Removing wheels without stands?

[nasty]

Has anyone got ant tips on how to remove the wheels from my bike without paddock stands or other support stands?

I'm gonna need to get some new tyres but the majority of bike tyre places in my area don't offer a ride in service and the ones that do charge £40 for fitting plus stupid prices for the tyres
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[Ariel Badger]

Side-stand on brick, mate steadies it while you do the job.
Rope and tree, mates helps you lift bike ( you can do this yourself with multiple bungee cords).
Wali T
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[binge]

What bike is it?

Does it have a center stand?


Bit more info will be useful.



I used a couple of Saw horses and a metal pole to hold the back wheel of my VFR off the ground while I changed the tyre.



Cant see you doing both wheels together, But one at a time is easy.

Even on just a side stand. Take belly pan off, And get a jack under the header pipes, Tilt the bike over onto the rear wheel and side stand, And carefully put the jack under the exhaust. It will hold there safely providing you dont run the bike to make the exhaust hot / soft. Or you dont sit on the bike.



Rear wheel is harder to do like this, But nothing stopping you piling up 2 stacks of anything you can find. I regularly use 2 piles of scrap car tyres and a metal pole to suspend the rear wheel of my bikes.





Ben

[iooi]

I guess you could arange a oil change at the same time.
Take tank off, empty oil out. Lay bike on its side and remove wheels.
Jobs a good un

Failing that nick a beer crate from somewhere and use that as a stand.

Or find somewhere a bit further away and arange a day trip for a full fitting.
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[nasty]

It's a ZX6R F3.

No centre stand I'm afraid.

Don't really want to risk the bike falling over by balancing it on something

Think my mate done it with his old CBR, not sure what or how he did it though, will have to ask him.
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[Nufkamp]

I've got the forks off the Zeph at present, using two ratchet tie-down straps over a beam in the garage roof and up under the handlebars. The arse end is on a paddock stand but you could use timber or bricks under the swingarm to support the arse.
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[joop200789]

get a mate to give you a hand,
i used axle stands last time
i say buy a paddock stand not worth the hassle really and if you drop you could do more damage then the paddockstands would have costs

try www.ghostbike.com £36

[Fadel]

I use axle stands, hold it up / pull it back onto sdestand and back wheel, get a mate to pull the wheel out and pop the axle back in then place stand under and viola, have done it plenty of times and once it was like that for a good month or so, another time I also put a few breeze blocks either side with some insulation inbetween to hold it steady lol cowboys ftw

Obviously though it is safer to just get some paddock stands, for what it's worth you may aswell as they come in handy for alot of things

[alains]

front wheel needs to be balanced and it's not idiot to do the same at rear
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[gaz56]

https://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y119/lotrs/TZR125/S5032628.jpg

worked for me, surprisingly sturdy lol

[D O G]

Rear wheel is a POP, someone else posted this method on here a while back and it works a treat.

You need an axle stand, to go under the mount point for the right rearset. Push the bike over to the left, so the rear comes up and then you slide the axle stand under the rearset mount point and there you go.

You could then pivot the bike back to get the front wheel off the deck from that position.

Alternatively, fairings off, get the bike so it is resting on the sidestand and axle stand as stated above, then find a decent jacking point to jack the bike up to allow you to slide another axle stand under the left rearset.

The bike tip forwards, so you will need a method of raising the front (a friend) when you want to take the wheel out, then slip a crate or summat under the front forks to support the front without its wheel.

[funmonkee]

borrow paddock stands from someone, if you don't want to buy new
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[Pete.]

Take the pins out of the rider footpegs, turn the pegs over, put pins back in. Now put axle-stands under the pegs coz they will only fold down.
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132.9mph off and walked away. Gear is good, gear is good, gear is very very good

[salty21]

did both wheels on mine the other week for the same reason as you.

i just used whatever was lying around to prop under each side of the swingarm and either leg of the forks, then wedged 2 bits of wood at angles(1 front, 1 back) to stop it going anywhere, then buggered off with me wheels for an hour wondering if the bike was still upright, luckily for me it was

but geri's idea rocks.... brilliant
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[Im-a-Ridah]

Well I just used rope to hang the ZX6R from the garage roof then twisted the two rope lines with a bit of wood to lift it up. My garage has a steel I bar though...

[sumpgard]

go down the pub and get a good beer crate

[Cigaro]

For the front one you can use a jack on the frame on the opposite side to the sidestand. Not perfect but works in a pinch.

[loply]

Electrical cable through the joists in your garage will do the trick.

Wrap it around the steering yoke, lift the front wheel onto something (like an old box) then put the cable through holes in your joists and tie it.

Do the same for the back.

You'd be amazed how much weight electrical cable will take.

Alternatively pop the bike on the side stand and just tilt it upwards! Takes two seconds and works on almost all bikes.... Will possibly knacker your sidestand though, as I found out on my R6 (it bent).
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