Motorcycle Jack Stands
 

Saved from the Yahoo GZ250 Group. I'm repostiong it here so I can link to it and keep the photos with the text. I sure hope Dusty doesn't mind.

A great post! I've been wondering how to get the bike off the ground. While I have been looking for a lift for the C50 (or making a lift that someone wrote about like you did here) I couldn't find anything appropriote for the GZ250. It's not like you can use a regular commercial made motorcycle lift that you can slide under the frame. This is a great design that could easily be made even with hand tools (hand saw and wood chisel). Your post should be placed so that it will always be visible for new members to access.

Thanks! Cheers!

Yea Bob, the "How To" section that you keep missing :lol:

I can't make up my mind if it goes in how to or general maintenance. It is HowTo make jackstands that you use for general maintence. :??:

We also have a GZ250 General / General that confuses me as well. :??:

Growing pains I guess?

[quote="Bill"]A great post! I've been wondering how to get the bike off the ground. While I have been looking for a lift for the C50 (or making a lift that someone wrote about like you did here) I couldn't find anything appropriote for the GZ250. It's not like you can use a regular commercial made motorcycle lift that you can slide under the frame. This is a great design that could easily be made even with hand tools (hand saw and wood chisel). Your post should be placed so that it will always be visible for new members to access.

You can use a regular motorcycle to jack. I have a Craftsman aluminum jack I use for this. You just need to be real careful about where you lift it. Some of the cheaper ones will not work because they will not go low enough. The next time I have it up on the jack I try to remember to take some pictures.

You can get the rear wheel off the ground by balancing the GZ250 up on the front wheel and the kickstand. While the rear wheel is in the air use your foot or get a helper to slide a block/s of wood. Under the right side of the frame. Some people have used a piece of PVC pipe for this.

You can also use any auto floor jack that will go low enough to get under the frame.

Dupo: Do you think we should make this one sticky? Soon as we figure out where it should go of course. :)

I figure a How To is more of a tutorial type thing that someone decides "hey, im going to show everyone how to do this and add some pictures". The Maintenance section i would say is more for question and answer type posts. Hope that helps figure them out from now on....maybe lol.

I'd say the wood stands would be a How To section post. It shows "how to" build something with pics :)

I made some. Simple if you have tools. I was lucky and hed the right and easy ones, plus the material.

They work alright. Thanks!

http://upload4.postimage.org/1342843/jacstands.jpg

Very nice!

I got mine done today with $2.18 worth of scrap wood from Home Depot.http://upload4.postimage.org/1522748/P1000243.jpghttp://upload4.postimage.org/1522777/P1000245.jpg

Made mine yesterday, great design, simple but very effective. Thanks for saving me some cash!!

can we sticky this too?


i have just made some notes on a pad of paper and i'm headed into the warehouse to plunder some lumber (almost rhymed). what a great use of company time!

edit: an hour and a half later, success! however i learned the hard way why i needed a "sabre" saw... i ended up using a hammer and chisel (read: flat-head screwdriver) to get the wood out of the notches (we're not exactly a woodshop here... tools are limited). when i get home i'm going to take a file and smooth it all out, because as of now it's looking pretty chunky in there.

tomorrow i'll test them out while i'm changing my oil for the first time. woohoo! now off to open-24-hours wal-mart to get one of those nifty self-containing oil drain pans.

It may be too late but make sure you get one that closes and has a drain plug. It can be a real pain trying to recycle your used oil with an open-top pan... messiest day of my life.

that's what i meant by self-containing... not sure if there's a technical name for it. the one i already had was just a pan with a little notch to make pouring "easy," yeah right. i managed to get it all into a milk jug but it was an experience i'd rather not repeat.

unfortunately the smallest one walmart had was 15 quarts... way bigger than i wanted but on the plus side i can drain my car oil in there as well and not have to worry about filling it up every oil change. less trips to the oil-recycler, more happy me

How to jack up the GZ
 

Take it for what it's worth:

Three weeks after I got my bike I encountered an unfriendly nail somewhere that thought my rear tire would make a good home. I too had trouble getting it off the ground without falling over. I have a set of cheap jackstands ($15.00 or so, I can't remeber the brand or where I got them, but they are definately not the 5-ton variety) that fit really well under the square brackets that the driver's pegs are mounted to (just make sure you get them under the bracket and not the peg, or it could spell disaster). This took care of the front end, both keeping it off the ground, and stabilizing it. For the back I used a cheap 2.5ton car jack that was low enough to go under the frame, and jacked up on the flat bracket that is right in front of the rear wheel (the U-shaped one with two holes that looks just perfect for the center stand that 'Zuki should have put on it). This took care of the rear tire. At the end I had the entire bike off the ground and still had enough room on the side to wiggle the rear tire out.

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Wow, that is a great idea. I might make a set for my self

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i was thinking about making some of these but, couldn't you just buy some kind of wide wood beam and cut two pices off of it to the correct height. so you would have 2 solid blocks of wood and save a lot of time building something like this..

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This is what mine look like. I used an old piece of 4" X 6" pressure treaded wood I had hanging around the house and screwed a piece of 1" thick decking board to the bottom. I have a lot of wood working equipment in my basement so I got a little fancy on the angle cuts and notching. I also fastened a piece of rubber to the top notches so that the bike rests on a nice soft material. I like to spray paint the shit out of every little project I make and these jacks were no exception... :)
http://www.postimage.org/aVAY5IJ.jpg

Note how those little notches in the inside part of the 4"X6" help the stands get closer to the bike.

http://www.postimage.org/gxdRet9.jpg

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Wild looking muffler.

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David Bo, nice touches with the notching and rubber cushions. Will the 4 inch thick dimension limit access to any parts you may want to work on ?

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Thanks... The muffler really gives the bike a nicer sound too. It only cost $59.99 thru JC Whitney. Wasn't hard to install either. The 4" thick stands have not been a problem with accessing anything when I work on my bike. It least not so far.

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Excellant
:rawk: :rawk:

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Hey Bad Mojo,

I am new to the forum and to my GZ (2000). Can you please tell me what kind of bags are on your bike, where you got them, and how they are mounted? They look really nice. My passenger seat is off at present and I can't carry a thing on my bike. I carried my Chinese dinner home in a bag on my wrist, not the best way.

Thanks very much.

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Bad Mojo,

I forgot to mention the stands. They are exactly what I need and I have copied the measurements. I have no saws but my brother will help or make these for me. After lubricating the chain once when I brought the bike home, I knew there has to be a better way....

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Got a link?

Thanks.

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Just go to a JC Whitney website and look around. They have lots of stuff to fatten up your wish list.

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Yeah, that's a dangerous path you're suggesting there... :)

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Is this the one?

http://www.jcwhitney.com/dunstall-style ... 6467.jcwx#

The end of it looks somewhat different than David Bo's image, but that's the only one I can find for the GZ250.

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Badbob and others here...I am new to motorcycles...have built two street rods from the ground up...motor and wiring and front suspension clips...

I have owned my 2000 green GZ for less than two weeks now...had some problems but I am correcting them...

I built my stands as Badbob showed and they work absolutely great.....easy to put the bike up on the stands...had my doubts...not any more.

Thank you ...Thank you

Jimmy in western NC

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Hi all,

I just sold my bike and forgot to give away the stands I'd made. Does anybody want mine? I'll sell them for $30 OBO plus the cost of shipping and save you the time and the trip to the hardware store. :) As you can see, I've improved on the design slightly to make it easier to build.

- Aliz

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Hello guys!

I'm posting link of a stand and plz tell me if it is useful for gz? I think the price is right.
Thank you!

http://www.louis.de/_300a718ec22c30d0f4 ... r=10003333

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The wrong one; this one

http://www.louis.de/_300a718ec22c30d0f4 ... r=10003271

But i already got a possible insight that it is no good...

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Why not try making your own. :)

viewtopic.php?f=10&t=62

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As long as the support bar will lift evenly under the frame without tipping the bike it should work like a charm. Got a friend who can weld ?? It would be cheaper and a fun project. Weld the handle solid for simplicity. Did this years ago when riding dirt bikes and aftermarket stands were worth far too much. Paint it your favorite color.

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I made a set of the real wheel jack stands from scrap wood as per the dimensions and pictures in the forum. They work great; they are sturdy and safe and you can easily set up your bike alone.

Health, age and other reasons considered, I recently sold my GZ250. The new owner had his own rack or jack that he said would work on the GZ, so he did not want them.

They are free for the asking. Local pickup would be better as they are quite heavy and may be expensive to ship.

John D
704-536-1906
priced2381@att.net

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Sorry to hear you had to hang up the helmet and boots. Age and health gets us all in time.

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Just came across this on a local bikie forum, thought might be handy for some of you.

http://www.bbcracing.com/old/box/

Iv got the plywood sorted for mine, just gotta get the time to make it. should make things a bit easier when strip her down, no more laying on the ground.

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the stands are a good idea but you can use small floor jack & role it under the swing arm from the right side once in place the bike will be on the kick stand it works perfect
& it will lift it up hight enough to take the rear wheel off adj chain as for the front tire pull the jack out a little way & lift it up the front tire will spin freeley once you get use to it & how to possition the jack its so easy here we go again it cost to much no it dosnt can be used on your auto to.
Its the easy way that works keep a open mine try it I put a rubber pad on my jack 1/4 inch thick

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Any chance of installing that rubber pad on top of your keyboard?

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:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

I wish your keyboard had a shift key, commas and periods. Though to read. (OK, forget the shift key if you must)