Abba (stands).....

[yorkie_chris]

Dangerous dave did me the measurements, maybe he could pop the pic up on here?

Edit: well it was http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.php?t=113413 here, but pic is no longer floating around cyberspace.

Well here is hopeing he sees this cheers might send him a pm

Originally Posted by Sid Squid

Abba doesn't use tapered pins, (it has adapters specific to each bike), and isn't as stable or easy to use.

That said there's nothing wrong with the Abba, it's just that the NWS is better, you're only going to buy one - get the right one.

Is there a kit available that provides tapered pins? I've only ever seen an Abba in the flesh once...around 2-3 years ago...and it had a tapered pin attachment. It was being attached to my pointy, and I'm almost certain it wasn't a kit specific to the SV?

Alternatively, I did see a universal adaptor kit for the Abba actually, it's not tapered pins but it'll fit any M8 bolt hole - e.g. footpeg holes.

[yorkie_chris]

Aye that's the abba swingarm removal tool

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Aye that's the abba swingarm removal tool

em i have got that it is actually just some bolts driled through where the pins are and the instructions say to remove one of the footrest hanger bolts and use them in its place i think

[yorkie_chris]

Yup.

Abba is a pita to use on a pointy, unsure if I am not doing something correctly, but it cannot afaik be raised with the side stand down.

Thus it requires some fiddling with to "tighten" up the stand, whilst at the same time raising the kick stand, all whilst keeping the bike upright.

Nice bit of kit but need a bit of a balancing act when there is just one person to operate it.

Originally Posted by hob

Abba is a pita to use on a pointy

You're doing it wrong!

Originally Posted by hob

Abba is a pita to use on a pointy, unsure if I am not doing something correctly, but it cannot afaik be raised with the side stand down.

Thus it requires some fiddling with to "tighten" up the stand, whilst at the same time raising the kick stand, all whilst keeping the bike upright.

Nice bit of kit but need a bit of a balancing act when there is just one person to operate it.

eh? I bought this on the basis that it was generally easy to use individually unlike paddock stands. Hmmmm

Originally Posted by hob

Abba is a pita to use on a pointy, unsure if I am not doing something correctly, but it cannot afaik be raised with the side stand down.

The way I use it you can; the abba stand partially folds the sidestand up (about 1/3 of the way) as you rotate the abba stand into place. You can then flip up the sidestand the rest of the way by hand whilst it's in place.

As an aside, I actually find it takes more time to use the Abba stand than a paddock stand (which I can also use on my own quite happily), although it's still easy/quick. I tend to use it when I'll be doing anything that requires the bike to be held more firmly or the rear suspension to be uncompressed.