Abba stand for 749 / 999 new style - anyone use one ?

[Carbon749]

Hi,

Saw the Abba stand at the Ally Pally show, the one that picks up on the swing arm pivots.

Any one used one before ? Would anyone recommend this stand ?

BTW it's the new style swing arm.

[andyb]

All the time..... better access to the rear.ooh er!:D The stands are all the same, you just change the adapters for different bikes.

[nelly]

Fantastic bit of kit. Use them regularly without any problems. Worth getting one if you tinker a lot and like Andy says, once you've got it, you just need the different adaptors when you change the bike

[khu996]

I used one on my old 749, but the adapters rubbed away the paint on the inside of the frame lug holes :o I'd hate it to rub away the red frame paint on the R!

Didnt leave it looking particularly nice, but it was as solid as a rock, better than any other paddock stand I've used.

[Carbon749]

Originally posted by khu996
I used one on my old 749, but the adapters rubbed away the paint on the inside of the frame lug holes :o I'd hate it to rub away the red frame paint on the R!

Didnt leave it looking particularly nice, but it was as solid as a rock, better than any other paddock stand I've used.

Either have 1/2mm skimmed off or wrap a layer of duct tape around the fittings.

May get a stand ... saw them at Allt Pally and they had a show deal on, saved about £10 or £15 :D

[Loz]

I've got an Abba, works well on my '03 999S and my '01 750 Sport. Great piece of kit.

[dickieducati]

as above used one for a few years now on all the bikes i've had. great piece of kit.

[Rossman_999]

Sorry to hijack the thread,

Ive got the ABBA stand as well and echo everyone as its a great bit of kit, very easy to use and solid as a rock.

However I dont think the ABBA Front lift will fit a 999 and have used a cheepie under the fork paddock stand, this does the job of lifting the front wheel but its not a nice experiance lifting the front what does everyone else use?

[khu996]

Originally posted by Rossman_999
Sorry to hijack the thread,

Ive got the ABBA stand as well and echo everyone as its a great bit of kit, very easy to use and solid as a rock.

However I dont think the ABBA Front lift will fit a 999 and have used a cheepie under the fork paddock stand, this does the job of lifting the front wheel but its not a nice experiance lifting the front what does everyone else use?

I've had exactly the same problem, haven't found a tidy solution, especially for fork/yoke removal.

[Carbon749]

Was not planning on using their front lift thingy, I plan to convert the fairing to the race style with 1 piece sides and a full seperate belly pan as per race style set up. This will not work with the front lift adaptor unless I take the belly pan off.

Would have thought it would be easy to rock the bike on to the back wheel to spin the front wheel when cleaning it.

[Edited on 30-1-2006 by Carbon749]