Abba Stand
Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2024 12:27 pm
As i have 3 abba stands. one for the workshop, one for the garage and one spare if both the others are being used.
Now last week i bought the fitting kit for the RT. Today as i need to finish cleaning the RT after my first ride, i thought i would use the abba stand so i can clean the underside and centre stand.
I put the RT on it main stand first before tried to use the abba stand.
The RT is the same weight as the Gen2 Hayabusa, so i thought it would be easy to put on the abba stand.
I first tried with the panniers still on the bike (5kg in each). Right that was never going to happen.
I then removed the panniers and tried again. Nope still could not put it on the abba stand.
I then removed the top box (3kg inside) and tried again. This time with a bit of grunting i did it.
Now i got to thinking why the hell it was so hard to do. Then i realised why.
The RT has more weight on the back half as its shaft drive, and the swinging arm pivet point is lower on the RT.
Anyone else tried using an Abba Stand with there RT.
If yes how did you find putting the RT on it.
Now last week i bought the fitting kit for the RT. Today as i need to finish cleaning the RT after my first ride, i thought i would use the abba stand so i can clean the underside and centre stand.
I put the RT on it main stand first before tried to use the abba stand.
The RT is the same weight as the Gen2 Hayabusa, so i thought it would be easy to put on the abba stand.
I first tried with the panniers still on the bike (5kg in each). Right that was never going to happen.
I then removed the panniers and tried again. Nope still could not put it on the abba stand.
I then removed the top box (3kg inside) and tried again. This time with a bit of grunting i did it.
Now i got to thinking why the hell it was so hard to do. Then i realised why.
The RT has more weight on the back half as its shaft drive, and the swinging arm pivet point is lower on the RT.
Anyone else tried using an Abba Stand with there RT.
If yes how did you find putting the RT on it.