Cheap stand for later SS models

[Stephanie]

Here is our solution:



Ingredients:

Pair of jack stands

one pipe long enough to reach from one stand to the other, by way of going through the bike

Optional: some kind of protective cover for the pipe so it doesn't scratch the paint. We used some of the packing material from a guitar stand we bought for our son.

Optional: additional pipe to use inside the main pipe for additional leverage when raising the bike onto the stand.

Our original experiments had been conducted using a hockey stick as the pipe. The final pipe is a piece from a wood clamp.

The front wheel we raise by putting a rod through the hollow front axle and raising it onto another pair of jackstands.

Stephanie

[Ric]

Hockey stick! lol....que the "I Am Canadian" dialogue.

p.s. is that a wooden floor in your garage? Cool!

[Stephanie]

Actually, the bikes live in a red brick schoolhouse built in 1890. Makes an excellent garage! We even managed to get an austin Mini through the doors a few years ago, but that's the biggest car we can get in there.

Stephanie