I posted something about this on another thread but figured it could use a thread of it's own so here it is. I have to take tons of pics of a variety of different motorcycles and ATVs at work so I decided to build my own lazy susan to make my life easier. My inspiration was a youtube video I saw of someone using a pair of motorcycle ramps bolted together and attached to a lazy susan that a guy used to roll his big cruiser onto and put his feet down to spin the bike around in his garage so he didn't have to back it out and turn it around in the driveway.
I used were a $9 lazy susan from the hardware store that's normally used for kitchen cabinets and bolted it to a metal frame that was the top of a shipping crate for a Yamaha Grizzly ATV. I added a piece of 3/4" plywood with a smaller piece hinged on each end to act as ramps for rolling the bikes on and off and some indoor/outdoor carpet to make it look nice for the pics. I then added a small ball bearing caster on each corner to keep it from tottering as I loaded the bikes on and off. All together I have well under $100 invested in it and it looks very professional and makes my life much much easier. Even with an ST or even a giant GL1800 Gold Wing on the spinner as long as I use the center stand I can easily spin the bike with my foot. Since I also load plenty of big heavy cruisers w/o center stands and ATVs I added an I-hook to attach a heavy duty dog leash to help spin it around when needed.
I realize this is probably overkill for most of you so you could easily make a much smaller version to use with the center stand with just a small square steel plate attached to the lazy susan and just put your feet down to spin your bike around in the garage. If I had a bigger garage that wasn't so full of motorcycles and other junk I'd build one for myself to use at home. Here is a series of pics of a 2008 ST1300 in action on the spinner.
I used were a $9 lazy susan from the hardware store that's normally used for kitchen cabinets and bolted it to a metal frame that was the top of a shipping crate for a Yamaha Grizzly ATV. I added a piece of 3/4" plywood with a smaller piece hinged on each end to act as ramps for rolling the bikes on and off and some indoor/outdoor carpet to make it look nice for the pics. I then added a small ball bearing caster on each corner to keep it from tottering as I loaded the bikes on and off. All together I have well under $100 invested in it and it looks very professional and makes my life much much easier. Even with an ST or even a giant GL1800 Gold Wing on the spinner as long as I use the center stand I can easily spin the bike with my foot. Since I also load plenty of big heavy cruisers w/o center stands and ATVs I added an I-hook to attach a heavy duty dog leash to help spin it around when needed.
I realize this is probably overkill for most of you so you could easily make a much smaller version to use with the center stand with just a small square steel plate attached to the lazy susan and just put your feet down to spin your bike around in the garage. If I had a bigger garage that wasn't so full of motorcycles and other junk I'd build one for myself to use at home. Here is a series of pics of a 2008 ST1300 in action on the spinner.
