keeping ones end up

[Ben Rawlinson]

Does anyone have a really cool idea for holding up the front of the bike while removing the front wheel ?

I presently get my large son to sit on the back with a bag of horse feed on the centrestand then stick a bit of wood under the sump when the back wheel hits the ground.....

I used to have a Triumph Spitfire sportscar (well, it had a soft top) it was about 4 inches off the ground - to get the bottle jack under it I used to drive the flat tyre up onto the spare !
seemed a neat idea to me at the time....

[KitNYC]

I use a $20 scissor jack under the sump, with a piece of 2x4 between them. Bike on centerstand, jack near front of sump, couple of cranks & Robert's your mother's brother.

Cheers, HTH,
-Kit

[sailfish]

I use a cheap bottle jack and a scrap piece of 1x4 but only because I don't have a kid and a bag of horse feed in the garage.

[Roden]

I support the rear end with a paddock stand then use a trolley jack with a block of wood, positioned under the sump. Lifts it easy and nice and stable.

Just make sure you loosen the axle nut before you lift it off the ground.

Cheers,

Roden

[Trophymick]

I use the small bottle jack and piece of wood under the sump approach. Once the front wheel is out, I have two wooden blocks and a piece of round steel bar, that slides in place of the axle, then lower the bike to take the weight;o) A kind of home made paddock stand!


Trophymick

[Ben Rawlinson]

Thanks for the thoughts

Love the one about not having a kid and some horse feed in the garage ! - we Brits always keep kids in the garage - that way you can oil them if they squeak.

[Motocomiot]

Ve Austrians keep zem in zer cellar - zat vay you cannot hear zem at all !

[sailfish]

I use a cheap bottle jack and a scrap piece of 1x4 but only because I don't have a kid and a bag of horse feed in the garage.

What I forgot to add to this (doing it now) was "like my father did"