Newbie question

[TYEster]

Originally Posted by pdog

I bought a dirt bike stand for my supermoto bike so I could do some maintenance, one of these:

http://www.cyclegear.com/spgm.cfm?L1...O-ADJ-LFT-STND

What I didn't expect was that once my bike was off the floor, it would be very unstable because it's center balanced. A light push on either side will tip the bike over. So what's the point of this thing?

What can I use to get at least the rear tire off the ground so I can change the rear tire, lube the chain, etc easily? I'd love to somehow install rear bobbins as I already have an adjustable rear stand but I don't think my DRZ's swingarm has mounting points for them.

Ideas?

If you put it under your dirtbike right, it should sit fine?

By fine I mean, as long as you have it balanced on there, it shouldn't move at all. However tugging, pulling, pushing, wrenching hard on the bike will have the consequence of an unstable stand. I've used a friends stand that had a tad more surface area than that, and I've gotten both wheels off, replaced a chain, straightened out forks, and basically got the bike down to frame and motor almost.

So as long as you don't really manhandle the bike while it's on the stand, it shouldn't go anywhere, just make sure you've got the right balance point.(also a nice rubber pad on the top of the stand should help)