Engine stands
 

Took the rear shock off last week and stood the bike on axel stands under the engine pivots in front of the foot rests. Worked okay but not especially stable.
Looking at the rear of the testastretta engine casing though it looks like there are 2 cut outs positioned on the bottom of the engine casing at the back. Also heard that putting weight on the engine casing was pretty stupid as well (beer crates, bricks, etc.
Is there a Ducati stand that can be used to keep the back end off the ground.?
Otherwise, any suggestions, price and where to get'em.
:puzzled:

Tony at Brancato Engineering does some very nifty ones for the air-cooled series, so I'll bet he's got some for the 4v bretheren.

01865 891 203 - I think.

Cheers,

ali

I'd go with the ABBA stands to. Work really well, are very stable and they're transferrable between bikes. You just buy the adaptors to suit.

Talking of Abba stands do, they fit a S4r looks like the standard cups for my 748s will go over the nut on the s4r, but not much nut there for it hold onto.

Anyone got the number for Abba, Ive asked before when I got the 748 but have misplaced it:( oooops

Lee - number for Abba stands - 01621 854489

I'm also very happy with my one for both the SS and 748. I'm pretty sure they do the fitting kit for an S4r.

knowing me knowing you, ahhh haaaa

Another ABBA fan :)

thanks Brent will give them a call:roll::roll:

When I looked into the ABBA stand for my ZX9 I had before the Duc I wasn't too impressed. It seems to be made from the thin walled steel used for those old school tables I used to sit at(the ones where the legs fell off!) and I wasn't willing to put my £6000 worth of bike up on one of those.

A mate and I developed something similar but much stronger and made from hollow section steel instead of ERW tube. Completely stable and completed safe!

Our design is pretty generic for most bikes cause all you do is change the mounting pins when you change your bike. The idea we had was to make the stand completely rigid with no moving parts. The pins locking into place on the swinging arm pivot and everything else was welded together. I believe on the ABBA stand the whole frame slides together therefore it can slide apart....and oops!

I've only just designed a set of pins to lift my 748 and it's a bit high off the ground when it's up as the Ducati frame tube mounting points seem a lower than my ZX9 and other Jap bikes. It does the job a treat though.

I have a spare one without a set of pins I could sell of your interested as we knocked out quite a few two years ago and sold them. I may not be able to sort the pins for the spare stand immediately though.

Let me know if anyone is interested contact me at the following address:

hancym@vodafone.net

Here a pic of the stand