"Lozzo" <lozzo@lozzo.org.uk> wrote in message
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> Beav wrote:
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>> "Lozzo" <lozzo@lozzo.org.uk> wrote in message
>> news:6hloijFm8fd8U1@mid.individual.net...
>> > Beav wrote:
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>> >>"TOG@Toil" <totallydeadmailbox@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
>> > > news:a7e96645-326c-4e1b-ba2c-09915635930b@y21g2000hsf.googlegroups
>> > > .com ...
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>> >>> 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
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>> 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.
>
> Thanks. I bought it from a firm in Norwich about 10 years ago, just
> after I got my Firestorm. I'd seen a ZX7R with no wheels sitting on one
> for about three weeks in Tinklers of Norwich, so I searched out who
> made them and bought mine direct. I think it cost me 90 quid with
> fittings to suit the Firestorm, and since then I've made or adapted
> fittings to suit a variety of bikes. Next project is to develop a
> universal cone fitting so I can use it on any bike without the need for
> specific fittings to be turned up.

Sounds like a fucking excellent idea and also like a job for.... WUNderman.

It's given me something to think about too, as the ABBA adapters aren't
cheap enough to buy a set for all the different bikes. A cone system (or a
stepped adapter) sounds just the ticket.

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Beav

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