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friendfire
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 Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 7:35 am Post subject: Bike stands |
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Bit of a stupid question, but i am looking for a stand for the sport so i can drop both wheels and forks, and have it at a reasonanble height to work on.
Seen some stands, but they seem to rely on the fact that the bikes have a frame low down and the lift supports the fram area, anyone got any suggestions? hope that makes sense?
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Mick
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dgunther
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| Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 5:10 pm Post subject: Re: Bike stands |
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| friendfire wrote: | Bit of a stupid question, but i am looking for a stand for the sport so i can drop both wheels and forks, and have it at a reasonanble height to work on.
Seen some stands, but they seem to rely on the fact that the bikes have a frame low down and the lift supports the fram area, anyone got any suggestions? hope that makes sense?
Cheers
Mick |
Since the frame goes beneath the engine, a motorcycle/ATV jack is a good option. They lift the bike by the frame rails, so you can drop the forks, wheels, even the swingarm if you need to. Most will give you about 12-18" of lift depending on the model. Check Sears or a similar vendor.
If you don't want to use a jack, you may be able to use a stem stand on the front - instead of holding the front by the bottom of the forks, it puts a pin into the steering stem to lift the bike so you can drop the forks.
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Sourcer
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| Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 5:34 pm Post subject: |
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| Just a question about the stand. Is there a main stand on the Baghira Black Panther?
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street_moto
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DAVID THOMPSON
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| Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 9:59 am Post subject: same |
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i have a stand that looks the same in black and it works fine
but had to make a wood frame to fit it to bottom of both the
rt125 and saxon tour as they are not stable if just lifted with it
with out an adaptor 
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cat
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| Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 10:20 am Post subject: |
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| street_moto wrote: | | It's steady enough to work on, but any tight nuts are loosened off before lifting, ... |
I saw one a couple days ago that had a J-hook system that fastened the footpegs to the stand. I can't remember what it was but I'll find it and put pictures. I thought that it would be easy to weld brackets to a stand like yours and get J-hooks.
Get 2 J-hooks, hook them through the footpegs, and mark the side edges of the top of the stand where the brackets should be welded on, cut 2 pieces of flat steel about 20mm wide and long enough so they extend out under the J-hooks and mark them where the holes for the J-hooks should be drilled.
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cat
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| Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 10:35 am Post subject: |
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You can't see it properly here, but you get the idea. ...I think my description is better. I couldn't have seen it, I must have imagined it. 
They use some sort of loops on the stand instead of tabs.
http://bikestandlift.com
Expensive, and never mind the J-hooks, the whole thing would fall over. But the J-hooks are a good idea anyway, for other stands.
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Sourcer
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| Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 12:21 pm Post subject: |
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| street_moto wrote: | No main stand on the Black Panther, but I bought this stand off Ebay, £79 delivered, lifts to a decent height, both wheels off ground and you can manouvre the bike once lifted because it has wheels. It's steady enough to work on, but any tight nuts are loosened off before lifting, hope this helps.  |
Okey, thanks for the info.
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