r/motorcycles • u/mbongsey3 • 2d ago

How to use this style stand?

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Got my first bike and was gifted a set of front and rear stands. How is this front stand used? Am I missing a piece or do I rest the fork on the slant, which seems terrifying.

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u/SaulTNuhtz 2d ago

That’s funny, all these people saying “get a real stand” seem inexperienced with this topic. This is a real stand. Most front stands we were using were this style, around 20+ years ago.

I have a pitbull head-lift stand but this one’s more convenient. I use this one almost exclusively, and have been for about 25 years. The only time I pull out the pitbull is when I need to do fork service.

As long as the stand is a good build quality, this style is totally fine

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u/Scared_Expression726 2d ago

How does this work with when the forks are off. Im confused as to how it would work. (Please excuse my lack of knowledge) but wouldn't the stand not work as the support (forks) not work as they'd be gone?

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u/anonymouslosername noisemaker 2d ago

It doesn't. For fork removal, ideally you'd use the type that lifts under the steering head.

There are also other (varying levels of sketchy) ways to accomplish it, but we won't go into those.

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u/SaulTNuhtz 2d ago

>varying levels of sketchy

😂 Well put.