Hello out there,
Can anyone put me in touch with a paddock stand for this bike, which as of 2017, does NOT have a center stand available. My dealer is clueless about any current availability of an add-on center stand. The online Vids of paddock stand instruction don't seem to be selling, only how-to with sport bikes,etc.
The bike does come with purpose-designed brackets for the "bobbins" to accept the two arms of a paddock stand. Got the bobbins, not the stand.
Talk to me.....puleeze. I'm oiling my chain like medieval style! WEEDIE
Just picked up a Pit Bull SS paddock stand at the Wash DC International Motorcycle Show earlier this month. The folks from Pit Bull were very nice. First rate product that can easily be adjusted to fit a number of motorcycle applications. Do yourself a favor and purchase the paddock stand bobbins/spools for the rear swing arm from Triumph. Pit Bull also makes a front paddock stand that can ether be used at the front fork or outfitted with a triple tree pin to lift the bike from the front. Both Revzilla and Sportbike Track Gear sell these stands at fairly reasonable prices. I just have the rear stand as that is all I felt I needed right now.
They are just across town from me so I just go over and buy direct. It's a beautiful thing and I know all the guys over there very well as they used to be a customer of mine.
I got a cheap paddock stand from Amazon (now 32 bucks, was 25 when I bought it), and wish I had gone with the Harbor Freight. The stand works fine, and was cheap, BUT the bolts that hold the bobbin catches once you adjust the width don't do a great job of keeping the adjustment. I have to re-adjust the width every time. I may permanently lock them with something. The Harbor Freight adjustment mechanism looks much more affirmative.
This is the first bike I've ever used a paddock stand with, and there's a (small) learning curve. You have to get the bike upright before lifting it, and if you're doing it alone, it can be tricky. I recommend being to the rear right of the bike - if it drops left when you are steadying it, it will fall on the kickstand. You can also use a front wheel grab to steady it instead.
I agree, money not an issue, get the PitBull...that is the best one you can get! And they have a model that you can remove the handle to take up less space when storing it.
For the amount of use I give it, I just could not spend that $ on it.
My T120 is the first bike I've owned with a center stand in more years than I care to admit. I'm only 5'8" and find it rather difficult to get it up on the center stand for chain maintenance. For my right hand grip, the frame under the seat is too high and the left passenger peg mount too low. So for an experiment, I took a piece of heavy rope and made a loop through the passenger peg mount. That placed my right hand in line with the Bonneville graphics on the side cover. That allowed me to do the lifting with my legs and it was easier to get it up on the center stand.
Compare to my two Harleys, the Triumph seems to have a higher center of gravity and thus more easy to lose control of. I nearly dropped it once getting it off the c/stand!!
My questions for all of you who are more familiar with center stand use on these bikes; Does the T120 seem.... heavier, easier, or about the same to get up on its center stand as other machines that you might be familiar with?
And, is the paddock stand an acceptable substitute for a center stand or would it more difficult for one person to use, perhaps necessitating a front wheel chock to use safely?
My questions for all of you who are more familiar with center stand use on these bikes; Does the T120 seem.... heavier, easier, or about the same to get up on its center stand as other machines that you might be familiar with?
And, is the paddock stand an acceptable substitute for a center stand or would it more difficult for one person to use, perhaps necessitating a front wheel chock to use safely?
I've had many bikes with center stands, as a matter of fact, that's all some of my bikes have had. I find that most people try to muscle a bike on a CS and work too hard at it. The technique that I've always used is to push with my weight on the CS tang while gently pulling on the bike. It seems to work all the time.
Having said that, I put my buddy's T120 on the CS a couple of times. While it was not hard, I found it more difficult than many other bikes.
Here are some center stand videos:
A person can put a bike on a rear paddock stand by themselves, but it requires some planning. I do it as described in the videos below:
Hey THANK YOU everyone who put up that info on the stands. I will be working on the bike solo, SO, after watching several of the "how to do it" vids, what I came away with IS.......I want to avoid that freaky moment (I've had tooooomany of those) just before the bike finds its vertical happy place so you can engage the stand.
Putting a contraption of any kind on the front wheel is a mechanical advantage for keeping the bike at 90 degrees upright. I'm going to modify my 8 ft workbench with an extra 4x4, and two of those side by side will accept the front wheel at a 5 inch depth, no further or you are catching the brake discs. If you lock the front brake, this should hold the whole bike momentarily vertical until the stand can be activated. I will report back in the next couple of weeks on how this worked out.
Again many thanks my Lads for sending me off in the right direction, and don't forget....Keep that dirty side down. WEEDIE
Hey THANK YOU everyone who put up that info on the stands. I will be working on the bike solo, SO, after watching several of the "how to do it" vids, what I came away with IS.......I want to avoid that freaky moment (I've had tooooomany of those) just before the bike finds its vertical happy place so you can engage the stand.
Putting a contraption of any kind on the front wheel is a mechanical advantage for keeping the bike at 90 degrees upright. I'm going to modify my 8 ft workbench with an extra 4x4, and two of those side by side will accept the front wheel at a 5 inch depth, no further or you are catching the brake discs. If you lock the front brake, this should hold the whole bike momentarily vertical until the stand can be activated. I will report back in the next couple of weeks on how this worked out.
Again many thanks my Lads for sending me off in the right direction, and don't forget....Keep that dirty side down. WEEDIE
I have a busted up leg and am pretty clumsy these days. When I first got Thruxy, I'd use a lift to straighten the bike before throwing the jackstand under it. It's kinda time consuming and a PITA to pull out that jack all the time. I learned that I could just put one side under the left bobbin and gently push on the seat and pressure the jackstand handle and it would straighten out with both lifts under the bobbins. I then block the jackstand wheel with my foot and up she comes.
This is the first bike I've had that used the bobbins. Had lots that use the swingarm lift side of the jackstand. I find that's actually easier. Believe it or not my big Versys 1000 with no bobbins and a trunk requires much less finesse to get up on the jackstand.
Be warned that some paddock stands are difficult to use on the Thruxton as the bobbin threads are relatively low, making lifting it on your own tricky.
That might sound stupid, but I couldn't lift the bike with my existing aluminium stand, as I wasn't heavy enough to lift the bike the 10cm or so it required.
I went and bought a stand from the local bike shop, and the thing actually bent when I tried to lift the bike!! So don't buy a stand without bracing, or with joints to make them simpler to ship.
In the end, I simply removed the brackets and cut 5cm off the top of each arm of my existing thick aluminium stand, and it lifts easily and safely to about 5cm off the floor.
So... test the stand if you can before buying, or make sure they have adjustable height, or ask someone who already has one what brand it is (such as Pit Bull, which people always seem to recommend)
Probably because they don't usually bend every time a featherweight leans on one. :wrenchin
Mine are close to 20 years old and the rear one looks like it's been thru war, but they are both as sturdy and functional as the day I bought them.
Have Pitbull stands myself (front and rear) that have been used with at least three different bikes and are still going strong. Expensive? Sure. But it has already outlasted two of my motorcycles...
C317..., Thanks for your comments and forwarding the videos. Your comments and those of Badgame's confirm my thoughts that the T120 is a bit of bear to get onto the C/S.
It was interesting to note that the Ducati in one video had a special handle for your right hand located about half way between the seat and the passenger peg. This is about the same location where I had my right hand with the "rope trick" that I referred to. Further, in watching the videos several times, I wonder if that "pedal" attachment to the C/S for your right foot on the T120 is a little short on leverage??? If so, that combined with a right hand grip point too low or too high could add to the weight one must overcome to get the thing onto the C/S.
I'm already thinking designs for a removable extension to the C/S pedal to increase leverage.
It might be a solution.I think that the geometry of the C/stand is not optimal. Perhaps the frame or profile's pipes prevent the engineers to do better?. see you soon,Perhaps on our roads and in our museums.
If you need something I can do for you, do not hesitate. It will be with pleasure 0
Badgame,
Thanks for your comments. You confirm my thoughts on the T120's heavy C/S lift.
Interesting to hear from someone from Alsace. My great grandparents were from that region.
We vacationed in France this fall and spent a weekend in Paris. Couldn't get enough of the museums.
Would love to go back and see more!
Hello Lads,
I contacted the folks at PitBull, and they have been thru the learning curve with the 2016 Thrux.
They have had a '16 Thrux in their shop and came up with the correct stand for this model. They are aware that it is NOT the same anything as the 2015 Thrux. So, I ordered one and then got serious about finding a safe and sure method of raising the bike by me own self!
I made a "docking port" for the front tire. With bike at vertical (me on it) the front tire rolls straight in between two 4x4's that are now structurally part of my workbench, in both axis, nothing can move. The front tire goes in only 5 inches before it gets too close to the discs, but this method WORKS, the bike sits up and does not wiggle, it assumes its vertical balance by its own weight. I did not lock the front brake, but will do that later
Since I am working solo at all times, this method of holding the bike vertical for a short time had to be figgered out for anything to go forward. All this ! just to oil my chain! Triumph handed us a warm turd by leaving the centerstand off this bike.........but the REST of the bike is nothing short of MAGNIFICO!!
More later after I put the stand in operation, and will have to see what affect raising the rear has on any movement of the front tire/tip of the fender. FUN!! Thanks again for all the help guys, here's hope-ing you all get some warm days and dry roads. WEEDIE
Hello Lads,
I contacted the folks at PitBull, and they have been thru the learning curve with the 2016 Thrux.
They have had a '16 Thrux in their shop and came up with the correct stand for this model. They are aware that it is NOT the same anything as the 2015 Thrux. So, I ordered one and then got serious about finding a safe and sure method of raising the bike by me own self!
I made a "docking port" for the front tire. With bike at vertical (me on it) the front tire rolls straight in between two 4x4's that are now structurally part of my workbench, in both axis, nothing can move. The front tire goes in only 5 inches before it gets too close to the discs, but this method WORKS, the bike sits up and does not wiggle, it assumes its vertical balance by its own weight. I did not lock the front brake, but will do that later
Since I am working solo at all times, this method of holding the bike vertical for a short time had to be figgered out for anything to go forward. All this ! just to oil my chain! Triumph handed us a warm turd by leaving the centerstand off this bike.........but the REST of the bike is nothing short of MAGNIFICO!!
More later after I put the stand in operation, and will have to see what affect raising the rear has on any movement of the front tire/tip of the fender. FUN!! Thanks again for all the help guys, here's hope-ing you all get some warm days and dry roads. WEEDIE
@weedie, thank you for the pm! And yes... why Triumph decided not to have a center stand on these bikes makes no sense!!
Do share photos of your setup when you get it.
A wheel chock is great. You just reminded me that I need to get me one of those that can be use as a freestanding chock for when I am alone working on the bike... I can't build it as a fixed chock...need to be able to move it out of the way as space is at a premium in the garage. Something like this:
I have used the Venom rear and front stands since day 1. The front stand is the pin style that goes under the lower triple and have taken my front tire off a few times while on the stand without issue. I also bought the rear stand trolley adapter, so I can literally wheel my bike around the garage and tuck it up close to the wall etc. All in about 250 bucks.
Do you have success with your '13 thruxton as well as the R? I've been looking for a good set up that lets me trolley the bike to the back of the garage.
Well, its nice when something actually WORKS the first time. Received the paddock stand (rear) today and the folks at PitBull in Alabama instructed me to get the Part Number F0082A-000 (Called the Busa) which operated safely on the first try. This is their REAR stand that works with the bobbins on the 2016 Thruxton, standard or R model. This bike puts the bobbins only 10 inches from the floor, which requires this particular stand with the relatively short vertical arms.
The stand is a long term investment, made of heavy guage 1-1/2" diameter steel and is well plated....it will last for decades even with daily use, not cheap at $159, but you are getting what you pay for, this is a professional grade mechanic's tool.
Many thanks to all who helped steer me in the right direction !! Happy Trails Lads WEEDIE
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