How do you lift your Front End ?

[drinmotoracer]

Hey,
So... I was wondering how you guys lift up the front end to replace your front tires? I read a couple of threads on people who use a front end stand (they are expensive so I'm not going to buy one), or using car axle jacks... If you do use a car axle jack though where do you place it? I know I can have someone sit on the rear set while the bike is on the center stand, but ... I think this would be disastrous considering it will probably take 4 hours for the shop to get a new tire on and for me to get the wheel back on the bike.
ANyone have any suggestions or can tell me in detail what they use and do?
Thank you!

[juicedstang999]

Re: How do you lift your Front End ?

Anyone have any suggestions or can tell me in detail what they use and do?

OK,
Have your friend sit twards the rear on the bike or lift up on the front wheel to put the weight on the rear tire WHILE you block up the motor with some wood and then simply have them get off or let go when it's good and solid. Then remove the wheel. Just remember to loosten all the fasteners completely WHILE the bike is on the ground so you can be as gentile as possible when it's in the air. Assembly is reversed and tighten it all up when your back on the ground. Hope this helps

Rich

[drinmotoracer]

Re: How do you lift your Front End ?

Sweet

Anyone have any suggestions or can tell me in detail what they use and do?

OK,
Have your friend sit twards the rear on the bike or lift up on the front wheel to put the weight on the rear tire WHILE you block up the motor with some wood and then simply have them get off or let go when it's good and solid. Then remove the wheel. Just remember to loosten all the fasteners completely WHILE the bike is on the ground so you can be as gentile as possible when it's in the air. Assembly is reversed and tighten it all up when your back on the ground. Hope this helps

Rich

[drinmotoracer]

Does anyone else have any other suggestions?
A buddy of mine said that you can lay your bike down (gently of course) in the grass and the front end will be free... I laughed until I realized he wasn't joking

[Swipe]

I've read and heard of various techniques ranging from laying the engine on a beer crate, jacking and supporting the engine underneath the crank case with a car jack, supporting the bike by the handle bars using two wheelie bins and even suspending the front end with rope from the garage rafters.

[jaysun0ne]

first off i must say im highly dissapointed in this thread


when i read the title i thought it was going to be a wheelie question



anyways now that im over it
i have two brothers pipes and they run under the block and i dont have a front stand also. so i have used the rafter method. i used the wratcheting straps i use to tie the bike down when i transport it. just toss it around the neck of the frame and lift. when the tires off use the jack stand to rest the bike on wile you take the tire to the shop.

[drinmotoracer]

first off i must say im highly dissapointed in this thread


when i read the title i thought it was going to be a wheelie question



anyways now that im over it
i have two brothers pipes and they run under the block and i dont have a front stand also. so i have used the rafter method. i used the wratcheting straps i use to tie the bike down when i transport it. just toss it around the neck of the frame and lift. when the tires off use the jack stand to rest the bike on wile you take the tire to the shop.

Haha... sorry to disappoint
So... I was wondering where exactly you place the jack stand on the underside? (i.e. where on the engine do you place the jack stand? Crankcase? by the Oil drain bolt? etc.)
Thank yoU!

[MrDude_1]

you can use two jackstands... one under the clutch cover, one under the alternator (basiclly one under the circles on each side of the bike)

[drinmotoracer]

you can use two jackstands... one under the clutch cover, one under the alternator (basiclly one under the circles on each side of the bike)

MrDude... your the best

[bk94si]

It's been a few years but I think I just took my wheel off and being lighter it stayed in the air.

[hawkLer]

haha jaysun!
first time i came across that headline I didn;t think about wheelies... then i saw it tonight and clicked to enter so i could replay, "give it a little throttle, close it, then BROOOAAAPPPPP!" -wheel's up!
i guess you thought it the first time you came across it. way to go...

[bradrenea]

I use two jackstands, one under each peg, to get the bike in the air. Then use a ratchet strap to the ceiling to raise the front. You dont even need a jack. With the bike leaning on the side stand slide a jack stand under the right side peg, then lean the bike up straight and slide the other stand under the left side peg and your done. Takes longer to get the stands out from under the workbench than it does to get it up in the air. I have been pretty rough with mine suspended this way, and it stayed very stable.

Actually the stands go under the rearsets, where the ears for the pegs are, otherwise the pegs may fold up on you.

[motorpsycho]

One gallon of paint, with one 2x4 chunk laying across the top.
Lift the front while stradling the front tire and slide the can under the motor with your foot.

It's worked well for me on many machines.

A

[joel]

I'm a huge fan of tiedowns from the rafters when changing out front-ends and the like.

Of course I do all sorts of fairly sketchy things in the garage...

[drinmotoracer]

I'm a huge fan of tiedowns from the rafters when changing out front-ends and the like.

Of course I do all sorts of fairly sketchy things in the garage...

Dude... looks like "monster garage" in there!
I wish I actually had rafters in my garage

Jackstands under the pegs is a new one... I would have never thought the rearsets would be stable enough to handle that amount of weight.