Cheapo paddock stand warning

[Black Knight]

I bought a paddock stand from a place in Rotherham about a month or two back. IIRC it was £16.99, Bargain I thought.

I'll be making a trip back down there soon to return it as the damn thing collapsed yesterday.

Luckily I have the reflexes of a well oiled puma and managed to dash over and grab the bike before it came tumbling down. I was not in a good mood

I though maybe it the way I fitted it, so I tried again and the damn thing bent under the weight. It should easily be able to hold a sports 600.

Ill try and get a pic up later today so you know what type im on about.

[Black Knight]

This is the bugger.

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v420/Stealthdog/FZR%20600/Paddock1.jpg

And with a little weight

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v420/Stealthdog/FZR%20600/Paddock2.jpg

[Klause]

That could of been an expensive paddock stand if you didn't catch the bike.
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[Mr.Everready]

oops !
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[Tarmacsurfer]

I know this is an odd concept these days, but a tenet I've always had great faith in:
You gets what you pays for.
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[feef]

[Shaun]

My bikes outside sitting on one of those right now, its been used hundreds of times and never had any problems with it!

[jay12329]

'Think g's are/were like that. they are a bit flexable and make working on the bike interesting sometimes.
I have a set of micron stands and havnt had a problem lifting my Hornet or CBR>
HTH
J

[Kickstart]

Hi

I have one of those and if those bolts are not done up very tight then it does the same. Cheap but not really much use. Will replace it with a useful one at some point.

All the best

Keith
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[mchaggis]

A square/ rectangular section paddock stand should be a fair deal stronger than a circular one, but they're obviously correspondingly more expensive. Alternatively, a bit of triangulation wouldn't go amiss.

https://www.pdq1.co.uk/vm/front_stand.jpg

£50 for front and £60 for rear however.
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[Gazdaman]

Christ.

No idea how much mine were, but I found a front and rear left for the binmen one week, so I half inched them.

Mine seem to hold the TZR just fine.

Gaz

[Annabella]

[Kickstart]

[Flip]

I've had a Gixxer 750 on one of those no probs, but my ZXR4 fell off it, swingarm doesn't like them. Just use it for my brothers NSR now. Gonna get a Micron stand for the ZXR though.

[Tarmacsurfer]

[Black Knight]

[Mr C]

get an ABBA stand folks

you won't regret it
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[Jrod]

Your wallet might tho.

[Mr C]

compared to a rubber paddock stand


I bought one and used it once, the crappy cup not only scratched a gouge in teh swingarm but it also bent over


never again


Abba stands rock
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[Jrod]

Just wait until someone you know has no bikes that fit a micron stand so they sell it cheap. They then buy a bike and need a paddock stand but were to stpuid to think about it when they sold it.

Cheers Yams.

[Turbo Busa]

Abba for me too every time

https://www.kevday.com/mikey/turbo/stand.jpg

[feef]

[Tarmacsurfer]

To quote the Sale and Supply act ('94):

[mario]

Oh no! I got one of those stands(or looks identical) at the Scottish bike show. Have had my 125 on a couple of nights no problem but now i've seen this think i might avoid using it now! Thanks for the warning

[feef]