For the life of me I couldn't find the thread that had some pointers on the safest, easiest way to get the bike up on the stock swingarm stand by yourself. I'd love to know how you guys do it as my butler is not always by my side. Thanks,
I put my sidestand down, then balance the bike taking hold of the pillion tail (easier if strap fitted). I then place the padock stand spindle in the hub and push down taking some of the weight from the bike and allowing it to be raised fully. I always raise and lower the bike myself as I don't have a butler lol
Removing the padock stand is basically the same......raise the stand till rear wheel touches floor then hold tail unit and slowly remove all pressure from stand and remove. Bike should come to rest on side stand no problem
You can't put the bike on the padock stand my friend and hold the bars at the same time, unless you have 6 foot long arms lol. When you sit the bike upright and have the padock stand close by, you need to straighten the bars to balance the bike. I suggest if you are worried to try it yourself but with someone stood by to help if need be and till you have the confidence
Yes, I'll call my butler and have another go at it. lol
I thought (incorrectly) that people had one hand on the grip, one on the seat, and one foot on the stand to rock it back.
Going from memory. I placed the side stand down. Installed the paddock stand. Then stood the bike up straight while standing on the side of the bike. I then use one arm to push on the stand until both sides were on the ground and balancing the bike. Then I would apply more pressure to raise the bike onto the stand. I have a reverse pitbull stand I use now.
shit can the POS and buy a real stand, in no particular order:
Pit Bull reverse
F&G, in the parts book
ABBA, it lifts both ends
T-Rex reversable
Alex at GP Racing has a roll around on that lifts both ends like the ABBA and he is a Forum sponsor:naughty:
the stock POS is so bad, i gave 2 away for postage, CAG did the same
Yes, I've been trying to decide but the bursig type at gp is definitely one of my choices, when I reach that priority point. Lots of other things come first. Until then, oem is better than no stand, unless it slips off, of course.
Yes, I've been trying to decide but the bursig type at GP is definitely one of my choices, when I reach that priority point. Lots of other things come first. Until then, oem is better than no stand, unless it slips off, of course.
guarda,a word of warning,be careful if you are turning the back wheel on the POS OEM stand because the bike can wind itself off the spindle before you realise it,then I dont need to tell you what happens:wtf:
So true, I have to keep pulling the bike back onto the stand when cleaning my chain
Might be hard to believe but I also had a previous padock stand bearing collapse in my padock stand whilst the bike was on it...... Lucky!
Mitch, can the padock stands have any adverse effect on hub bearings too?
put your bike on the side stand, and place the oem stand into the axis.
then stand behind the bike and push it upright.
then stand on the lower bar in the oem stand with your right foot.
as soon as there is weight on the bar, the bike is completely stable.
then stand with your left foot on the higher bar and you pull with your own body weight the bike onto the stand.
easy and extremely safe, and requires no force at all.
Yep, after doing some research I think I'm going to go with the one from GP so I can do suspension work in the rear. I've actually learned to get my bike up on the stand by pulling on the triple yoke from the right side of the bike while pushing down on the stand with my left foot. That's the only way that works for me. (140lbs)
I got the MotoGP paddock stand from Alex at Gutsy performance. After some fiddling (and advice from Carl and Ed) I got it set up so that I can lift the bike by myself. I'm even less than 140 and have no strength.
I didn't buy the wheels because I didn't think I'd ever need to move the bike around while elevated. The stand is easier to use with the wheels on as it's higher off the ground and lines up easier with the bike. I have to sort of shift mine around a bit to line it up, lifting it off the floor to reach the bike, but I'm used to it now.
If you want great service and support from your vendor use Alex. He was a pleasure to deal with even when I found the stand difficult initially. He sorted me out!
Yes, I read your thread a while back and it helped me make a decision. I'll be lowering my F4 with the Sato linkage piece and to make it easier, I now am going to get the wheels as well. Thanks
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