Home Made Front stand

[stormi]

Ok.. I could swear I read this here, but since I can't find it anywhere with any of the search words I've used, here it goes.

Orginal link

I found a link to this somewhere, and since the 919 needs a front tire, and since I don't have a centrestand on it, we built this.  

It's pretty sturdy, don't push on it if it's not loaded, but it's holding the bike securely right now.   The parts may be $48 in the states, but here we get bent over for $90 in parts, but since it will save me about $40 on the first tire change, and it can be used for all 4 of our bikes, it should pay for itself quickly.

This is ours, with the 919 "hanging" from it
 

I put the motocycle lift under the forks for the night, for my own peace of mind.  I had terrible visions of the carnage that would happen if the bike managed to fall.  Squished Dita, Bashed up 919, and somehow, I know that the dirtbikes ( behind me in this pic) would get into the action as well.

Shopping List:
Qty    Part Description    Where Used    
4    8" x 1" pipe    Feet
4    24" x 1" pipe    Vertical Legs
4    1" Tee    2 for Top Bar, 2 for Legs to Feet
2    1" 90 degree Elbows    Vertical Legs to Top Bar
2    4" x 1" pipe    Connect Elbow to Tee on top bar
4    1" Caps    End of Feet
2    1" Connectors    Connect  two 24" pipes to make vertial legs
1    30" x 1" pipe    Top bar

 

[smooth operator]

That will work.I have had stands made for my Bandit front and back. The front has pegs that fit in the bottom of the forks but they could be a better fit. Wants to slip out if not just right. But once its up its stable.

[Bob Holland]

In my garage, I have two eye bolts in the ceiling, and with my come along, I can lift the front or rear, or both if need. I have a set of forks that have been shorten 3" for dragracing, so it required a easy way to lift the front.

[stormi]

In my garage, I have two eye bolts in the ceiling, and with my come along, I can lift the front or rear, or both if need. I have a set of forks that have been shorten 3" for dragracing, so it required a easy way to lift the front.

we considered something along the same lines, but given that we don't have a garage, just a shed that's built with 1x4 framing ,.. it seemed that stand alone might be the way to go.  

[GETFURIOUS]

"stormi" Ok.. I could swear I read this here, but since I can't find it anywhere with any of the search words I've used, here it goes.

Orginal link

I found a link to this somewhere, and since the 919 needs a front tire, and since I don't have a centrestand on it, we built this.  

It's pretty sturdy, don't push on it if it's not loaded, but it's holding the bike securely right now.   The parts may be $48 in the states, but here we get bent over for $90 in parts, but since it will save me about $40 on the first tire change, and it can be used for all 4 of our bikes, it should pay for itself quickly.

This is ours, with the 919 "hanging" from it
 

I put the motocycle lift under the forks for the night, for my own piece of mind.  I had terrible visions of the carnage that would happen if the bike managed to fall.  Squished Dita, Bashed up 919, and somehow, I know that the dirtbikes ( behind me in this pic) would get into the action as well.

OKAY.....I JUST GOTTA BUILD ONE (TWO, THREE, FOUR) OF THESE!....

WOW.....THANKS FOR THE INFORMATION.....

[android12]

Im replacing my front, cant u just put on center stand and weight down the back side?? I guess the engine is the heavier part of the bike, but it cant be that heavy?

[scorpionsf]

Im replacing my front, cant u just put on center stand and weight down the back side?? I guess the engine is the heavier part of the bike, but it cant be that heavy?

thats how my friend and i worked on his '75 cb550 fork. we put it up on the center stand and ratchet strapped the swingarm to a big rock

[interfuse]

Im replacing my front, cant u just put on center stand and weight down the back side?? I guess the engine is the heavier part of the bike, but it cant be that heavy?

Yup. If you have a center stand you jack up the front with a cinder brick and some bits of 2 x 4. Just make sure it's not resting on your exhaust pipe.

[stormi]

Absolutely it works to do that, if you have a centerstand.  The 919 doesn't, so we needed something else.  I also feel more secure having the bike suspended for things like fork work.  When r_outsider was doing the fork seals on the CBR600 we had a few years back, we used the same stand.  A lot of sport bikes (Gixxers, CBRs, etc) have no centerstands.  Of course sometimes people also take them off for other reasons too.