Hi folks, I've just bought a 2010 Sprint ST 1050, lovely bike but I'm finding it very heavy to get onto the centre stand. I'm an old geezer after all! I've thought about buying a rear paddock stand to use when I want to clean and lube the chain. Has anybody with a similar bike got one? If so, what make and what size pin do you need to buy?
Hi. My bike is a T509 Speed Triple with a sssa, single sided swing arm, if yours is sssa too, the pin size is 27.4 mm. I bought a Warrior sssa paddock stand from demon tweeks on ebay a couple of years ago for £45, tho they are probably more these days. Easy to assemble and perfect for doing your chain etc.
Hi, thanks for the info, that's very useful. I've found a Warrior stand on the Demon Tweeks UK website for £69 including the pin (a 27.4 mm one fits the Sprint). My only reservation is that the Sprint is a lot heavier than your T509 Speed Triple - 241kg wet compared to 206kg - and Demon Tweeks state that the Warrier stand has a max capacity of 200kg. Even dry the Sprint weighs well over 200kg compared to the Speed Triple 196kg. Do I risk it? Or do I splash out £159 on the R&G equivalent that they recommend? Hmm, I'll need to give this some more thought!
Anyone feel free to correct me if I am wrong but the paddock stand is like a car jack or tow bar, the max weight is not based on the entire weight of the vehicle but the load on the stand itself. This will never be the full weight of the bike over the back wheel. I use the Warrior paddock stands front and back for all of my bikes and they have never let me down. Cheers Geoff
Good point Geoff, why didn't I think of that! Thanks, I'll get myself a Warrier stand, which I'll need as the back end has been lowered and hence the centre stand removed.
I did buy a Warrier stand from Demon Tweeks - now £79.46 incl. the pin, postage & packing, so half the price of the equivalent R&G item. At first I couldn't lift the rear end of the bike off the ground (I know - I'm an old wimp!) but I eventually found a way to get it up (no jokes please....). First of all make sure you have the front wheel of the bike in a front wheel chock AND securely chained to the chock or else you may fall over backwards and the bike topple over sideways!Then the trick is to stand on the bottom bar of the rear paddock stand, both feet off the ground, then pushing forward with your feet whilst holding onto the rear of the bike. This causes the wheels of the stand to slide forward under the bike, much easier than trying to lift the rear of the bike vertically by simply pushing down on the handle of the stand. It worked for me but I'll accept no responsibility if someone else tries it and they come to grief!!!
For me it's about technique and confidence, not strength. I nearly shat myself the first time thinking I might drop the bike.
