1200 wheel removal

[Les Wassall]

May be a daft question but is there a knack to removing both wheels at the same time on a 1200, not taken the front of yet only the rear, so will go about it similar to the 1150 only support the front end not the rear, is that right?

 

[Deleted account 211025001]

Yup, you're right

Andres

 

[Les Wassall]

Thought so, just didn’t want any problems, job on tomorrow and then get the new Battle Wings fitted

Cheers

 

[BTBR]

Liar....liar....pants on fire.

You only want to clean behind them

 

[earthmover]

Make sure you support the front properly Les, there is more than one person on here found themselves with a beached 1200 on the garage floor
Not that I would know anything about that
Mark

 

[ampthill]

tomorrow and then get the new Battle Wings fitted

Cheers

Hmm, FWIW was not impressed with the BattleWings on my 12 - squared off quickly, seemed to get to the edge very quickly on bends. Have now fitted Conti Road Attacks - v. good so far

Peter

 

[NeverRodeBefore]

Use a safety strap (preferably a rachet strap) around the centre stand and a suitable point to stop it going back up. I ogt my brother to press down on the back of the bike whilst I placed an axle stand under the sump guard.... and I also placed two more axle stands just under the cylinder heads, not actually under load, but just incase it decided to wander sideways whilst I was away getting my Tourances fitted. I contemplated usding a trolley jack, but the action would have a slight sideways motion, so I just used my brother as leverage

 

[Les Wassall]

Liar....liar....pants on fire.

You only want to clean behind them

You said you wouldn’t tell

 

[Les Wassall]

Hmm, FWIW was not impressed with the BattleWings on my 12 - squared off quickly, seemed to get to the edge very quickly on bends. Have now fitted Conti Road Attacks - v. good so far

Peter

I've been watching threads and most seemed happy with them, typical now I’ve just bought a set

 

[Les Wassall]

Use a safety strap (preferably a rachet strap) around the centre stand and a suitable point to stop it going back up. I ogt my brother to press down on the back of the bike whilst I placed an axle stand under the sump guard.... and I also placed two more axle stands just under the cylinder heads, not actually under load, but just incase it decided to wander sideways whilst I was away getting my Tourances fitted. I contemplated usding a trolley jack, but the action would have a slight sideways motion, so I just used my brother as leverage

Was thinking of a trolley jack, but not now, good point, I will get SWMBO on the back (so to speak)

Cheers

 

[Thunder]

Les

Just a thought but have you got a hex key for the front axle?

 

[Les Wassall]

Les

Just a thought but have you got a hex key for the front axle?

Yes cheers mate

 

[Deleted account 210609001]

When I took my wheels off for tyre replacement, I took off the rear wheel, trolley jack under the sump, removed the front wheel, put the axle back between the forks and lowered the bike onto an axle stand where the front wheel would have been.

I suspect I could have removed the front wheel first and put it on the axles stand before removign the wheel. No sure what difference this would have made (if any) to the stability during the process.

Balanced on centre stand and jack under sump, the bike seemed a little too unstable for comfort.

I liked my Battlewings, but they have squared off quite quickly and feel a bit twitchy on partial lean ...

 

[cookie]

When I took my wheels off for tyre replacement, I took off the rear wheel, trolley jack under the sump, removed the front wheel, put the axle back between the forks and lowered the bike onto an axle stand where the front wheel would have been.

that's what i have done on many bikes

 

[Dellis]

Use a safety strap (preferably a rachet strap) around the centre stand

Like he said

Dave

 

[Dellis]

that's what i have done on many bikes

That too