front paddock stands

I've googled a bit, but no real conclusion.

What's the best front paddock stand?

I currently have a Scorpion rear stand, which is fine for swapping the
back wheel over, but I'd also like something to lift the front off the
ground.

This needs to be something that I can use on an RGV250 and a ZX7R.

 

In

Surely that's not a good thing in a paddock stand?

 

Pit Bull stands rocks.

http://www.pit-bull.com/

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Oh, right. How about Pit Bull stands are the dog's danglies?

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'Kin loads on ebay.

 

a) pricey
b) in the US.

 

I meant front stands in general, you tart. I think you should get over this
whole cautious approach thing and just buy the first stand you see. Don't
forget you are planning to take part in an activity that could result in the
complete destruction of both bikes so you might not even need a paddock
stand at all.

 

True, but they are very good.

We have ways of dealing with that.

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"0 items found for front paddock stand pitbull"
"0 items found for front paddock stand pit-bull"
"0 items found for front paddock stand pit bull"

 

There's a few different sorts. The most common are
1. those that support under the fork legs,
2. those that support under the bottom yoke (by way of a bolt/pin fits
in the hole in the bottom yoke)

Type 1 are usually simpler and cheaper. On the down side, they're no
good if you want to take the forks out.

I'm not sure which type would be more likely to be universal enough to
fit both bikes. Harris stands aren't the cheapest, but they're pretty
good quality, and also pretty close to you. Might be worth giving
them a phone call and having a chat about it. They've got a fairly
crap web site at www.harris-performance.co.uk

 

>

Harris stands aren't the cheapest, but they're pretty

Agreed, I have a Harris rear paddock stand and its excellent

 

I use the "Up-Front" stand from these people.

http://www.n-w-s.com/stands/

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muddycat scribbled on the back of a napkin:

I am *not* dragging a paddock stand across the whole of the US and then
on a plane...

 

yeah, I know.

thing is, this time last year, I'd have said "I'd never contemplate
taking the forks out", but I seem to have come round to the idea of
taking bikes to bits and putting them back together again.

cool - thanks for the tip - I wanted to talk to Harris about something
else anyway.

 

Well, why not?

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I'm not totally convinved that if I did something that resulted in the
"complete destruction" of one of the bikes that I'd go out and have
another go on the other one.

Though you might be right.

You are definitely right about there being lots of paddock stands on
eBay - I'd already noticed this, which is what prompted my original
question about which ones were any good.

I've never been a "buy the first one you see" person - I like to
deliberate for ages before making unsound purchases.

 

looks good, but a tad pricey.

 

If it's cheap but effective, try these:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7958951656

 

I deliverate for ages, then go and buy the first one I saw.

 

That's what women do, IM(L)E.

You shop like a woman, sir!!!
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