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Originally Posted by northwind
Nice. I used to use a heap of bricks and an old clothes pole, with my Virago... Propped one sied of the swingarm on the bricks, then lifted the other side and slid the bricks under it with my foot. Then, made another pile of bricks off to one side, stuck the clothes pole on, and used it as a humungous lever to lift the front. Then propped the pole on another pile of those versatile bricks.
It all got rather unstable if I removed the rear wheel- the centre of balance shifted. But I could get round that with... ah, you guessed. More bricks, balanced on the lugage rack.
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I too have found joy with the load of bricks method. I found that instead of bricks, balanced on the lugage rack I got plenty of stability by kicking in a couple of wooden props on either side, front and back. Rock solid at that point. (I also rested the bike on wood too, to stop scratching...)