I know they're not the cheapest, but I've used Pit Bull stands on every one of my bikes. They are built very well and have that race team "bling" factor.[sm=bling.gif]

 

I drilled holes for mine. I got the kit from PitBull and they are great. Really easy to do. About 30 bucks or something to get the inserts and spools.

Back to my original question...Can you get the front wheel off with a front stand like the ones with the pins?

-David

 

The Redline Engineering site has a video of a guy with both wheels off of his bike, rolling it around on stands. So, I'm pretty sure that you can remove the front wheel with a pin-type front stand.

 

OH, and where did you drill your swingarm? Did the PitBull inserts come with instructions or some kind of template to locate them properly? God, I'd hate to mess that up. It also seems that they would need to be pretty close to the same location to keep loading of the stand and spools nice and even.

 

Woogie, what year/model bike do you have? Like I said in my previous post, most sportbikes produced in the last five years at least have the threaded inserts already on the swingarm from the factory.

And yes, you can remove the front wheel with the pin type front stand. That is what they're for. You can actually remove the front wheel and the forks for servicing with the type of stand that goes into the steering head. The type that lift from under the forks just allow you to remove the front wheel.

 

woggie has stated he has an F4i but not the year. F4i's don't have threads for spools??? That sucks. But, I'll bet the swingarm is level, unlike the 600RR, so he should be able to use a universal stand.

 

Mine is a 2005 F4i...my understanding is that no F4i's have places to put spools from the factory.

Someone please tell me I'm wrong, but I don't think I am.

 

Yea, it comes with instructions to make sure you get the right spot. Right below where you put them there is a aluminum going front one side to the other inside the swingarm so they have to make sure you dont hit that.

And thanks for letting me know about the front wheel.

-David

 

yo mang...universal stands will do good on the F4i unless it's got the attachment for the spools.
handy stands are bomb for price, but the other ones on this site look pretty bomb, just too much gixxer crap going on at that site so i'm turned off.
just don't buy the handy triple stands...straight up sucks **** but works, but sucks though...not too sturdy like their universal kit.

 

Dave, any chance of posting some detailed pics of your handywork? I just bought an '06 F4i myself and don't see how these stands work. I'm looking at my bike and definatley don't see any factory mounts of any kind. I like the idea of using spools since they seem like they would be very sturdy. When you say you drilled I assume you also tapped the holes to be able to bolt the spools on permanently?
Thanks,
-Steve