A howitzer couldn’t damage that thing
That's a nice setup.If you're talking about the entire weight of the bike being loaded onto the OEM skid plate when you lift it, then I'd recommend you don't do it. That's about 700 pounds loaded onto 3 small bolts that are screwed into not-very-substantial aluminum. Plus, the support arms at the front of the OEM skid plate are made to be sacrificial items; theoretically, they would bend from an impact and (maybe) save the load from being transferred to the engine covers and cracking them. You wouldn't want them to bend suddenly while the whole weight of the bike was on the skid plate.
I've supported the front of the bike with a jack under the skid plate, but the center stand was still down and I was just tilting the bike towards the rear till the rear wheel was on the ground. I didn't even like doing that, so eventually I made a set of jack stands out of some 2x4's to hold up the bike when I was working on it. Between the jack stands and the center stand, I've had the front and rear of the bike off without having to put a big load on the skid plate.
can i ask how you get that wooden stand under the bike, whats the procedureIf you're talking about the entire weight of the bike being loaded onto the OEM skid plate when you lift it, then I'd recommend you don't do it. That's about 700 pounds loaded onto 3 small bolts that are screwed into not-very-substantial aluminum. Plus, the support arms at the front of the OEM skid plate are made to be sacrificial items; theoretically, they would bend from an impact and (maybe) save the load from being transferred to the engine covers and cracking them. You wouldn't want them to bend suddenly while the whole weight of the bike was on the skid plate.
I've supported the front of the bike with a jack under the skid plate, but the center stand was still down and I was just tilting the bike towards the rear till the rear wheel was on the ground. I didn't even like doing that, so eventually I made a set of jack stands out of some 2x4's to hold up the bike when I was working on it. Between the jack stands and the center stand, I've had the front and rear of the bike off without having to put a big load on the skid plate.
wow thanks for that superb, funny enough i have altrider bars to so that helps, i,m a carpenter by trade anyway so wood is no issue lolBecause it's hard to see these parts of the stands in the photos, I figured I'd include some new photos for you, Bimota, so you could get a better idea of how they were made.
Since a solid point of contact is pretty important with a jackstand, I carved out the ends of the stands so they would provide the best points of contact with the crash bars. I didn't want the round bars to just sit on top of the 2x4's; it would be too easy for them the slip out of position if the bike was jarred while I was working on it. The cutouts on the tops of the supports, in conjunction with the crossover bar, lock the supports in position.
I shaped the ends of the stands with a large spade bit in a drill, a handsaw, a rasp and a chisel. The way they're shaped would depend on the particular shape of your crash bars, so my photos are more of an example than of a specific guide of you you should fit the supports to your particular bars.
I'm almost embarrassed by how rough this project is. It was a rough and ready design that I knocked together in the middle of a maintenance task, with the intent to refine the design later. They worked well enough though, and I already had enough other projects going, that I left them as-is.
ow haha!! I used to think a carpenter was someone who does in/places carpets. For the floor in a house
. What do you call those people?
carpenter is a chippy wood guy, the carpet is just a carpet fitter lolow haha!! I used to think a carpenter was someone who does in/places carpets. For the floor in a house
Never to old to learn he. Thanks Rob
