03-05-15, 08:33 PM
(02-05-15, 09:25 PM)noggythenog link Wrote: [quote author=Gav2000 link=topic=16759.msg193701#msg193701 date=1430597853]A previous owner may have fitted a jack-up kit.
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Is the centre stand OK. Looks bent forward to me. Rear wheel not off the ground or is that a optical illusion
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What's a jack up kit? I'll check when next in the garage, the previous owner was an older chap who sold it because it was getting too heavy to handle.
Gav.
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Hey gav, is it a pig to get on the centre stand???....looks jacked up to me......shorter dogbones either side of the rear shock....i had mine jacked up and im pretty sure it brought the wheel closer to ground on centre stand as i remember putting it on the stand over a drop in the garden so i could oil my chain.
Pic to illustrate.
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The rear wheel is off the ground while on the centre stand so I can spin the wheel to oil the chain but it's not off by a huge amount.
Why would a jack up kit be fitted; is it for looks or handling? I'm pretty tall so have no objection to a higher rear end but I'm not sure why the original owner would have done that when he was only riding 300 miles a year.
It is quite a lift to get it onto the centre stand though.
Gav.