Bike stand

[Old Steve]

I needed a bike stand to hold the bike upright for minor work, oil and filter changes etc. Had a length of 8" x 2" under the house (that's 200 x 50 mm to all you younger types) so cut two lengths about 1200 mm long (that's 4 foot long for all us older types), screwed then together, cut them down to the size that would lift the bike when placed under the frame rails (I think it was about 170 mm/7 inches), routed a recess to take a 1" BSP plate socket, drilled a hole through the wood to take a 1" pipe, screwed the plate socket in place and voila!

Slide the wood under the bike, screw in the pipe through the wood, lever the wood upright and the bike lifts it's front or rear wheel off the ground depending where you placed the wood under the frame.


Double width 8" x 2"


Routed for fitting the plate socket


Lay the wood under the bike


and lift the bike

Unscrew the pipe and I can slide the lot away in a gap beside some shelves.

[Banditbandit]

I used to use beer crates .. can you still get them?

[AllanB]

Huckery bastard.


Works though. And about $200 less than a shop purchased equivalent.


Nice work.

[neels]

Not a bad plan for a bike with horizontal frame rails and not huge ground clearance, I'm always a fan of a low budget solution, lots of home made things in the garage to solve a particular problem.

As far as lifting the bike goes, I just bought one with a centrestand instead.....

[Michael Moore]

Here's plans for a DIY tilt-top work table

http://www.eurospares.com/bikestnd.htm

cheers,
Michael

[pzkpfw]

Bit more elegant than my old one: https://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/s...e-my-new-stand

(Now use two regular paddock stands I got off TradeMe. The jacks have moved on to other things.)

[R650R]

Well heres some caveman wood work with DR and GSXR here....

[Akzle]

is there anything that can't be accomplished with 30yards of rope?