I was wondering how I was going to jack the front wheel of my SV650, and had ordered a front wheel paddock stand. Whilst waiting for the stand to arrive today (it didn't come until 3 PM) I thought I'd try something else.
I noticed there is a hole running right through the sump, which is obviously supposed to be there but seems to have no purpose. I found a piece of M10 threaded bar and a couple of nuts that fitted (I suppose about 9" long). Then I found some steel off-cuts in my scrap box, and in about 20 minutes knocked up this to fit on a hydraulic bike lift:
The welding is a bit rough (I'd run out of gas for the MIG so I had to use an ancient arc machine), but it worked surprisingly well:
It was very stable ... I had the brakes fitted by the time the DPD guy showed up with the paddock stand.
Anyone want to buy an unused front paddock stand?
