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Randy B · 02-12-2015, 08:04 AM

When I removed my front wheel I used the center stand to support the weight of the bike and then a piece of plywood on top of my floor jack under the oil pan to rock the bike back onto the rear wheel. No real weight was ever put on the oil pan, just enough to rock the bike onto the back wheel.

flynrider · 02-12-2015, 12:43 PM

When I swapped out my front tire, i put the bike up on the centerstand then used a small floor jack under the oil pan. It came right up and was pretty stable.

Rocky_imp · 02-12-2015, 08:49 PM

(02-12-2015, 08:04 AM)Randy B_imp Wrote: When I removed my front wheel I used the center stand to support the weight of the bike and then a piece of plywood on top of my floor jack under the oil pan to rock the bike back onto the rear wheel. No real weight was ever put on the oil pan, just enough to rock the bike onto the back wheel.

Good stuff.
That's how I do it with my other bikes.

metallyguitarded_imp · 02-13-2015, 03:16 AM

(02-12-2015, 01:54 AM)Rocky_imp Wrote: ferret, just so I'm clear on what you said, are you saying to put the weight of the bike on the headers and lift with a floor jack?
I haven't done it nor have I had a need to remove the front wheel (yet), but that seems like a lot of weight for the headers to support.
I'm always willing to listen to the voices of experience.

That said, I have a paddock stand for lifting the front end, but it's useless if I decide to change the fork springs or install gaiters.

I read that ferret does it differently, but I have done just as you suggest with the VFR - headers on the floor jack with a block of wood between - with no issues. I'm confident it would be fine with my CB as well. It would be nice if they made a triple tree stand for the CB. Until then, I'll stick to the jack/wood combo up front. I suppose I could weight the rear to take some off the front.

DGShannon_imp · 02-13-2015, 04:38 AM

When removing the front end, to put on my fork boots, I wasn't keen on putting weight on the headers, so I approached it differently.
1) Bike on the center stand.
2) Looped a tie down strap around each hand grip.
3) Attached the other end of tie down straps to garage rafters.
4) Sat on seat to rock back and take the weight off the front end.
5) Snugged up the tie down straps to hold the front end off the ground.

Worked like a charm. The straps were holding very little weight, and the front end couldn't flop around as I worked.

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