Another visit to the NEC, another day of spending money I didn't
intend spending when I arrived.

One Brembo brake lever, one set of Harris rearsets, one set of Harris
clip ons. That lot's destined for the 10R after it's French adventure.

One Abba superbike stand, purchased with extra adaptors so I can
remove the swinging arm on the 10R.

One pair of heated socks so my toes don't turn to ice in January when
we head east.

That's given me a few jobs to get sorted out over the winter.

"Andy Bonwick" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> One Abba superbike stand, purchased with extra adaptors so I can
> remove the swinging arm on the 10R.

I got one of those with Triumph fittings - feckin' marvellous bit of kit



--

Rick Brown
Sprint RS 955i

On Sat, 05 Dec 2009 16:56:08 +0000, Andy Bonwick
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>One Abba superbike stand, purchased with extra adaptors so I can
>remove the swinging arm on the 10R.

I've got one of those with the regular adapters for 10r and zrx... How
do the extra adaptors work?

On Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:51:25 +0000, ginge
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>On Sat, 05 Dec 2009 16:56:08 +0000, Andy Bonwick
><(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>One Abba superbike stand, purchased with extra adaptors so I can
>>remove the swinging arm on the 10R.
>
>I've got one of those with the regular adapters for 10r and zrx... How
>do the extra adaptors work?

You remove one of the footrest mounting bolts from each side and screw
some of the 'bobbins' in so it picks the bike up off the footrest
mounts rather than the swinging arm spindle.

We walked away with a stand, a kit for the 10R, the R1 and the FZ1
plus the bits to let me take the swinging arm off for £110 so we can
use it on any of the bikes (1).

I was going to **** about using a front paddock stand and a trolley
jack to take the shock and swinging arm out but this should mean I can
leave the bike in the air for as long as I like which I wouldn't want
to do if it was on a trolley jack.

(1) The Tenere and LC have centre stands and the outfit doesn't
matter.

On Sat, 05 Dec 2009 18:13:21 +0000, Andy Bonwick
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I was going to **** about using a front paddock stand and a trolley
>jack to take the shock and swinging arm out but this should mean I can
>leave the bike in the air for as long as I like which I wouldn't want
>to do if it was on a trolley jack.

Yeah, I'd have thought so. The stands themselves are excellent, in
fact they're the only thing I feel comfortable lifting 220 kilos of
ZRX up with, 'cause I know once the bike is clamped in it's going
nowhere, unlike the cheap paddock stand that gave way.

"Andy Bonwick" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Another visit to the NEC, another day of spending money I didn't
> intend spending when I arrived.
>
> One Brembo brake lever, one set of Harris rearsets, one set of Harris
> clip ons. That lot's destined for the 10R after it's French adventure.
>
> One Abba superbike stand, purchased with extra adaptors so I can
> remove the swinging arm on the 10R.

'Kin hell Andy, why didn't you mention on here before now that you wanted an
Abba to fit the 10R?

I had one exactly for that sat here in my garage until this ****ing
afternoon. Bought off Christofire when his bike was written off and sold to
an SV 650 owner.

--
Beav

VN 750
Zed 1000
OMF# 19

"ginge" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> On Sat, 05 Dec 2009 18:13:21 +0000, Andy Bonwick
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>I was going to **** about using a front paddock stand and a trolley
>>jack to take the shock and swinging arm out but this should mean I can
>>leave the bike in the air for as long as I like which I wouldn't want
>>to do if it was on a trolley jack.
>
> Yeah, I'd have thought so. The stands themselves are excellent, in
> fact they're the only thing I feel comfortable lifting 220 kilos of
> ZRX up with, 'cause I know once the bike is clamped in it's going
> nowhere, unlike the cheap paddock stand that gave way.

Super piece of kit and the guys that make them are great too.

When we were running The Workshop (see sig) them came down, saw what we
where doing and donated a stand with a compete set of adaptors foc.

It had a great deal of use on a whole variety of machines, over the years.

"ginge" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> On Sat, 05 Dec 2009 18:13:21 +0000, Andy Bonwick
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>I was going to **** about using a front paddock stand and a trolley
>>jack to take the shock and swinging arm out but this should mean I can
>>leave the bike in the air for as long as I like which I wouldn't want
>>to do if it was on a trolley jack.
>
> Yeah, I'd have thought so. The stands themselves are excellent, in
> fact they're the only thing I feel comfortable lifting 220 kilos of
> ZRX up with, 'cause I know once the bike is clamped in it's going
> nowhere, unlike the cheap paddock stand that gave way.

Super piece of kit and the guys that make them are great too.

When we were running The Workshop (see sig) them came down, saw what we
where doing and donated a stand with a compete set of adaptors foc.

It had a great deal of use on a whole variety of machines, over the years.


--
Dave
ex Motorcycle Maintenance Workshop
http://tinyurl.com/4mhaw

On Sat, 5 Dec 2009 20:51:23 -0000, "Beav"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>
>"Andy Bonwick" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:(E-Mail Removed).. .
>> Another visit to the NEC, another day of spending money I didn't
>> intend spending when I arrived.
>>
>> One Brembo brake lever, one set of Harris rearsets, one set of Harris
>> clip ons. That lot's destined for the 10R after it's French adventure.
>>
>> One Abba superbike stand, purchased with extra adaptors so I can
>> remove the swinging arm on the 10R.
>
>'Kin hell Andy, why didn't you mention on here before now that you wanted an
>Abba to fit the 10R?
>
I hadn't really thought about it because I've got good paddock stands
for doing general maintenance on the bikes, it was only when I was
working out how to remove the swinging arm that I decided to buy the
abba stand.

>I had one exactly for that sat here in my garage until this ****ing
>afternoon. Bought off Christofire when his bike was written off and sold to
>an SV 650 owner.

D'oh.