Re: Portable jack for side stand bikes...
 

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

Re: Portable jack for side stand bikes...
 

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.

Re: Portable jack for side stand bikes...
 

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

Re: Portable jack for side stand bikes...
 

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 :-)

Re: Portable jack for side stand bikes...
 

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.

Re: Portable jack for side stand bikes...
 

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...

Re: Portable jack for side stand bikes...
 

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...