View Single Post
Old 24-04-08, 09:44 AM   #9
Ceri JC
Guest
 
Posts: n/a
Default Re: Paddock stands, so many which ones are best?

I use and am happy with: Back, bog standard cheap biketek one, with hooks and bobbins kit. Front, spike that goes into the hole under the headstock, folding frame.

For the vast majority of stuff I use those two. When undoing seized bolts/changing the shock I use an ABBA stand. The standard front end ones aren't much use on the SV, as the fork bottoms are at slightly different heights and even with the adjustment to correct for this, I find the fork lowers twist round with the front axle out and it's a pig to get it back in. I've also had the bike fall off this sort of stand 3 times and it was only through having someone else within shouting distance to get the stand back in place whilst I held the front of the bike up I was able to stop the bike falling to the floor.
  Reply With Quote