Bike maintenance on single-sided swing arm

[huskie69]

As the title suggests, I've now got a bike with a single-sided swing arm.

Previous bikes have have all had double-sided swing arms. My fettling generally involved lifting the rear end up using a £15 paddock stand from fleabay, squirting lube all up the place, overtightening various things that should never have been touched, and generally making an arse of everthing before taking it to somene who knew what they were doing.

How the hell do I lift the rear end on this thing so that I can apply my mechanical wizardy to this new machine and overtension my chain when it starts looking a bit slack? The only way I can think I might be able to do it is using something like a sex swing for motobikes, with all pulleys and ropes and hoists all over the place. Is there a simpler method?!
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'10 Skyjet SJ125-23 - Crashed > '09 YBR 125 > '53 Suzuki SV650 - Died > 2010 Suzuki VanVan 125 > '87 Yamaha FZ750 Sold > VTR 1000 FireStorm - Sold > Honda CB1000R

[Evil Hans]

You can get single-sided paddock stands with bike-specific adaptors.
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Triumph Sprint ST 1050. And it's Red.

[Polarbear]

Abba stand.
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[huskie69]

[barrkel]

The Abba stand has an attachment you can buy that pulls the rear of the bike down so the front comes up.
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Bikes: S1000R, SH350; Exes: Vity 125, PS125, YBR125, ER6f, VFR800, Brutale 920, CB600F, SH300x4
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[huskie69]

[Nobby the Bastard]

Centre stand....
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Sprint ST 1050

[stinkwheel]

As Evil Hans says, you get paddock stands for this job. They have a pin that goes into the hole in the centre of the axle. Pretty cheap. You'd only usually need one for removing the wheel, all the other adjustments can be done with the bike on the sidestand.

The whole rear hub is on an eccentric adjuster. You loosen a pinch bolt and move it round with a special giant c-spanner tool (usually supplied in the tool kit) to adjust chain tension. No alignment adjustment to worry about.

A top tip is to move the adjuster all the way back off then back round up to tension again. They can seize and are a total PITA to free off if they do. Usually the steel bracket carrying the rear calliper that seizes to the hub. Moving it round and back every time you adjust the chain prevents this happening. If it feels stiff/graunchy, oil it.

VFR750 has a SS swingarm AND a mainstand. Still didn't stop them puttng the exhaust in the way of removing the wheel though. A RHS exit exhaust on a bike with a single side swingarm is a total abortion in terms of design!
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[McJamweasel]

If the rear axle is hollow, slide a bar through and use your normal paddock stand on that.
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[Evil Hans]

[andym]

I've found most jobs can be done using just a trolley jack, for the front end a piece of wood (or not) and lift it from the down pipes, or for the back just put it under the rear shock.

@Stinkwheel, when I got my VFR the rear hub was seized and I found it a fairly easy job to remove, clean and grease up

[MCN]

Invest in an ABBA stand. It's the secure way to support the bike.
And suits a wide range, with the correct pivot adaptors.
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[Nobby the Bastard]

[ThatDippyTwat]

[Robby]

Car jack under the footpeg mount opposite the side stand.

[Shaft]

[MCN]

[ADSrox0r]

I invested in a Sky Lift some years ago, it's been very beneficial for multiple bikes. Expensive though.
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Current bikes: '08 VFR 800 VTEC(yo) , '07 ZZR1400 Winter hack: '95 Aprilia 650 Pegaso Currently lusting after: RC30

[BTTD]

I bought a easy rizer second hand. Is a bit of a faff to get the bike mounted, but it's pretty versatile. I also have a paddock stand for the ss swingarm and use that when it's more convenient.

[huskie69]

[stinkwheel]

[huskie69]