"Lozzo" <lozzo@lozzo.org.uk> wrote in message
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> Beav wrote:
>
>>
>> "TOG@Toil" <totallydeadmailbox@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:a7e96645-326c-4e1b-ba2c-09915635930b@y21g2000hsf.googlegroups.com
>> ...
>>
>> > Actually, I only fit them myself to smaller bikes these days. It's
>> > an arse-ache of a job and it's something I'm happy to pay my dealer
>> > to do, especially on things like the BMW, or bikes without a centre
>> > stand (which have to be hung from a ceiling beam).
>>
>> What you need sitting in the garage is an ABBA stand and a big bag of
>> sand (or cement in my case).
>>
>> The ABBA lifts the bike at the swingarm pivot and a hefty weight on
>> the pillion seat allows me to rock every bike I've used it on far
>> enough to easily remove the front wheel.
>>
>> A bloody Godsend those stands.
>
> You should invest in the better verson, like mine, if you can find one.
>
> http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2364/...0fd97c00_o.jpg

If I want both ends stripped, what I do is get the bike on the lift, then
ABBA it up, slip a strap over the back and attach the other end to the
chassis of the lift. A couple of pumps on the lever and both wheels are off
the lift and I can remove the "under the back wheel plate" to make for a
piss easy re-fit.

I *do* like that stand of yours though.

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Beav

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