Front Paddock Stand

Hi all, I am new to biking only passed my DAS 3 weeks ago. Have new SV650S now in red. Very happy!

The front right fork on my Suzuki has a screw going from the front to rear at the very bottom of the fork.

This is causing the front paddock stand to sit slightly askew (propped up on right side by screw).

Does anyone know if your supposed to removed the screw when using a paddock stand? or best to leave it well alone?

The font paddock stand is of the type with a half inch pointer on the end which goes up the inside at the bottom of the forks????????

Any info much appreciated! Dont want bike to topple over!

thanks

Dave

[Biker Biggles]

That screw is the pinch bolt which grabs the spindle as it passes through the fork,and I can't see any reason why you should'nt remove it to make the bike sit better on the stand.Don't forget to put it back in though!

[jambo]

Agreed, it's just to stop the front wheel spindle working loose, pop it off and back in again when you're done if it's causing you greif.

thanks for that!

Yes it will sit much better without that 'pinch bolt' have to remember to put it back though!

thanks again,
dave

Be carefull with that type of stand there not very stable and I had my bike fall off one so to be safe put a jack under your engine for extra support!!!!!!!!

[Viney]

Remember that you cant use a front paddock stand without it being on a rear stand as well, the bike WILL fall over. Also, im confused slightly. i take it that your paddock stand(front) has 2 prongs? if so, one sits at the back of the fork, and one underneath. Neither should sit at the front of the fork at all.

HTH

Originally Posted by Viney

Remember that you cant use a front paddock stand without it being on a rear stand as well, the bike WILL fall over. Also, im confused slightly. i take it that your paddock stand(front) has 2 prongs? if so, one sits at the back of the fork, and one underneath. Neither should sit at the front of the fork at all.

HTH

Thats what I was thinking, on mine they have two prongs on each side and one goes under the fork and the other goes towards the back of the fork

Hi guys,
the front paddock stand has two prongs. My bike is the K5 model. There is a pincher bolt going through the front right fork at the very bottom.

As I understand it both prongs from the paddock stand going underneath and inside each fork.

The manufacturer of the paddock stand said it was ok to remove this 'pincher bolt' to help the stand sit evenly just remember to put it back.

Have examined the bike and there is nowhere for one prong to go inside and the other behind.

thanks for input!
SV's are cool!

Dave

sounds like your talking about two different types of paddock stand here.

I have the type that fits in the hollows underneath the fork legs like hoppy is describing. looks like this




the other type that mounts on the front and rear of the fork leg looks like this


On my front stand the pinch bolt used to foul the fitment of the paddock stand the same as hoppy described. You will be fine just removing that pinch bolt everytime but its a pain in the ass.

What i did was just chopped a bit off the paddock stand attachment so the the bit that protrudes into the fork leg wasnt long enough to foul on the pinch bolt but still locates in to the fork leg ok.

the attachments are in the bottom right of this pic and you can see how i have expertly modified them using paint lol



works fine no problems and you dont have to mess about with the pinch bolt all the time.

ian

there the same as mine