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Title: Don't know what you got, till its gone!
Post by: JCH on May 15, 2005, 05:02:40 PM

I miss my center stand!!!! I cleaned the chain today, what a flipping nightmare! It was clean, roll forward. Clean, roll forward. Clean, roll forward. Ughh! I need a rear stand, ASAP

Title: Don't know what you got, till its gone!
Post by: Phaedrus on May 15, 2005, 05:49:52 PM

Hah, thats what I do anyway to clean and oil my chain because I am not strong enough to put the GS on the center stand by myself. <wuss> haha.

Title: Don't know what you got, till its gone!
Post by: JCH on May 15, 2005, 05:59:48 PM

Center stand can be done by anyone. Its not strength, its grace. Smoothly transfer all your weight to the center stand using one foot while lightly pulling up on the tail bar :)

Title: Don't know what you got, till its gone!
Post by: weaselnoze on May 15, 2005, 06:18:25 PM

my bike came with no center stand. it looks a lot better w/o. i just lift it on top of a cinderblock.

Title: Don't know what you got, till its gone!
Post by: RedShift on May 15, 2005, 06:19:20 PM

What you need is one of these Rollastand Wheel Lifts from JC Whitney (http://www.jcwhitney.com/autoparts/Product/showCustom-0/Pr-p_Product.CATENTRY_ID:2007583/c-10111/Nty-1/p-2007583/Ntx-mode+matchallpartial/N-10111/tf-Browse/s-10201/Ntk-AllTextSearchGroup?Ntt=Wheel%20Lift). Ingenious idea -- put a tire on rollers so it has support but not tied down to the ground.

Next best thing to a center stand. :thumb:

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