No center stand, no side stand, no milk crate, no Photoshop!

[Teek]

It's magic!
My lowered ride's newest pic on the pullout above the Rock Store. Just push that little purple button under the tripmeter marked "Stay".

[ajaxgs]

looks great teek!!!

[GeeP]

OK....  Time to take the edges off those square tires.   

[ohgood]

heck, hadn't thought of that. my tires are def square enough, and with no hills in FL, i may try it

nice looking ride btw 

[gsJack]

New Lasertecs are as round as tires get and won't hold a bike up that way, they're very good at laying it over in the twisties though.  I'd say there is some kind of black magic involved here or maybe the pic is cut off close to the mirrors to conceal a sky hook that's holding it up.   

[bucks1605]

I give up! what's holding it?

[Teek]

Hi Guys,

Thanks for the comments!

I just got a big kick out of the pic when I saw it, so I wanted to share. Took a few yesterday whilst trying out the new 14t sprocket. I seem to have been in just the right spot for the side stand to "disappear" in the pic, and the bike is so upright on the stand now that it's lowered that there was hardly any angle. It was so windy that I didn't step away from it for long either with the front wheel straightened out. The mirrors are clipped because I had my gloves on, my reading glasses off so couldn't see the screen well, and it was windy as heck! Hubby put his gloves down on the wall and had to chase them to the edge of the cliff.
I mostly wanted to show how clean it looks without the centerstand, and how low it is now. Pretty much like a kids bike when my 6' hubby gets on it.

And yeah, I'm working on rounding those tire edges in the corners. 

[beRto]

I seem to have been in just the right spot for the side stand to "disappear" in the pic, and the bike is so upright on the stand now that it's lowered that there was hardly any angle.

Cheater!  The title says "no side stand"!! 

[GI_JO_NATHAN]

... the bike is so upright on the stand now that it's lowered that there was hardly any angle.

Yeah, you have to be careful with that. Mine fell over in the driveway shortly after I lowered it. Apparently when I put the stand down it hit the ground before going all the way forward and I didn't notice till I heard the crash from inside the house. I'm going to either shorten it or change the angle.

[Teek]

Very good point about making sure the side stand is fully forward. I'm really careful with it now and with how I park it. I don't get off it in an iffy area until I'm sure it's got it's weight to the side, otherwise I re-park it.

beRto, you're right, I'm sorry!    It wasn't an intentional cheat though because, do you SEE a side stand?? That's what I thought was so funny, because I do a lot of Photoshopping, and that's what it looked like to me right out of the camera.. But my sense of humor is probably warped from all the time I've spent in this forum... 

[ajaxgs]

But my sense of humor is probably warped from all the time I've spent in this forum... 

..........Teek it only gets better the more time you spend here!!!   lol

[Teek]

ajaxgs, I believe you are correct...