Re: Cheap front stand; What're you using?
Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2017 12:39 pm
Excellent! easy on the knee's... how does it get wheels off the ground for what the OP needs to do?
btw - I like a big girl
btw - I like a big girl
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Never do that, you still need to support the belly of the bike LOL. Might as well get a jack stand and at least be closer to the ground when things go over. Surely that fancy lift came with some instruction on removing wheels for bikes with no center stand and some means of support for front and rear wheel removal. Maybe not, but why else would a panel drop out from under a wheel?WhiteNoise wrote:How? Haven't done this but you would roll the bike on ass backwards till the front wheel sat over the "drop out" floor panel. Then set scoot on it's center stand. Remove floor panel. Now you can remove wheel. Correct or not?
Thanks for the pics. They show the undercarriage of the PCX well. I guess you could even put a rag or towel or something on the wood.I went out to the garage, got my floor jack and a 1x6 scrap and put it underneath and across the bottom of the scoot, near the front. It was VERY easy to get the front end an inch or two off the floor.
Whoops! Linked the wrong one. This is the one I meant:homie wrote:Yep, that rear stand will not secure the front end of anything. If you don't want the right tool then drop C-stand find big woman to sit on the pillion. The bike will rock back and you can block up the belly... maybe, I don't have big woman to test this but there are lots of them aroundyou you wrote:Smaug wrote:You are all overthinking this.
This is what I'm going to do next time. It's just the kind of simple but secure solution I was looking for. Building a little jack stand with a V-notch cut out for the front axle to rest in would have been more secure than what I did.you you wrote:Smaug wrote:My (mouse) trigger finger is twitching for this $35 one: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Motorcycle-Bike ... 1244096950
I've got something similar but really it's not necessary.
You are all overthinking this.
For the front jack the bike up whilst on the centre stand. Once you've removed the front wheel pop the axle back in, straighten the forks and put an axle stand under the axle. Lower the bike until it's resting. Bingo, it's a safe as having the wheel in.
Hurray.Smaug wrote:This is what I'm going to do next time. It's just the kind of simple but secure solution I was looking for. Building a little jack stand with a V-notch cut out for the front axle to rest in would have been more secure than what I did.you you wrote:Smaug wrote:My (mouse) trigger finger is twitching for this $35 one: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Motorcycle-Bike ... 1244096950
I've got something similar but really it's not necessary.
You are all overthinking this.
For the front jack the bike up whilst on the centre stand. Once you've removed the front wheel pop the axle back in, straighten the forks and put an axle stand under the axle. Lower the bike until it's resting. Bingo, it's a safe as having the wheel in.
Belly? Did someone say Belly? WN ain't gots no Belly! It be flathomie wrote:Never do that, you still need to support the belly of the bike LOL. Might as well get a jack stand and at least be closer to the ground when things go over. Surely that fancy lift came with some instruction on removing wheels for bikes with no center stand and some means of support for front and rear wheel removal. Maybe not, but why else would a panel drop out from under a wheel?WhiteNoise wrote:How? Haven't done this but you would roll the bike on ass backwards till the front wheel sat over the "drop out" floor panel. Then set scoot on it's center stand. Remove floor panel. Now you can remove wheel. Correct or not?
My daughter's 5, and will soon not fit in her convertible crib/bed. So I'm building her this playhouse loft bed: http://www.ana-white.com/2011/04/little ... e-loft-bedhomie wrote:I love it! Chief says it's crazyBut it's risky and exciting like taking a scooter on the expressway. Hey are you putting up a pigeon coop or building something for the kids? Thats a real cinderblock car port brother, reminds me of a well house... nice!
So you are a carpenter! If she can't appreciate that I will take it off your hands... put some pigeons in itSmaug wrote:I'm building her this playhouse loft bed: http://www.ana-white.com/2011/04/little ... e-loft-bedhomie wrote:Hey are you putting up a pigeon coop or building something for the kids?
Smaug wrote:by the way, looking at my post above, the one with all the pix, the 2x2 supporting the back of the bike was totally unnecessary. When it's on the center stand, it's pretty front-heavy. After removing the rear wheel and muffler, even MORE so.
I was afraid I would need to have the front end up several inches, so the tire would clear the front fender. But this was more than enough. Skip the rear prop, if you do it this way.