need some quick advice - bike stands - Motorcycle-Journal Forums

GregR1 · 04-10-2007, 11:02 AM

heya guys,

ok, need some quick advice. i'm about to go out and buy a bike stand - the type that keeps the bike vertical and stable for wrenching on stuff. now, i see plenty of the types that support the swingarm at the tail end / sprocket end, and i guess they'd be good for most work - EXCEPT shock work. i've seen some stands in photographs that support at the swingarm pivot, leaving the shock with no load on it. are those easy to find? should i try to get one of those, or stick with the more common one?

reason i ask is that the local dealers don't have the pivot-supporting kind in their catalogs (being in Canada, my mail-order options are limited), so i'm not sure if i should hunt for the pivot type and not bother with the common one that is so easily available here.

hurry!!!

Aussie Steve · 04-10-2007, 10:10 PM

Block of wood mate cheap too!!!!!

D_Klein · 04-11-2007, 02:56 PM

I'd love to help you Greg, but a stand that supports at the pivot of the swingarm is foreign to me!

GregR1 · 04-11-2007, 03:12 PM

well, turns out they do exist, but cost around $250. so i got the regular kind for $50. i guess i'll get my friend to fabricate one that goes into the swingarm pivot, pay him all of $80 or so for parts and welding time.

**87gsxrnut** · 04-11-2007, 03:46 PM

I use a floor jack and wood blocks. Should run you about $50 - $100 USD, depending on which one you settle on.

I also have a custom-made (for back in the day) old school GSX-R frame lift, which accomplishes the same thing. It was made by Basani out of exhaust pipe material. Pretty sweet I do say.

- Nut

GregR1 · 04-11-2007, 04:45 PM

hmm, so you lift it by the uderside / engine belly area after taking off the bottom plastic?

raycogxxx · 04-11-2007, 11:12 PM

Scootworks - Motorcycle Lifts by Scootworks

I also found this but it's for Buell bikes

CenterStand and SuperJack Lifts for Harley-Davidson and Other Cruiser Motorcycles

or this one=the picture seems to show what you want although the description doesn't specify

Motorcycle race stand

ps. glad I have a cruiser-just a simple hydrolic lift($50 @ Pep Boys) gets the whole bike off the ground.

04-10-2007, 11:02 AM	#1 (permalink)
GregR1 ... Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 2,308	need some quick advice - bike stands heya guys, ok, need some quick advice. i'm about to go out and buy a bike stand - the type that keeps the bike vertical and stable for wrenching on stuff. now, i see plenty of the types that support the swingarm at the tail end / sprocket end, and i guess they'd be good for most work - EXCEPT shock work. i've seen some stands in photographs that support at the swingarm pivot, leaving the shock with no load on it. are those easy to find? should i try to get one of those, or stick with the more common one? reason i ask is that the local dealers don't have the pivot-supporting kind in their catalogs (being in Canada, my mail-order options are limited), so i'm not sure if i should hunt for the pivot type and not bother with the common one that is so easily available here. hurry!!!

04-10-2007, 10:10 PM	#2 (permalink)
Aussie Steve U.B's LoveChild Joined: Jan 2007 Bike: 02 1200 Bandit Location: Western Australia Posts: 1,125	Block of wood mate cheap too!!!!! __________________ Just remember you ARE entitled to my opinion!!!!

04-11-2007, 02:56 PM	#3 (permalink)
D_Klein 100% Title Free Joined: Feb 2006 Bike: '05 GSX-R750 (Anniversary Edition) Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 1,544	I'd love to help you Greg, but a stand that supports at the pivot of the swingarm is foreign to me! __________________ "Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba...." ~Hunter S. Thompson

04-11-2007, 03:46 PM	#5 (permalink)
87gsxrnut Ho Dog Joined: Dec 2003 Bike: 867-5309 Location: Terror Lake Posts: 4,224	I use a floor jack and wood blocks. Should run you about $50 - $100 USD, depending on which one you settle on. I also have a custom-made (for back in the day) old school GSX-R frame lift, which accomplishes the same thing. It was made by Basani out of exhaust pipe material. Pretty sweet I do say. - Nut __________________ Person or person's unknown.

04-11-2007, 11:12 PM	#7 (permalink)
raycogxxx Sprocket Pilot Joined: Feb 2007 Bike: 2006 M50-Blue Location: Ft Worth, Texas Posts: 850	Scootworks - Motorcycle Lifts by Scootworks I also found this but it's for Buell bikes CenterStand and SuperJack Lifts for Harley-Davidson and Other Cruiser Motorcycles or this one=the picture seems to show what you want although the description doesn't specify Motorcycle race stand ps. glad I have a cruiser-just a simple hydrolic lift($50 @ Pep Boys) gets the whole bike off the ground. __________________ "So long as they don't get violent, I want to let everyone say what they wish, for I myself have always said exactly what pleased me." -- Albert Einstein 2006 M50 Blue, Jardine Slash Cuts w/custom baffles (courtesy of BlueM50Chick), Saddleman Profiler Seat, Memphis Shades Poptop shield, Tour Master saddle and fork bags, Küryakyn Dually ISO-Pegs, Stebel Airhorn. Last edited by raycogxxx; 04-11-2007 at 11:47 PM.

04-11-2007, 03:12 PM	#4 (permalink)
GregR1 ... Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 2,308	well, turns out they do exist, but cost around $250. so i got the regular kind for $50. i guess i'll get my friend to fabricate one that goes into the swingarm pivot, pay him all of $80 or so for parts and welding time.

04-11-2007, 04:45 PM	#6 (permalink)
GregR1 ... Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 2,308	hmm, so you lift it by the uderside / engine belly area after taking off the bottom plastic?

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