Abba (stands).....

[chris8886]

Originally Posted by muffles

Is this NWS site http://www.n-w-s.com/ misleading me into thinking they are still in business? (assuming that is the correct NWS stand)

I gather that one of the good things about the NWS is that it is universal between bikes, if the Abba uses tapered pins as well, how come it is not also universal?

that's just the website i've been on too. i really want one of these stands, but just can't find one. have been looking on ebay a fair bit but have had no joy

My Abba stand is the best purchase I've made for the bike. It's very sturdy and stable once on there and never had any issues putting it on either. Can't imagine it being any easier tbh but I would like to be able to get both wheel off the ground at the same time.

[timwilky]

old guy at the pub started pestering me about wanting to fit a centre stand to his bike for maintenance. I told him about NWS/Abba.

Next time he saw me he told me they were no good as he had no access to the swing arm mounts because of the exhaust on his bike. confused I checked and Abba do not list Bonneville amongst the Triumph models they have kits for. So hardly universal as for all bikes.

Originally Posted by DanAbnormal

My Abba stand is the best purchase I've made for the bike. It's very sturdy and stable once on there and never had any issues putting it on either. Can't imagine it being any easier tbh but I would like to be able to get both wheel off the ground at the same time.

Have you considered one of these?
http://www.abbastands.co.uk/product_details.asp?id=2

I've not used one, but it looks expensive for what it is. For the same money you could get one of these (managed to get it a bit cheaper IIRC), which I have:
https://sslsecurity.co.uk/Aandrracin...D=277&CatID=84

More stable than the ABBA front lift looks and can be used with just a rear paddock stand (rather than ABBA). Only downside is as it goes through the headstock it might get in the way/prevent some jobs, but for 90%+ of front end work it's great. The other 10% is so infrequent that I'll just use the old "block of wood and car jack" bodge when the situation arises.

I'd highly recommend the ABBA stand!

It's a bit of an art to get it on, but once you've done it 3/4 times it's a piece of cake!
Never had any issues of stability or anything like that.

I did manage to find a front lift on eBay relatively cheap, and that makes popping the front wheel out SOOO much easier than faffing around with a front paddock stand.

Originally Posted by muffles

Is this NWS site http://www.n-w-s.com/ misleading me into thinking they are still in business?

NWS stop trading a few years ago, Pyramid Plastics bought the hugger side of the business and they slowly started to go bust since then. One of the engineers bought the rights to the stands and started his own company (ww.bikestands.co.uk) but this also has folded. Pyramid bought up the remaining stock, wasn't much as most stands were built to order near the end.

NWS stands are nolonger available, the next best you can get is ABBA but the problem with them is you have to buy a fitting kit almost everytime you change your bike. You also need to buy a swingarm removal kit with the ABBA stands, the NWS stands would mount to any hole or allen head bolt that was symetric on both sides.

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

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

I did, and unfortunately that image is on my home PC but the next time me and my PC are reunited I will repost that picture and PM it to anyone who may be interested.

cheers mate

I love my Abba stand - would always reccomend one.

i want an ABBA stand, if anyone has one

and i think i read that someone was going to make a copy on here?