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Anyone have experience in using a pit stand, something like this?
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I was thinking of having this kind of stand only for the front wheel for easier cleaning and use the center stand for the back, But is it even possible to use a center stand and front stand at the same time, or would the center stand collapse if you lift up the front wheel? Also do you need a special front adapter for our bikes or are the once shown in the image enough? The manual shows a slightly different front adapter
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I have never used a pit stand before so that is why I ask

If the front stand lifts the front just enough to raise the front wheel off the ground and still keep the rear off the ground then it ought to work. But if the front stand lifts high enough to get the rear wheel down and continues to lift the front it will lift the centre stand off the ground - at which point you've lost your lateral stability, the bike be sat with one contact point at the rear will try to fall to one side or the other around the head-stock bearing or even roll backwards on the rear as you try to activate the front stand lift.

What I've done before is place the BM on the centre stand get my son to sit on on the pillion seat (or attatched the panniers with some weight in them) and this enables me to (more easily) lift the front just clear of the ground and I then place a set of wooden blocks under the front of the engine casing - just enough to keep the front off the ground and the rear too.

I do have a front stand with the type of attachment you show in your pictures (that locates under the bottom of the forks) - I use it on my Suzuki SV1000 but there's no way I can use it without the bike first being on the rear paddock stand, which attaches to both sides on the rear of the swinging arm and provided the lateral stability - the SV1000 doesn't have a center stand but even if it did the dynamics of the front stands that lift on the bottom of the forks wouldn't support the bike upright.

JasonQ

Yes, heed the cautions in the post above and do not lift the front so high that it picks the bike up off the center stand. When I need the front lifted for a tire change I put a block under the center stand, then remove the rear wheel, then the front. The block also keeps the center stand tang from digging into the floor as the bike rotates back while lifting the front wheel. With the Pit-Bull stand I use even with the block under the center stand there is not enough clearance at the rear tire to leave the back wheel in place and lift the front. A stand that lifts the front just high enough for the front tire to clear the floor might work.

Depending on what you actually want to achieve or do with it, maybe something like this would be an easier solution?

https://www.rydestore.com/ryde-motorcycle-tyre-spinner-black.html

Zitat von Freddyfruitbat im Beitrag #4

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Depending on what you actually want to achieve or do with it, maybe something like this would be an easier solution?

https://www.rydestore.com/ryde-motorcycle-tyre-spinner-black.html

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This suggestion could be as much as 5 times more expensive, but will provide more functionality than a pit stand. And if you have several bikes with no lower frame, or friends who are in the same boat, all you'll have to do is get specific bike mount adapters and split the total cost. New friends can then buy in with there own adapter.

This is just one example: https://www.revzilla.com/motorcycle/bursig-center-lift-stand

Here's to getting your hands dirty! Stick.

Have a look at abba stands these
Lift the whole bike with a lifter under
The engine you can remove both wheels
Brian