quickly enough.
To ask for a dedicated spot at this point would be a waste of breath and with the brand new pavement it is going to increase the scooter "hate" if I hack it up from the HR department and thus my starting of this thread

Sounds to me like they're suggesting that you wheel it right into the building and keep it at your desk, if it is so lame and little to as not deserve a parking spot.

SonnyD · Post by **SonnyD** » Thu Aug 15, 2013 2:46 am

Sorry and not to offend, but they sound like A-holes..... I mean, that's pretty rude....and almost borders on harassment.

Throwback7R · Post by **Throwback7R** » Thu Aug 15, 2013 3:17 am

Wow some mad scooter hate going on over there .. just park it on the sidewalk

Mousenut · Post by **Mousenut** » Fri Aug 16, 2013 6:11 pm

SonnyD wrote:Sorry and not to offend, but they sound like A-holes..... I mean, that's pretty rude....and almost borders on harassment.

Yup, that pretty much sums it up.

Mousenut · Post by **Mousenut** » Fri Jun 06, 2014 5:45 pm

I know this is an old thread but I took a photo of the problem (off to the right are old dents filled in with blacktop sealer) and the plates that I hope to nail down in my .......(drumroll).....designated parking spot!

They have not "ok'd" the plates yet but I think they will.

KABarash · Post by **KABarash** » Fri Jun 06, 2014 6:19 pm

Mousenut wrote: They have not "ok'd" the plates yet but I think they will.

Just pick 'em up and drop them in your pet carrier when you leave, that's what I do with my cans. That way you'll also have them on hand for parking elsewhere.