View Full Version : Portable jack for side stand bikes...
Specialone
22-07-12, 08:52 AM
Seen this on another site and thought it may be of use to peeps with side stands (if you haven't already seen it).
I'm sure a similar design could be made if you're that way inclined :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wJvQ_Uipgw&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Elliott
22-07-12, 09:34 AM
I actually really like that.....
k1ngy SV
22-07-12, 10:21 AM
I really like it aswell, bit expensive though i think for the amount it would be used for unless touring
Elliott
22-07-12, 10:22 AM
Bilio should make em :P
k1ngy SV
23-07-12, 12:08 PM
Bilio should make em :P
1+
bet they could be copy'd/modified for alot less :smt041
seen those ages ago. thought about making them but never thought about it again. there are a number of different ways people have done them.
suppose they would be useful for oiling your chain while away but apart from that i cant see how else they would be useful.
Elliott
23-07-12, 02:53 PM
I was thinking chain adjustment on trips. Would be handy. May look into production cost myself.
SoulKiss
23-07-12, 03:09 PM
seen those ages ago. thought about making them but never thought about it again. there are a number of different ways people have done them.
suppose they would be useful for oiling your chain while away but apart from that i cant see how else they would be useful.
Could be useful for people who don't have garages/live in flats.
Moving a paddock stand would be a pain for me - 7th floor, as far from the lifts as I can be, big enough pain to move the tools alone, never mind a paddock stand.
yorkie_chris
23-07-12, 03:29 PM
Too complicated.
Piece of ply, cut V in one end. Done.
so if you were to order one by the time it gets here it would more that likely work out at around £25.
having a look at it i would do it slightly different but same principle. think i would get about 30 out a sheet :-)
production costs for me would be almost nada as it could all be done in house and looking at it i would put a rough estimate of about £12 posted to your door.
Elliott
23-07-12, 03:38 PM
so if you were to order one by the time it gets here it would more that likely work out at around £25.
having a look at it i would do it slightly different but same principle. think i would get about 30 out a sheet :-)
production costs for me would be almost nada as it could all be done in house and looking at it i would put a rough estimate of about £12 posted to your door.
Worth a trial. I bet good money you'll get 30 people committed after all you got 50+ last time :P
DarrenSV650S
23-07-12, 03:42 PM
Be careful though, you don't want to start ripping off people's ideas. You know what happened to DavieSV
Be careful though, you don't want to start ripping off people's ideas. You know what happened to DavieSV
having looked on the net there are various jacks that are the same principle.
mine would be slightly different in the way it fixes to the swingarm.
but the last thing i want to do is start ripping peoples ideas off.
Elliott
23-07-12, 04:03 PM
Id do it as a bracket that holds under and to the side of the swing arm rather than the bobbin holder.
Id do it as a bracket that holds under and to the side of the swing arm rather than the bobbin holder.
that is exactly how i would do it but have a swivelling head to take up the angle so the head always sits flush to the underside/side of the swingarm.
Elliott
23-07-12, 04:12 PM
Yea otherwise you would risk the bike falling. Good design. Would the ground surface have any issues with the stability? Meaning would a cross hatched bottom eliminate any slip.
if you do this would be happy to buy a pre production model :)
i would say that you don't need a large contact area on the ground. this is why the one in the OP's post works so well as it's effectively a blade. only time that would not work was on grass. i've always had a KISS approach to things.
Elliott
23-07-12, 04:32 PM
Ahh so diggs into the surface. The weigh from the bike pushing it down.
And yes KISS, I'm sure my misses uses that as her mantra!
DANINPLYMOUTH
23-07-12, 08:51 PM
I'd buy 1. Need to get another stand as my paddock stands at my garage away from the house where I go for cleaning and maintenance but could do with something small to just lube my chain outside
I used to do it with an axle stand, tip the bike over on the stand lifting the rear wheel up and put an axle stand up under the exhaust mounting bolt. holds it nice and steady and is simple
Why do people think you have to have the rear wheel off the ground to adjust the chain... you don't! You can do a chain adjustment just as easily and accurately with the wheel on the ground as you can with it in the air - there's no difference at all.
Something like this would only really be helpful for doing chain lubrication, if the foolish person decided to spend money on this kind of gadget rather than a simple to fit and leave to do its job Scottoiler.
chezvegas85
23-07-12, 11:45 PM
if the foolish person decided to spend money on this kind of gadget rather than a simple to fit and leave to do its job Scottoiler.
this foolish person removed his scottoiler. i'd rather spend the ten min a week sorting my chain than sorting my grubby back wheel. each to their own
i would rather spend 10mins cleaning my back wheel than spray goo on my chain which turns into grinding paste plus with a scottoiler your chain last at least double what it would normally. even chain lubes spatter the back wheel :-)
but the biggest plus for scotoilers is more saddle time due to not having to fiddle with chain lubes or adjust my chain. chain on my bike has not moved of its marks in 10,000 miles.
but as you say each to their own :-)
Specialone
24-07-12, 05:46 AM
I dont want this turning in to a Scott oiler v manual oiling thread but...
I've got one on my drz, I find them a PITA tbh, I can never get it set right, it runs out of oil a lot, then takes ages on prime to get oil coming through again.
The chain has cut through my clear pipe twice due to place where it's routed, I've rerouted it now and put some flexible conduit around it but now there's a dip in the pipe so it's not flowing great now grrrrrr :(
I religiously spray my chain on my sprint with putoline chain lube every 300 miles ish (sometimes more) and ive not adjusted my chain yet in 11k.
I'm not a fan of auto oilers tbh, I don't doubt they work, that's been proved many times, but I don't really care about getting 25k miles plus out of chain and sprockets as I'll change my bike before then.
yorkie_chris
24-07-12, 02:31 PM
this foolish person removed his scottoiler. i'd rather spend the ten min a week sorting my chain than sorting my grubby back wheel. each to their own
Oh yeah, on my SV I have to sort the grubby back wheel out really regularly. Every 8000 miles or so.
Then again it goes back on just as filthy after the new tyre except for the finger marks and where the balancing weights end up...
yorkie_chris
24-07-12, 02:32 PM
Why do people think you have to have the rear wheel off the ground to adjust the chain... you don't! You can do a chain adjustment just as easily and accurately with the wheel on the ground as you can with it in the air - there's no difference at all.
Something like this would only really be helpful for doing chain lubrication, if the foolish person decided to spend money on this kind of gadget rather than a simple to fit and leave to do its job Scottoiler.
Manual says to do it on the sidestand.
One (or actually, 2) of these things would be ace for those times when you need to nick daveprestons back wheel at GM rideouts...
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