CanTour
Parking Attendant
08ZX14
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posted January 19, 2011 08:42 AM
The stripes look great.
I was also wondering about the stand.
  
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CanTour
Parking Attendant
08ZX14
Posts: 16
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posted January 19, 2011 08:46 AM
Lab3's bike looks good too.
Clean!
Lab3, your chain is cleaner than my bike is!
The shiny bits are nice.
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Rook
Pro
Posts: 1125
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posted January 19, 2011 09:14 AM
The stand is a Heindl pivot stand. I also own a Pit Bull forward handle rear stand. The Heindl is not as hefty as the Pit Bull but the Heindle is the safest thing for solo lifts that I can imagine. Much easier to lift bike at the swing arm pivot than spools. The front is also very easy to lift with a front stand in conjunction with the Heindle. Only thing I really am not crazy about is that the stand comes apart in 2 halves for attachment/detachment. Would be better to have a screw in pivot peg and the stand itself be one solid piece. Nonetheless, I recommend the Heindle as the safest and easiest.
http://www.heindlengineering.com/Online_Store/pivot_stand.htm
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Edgecrusher
Expert Class
Posts: 256
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posted January 19, 2011 09:26 AM
yeah I was thinking about making something like that and incorporating a scissor lift to bolt to my bike lift so I can have both wheels off the bike at a time on my lift, but I just don't have time to engineer my own lift. Might have to pull her down and get one of those though.
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Rook
Pro
Posts: 1125
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posted January 19, 2011 10:20 AM
 Edited By: Rook on 19 Jan 2011 18:24
The swing arm pivot is very close to the center of balance on the 14. You attach the Heindl with bike resting on its side stand. It cannot fall of because it is attached. It eliminates the hazard of engaging spools or swing arm as is necessary with other rear stands. Once you tip the bike up off of side stand to vertical, it will actually safely stand on its own with just a slight forward pressure on the lift bar. Pulling up on the bar is much safer than pushing the lift bar all the way down as is necessary with most other rear stands. Also, if you want, you can step on the base while lifting which adds more force to the lift. It is a great product. Expensive even compared to Pit Bull but worth every penny. My stock busa is so heavy, the Heindl is the only stand I feel good about lifting with. Highly recommend. Great product IMHO. I wouldn't say it is a must have if you already are comfortable using whatever rear stand you might have but if you are buying for the first time the Heindle is a good way to go. Metal is ~3/32 thick compared to Pit Bulls ~1/8. PitBulls usaually are all welded one piece and super rigid. The Heindle is still the safest thing other than a hydrolic table lift, maybe..
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Edgecrusher
Expert Class
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posted January 19, 2011 10:27 AM
If I could use something like that on my lift I'd have it made!
my lift-
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Rook
Pro
Posts: 1125
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posted January 19, 2011 07:37 PM
Edited By: Rook on 20 Jan 2011 03:38
Cool. Yeah, that brings up another + with the Heindl. It takes up no floor space behind the bike. One thing to keep in mind however...it does roll the bike ahead quite a bit and it does not have wheels which would allow you to roll it back. Other words, the bike is going to roll ahead about 9-10 inches and you have to plan for that in close qurters, Suppose you could have your back tire off of the bed on a couple 2x4s for the lift. Then it would end up centered on the bed.
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