Chain maintenance w/o paddock stand

As the title. NOTE: NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART, ATTEMPT AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!

Quite impressed with this, the first time I've had the bike off the floor without a paddock stand, and all done by me on me tod




Can anyone think of any other jobs I might want to do whilst the bike is off the floor (both wheels are clear of the ground )? Other than cleaning it, naturally

That all looks rather precarious...Dont know if I could do that to my bike TBH

[fizzwheel]

That looks really preacarious I would not be propping up my pride a joy like that just. Wouldnt it just be better to buy an abba or something like that. Thats an awful big risk IMHO to support your pride and joy on a few blocks of wood, a trolley jack and an axle stand.

I know they are expensive, but so is an insurance claim for fairing damage.

The paddock stand is on order, and the bike is a commuter. The car seriously isn't an option at the moment.

Looks can be decieving. I've actually sat on the bike whilst it's like that to test.

There's wood supporting it at the front of the engine block, at the rear of the engine block, and then the little jack at the back of the swingarm for stability.

About the only other thing to stabalise it would be to put wood under the side stand to stop it leaning over as much.

[fizzwheel]

Its your bike at the end of the day but I wouldnt do it.

Rememeber we get a lot of newbies on here and they might not be so ingenious with there wood propping skills....

I managed to lub mine up by spraying on a bit of lube, roll the bike forward, spray on a bit more, roll the bike forward...

...my arms are now sore from all the pushing and my back hurts

But! My chain is shiny clean and lubed

Matt

i used house bricks and a piece of wood to get my front end off the ground.

Originally Posted by fizzwheel

Its your bike at the end of the day but I wouldnt do it.

Rememeber we get a lot of newbies on here and they might not be so ingenious with there wood propping skills....

With that in mind, I've just edited the original post to add a warning.

Right, well, I'm now done with the bike for today.

The chain has been adjusted for tightness (axel jack used to put some load on the swing arm with me sat on the bike ), scraped the crap off, WD40 to degrease it a little bit, washed down with water, allowed to dry, and then some Castrol LM grease liberally applied. Happy chain, for now

I also took the opportunity to clean the bike & by god does it look better. Far far far from kwak standards, but you can actually tell the exhaust is made of metal now, rather than mud.

The bike now won't be moving until monday, just in case I got some WD40 near the brakes.

You inspired me to go out and clean the bike today as well...had the autosol out as well, and man those downpipes are clean! I also didnt realise that the endcap on my can could get that clean

[Stingo]

Originally Posted by alpinestarhero

I managed to lub mine up by spraying on a bit of lube, roll the bike forward, spray on a bit more, roll the bike forward...

...my arms are now sore from all the pushing and my back hurts

But! My chain is shiny clean and lubed

Matt

Hey! I did that today!! But cleaned it first of course!!