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  • #16
    any suggestions on how to support the bike with no center stand to change front wheel and forks????
    '81H (my first XS ) "Grey Ghost"
    Stock Pilots/ 110 mains (to change)
    4:1 Jardine w/ headerwrap
    Windjammer(wiring issues)
    SonyMarine unit for Ipod/Polk Speakers
    New paint/brakes to come!!
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    '80G FrankenBike (parts bike)
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    '80G to fix "BlackSunshine"
    Stock Pilots/125 mains
    Pod filters; 4:1 Kerker??
    SS Brake lines w/ new M/C's
    LED Brake Lite
    Needs paint....

    It is better to be thought a fool than to open ones mouth and remove all doubt....

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    • #17
      Originally posted by TomRodgers View Post
      any suggestions on how to support the bike with no center stand to change front wheel and forks????
      Yep, go back and read my post, it's exactly how i did it a couple of months back. Just support the front under the frame brace.
      1980 SG. (Sold - waiting on replacement)
      2000 XJR1300. The Real modern XS11. Others are just pretenders.

      Woman (well, my wife anyway) are always on Transmit and never Receive.

      "A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be" Albert Einstien.

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      • #18
        Originally posted by TomRodgers View Post
        any suggestions on how to support the bike with no center stand to change front wheel and forks????
        If you have 4-1 exhaust (4-2 might be in the way), put a small floor jack under each side of the frame up towards the front. You can put old inner tube in between if you're worried about scratching the frame. With the bike on the sidestand, raise the right jack up first just barely lifting, then lift the left side. Raise the right side a bit more if necessary. Very stable this way.
        2H7 (79) owned since '89
        3H3 owned since '06

        "If it ain't broke, modify it"

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