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Post by beerbelly on Sept 28, 2009 15:46:22 GMT
New here folks, learning my way around my newly aquired Divi 900 which i've had to cosmetically rebuild after a smash, my question is as my bike has no centre stand and the tyres need changed where would be suitable jacking points front and rear  ?? thanks in anticipation, Beerbelly |
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Post by CD on Sept 28, 2009 16:29:07 GMT
There aren't any really as the exhaust collector can't cope with the weight and anyway it will fall off the jack. Sounds like a paddock stand is the best option.
Or...
I have engine protector bars on mine. I put the bike on it side stand and put an axle stand under the offside engine bar. Then heave the bike upright and put another stand under the near side. I can also do this on the mainstand but its not a fabulous idea to do on your own, because the bike can so easily roll forward and off the mainstand before its safely on the axle stands.
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Post by bobh on Sept 28, 2009 19:34:17 GMT
Definitely paddock stands are the best option front and rear. Or, correction, an Abba stand would be the best, but paddock stands are nearly as good.
For the front, I put the bike on the centre stand and use a jack with a narrow spacer onto the frame cross member behind the downpipes. I guess this would work just about as well if the back wheel was up on a rear paddock stand, though it would put more stress on the cross member as the bike wouldn't be balanced front/rear in the same proportions.
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Post by Sean on Sept 28, 2009 20:51:16 GMT
I have used a car jack on the front of my D9 to get the front wheel off and change the front tyre.
I placed the car jack under the front engine flat area just after the collector box/4 down pipes are connected and placed a piece of SOFT WOOD inbetween the jack and the bike and then taken the car jack up by hand so the front wheel is JUST off the ground by about an inch or two - as if somebody had sat on the back seat whilst it was on the stand so it swivels back onto its back tyre but NOT pushing up so as to squash the collector box.... just about ok if you get the wood in the right place - never metal to metal and watch out because any undue stress on the collector box in that area will probably break the seals or metal bandit/screw straps holding the down pipes on..
.. never done the back wheel without the centre stand...but image that the jacking point would be with a piece of wood method again this time being run across the place where the centre stand should be bolted on - makes sense to me...
course this means doing one wheel at a time...
or if you have two jacks put the rear jack on first to simulate it being on it's centre stand (ie back wheel off the floor by 2 inches or so) then raise the front up but make surre the front does not take the weight of the bike so don't go above level.
how high the rear jack is dictes the height of the front jack too.
and GET ANOTHER BODY TO HELP YOU...the angle will be crucial as you are simulating a centre stand with a jack and then raising the front to make it level if you catch my drift...
good luck
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Post by pilgrim on Sept 28, 2009 21:11:31 GMT
Go to: 'General', five pages back, 'Got me one of these' thread. (sorry, bit tired to raise the link, bed calling) OK for light work only. (Affordable at my outlay) Goodnight........  |
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Post by teejayexc on Sept 28, 2009 21:20:21 GMT
Use the ol' scouse method, worked for years, pile of bricks under each axle  If your D9's got no centre stand I assume the mounting points for it are still there?, if so a flat piece of wood straddling these will suffice for a jacking point (it's more or less the balance point of the bike after all). Or you could use one of these;   ;D |
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Post by CD on Sept 29, 2009 11:48:54 GMT
Whata rubbish idea. Far too convenient. ;D BTW, Nice looking D9  |
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Post by beerbelly on Sept 30, 2009 12:53:54 GMT
Many thanks folks for the advice,
Beerbelly
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