Front end lift

[slimwilly]

So the rear is off the floor , no probs, a paddock stand with coaster wheels.


How has or what are the ways in the shed to get the front up so that the front wheel can be removed.


I have a welder and various hydraulic jacks at hand.

[fireblake]

Maybe a piece of wood undee pipes and then a small jack to lift it. I had my front wheel out this way. I also used a strap around the bars to a joist in the garage roof as extra support just in case of a slip.

[Kosmic Kartman]

As Fireblake says. Place bike on centre stand, use small bit of 2"x1" wood under pipes and jack up using scissor jack.

[red98]

made this up a few years ago..bike on centre stand rear wheel off the floor slide under front forks and lifts front wheel aswell....
fits the 600 and the mighty thou...made from scraps of timber and metal brackets all found in the garage...simples

[Andy FZS]

Your tax has run out ....

[red98]

Your tax has run out ....

yep....thats "the stuttering one" you see there....thats the last time I used it   ......thinking of taxing it next month.....thinking about it I think ive used the stand more than the bike   .........

[esetest]

I put mine on centre stand , and placed some slabs under exhaust with a an old piece of plasterboard between slabs and exhaust , like this . I could have used a trolley jack and a block of wood .

[unfazed]

You could always try this 

motorcycle tyre change while riding!

[slimwilly]

Yes Red, perhaps i make a stand to go under the fork legs,remember i have no center stand.
The rear is held on the axle so there may be too much weight on the pipes that way.

[esetest]

Unless you have some way of lifting it from above ( girder in your shed or some scaffolding lying around and use a turfer ) .,  why can't you wait till the rear is back on , then take the front off .

[noggythenog]

I used my shed....& a shed load o left over slabs on the back seat to counterbalance.

[Dead Eye]

Trolley jack and a piece of wood for me - for added security I use two axle stands to hold the frame on the left and right and remove the trolley jack. This way the bike becomes more of a tripod and is more stable when working on it

[slimwilly]

Remember i have no center stand,


I think i will  fabricate a stand that like Reds that seats the fork legs in sockets, fed in from behind the wheel then when the bike is rolled back it lifts the fork legs enableing me to remove the front wheel..=like a front paddock stand but i do not have one

[Dead Eye]

If you have a paddock stand, why is the lack of centre stand a problem - I may have missed something really obvious here :|

[slimwilly]

I want to remove the front wheel,,not easy withouta center stand.

[PieEater]

You can buy front paddock stands for less than £20 including delivery - check out the Busters and Ghostbikes items on ebay - http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_trksid=p2050601.m570.l1313.TR9.TRC1.A0.H0.Xfront+paddock+stand&_nkw=front+paddock+stand&_sacat=0&_from=R40

[unfazed]

Remember, always put the rear paddock stand in placed first on bikes without a centre stand before lifting the front with the front paddock stand.
Be aware that some of the cheaper front paddock stands will not lift the front of the Fazers high enough to allow the wheel to clear the fender.
I have on occasion had to use 2 pieces of wood about 1 inch thick, 6 inches wide and 12 inches long under both sides of the stand before lifting, it was just less hassle than taking off the fender

If the rear paddock stand is not in place, when you remove the front axel the bike will become highly unstable 

[bludclot]

i use stainless bars through the axles with paddock stands - cheap to buy and very easy to lift the bike very securely. 12mm diameter for the back and 8mm for the front:


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Stainless-Steel-Round-Bar-Rod-12mm-dia-x-600mm-long-/221144818773?pt=UK_BOI_Metalworking_Milling_Welding_Metalworking_Supplies_ET&hash=item337d422455









with the rear stand in place the front can be lifted by jacking up under the sump and a simple axle stand leaves the bike quite secure:





although i do find that this leaves the steering feeling very light and vague and makes the bike prone to wheelies....

[slimwilly]

Front paddock stands are cheap i see , thanks


now how does this work?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Yamaha-R1-front-paddock-stand-/271440545969?pt=UK_Motorcycle_Parts_13&hash=item3f331e08b1

[unfazed]

I usually put axle stands under the Crash bungs on the 1000 and the engine bars on the 600. Raises the front safely as I do not like putting all the weight through the Down pipes.

[slimwilly]

I like the headstock one but i think i have front brakes pipes in the way

[slimwilly]

Look at this one,, looks amazing,


fit a securing socket in the frame first  and hey presto

[PaulSmith]

If you are using a front stand and the centerstand, be aware that you risk lifting the center stand off the ground. Watch out for the bike falling sideways while you are trying to raise or lower it, or remove the rear wheel first. 

[Dead Eye]

Shouldn't be much of an issue... he has no centre stand haha :P

[slimwilly]

Well a scrap yard challenge occurred and with Zero money spent i built a bike lift,,and it works,now can have two wheels off the ground