Using a cinder block to prop up your bike

[FJRMGM]

I wouldn't use a cinder block to prop up anything of value - damned thing could crumble or break at any moment and down it goes!!

I use 4x4 or 4x8 blocks of wood.

 

[johnny80s]

Just put a blanket on the ground (so you don't scratch it) and lay the bike over. Then you can take both wheels off!

:clapping:

 

[MrTwisty]

Just put a blanket on the ground (so you don't scratch it) and lay the bike over. Then you can take both wheels off!
:clapping:

Great advice Johnny! With a little help, you can probably turn it over and stand it on it's handlebars like a bicycle. Then, removing the wheels will be easy!

 

[Checkswrecks]

Or use some rope and hang it from the garage rafters!

 

[keithaba]

Yeah, I should have thought twice about posting this on a friday!

I am taking off the forks, so a front stand wouldn't work. Looks like 4X8's it is for backup.

Leaving it to balance on a bottle jack is not an option.

 

[Fred W]

Yeah, I should have thought twice about posting this on a friday!
I am taking off the forks, so a front stand wouldn't work. Looks like 4X8's it is for backup.

Leaving it to balance on a bottle jack is not an option.

One of those black iron front stands will still work. Use tie down straps to frame.

The "bottle jack" or blocks or iron stand or whatever would only be to hold the balance toward the rear tire. The weight would obviously be supported primarily by the center stand. Not a lot of weight needing to be shifted. Then when the forks are off it will sit on the rear tire real happily.

 

[FJReady]

I like to use the 'old paint can' method. In conjunction with some scraps of wood of course.

The blocks under the center stand make it easy to get the rear wheel off.

 

[keithaba]

I like to use the 'old paint can' method. In conjunction with some scraps of wood of course.
The blocks under the center stand make it easy to get the rear wheel off.

Wow, you have a lot of trust in that paint can!

 

[Fred W]

Wow, you have a lot of trust in that paint can!

+1 there. Gotta be at least 100 lbs on that can. I just tested mine with a 70 lb shipping scale and it went over the 70 by at least 30.

 

[odot]

Hey, um......nice scooter/moped in the back there. Use that to pick up groceries on sundays?

 

[FJReady]

I use the scooter to shuttle the FJR wheels back and forth to the tire shop.

And only when its dark to avoid detection...

 

[ionbeam]

Hey, um......nice scooter/moped in the back there. Use that to pick up groceries on sundays?

Could be 'training wheels' for the SO too. Burgie's a pretty good scoot, capable of tagging along with a FJR with dignity.

Back in the days when I had a running FJR I would put a large wood dowel or copper pipe through the axle holes and rest it centered on a jack stand (or two if you are the nervous type).

 

[Bustanut joker]

Speaking of 'back in the days' Hows everything going with your bike Alan?

I know you had a heck of a time at the start.

:jester:

 

[FJRandy]

I'm surprised no one has mentioned the "jackstands under the sliders" idea. I've been doing it that way since the first tire change.

1...Put a 2X10 under the center stand, and another under the rear wheel facing the line of the bike. (like a "T")

2...PUUUULLLL the bike up onto the 2X10 and extend the stand.

3...Pull the other 2X10 out from under the rear wheel.

4...have your "ASSistant" push down on the rear of the bike while you slide a jackstand under each slider. I've done this by myself quite a few times, but it's always quicker with help.

The bike ends up completely stable with plenty of room to remove both wheels easily.

Note> I use R&G sliders that mount through the fairing, not the ones mounted higher up.