Front Stand

To compliment my Sharp Racing rear stand I picked up a front Stand from http://stores.ebay.com.au/Kaneg-Motorcycle-Accessories last week. Only got to assemble and use it today after work and I must say its great value. It arrived in 4 days with a discount voucher for my next purchase
The quality of finish is at least as good as the Sharp unit and I dont know why I put off for years getting one of these things.
If you dont have one, get one!

Why would you need a rear paddock stand when your bike has a centre stand?

I always use the rear stand over the centre stand as well. Not sure why. i just prefer it.

Cruisecontrol wrote:Why would you need a rear paddock stand when your bike has a centre stand?

Because it makes you feel like a member of the motogp paddock. Its also more stable when you have both wheels out at the same time
The front stand we use is different though, it has a pin that goes into the hole under the head stem to lift the front up.

Cruisecontrol wrote:Why would you need a rear paddock stand when your bike has a centre stand?

That rear stand has been under a few bikes before the B1250

Sloth_27 wrote:Its also more stable when you have both wheels out at the same time

Well I must just be a cheap bastard then because when I take the front and rear wheels off together I use the centre stand and a couple of bricks wedged under the lower frame rails.

Cruisecontrol wrote:Why would you need a rear paddock stand when your bike has a centre stand?

Considering that it's spring loaded, I'd never work on a bike that was relying on the centre stand as the primary means of support.

One shove in the wrong direction, and (potentially) off it goes...

It would have to be a pretty decent shove.
The only spring loaded part of the centre stand is what keeps it in the up position. The springs have nothing to do with keeping the bike itself upright. All of which is a moot point because I only fit the centre stand to work on it as it is far too heavy and ugly to justify leaving it there permanently.

I have completely rebuilt this bike using only ever the centre stand and some bricks. I have never had a problem nor come even close.

A few weeks back doing the fork seals:

Then there's the convienence of having both wheels off the ground in 20 seconds. Whatever works is ok by me.

Mate U need a shed

2wheelsagain wrote:Then there's the convienence of having both wheels off the ground in 20 seconds.

The only reason I have ever needed both wheels off the ground was when I was removing the front end, which renders the front stand previously mentioned quite useless.


I would consider the need for both wheels off the ground quickly if I purchased a track bike and some tyre warmers.

Cruisecontrol wrote:
I have completely rebuilt this bike using only ever the centre stand and some bricks. I have never had a problem nor come even close.

...and perhaps you never will (have problems, that is).

Having said that, just because something is possible, doesn't necessarily make it right (or safe).

I am surprised that you ride at all then...

It must be the precious season…………

The primary use for my front stand is making cleaning the front wheel easier. For the cost of about 2 slabs of beer it was a good buy for me Its up to others whether they use them or not

Cruisecontrol wrote:I am surprised that you ride at all then...

I'm sorry, but I don't see the correlation between riding a motorcycle and working on a piece of machinery supported by construction materials.

My point was not to be "precious", but it appeared from your comment that you were questioning the logic of purchasing a paddock stand, when one could instead use pavers for the task.

As 2Wheelsagain implied - each to their own. So good luck with that.

Yay, you win.

Congrats on being an integral part of the most banal forum I have ever experienced.




Enjoy...

CC, I for one value your contributions and would like to see you around here in the future. Personally, I think that this has gotten a bit out of hand.

Cheers Peter

I do it this way. But if i had the cash, i would like a set of stands. last time i had a safty rope from the bars to the roof