free spinning the rear wheel.

CAM said:

When you use rear stand for service like changing oil. When you filling in the new oil and the bike is on the rear stand . Will the level of the oil give correct reading as the rear wheel is off the ground or both the rear wheel have to be touching the ground like the front wheel to give the correct level of oil when you are replacing the new oil ???

The reason i am asking this i wanted to change the oil and i don't have such a tool like the workshop have..

Cheers....

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i believe it would have to be level, just get
someone to sit on it to steady it.
it's so light i just grab the bars and balance while
looking at the window.

Here's the stand I cobbled up out of some 1/2" pipe, a pair of casters, and aluminum supports turned on the lathe. The 3/4" handle extension slips on. If I'd been on the clock, it would have been cheaper to buy one, but not as much fun.
http://imageshack.us/g/88/110624012.jpg/ Here's a link to the pictures.

Nortley said:

Here's the stand I cobbled up out of some 1/2" pipe, a pair of casters, and aluminum supports turned on the lathe. The 3/4" handle extension slips on. If I'd been on the clock, it would have been cheaper to buy one, but not as much fun.
ImageShack Album - 4 images Here's a link to the pictures.

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Interesting, how much did it end up costing you? Also what did you use to actually rest the swing arms on, that chrome piece?

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Luke said:

Plus, you can't put that cute belly pan on there...

I bought a Pit Bull stand. Yes it was overpriced, but it's well-made and has reversible ends that will work with or without spools.

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pix please.

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Check out this thread:

http://www.cbr250.net/forum/honda-cbr250-general-discussion/772-what-type-stand-should-i-buy.html

Hi PG,
The only pieces I bought for the stand were the casters, $3.98 @ if I remember right. The pipe and aluminum were in my jun -oops - stock pile. The spools are screwed tight to the stand, don't rotate. They'd also be easily changed for other applications. The design came from looking at ads and was inspired by the price tags. There aren't any dimensions, I used a couple of tape measure figures to get started and just built it to fit, tweaked it to fit right. The pipe can be fine tuned cold. I'll make a front stand sometime, but living on a dirt road chain maintenance is a priority. I clean mine with a dry toothbrush, it's a tedious proces but gets down to bright metal and doesn't wash mung into the O rings. So, if you have tools or access to them, pipe is cheap. You could use a pair of 1" or 1 1/4" pipe couplings for the spools, weld them in place and wrap them in Gorilla tape. Wheels could be as close as the curb on garbage day. Get yer wheels spinning.

Saw this online:

Hardline Products - Rollastand

at $40(US), about 1/4 of a track stand, and it works on both ends.

Here's one from Harbor Freight for even less:

Motorcycle Wheel Cleaning Stand

Luke said:

Here's one from Harbor Freight for even less:

Motorcycle Wheel Cleaning Stand

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For me..shipping plus the added state tax made it $2 more than amazon.com's total

Luke said:

Here's one from Harbor Freight for even less:

Motorcycle Wheel Cleaning Stand

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Has anyone tried one of these?