These stands have a lot of good uses. Biggest for me is with the bike upright it takes up way less room if you have limited space / multiple bikes in your garage. I fuel up on the stand for maximum fill. I clean the bike on the stand sitting on a roller seat and it makes left side cleaning as easy as right side. This also applies to working on the left side of the bike for things not needing wheels off ground. You can't change a tire on most center stands. The HD stand lifts the rear wheel off ground but it is much more difficult to get it on the stand. I use a made for bikes scissor jack if I need to roll the wheels. Haven't had much clearance issues I only bottom it on high speed bumps w/the OL on and not slowing enough.

 

You might want to research this a bit further ... the stand is an excellent addition and is exceptionally easy to use ( granted the OP is having a problem with his ) I've had mine ( and have had several "center stands" over the years ) and the EZ up is the best, and easiest to use by far. Yes it takes the addition/use of a piece of plywood for the rear wheel to come off the ground ( which then makes it very easy to clean/rotate the rear wheel. I've never seen a center stand on an HD which would allow you to remove the rear wheel ( with the exception of the old "hinged" rear fender models )

 

Problem solved. I attached a medium grade emery cloth with double sided tape to the bottom of the feet. Drove right off. Didn't effect putting it on the stand either.

Thanks all for the feedback and suggestions.

 

Good deal, it always makes sense to try the easy fix first!

 

I believe the problem the OP was having was more due to a very slick finish on his garage floor. Mine does the same thing on the garage floor at my work, it is almost a polished slick finish. On a normal smooth finish concrete floor it works fine. I'm glad you found a simple solution.

 

Fair enough.

But, you can remove front or rear wheels from just about ANY motorcycle with a center stand that isn't a Harley. Using a tie down you can remove both at the same time. It's like having a lift.

As far as storing one in the garage upright, the Baxley Chock works well and also doubles for doing quick wheel on the ground left side word (clutch or drive belt adjustment for example). I reckon you could do one of the rear wheel roller things as well.

I'm not trying to kick down another man's barn; just trying to see something from another point of view. I appreciate the education.

 

Am I missing something here? I can't recall ever seeing a center stand that would raise the bike high enough to roll the rear wheel/tire out from under any cruiser or touring bike with a rear fender on it? I can see this being true on some crotch rockets.

 

Cruisers dont come with center stands because they usually eat ground clearance and cruisers don't have much of that. I'm aware that at least one of the center stands we're talking about here doesn't eat ground clearance but then it doesn't raise either wheel off the ground. It does bear some of the weight of the rear wheel so you can't use it for belt tension adjustments either because the spec is completely unsprung or bearing all it's weight; one or the other. Heck, any center stand that doesn't elevate one of the wheels off the ground won't allow you to inspect the tire treads because you can't rotate the wheels. The putting a board thing under it? Yeah I guess, but most people buy the EZ up thing because they want the bike to go up easy. Putting a board under the legs defeats that. A spoke wheel/tube type flat is wheel removal deal, no doubt about it.

You can remove both wheels from a Gold Wing, BMW Tourers, every sport tourer, heck any bike that comes stock with a center stand. All you have to do is put a ratchet strap around the back of the center stand (while it's deployed) and then attach it to the fork legs (centered using soft ties). This keeps the stand from returning to the "up" position. It's then just a matter of balance (putting weight on the seat with a sandbag or removing it) to access or remove either or both wheels. I usually use plastic milk crates under the front and rear once the wheels are off. As far as not being able to get the rear wheel out from a valanced or long rear fender, remove the front wheel after taking out the rear axle. The bike can be tipped forward and you roll the rear wheel out. That said, you don't have to do that with any of the bikes I mentioned above. Some even use single side swing arms and don't even come out the back, they exit from under the side.

Like I said, in the Harley world it just doesn't make sense to me, given that a bike that comes equipped with a center stand serves so many purposes. I probably wouldn't clamp on an after market part in front of my rear wheel either. Should it ever become dislodged it'd be run over for sure.

What brought all this to my attention was I was with a friend in Daytona during bike week. He has a Gold Wing and a guy tried to sell him on the idea of one of these stands. When I pointed out these observations he got kinda pissed. I value the knowledge here so I thought I'd check to make sure I wasn't missing something.