New bike stand/hoist

There is a guy here in Australia on a local forum who makes a patented bike stand/hoist. I think this looks amazing and a very clever design. Enables the use of the tyre warmers too as well as being able to work on the bike - shock removal etc. It also folds up to a size that is compact enough to take in a rucksack with tyre warmers to the track, which is something I really would like to do. Anyway, just wondered what people's thoughts are:

price is $450 AUS which is around 200 pounds

What do you guys think??

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_FYfbN5r9I

That is superb!

[fastdruid]

That's very neat, I want two.

Druid

That is just so cool I had to play the video 3 times.

that must be the easiest to use bike stand EVER!

[yorkie_chris]

What about if you don't have rearsets?

How does that allow you to get to the front wheel (for a tyre warmer)? It looks like the front wheel is sitting on that stand - or is it like a centre stand, you can put weight on the back and it'll just sit on it's rear and balance on the peg-stand-thing?

It has arms that swing upwards under the fork bottoms giving clearance for tyre warmers

[BillyC]

The one in the pictures looks different to the one in the video. It seems that the bike in the video has bobbins on the forks, and is also lifted by the rear-sets - I bet that takes a bit of adjustment to set that up.

To be honest, it'll be one of those "essential" bits of kit that every track-day-tart needs for their R1... the rest of the world will be happy with a classic pair of paddock stands.

It has a flaw - once set up for the bike you are using, it won't fit others without needing new arms to locate with. If it had adjustable and lockable arms I'd be interested. Also, 15mm of lift isn't enough to get a front wheel out on most modern bikes, and the rear would be tight too.

Back to the drawing board Mr Ripperton, or I may just modify your design myself and patent it