Paddock lifts for zx6r...

[ws4936]

...do they exist? I'm trying to find a paddock lift for the 636, but it's proving difficult. Anyone used a paddock lift for a 636?
Suggestions would be useful, cheers
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[-Matt-]

I'm probably being thick...

Do you mean paddock stands, or is the paddock lift something electrical. If stands i can help

[ws4936]

It's a paddock......lift. You bolt an attachment onto your bike, then when your ready to jack up, you slide the paddock lift to the bike, insert the pins of the paddock lift, into the mounting plate you attached to the bike, and lift the whole bike up with one movement.

Like this
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[-Matt-]

Wrong thing i was thinking of sorry mate Cant help you there

[ws4936]

Cheers anyway.... I think I may have just found one. If I get it, I'd have paid more for my stand than I did on my misses bike!



In serious debating mode now.
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[-Matt-]

Was going to say i do recall looking at something like what you linked, and dismissed it instantly when going from the excellent videos to the not-so-excellent shopping basket

Bloody brilliant idea and great if you have a tight garage you want to park a car in also but... Pricey

Any reason you cant/don't want just use paddock stands maybe:?

[DrDonnyBrago]

[-Matt-]

Never seen that before Donny, barely double the price of my paddocks wish i'd gone for that to be honest.

Save me an earful from the mrs everytime i get her to support the bike.. Uh-Hm

[DrDonnyBrago]

[-Matt-]

Ah so its a sort of combination-lift for both wheels, [would still be very useful to do solo already owning a paddock stand set].

It'd be tempting to try attach it to a wheel contraption - saw one when i was browsing last year that was similar but had a wheel base which would of been absolutely brilliant for rotating the bike into the back of the garage and getting the car inside after it [best anti thief device in my mind ] But that one cost a bloody fortune

[G]

Stuff I'd read before suggested that the only time that type of stand in the youtube video is stable is in youtube videos made by the manufacturer/distributers.

The 'Eazy Rizer' is another similar one which I believe may be a bit more stable.

Kinda fancied one myself, but never justified it.

[ws4936]

I like that I could use that for both my bikes for maintenance, but really after something with wheels to manoeuvre in. I have 3 bikes in garage, but it's ohhhhh sooooo tight in there.

Just thinking of excuses to wifey for buying a stand that costs the same as a small country.....hmmmmm.
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[-Matt-]

Haha, if shes anything like my mrs not being called out to the garage every weekend and being told to 'keep it straight' / 'mind the foot peg' will be more than enough reason

[ws4936]

[-Matt-]

I was wondering about that in general also - i do ride in winter but only if its dry/rained recently prior to that to wash the salt away.

How much damage does the bike sitting on the forks over a few months actually do One of those questions that gets a ridiculous spectrum of advice

Past two years its been sat 3 months this year and almost 5-6 the last [battery died and didn't get round to replacing it for various reasons as weather was already bad ]

[ws4936]

Thing is, I ride all year round on a commuter. I bought the 636 for a toy. Enjoying the weather at the moment, but to be fair, our summers of recent have been bad enough to put bike shops out of business. If its wet, I'll just take the 500...bulletproof workhorse rain sleet or snow. With the crap they put on the roads at winter time, even on a dry day I won't take it out...corrosive stuff that. It'll eat through exhausts in 3 years if your a lazy bastard that can't be arsed to wash a bike now and again
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[-Matt-]

Thats like me really - if its wet or salted the car bites the bullet.

I would say - this is only from one year biking through winter [dry days only], but i didn't notice a speck of corrosion and i biked almost every dry day there wasn't visible salt chunks/wet roads [still a shit load of dust going on everything] and after over 6 months without a wash i gave it a good fairing-off wash at the start of spring and it still looks fine now, so i think its mainly a case of keeping it dry, salt on or off didn't seem to bother my bike.

That being said, mine is garaged the moment, so people keeping it outside i'm sure might find its a whole different story

[ws4936]

Yeah, I would tend to agree. I used to keep mine out until we bought a garage bout a year ago. Still....nasty stuff.

I think I will sleep on the decision to buy the stand, however, I also think I'm just inevitably delaying the purchase by about 8 hours...haha
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[-Matt-]

God forbid the price rises at midnight ..

[ws4936]

Well I make that £551.
I'm sure I will get it, and when I do, I'll pic whore the fuck out of it!
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[-Matt-]

Just think of all the tinsel you can hang on it and xmas, bikepics.com headliner for sure

[ws4936]

That's just sold it to me.
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