BIKE STAND

SO I BOUGHT MY BIKE STANDS SO I CAN START DOING SOME UPGRADING TO MY BIKE AND PISSED ME OF BC I ALREADY HAD A BAD EXPERIENCE WITH IT. I BOUGHT THE ONES IN THE LINK BELOW WITH THE SPOOL ADAPTORS AND AS SSOON AS I LIFTED IT UP IT SCRATCHED THE HELL OUT OF MY SWINGARM. DID NOTHING WRONG AND FOLLOWED ALL THE INSTRUCTIONS. HAVE YOU GUYS HAD ANY PROBLEMS LIKE THIS? AND DO U KNOW HOW TO TOUCH UP THE PAINT?
 
http://www.flyncycle.com/acatalog/Front_Paddock_Stand.html
PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!

If you are using pad style, the pads should have been rubber coated.  If not then you just need to be more careful.  You could also try going someplace and getting the hooks for spools dipped into a rubber coating.
 
 
Buy a bottle of black touch up at wal-mart and it will fix it.

hmm.... im glad i saw this.. what bike do you have.. ?  did you get the swingarm mounts as well so you dont have to use spools.. or is it spool only..
 

NO IT COMES WITH THE SWINGARM ADAPTORS BUT I GOT THE SPOOLS FOR EXTRA $ THINKING IT WOULD BE BETTER NOT TO SCRATCH IT BUT IT DID JUST THAT!!!!!!! =( ONE SIDE HAS A 1" GAP AND THE OTHER IS THE ONE HITTIN IT AND I THINK ITS BC ON MY 07 CBR600RR THE SWING ARM ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE IS A LITTLE WIDER THAN THE LEFT. ILL POPST PICS LATER ON.
 
OKIEZAC.........ARE U PLANNING ON GETTING ON OF THESE TO?

Take the springs out.

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ORIGINAL: Thudux

NO IT COMES WITH THE SWINGARM ADAPTORS BUT I GOT THE SPOOLS FOR EXTRA $ THINKING IT WOULD BE BETTER NOT TO SCRATCH IT BUT IT DID JUST THAT!!!!!!! =( ONE SIDE HAS A 1" GAP AND THE OTHER IS THE ONE HITTIN IT AND I THINK ITS BC ON MY 07 CBR600RR THE SWING ARM ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE IS A LITTLE WIDER THAN THE LEFT. ILL POPST PICS LATER ON.

OKIEZAC.........ARE U PLANNING ON GETTING ON OF THESE TO?

 
not anymore.. lol.. jk..
 
dont know which ones i want yet?  i am on the hunt for a stand(s) right now.. just dont know which ones to get.
 

THATS THE THING THEY WERE OUT. ITS LIKE THE SWING ARM IS POPPIN OUT MORE THAN THE OTHER....ILL GET PICS OF IT TONIGHT AND POST THEM TOMORROW.

btw.. YOU DONT HAVE TO YELL.....lol..   post pics.. lost of em with the stand on the spools (not the bike up unless you want to..)just the stand up under the spools before pushing the bike up..

DONT GET ME WRONG THEY'RE NICE STANDS THAT ARE AFFORDABLE BUT FOR SOME REASON I FEEL THAT IT SHOULDNT BE SITTIN LIKE THAT

HAHAHAHA........IM NOT YELLIN I JUST HAVE CAPS BC IM AT WORK AND THATS HOW I TYPE HERE IN OUR SOFTWARE. YES BUT I WILL DO THAT BC IM ALREADY PLANNIN ON THAT BC IM SENDING THE PICS TO FLYNCYCLE SO THEY CAN SEE WHAT IM TALKING ABOUT AND TO SEE IF IM DOING SOMETHING WRONG. WHAT DO U THINK CAN TOUCH UP THE SWING ARM WITH OUT HAVING TO PAINT ALL OF IT?

LOUD NOISES!!!!!! 

I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE YELLING ABOUT!!
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ai3tWw66eas&feature=related
 
lol...

I love lamp. maybe you should be more careful next time.  sounds like your careless/lazy since you won't put lowercase on.  CAPS LOCK = 1 Press of a button.

Maybe they sent you the wrong stand on purpose since you were probably YELLING AT THEM!!!

OKIE, I would recommend you go with the pit bull stands, they are a little more expensive but they are perfect. Think about it, do you really want to cheap out on something thats holding your bike eight inches in the air. I dont know if you have seen how little area there is for the front stand to hang on to, but it sure is not a lot. This is not a product that you should be risking failure on. As for the rear, spool style is the way to go, it makes it much easier to pick up and lower the bike, and the spools act as swingarm sliders in the event of a mishap.

For the touchup go with satin black rattlecan, and then dab it with a paper towel when its drying so that it does not look so smooth. I did this when my cases got scratched up from a nearby angry lawnmower in my garage. I was pissed, but you would never know.

+1 I have Pit Bull and would highly recommend them.

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ORIGINAL: be vertical

OKIE, I would recommend you go with the pit bull stands, they are a little more expensive but they are perfect. Think about it, do you really want to cheap out on something thats holding your bike eight inches in the air. I dont know if you have seen how little area there is for the front stand to hang on to, but it sure is not a lot. This is not a product that you should be risking failure on. As for the rear, spool style is the way to go, it makes it much easier to pick up and lower the bike, and the spools act as swingarm sliders in the event of a mishap.

For the touchup go with satin black rattlecan, and then dab it with a paper towel when its drying so that it does not look so smooth. I did this when my cases got scratched up from a nearby angry lawnmower in my garage. I was pissed, but you would never know.

HERES THE PICS I TOOK LAST NIGHT OF MY BIKE WITH THE STANDS. LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU GUYS THINK IS THE PROBLEM???
 

MORE............

FINALLY

Somebody sure does have some purdy toes there....
 
Anyway, the damage doesn't look that bad at ALL. But, it is an almost brand new bike, and yes, any damage does seem like it's the end of the world. The rattle can/paper-towel dab trick sounds like it'll get it back to new again.
 
Obviously, you temporarily solved the problem by putting a towel at the top of that spool stand. For a permanent fix, I'd try fabricating the bracket, if possible. Bending it would bring it further away from the swing arm, but you don't want to compromise its ability to securely hold the bike up.
 
Good luck. And turn off the caps lock, damn it.

Use athletic tape to cover the the claw that grabs your spools.  Wrap
several layers kinda like wrapping the handle of a bat.  It will create a
nice soft catch for your spools.  Plus it will not scratch you swing arm.

Simple as playing with the kitty cat

I WAS THINKING THAT OR GETTING A SPACER AND A LONGER SCREW TO GIVE ME AT LEAST 1/2" MORE FROM THE SWINGARM....U THINK THAT WOULD BE BETTER?

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ORIGINAL: Thudux

I WAS THINKING THAT OR GETTING A SPACER AND A LONGER SCREW TO GIVE ME AT LEAST 1/2" MORE FROM THE SWINGARM....U THINK THAT WOULD BE BETTER?

 
that could lower the structural integrity of the stand..
 
i think the atheletic tape idea is the best thus far..
 
and i am definately ordering the pit bull stands after seeing this..
 
 

I have the same pare of stands from the same place. I am not happy with them either. (I didn't get the hooks though)

I am going to go with a set of T-rex stands off of ebay and sell my old set.