B12 K1 Front Wheel Removal.

I need to change the front (and back) tyre on my K1 Bandit 1200.

I had a quick look and there's no obvious jacking points to get the
front wheel of the ground.

Dr. Haynes says jack it up on the crank case. Is there a better way?

Any further tips?

.....and before anyone suggests it, no, I'm not letting a tyre dealer
take my wheels off - it's bad enough trusting them with the rims.

 

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Unless you've got a front stand that lifts from the headstock probably
not.

It's perfectly safe IME anyway; just put a block of wood between the
jack and the engine.

Slacken all of the fastners before you start. Put the rear on a stand
(not sure if a bandit's got a centre stand, if it has use that) rather
than jacking the front when it's on a side stand.

Well, I don't have any worries about them removing the wheels; I'm sure
they do this much better than I.

 

Use a piece of plywood or similar twixt jack and alloy casing. The
better way, if you have a roof beam nearby, is to fasten a rope around
the headstock and hold the bugger up, but to just change wheels it's not
usually necessary.

 

Ta all. I can't get to the bike right now to look - what's the best
point on the crank case to jack from? Will it be possible to get to a
central point (unobstructed by the exhaust) or will I need to lift from
a point on the side?

 

Central if possible. Do you have a centrestand? If so, see if it has a
hole in it you can put a pin through to lock it upright. Then you can
weight the back of the seat with throwover panniers filled with bricks.

 

Bricks? Bricks? The recognised special tool for weighting down the
rear end is three bags of sand from B&Q. Doubles as somewhere to put
your fags out, see.

 

'It's only a Bandit'

I mean, it's not like it's anything sporty, is it ? ;-)

I think only BGN needs worry about the mechanic 'not doing things up
quite right' if recent memory serves.

P.

 

I wanted a sports bike but there was nowhere to put my pipe and my
slippers got singed by the exhaust!