Parking on a slope issue

[princebuster]

Hi,

Just looking for some advice here, attached is a photo of how my PCX is currently parked up.
The road next to it is a narrow no through road, leading up to the main road 25 meters from the left of the car park.

So hill starts each time I set off, which was fine when I set off for its first real run out.
70 miles later, came back and had a bit of difficulty parking it where it is now.
It's good for security purposes, and I have the side (under a nice block of wood) and centre stand up, and the parking space is deep enough so the car could be parked 1.5-2 meters from the back wall, so I could slowly drive round the car against the back wall and park it like so.

If you could share any other ideas that would be great, unfortunately, all the other spaces are private, so just have this space in the pic.

Thanks!

[Oldie]

When arriving home, ride straight into your space and leave the bike on it's sidestand. Next time out, sit on the bike and paddle backwards with your feet to get back out. Hold rear brake as you accelerate away.

[Old Grinner]

Is the land sinking over a tin mine? Sorry. . .just kidding. LOL!!!

It is an awkward position. Good luck with that. It's too bad there wasn't something you could tie up to on the uphill wall to keep it from rolling off a side stand.

I'm not recommending any suggestions here but if it were my dilemma, and not knowing if others are going to use the space either side of the Audi, I would try to park it either on the center stand (if you can get a piece of something flat, wide, and firm to put under it so the center stand won't slip through a crevice) or use the side stand but chuck the wheels so it won't roll back and have the front wheel facing up hill for both uses. That said, right now you have a system that seems to be working so far. It's too bad the U.K. models don't get the brake lock feature that the ones do on our side of the pond.

The only configurations I can think of by parking it with the front wheel on the "uphill" end and relative to the Audi would be like a number 7 or letter L, a letter T, or directly in front or behind the car (parallel with the bumpers). But getting access to get in and out will be priority. If it's your car then you would have more control over that situation. If you parked in front or behind it then it would only effect your access.

Again. . .awkward indeed.

[Mel46]

Wait! Isn't the side stand on the left? If you put the side stand down the bike will almost be upright. Not good. Wind could knock it over.

You could build a small, level platform for your bike with a small ramp to go up and down off of. If you don't have the tools or skills to build it, have someone do it for you. It should not be too difficult since you are really only making the space level.

[gn2]

Park it at a 45 degree angle to the fence with the front pointing uphill and use the sidestand.
To get it in there, stop on the street at the top and paddle it backwards down hill with your feet.
Chain the rear wheel to the fence.
Easy.

[you you]

Park it at a 45 degree angle to the fence with the front pointing uphill and use the sidestand.
To get it in there, stop on the street at the top and paddle it backwards down hill with your feet.
Chain the rear wheel to the fence.
Easy.

This.

Watch the surface in the wet.

[Old Grinner]

Park it at a 45 degree angle to the fence with the front pointing uphill and use the sidestand.
To get it in there, stop on the street at the top and paddle it backwards down hill with your feet.
Chain the rear wheel to the fence.
Easy.

gn2 - Using the fence as a fail safe for an unintended roll due to wind or whatever is a most excellent idea. Plus securing the rear wheel to the fence adds additional protection against theft.

princebuster - Since it appears that PCX has a top box then perhaps lining it up kitty corner against the back wall and downhill slope side fence using the cover or cover and some kind of material secured to the top box as an insulator against scuffs or scratches may help too. It would reduce the roll factor by sort of snugging it into a "notch". See if you can send us a pic when you have found what works best.

I'm going to see about a cold Heineken.

[springer1]

Get a sheet of 3/4 plywood and some 2x6s and make a platform to level it out. Angle the scoot back onto it from the front corner that’s even with the ground. ........ Or rent some space nearby where it’s level- and maybe under cover !!

[princebuster]

Thanks everyone for the suggestions, much appreciated.

[Spaguar]

princebuster, could you share a link where you've purchased your bike cover? Whatever I tried on my Forza is always too short to cover the fully extended windshield, the mirrors and the top box. Yours seams to be the right size if the front part is wide enough for Forza's mirrors.

As for the parking, I would park the same way as you did on your photo but would try to fix a small leveled platform for the center stand. Such a platform would also prevent the center stand from getting between the stone cubes. Like oldie wrote : "When arriving home, ride straight into your space" but I would always use a center stand, not the side stand.

[Oldie]

Spaguar - it's a PCX, not a Forza (mistake in original introduction).

[springer1]

As for the parking, I would park the same way as you did on your photo but would try to fix a small leveled platform for the center stand. Such a platform would also prevent the center stand from getting between the stone cubes.

Bingo +1 ....... I like this suggestion better than the one I made.

[GatorGreg]

Maybe you could slice off a couple inches of your sidestand so you'd have a normal lean when parked on that slope - but then you'd have to remember to only use your centerstand everywhere else - LOL

[Old Grinner]

Maybe you could slice off a couple inches of your sidestand so you'd have a normal lean when parked on that slope - but then you'd have to remember to only use your centerstand everywhere else - LOL

You may actually be onto something there. . .but instead of shortening the side stand. . .let the side stand sink down further. . .leaning onto the uphill side of course. . .front wheel pointed to the back wall.

IF there was a crevice between those pavers that the side stand fit into rather nicely and it had a firm bottom that allowed the lean angle to be appropriate then it could be the "go to" spot to park the PCX every time. That said it would still probably be a good idea to chuck the wheels. If found I'd mark it with some chalk or something until I got used to where it was. Call me crazy!

[princebuster]

Maybe you could slice off a couple inches of your sidestand so you'd have a normal lean when parked on that slope - but then you'd have to remember to only use your centerstand everywhere else - LOL

You may actually be onto something there. . .but instead of shortening the side stand. . .let the side stand sink down further. . .leaning onto the uphill side of course. . .front wheel pointed to the back wall.

IF there was a crevice between those pavers that the side stand fit into rather nicely and it had a firm bottom that allowed the lean angle to be appropriate then it could be the "go to" spot to park the PCX every time. That said it would still probably be a good idea to chuck the wheels. If found I'd mark it with some chalk or something until I got used to where it was. Call me crazy!

I think I will try this as an option, roll in so from week is facing back wall and paddle out backward when I want to leave... but the more permanent one is to make an area level at the bottom for the centre stand. Which I will think about and do over the next couple of weeks!
Thanks for all your suggestions

[Spaguar]

Spaguar - it's a PCX, not a Forza (mistake in original introduction).

Yes, I know. It's his cover that I am interested in in order to find out if it would fit my Forza.

[princebuster]

Spaguar - it's a PCX, not a Forza (mistake in original introduction).

Yes, I know. It's his cover that I am interested in in order to find out if it would fit my Forza.

Hi Spaguar, it is Big Hippo Motorcycle Cover, size XXL - got it through Amazon, but no longer there - in the UK store anyway.
Does the job for me.

[Spaguar]

Thanks, Princebuster!