Lift Stands for 2014 FJR

[Shanny]

Does anyone use lift stands for the front and rear of your bike? If so, which one will work with a 2014 FJR? I am looking at the Venom sports bike motorcycle front fork and rear paddle combo wheel lift stands. I feel the front will hook under the forks, but I am not sure if the rear will work due to the "pumpkin" on the left side. I would need something to lock just under where the drive shaft enters into the "pumpkin".

Just wondering if anyone uses this type of lift.

 

[Fred W]

What do track stands provide that the standard center stand doesn't? I used to have some when I owned a Ducati, but that bike had no centerstand.

To lift the front end when on the centerstand just jack up (with a block of wood to spread the load) from under the front of the header pipes. It takes very little lift to tip the bike back on the centerstand.

 

[Shanny]

Fred, thank s and that sounds like a plan of action plus some money saved.

 

[Spud]

Agreed that jacking up from under the headers with a wood block works fine; I always do it with an empty tank to save the 40 or so extra pounds of fuel from having to be lifted.