Triumphrat

bradtx

Hi All, I had the rear on the Triumph paddock stand with the rear wheel removed. While using a jack under the header pipe to get the front wheel off the ground I almost dropped the D955i on me (literally) as the right side of the stand came off of the garage floor.

As I've jacked up the front numerous times with the rear wheel installed without problem I was pretty surprised that the rear wheel was such a major counterweight. My 'fix' was to place two 50 lb. bags of concrete on the right rear corner of the stand.

This isn't to start a paddock stand thread, just to inform those with the Triumph stand (or a similar design) of this.

Brad

TechmanBD

My solution to that, Tie downs from the rafters that go around each side of the handle bars. I jack up a little, then tighten the tie downs.

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fivehundo

That's how I did it...

Sounds like great minds think alike, techman!!!

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TechmanBD

Engineering at its finest. :

Wait, you are an engineer as well, aren't you? I thought I read that once.

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fivehundo

Sort-of...

I work as an engineer professionally but my degree is in management. I gained a lot of experience as a launch vehicle systems engineer (rocket scientist while in the military and my current employer put me to work as an engineer.

I was thinking about getting a second Bachelors but I'm not sure yet.

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CYLax

Putting a jackstand under the rear shock linkage works too...just support the bike with straps as Techman said...

fivehundo

Or two jackstands under to footpegs...

That works too...

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CYLax

Hmm...handn't thought of that one. No risk of damage to the rearsets?

fivehundo

I didn't have any damage when I did it. I did put a couple of rags on the jackstands but it worked out okay...

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Wally

Same here! Looks about as redneck as it can get, but function is what I was after. To remove your forks put the straps around the top tubes of the frame instead of the handlebars.