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I'm looking at getting a centre stand for my 2019 Road King and wondering if anyone can recommend one please. The reason that I'd like one is just for ease of basic maintenance and being able to turn the rear wheel rather than having too push the bike back and forth. The obvious choice would be the HD one, but I've read a number of reviews saying that they're awkward to get up on the stand as the lever is too short. That being said I'm a big guy at 6'4" weighing 18.5 stone (not sure what that is in US pounds) and have never struggled with centre stands on bike before such as the BMW R1200GS Adventure.
I assume they don't hinder riding at all, but I'm wondering how easy the stand levers are to 'access' as this is the first bike I've owned that's had footboards?
spoke at length with general manager Jeff Yerby of Wheeldock, maker of EZ-UP while @ Daytona 2020 a few weeks ago.... nice guy, great product, witnessed numerous regular size folk lifting tourers with ease!
He's happy to ship direct from the states, but is planning to have a sole distributor over our side of the pond : Speedline Moto
will also be stocking Wheeldock Chock, which was another of his products we discussed at length
Wheeldock Chock
Last edited by havinabubble; Apr 16, 2020 at 04:13 AM.
spoke at length with EZ-UP owner Jeff, while in Daytona a few weeks ago.... nice guy, great product, witnessed numerous regular size folk lifting tourers with ease!
He's happy to ship from the states, but is planning to have a sole distributor over our side of the pond : Speedline Moto
will also be stocking Wheeldocks, which was another of his products discussed
Great thanks very much. Will keep an eye on that site, shipping and import duties make shipping from the US very expensive.
Jeff mentioned the website is being reworked etc. so don't be put off by that.
To be honest we were more interested in the EZ-UP and chocks. was told to speak to Albert @ Speed Moto
Good looking product, seemed very simple to get on stand and even better that we wouldn't have to add shipping and tax to the sticker price.
...saying that I've just shipped TBR pipes in from California and a mate, Legend shocks, from Daytona
and we both got them cheaper and faster than ANY of the dealers we approached here (and that was paying all extras due)
YMMV
Originally Posted by snerkler
Great thanks very much. Will keep an eye on that site, shipping and import duties make shipping from the US very expensive.
spoke at length with general manager Jeff Yerby of Wheeldock, maker of EZ-UP while @ Daytona 2020 a few weeks ago.... nice guy, great product, witnessed numerous regular size folk lifting tourers with ease!
He's happy to ship direct from the states, but is planning to have a sole distributor over our side of the pond : Speedline Moto
will also be stocking Wheeldock Chock, which was another of his products we discussed at length
Wheeldock Chock
Sorry to trouble you again, I've just viewed you photo on my computer (rather than my phone) and I can see that the rear wheel is still in contact with the ground whilst it's on the centre stand. Is it easy and safe to 'rock' the bike forward to make the rear wheel leave contact with the ground to be able to turn it during cleaning and maintenance?
It's nice and wide. I can and have lifted the entire bike off the ground. Usually, I use it to hold the bike upright for washing. Use it for oil changes, etc. If I'm going to do something where I'm putting a lot of force into the bike, I put the front wheel in a Condor chock too. A couple weeks ago, I had the front chocked, and then used this to raise the rear high enough to roll the rear wheel out and back in. Just put a 7/8 socket on the drill and up she goes.
It's nice and wide. I can and have lifted the entire bike off the ground. Usually, I use it to hold the bike upright for washing. Use it for oil changes, etc. If I'm going to do something where I'm putting a lot of force into the bike, I put the front wheel in a Condor chock too. A couple weeks ago, I had the front chocked, and then used this to raise the rear high enough to roll the rear wheel out and back in. Just put a 7/8 socket on the drill and up she goes.
Thanks, I would imagine this is a two person job to get it on the stand though, one to hold the bike upright and the other to place the lift underneath?
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