Hi guys hope someone can help me . I need to remove the rear shock to fit R&G Frame sliders. Can I support the bike on my rear paddock stand then jack up under the exhaust ? Thanks
Purely opinion, I would not attempt to take the weight of the bike through the exhaust. This sort of task is what an Abba stand is made for. The low cost option is to rotate the folding rider foot rests through 180 degrees and rest them on car axle stands. Andy
Yup, I did. I have a really old block of wood thats perfect for the job. Just make sure you secure the block of wood. If it slips....ouch....tbf, the weight secures it, but if your banging and jarring things it may slip. My block of wod is circa 4"x4"x15"(ish) other suitable peices of wood are available. Alternatively you can loop a lock strap around a scaffold pole that is secured between the walls of garage. I secure a pole with pigs ears clips and seat the ends on a scaffold board cutoff on either end. I use this when removing forks etc. The scaffolding came free from a neighbour getting some work done on house. I say free when I mean I knicked it from a pile outside.
As mentioned above, i used ABBA bike stand and then block of wood and it was no problem. I did the R&G crash bungs last week, took about 3/4 hours in total, but got there in the end. Good luck.
I have used the wood block method before but the last time I had to remove a shock I took the seat off and then used a ratchet strap threaded through the rear subframe to suspend the bike from a garage roof joist - still kept it on the rear paddock stand - just took enough weight with the strap to make it easy to slide the shock mounting bolts out. I liked this method because I knew there was no way the bike could fall over or suddenly collapse because the wood slipped and the fine adjustment of the ratchet strap meant there was no messing about trying to get the mounting bolts lined up - just straight out and back in again.
