Why don't you increase the weight of the back of the bike? just take a couple of sand bags and put them as saddle bags and might just do it. J.
On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 3:59 PM, surfswab <[email protected]> wrote: > > Has anyone worked out a homegrown way to keep the front wheel of a > bike in the air when wheel's off for service? > > I have a 95 NH 750 with a centerstand. Weight is pivoted toward the > front, so when the centerstand is down, it raises the back wheel off > the ground a couple inches. I'm looking for a way to counter the > pivot to put the back wheel on the ground, front wheel in the air, for > a couple days while I work on the axle and have a new tire mounted. > > Thought maybe I could get a bottle jack under the frame at some point > ahead of the centerstand, but the pipes are in the way, and too close > together to get much of anything under there. Bike will be parked > outside on a patch of concrete at my workplace while the wrenching's > in progress. > > Any ideas? > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
