Stick a eye hook in your concrete and use a tie down and ratchet the back end downwhen it's on the main stand. Then it will always be there and will take seconds to get your front wheel up any time. Graham
On Jul 1, 2009, at 3:59 PM, surfswab 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
