how to jack up your SV:(homemade front/engine stand)

[r4ce_e3nd]

I needed somethink to jack up my SV to install the R1 front end and I ended up with this:


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Don't mention the superb weldings! I've done my best... But as you can see, it will do and next week I can start the rebuilding... :cool:

It is quiet easy to jack 'm up. But I need a helping hand to hold the bike. The bike is stable enough to work on it. You need to push hard at the rear to get him of... ;)



Cheers!




Somebody interested in the EBC Pro-Lite discs/rotors? They only have 500km. I will sell them with the (also new) Goodridge GH brakepads. Much, much better than standard!

[BILLY]

Very nice I used the same sort of idea when I did mine but I used timber and some metal angle iron:cool:

[BILLY]

By the way top your oil up it is a bit low;)

[petevtwin650]

Funnily enough I was looking at that hole through the bottom of the engine today as I was fiddling with my forks. I reckon I'll slide a steel rod through and use a couple of axle stands with an assistant to tilt the bike back on the abba stand. Gotta be better than using blocks etc.

Good job there though. Wish I could weld.

[northwind]

I had a plan to make a teeny tiny stand that;'d go through that, almost like a centrestand, when I was entertaining daft ideas of changing wheels at trackdays :mrgreen: But I never actually did it- top job, that.

[haggis]

I made up a one-man stand for use in that hole.

Used a scissors car jack and welded a couple of lugs with same diameter holes on top. Slide in a bar and wind it up. Up pops the front or back. Dead stable. Easy as.

Someone on here hosted a webpage about how to make it. I'll dig out the link sometime.

[kwak zzr]

well done with the stand idea! i'd patent that quick.

[r4ce_e3nd]

Thanks for the repleys!

Patent? No, no, you can have it. ;-) I have no problem with sharing my ideas with other people. (Except when I could make a lot of money)
Although I could sell it one day, when I sell my SV. Or maybee addapt it to my new bike. I will see.

[kcowgergmm]

i need to make me a front stand i might give that a go

[perra]

My homemade stand looks almost exactly like that!
Easy to make and easy to:thumbsup: use.

[stooster]

do none of you have balance problems jacking the front end up....i had rear up on paddock stand with bobbin hooks then wanted to jack front up....sissor jack just behind oil filter on engine but when i tried to lift it was also slightly lifting weight off rear bobbins..........and got very unstable.....i was wanting to take me wheels off for new tyres but in the end had to take the bike to shop to jack front up:(

[northwind]

Yep, I get that. It can even happen with the Abba, the underside of the engine's close to the centre of balance so it lifts the whole bike.

If you've got a tall enough jack there's a good jacking spot right under the front cylinder head... But another method is to stick something heavy on the back. I used to use a big sack of rock salt, now I use some big bits of paving slab usually. Works a charm. Also, when jacking both ends always take the front wheel out first, the rear wheel is pretty hefty so removing it exagerrates things.

[stooster]

at the tyre place they borrowed me a front stand but had to have rear on first then we had to lift front end up onto it......the stand laid flat and seated into the holes at bottom of forks......

are some front stands 1 man only regarding jacking up....i made my rear one myself copied from a proper one......dont suppose anyone has any drawings for making such a front stand that sits under forks and is easy to do as a one manner...

cheers

stu

[northwind]

You can buy stands like that, they're similiar to normal rear stands but with cups or pins for the forks to sit on. Bit limited in use though, they're only good for getting the wheels out- can't use them to work on the forks obviously.

[stooster]

cheers for that...

thats what i initially wanted it or....wanted to take both wheels off for tyres.....never even thought about working on forks:eek: .....

thinking now about getting a good strap and making an eyebolt that i can parabolt to floor or wall for securing rear...

cheers for the advice

stu

[Islandboy]

I just bought a front paddock stand with the cups that sit under the forks.... This may seem like a stupid question...... Do I have to put it on the rear padock stand too? I tried it on its own to take the front wheel off and it seemed really unstable, the "wobble" in the forks made me nervous! Does putting it on the rear stand first make this better? I just want to take the wheel off, clean/polish the forks and wheel. While i had the wheel off i was going to get a new tyre on, but am not sure about leaving it on the stand while im away from it.

[on yer bike]

Do I have to put it on the rear padock stand too?
yes, well according to most paddock stand manuals anyway, I think it makes it more steady having the two.

[Islandboy]

Cheers!!

Cant believe i was soooooo dumb!! On both stands its rock solid!!

[lawson17]

I made one of these for the front end, those two ears on the sides lock up against two cap heads that are in the garage floor. Stops it sliding forward. Ride the front wheel into it and get off. Bike stands up. Hooray!:smt098

http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/4332/standxs7.jpg

Please excuse poor picture quality, from mobile phone.

[keithlackie]

lol thats pretty awsome

[Blue_SV650S]

Good job dude, I have used a trolley jack, some rods and axle stands in a similar manner, but yours is a much neater solution, nice one!! 8)

As for a pro job, I have one of these stands:-

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FRONT-HEADSTOCK-PADDOCK-STAND-V-HIGH-QUALITY_W0QQitemZ330123226876QQihZ014QQcategoryZ25 644QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

They are great, once it is up on this the bike is incredibly stable, you have full access to the wheel and forks. Its a 1 man job to do too. 8) Its only limitation is if you want to get the yokes out. At that point a ABBA stand or a concoction like yours is the only solution :)

Oh and I hate them front standsthat go under the fork bottoms ... they are hard to use and make wheel changes hard!!