Recommend me a Paddock Stand
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If you are not worried about funding, you can't beat an Abba Superbike Stand.
http://www.abbastands.co.uk/
http://www.abbastands.co.uk/
I use a Micron rear utilising bobbins on the swing arm and a Bike Grab front. Solid as a rock.
Old pic from a few years back when I still had the standard "dustbin" sized end can fitted.
Or in a few minutes you can adjust the Bike Grab and swap it over to the rear wheel :-
Old pic from a few years back when I still had the standard "dustbin" sized end can fitted.
Or in a few minutes you can adjust the Bike Grab and swap it over to the rear wheel :-
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I'm wondering whether it looks that wide because of the pic angle or whether he has a tyre off a Lambo on the back.
I got to get one of these, Side stand only sucks ***** for maintenance.
I went for ages without one. I was so lazy in buying one when I did work on my Bandit I used to just get rope and tie up the handlebars up to the roof of my garage lol.
Needless to say, to do proper work, I got myself a paddock stand with the GSX-R, made such a difference.
Just want to get a front stand when I get my next bike, as it'll make it easy for moving my bike in and out of my garage lol.
Yeah, weird. I dunno what happened to that pic, lifted it from an old post I put on the AF1 forums years ago. Must have screwed up the resizing of it at the time.
Oh, and it's defo a 190/50.
I find the Bike Grab to be brilliant, come home on the bike, ride up the side of the house and straight into the Bike Grab, snick into neutral, switch off and get off bike.
Oh, and it's defo a 190/50.
I find the Bike Grab to be brilliant, come home on the bike, ride up the side of the house and straight into the Bike Grab, snick into neutral, switch off and get off bike.
My Mate has just delivered me 2 paddock stands, A red Scorpion one that I have the bike sitting on now & a Yellow one from Trikstand. I payed 30 quid for the pair. Out of the 2 the Scorpion is the better one as it has fittings for both front & rear where as the Trikstand just has them for the front.
Sorted.
Sorted.
I went to Aldi for some Dog food
Bought a Paddock stand
Is the dog going hungry now?
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Been using paddock stands for approx 10 years, only had a second pair of hands for the first week, since then always been using them solo. So far I've had:
- Standard paddock stand with cups. Found it difficult to line up both sides under the swingarm without knocking the other side out of line when checking one side was in the right place. Easy enough to use but always took a few goes to get it positioned and never 100% confident when lifting the bike off it's sidestand onto the stand (remember - doing this solo).
Cost about £50ish (about 10 years ago)
- Standard paddock stand with hooks and bobbins. Much easier to keep one side in position when getting the other in place. Better than the cups, provided your bike has threads in the swingarm for attaching bobbins. Still use this one sometimes.
Cost about £50ish for the stand and about £10 for the bobbins (about 4 years ago)
- Abba stand. Got it a couple of years ago and really wish I'd got it sooner. Takes about a minute to attach and set up, but so easy to use solo (even one handed!) and bike is rock solid stable from lifting off the sidestand to up in the air - and back again. I've been able to take out and regrease my rear shock using the Abba, wouldn't have been possible with a paddock stand. Also makes swingarm removal possible. Cannot recommend highly enough.
Cost about £100 plus £10 for the adapter for my bike (about 2 years ago)
Paddock stands are useful, but I would honestly recommend anyone doing more than simply lubing the chain with a friend to help to get the Abba stand. It's double the cost but easily worth it.
- Standard paddock stand with cups. Found it difficult to line up both sides under the swingarm without knocking the other side out of line when checking one side was in the right place. Easy enough to use but always took a few goes to get it positioned and never 100% confident when lifting the bike off it's sidestand onto the stand (remember - doing this solo).
Cost about £50ish (about 10 years ago)
- Standard paddock stand with hooks and bobbins. Much easier to keep one side in position when getting the other in place. Better than the cups, provided your bike has threads in the swingarm for attaching bobbins. Still use this one sometimes.
Cost about £50ish for the stand and about £10 for the bobbins (about 4 years ago)
- Abba stand. Got it a couple of years ago and really wish I'd got it sooner. Takes about a minute to attach and set up, but so easy to use solo (even one handed!) and bike is rock solid stable from lifting off the sidestand to up in the air - and back again. I've been able to take out and regrease my rear shock using the Abba, wouldn't have been possible with a paddock stand. Also makes swingarm removal possible. Cannot recommend highly enough.
Cost about £100 plus £10 for the adapter for my bike (about 2 years ago)
Paddock stands are useful, but I would honestly recommend anyone doing more than simply lubing the chain with a friend to help to get the Abba stand. It's double the cost but easily worth it.
In the process of getting my funds together for an abba stand and req adaptors (£18.50 now) as that cheap paddock stand I bought "to see me through".....is ****, as the bike started falling onto me when I was cleaning it the other day. Luckily I was right against bike and it sort of leaned into me rather than a full fall.....Bloke passing with dog never even gave me a hand getting it upright again... the ©*** !