The stock swing arm for the F4i doesn't have attachment points for the spindles that the bike stand uses. While some bike stands come with standard a standard pad that will fit any swing arm, I was wondering if anyone has ever tried to add spindles to the swing arms of their F4i?

 

Pit Bull makes some inserts that allow you to add spools to a non-spool swingarm. Even though others have done it and seem happy, I haven't yet girded up enough guts to drill my swingarm. Check them out here.

I just use a non-spool rear stand. It works OK.

 

Thanks for the link. I wondered if you could drill and tap a hole in the swing arm but also wondered if it was worth it.

I have a non-spooled stand too, although I'd like to store my bike on it to make more room in the garage. I left the bike on the non-spooled stand overnight and came back the next morning to find that it had slid forward until it hit the bottom side of my pipe on the right. I was a pain to get it back into place and raised some concerns for storage on the non-spooled stand.

Has anybody drilled their swing-arm and installed the pit bull threaded grommets?

 

FWIW, Harbor Freight also sells a threaded insert kit for about $12, tool included. I bought the kit but have not tried it yet, waiting for a nice day will post results when I do.

 

i drilled and tapped my swingarm for 8mm bolts.

used a helicoil kit for it. figured if they used that stuff in the army it should hold up to some spools on a stand