is this a good deal on stands?

[SomeStrangeGuy]

Originally Posted by MedTechRR

yeah, you all are fools for buying stands. I made this stand for free when I changed my forks! Dunno why you need one of those fancy metal stands?

Wow I'm jealous, your stand could also be used to disperse any offending crackheads trying to shack up near your bike!



(still scratching my head about why the rear plastics are off if you're doing forks though )

[SomeStrangeGuy]

Originally Posted by Sirkbac

Thats my 929 in the picture.

huh?

Originally Posted by SomeStrangeGuy

Wow I'm jealous, your stand could also be used to disperse any offending crackheads trying to shack up near your bike!



(still scratching my head about why the rear plastics are off if you're doing forks though )

I take all the plastics off a couple times a year to clean the bike and check over everything. Guess I'm a bit anal!

[SomeStrangeGuy]

Originally Posted by MedTechRR

I take all the plastics off a couple times a year to clean the bike and check over everything. Guess I'm a bit anal!

it's ok, I was just poking fun @ your expense, no harm intended

Originally Posted by SomeStrangeGuy

huh?

In the Ebay auction, the yellow 929 on the stands (first picture shown), that is my 929 in my driveway.

Originally Posted by Sirkbac

In the Ebay auction, the yellow 929 on the stands (first picture shown), that is my 929 in my driveway.

Do you have any thing to do with that auction or did they steal that picture?

Might add the handy stands work fine for me.

I have nothing to do with the auction, they just happend to find a pic of my bike on the stands (which isn't hard to do). And sadly the pic is being hosted by Ebay so no fun porn swapping to do. I find my bike used in alot of Ebay stuff, forsale ads. I only ever say anything if it's being used in a scam or something looks shadey, which has also happend.

I'm also looking at getting a set of these. They seem pretty reasonable for the price. As long as they don’t give out or roll out too easy I could care less how they look. I just got my 929 about 2 months ago. I bought it used only had 1700 miles and came with an aria re-entry helmet, paid $6000.

Do I hear a group buy coming?

As for hanging the bike. On my old F2 the rear shock was black and I hated it, I wanted to switch it out for a yellow one and a better spring. So I removed the seat and rear fairings and took an old tow row and tossed it over the garage rafters. Make sure to get at least 2 rafters to support the weight. I then used a jack and lifted the bike off the ground and tied it off. It sat like that over the entire winter with no harm to the garage or my bike. As long as the rafters are solid and span across the garage you can do this. I wouldn't trust 2x4 rafters, maybe at least 2x6's which mine were. Its actually quite nice because you can spin the bike around real easy when your working on it. The only down side is that you loose gription when you tighten bolts etc. it gets a bit squirrely and an extra hand is always helpful.

Good luck.

My workshop is in my basement so it would hang from the floor joists which are 2x12s I believe. I've considered the issue of having a hard time when you need to tighten something. Guess that's what the wife is for... she's good at holding on while I push.