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Old 16-01-13, 02:59 PM   #36
-Ralph-
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Default Re: Abba stand are they worth the money?

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Originally Posted by yorkie_chris View Post
Mine's paid for itself loads of times over but I do use it on customers bikes.

I'm not sure about abbas manufacturing costs, I'd suggest it would come down to the costs of the turned pieces and whether they have their own machines or farm them out.
Other than the adaptors (I think that's the only turned pieces, and at the end of the day they are only a glorified socket to go over the swingarm bolt, or a glorified allen key to go in it), there's not much there other than square section steel, hollow section bar, a couple of handles, a couple of screw threads.

Nothing you don't get on a cheapo ebay paddock stand for £30 quid.

I'm going to get some offcuts off ebay and make one, just to see how much it costs. If I get enough materials for two and you do the welding you can have one of them!

Last edited by -Ralph-; 16-01-13 at 03:01 PM.
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