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Paddock stands

Postby lifeofcrimeguy » Thu Mar 20, 2008 8:46 am

Are all paddocks stands the same? Need to get myself one for the bike, Don't wanna pay $160 for a lump of metal so I turned my attention to ebay.

Like this one

I notice that the cheap ones all work off the swingarm instead of spools.
So are they all pretty safe to use?
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Re: Paddock stands

Postby MadKaw » Thu Mar 20, 2008 8:48 am

You need to talk to Pete from Kaneg..
The guy at the track with the camper.
He does em as well as pick up spools, warmers and other goodies.. and he will look after you..
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Re: Paddock stands

Postby Smitty » Thu Mar 20, 2008 9:38 am

listen to Dave :)

the Kaneg ones are good
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Re: Paddock stands

Postby triway » Thu Mar 20, 2008 11:28 am

You get what you pay for................
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Re: Paddock stands

Postby photomike666 » Thu Mar 20, 2008 11:29 am

Some bikes don't have bolt holes in the swingarm, so you have to use the other type of stand. If your bike can have spools fitted, you can use either.

Front stands also come in two types, fork bottom lifters and head stock lifters. The head stock lifter is more expensive, but allows you to remove the forks. I have the fork bottom lifter, and wish I had have got the head lifter.

EDIT* I got my stands from Kaneg too.
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Re: Paddock stands

Postby matt76 » Thu Mar 20, 2008 11:44 am

I used the ones that lift by your swingarm and found that if I left the bike sitting on there it would slowly slide down so that the rear wheel was actually touching the ground and the bike was just balancing there....not good. That was on an 02 R1. I got some spools and now have no problems.
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Re: Paddock stands

Postby robracer » Thu Mar 20, 2008 1:06 pm

I have 3 sets of Kaneg stands in different combos & all I can say is they are brilliant

http://www.kaneg.com.au

Dont forget the club discount ;)
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Re: Paddock stands

Postby Strika » Thu Mar 20, 2008 1:34 pm

I have a front and a rear stand from Kaneg, which have been in use for a year and a half at least and they work fine. 8)
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Re: Paddock stands

Postby MiG » Thu Mar 20, 2008 4:35 pm

triway wrote:You get what you pay for................

You are a business owners best friend. I know two guys who put their prices up so that customers don't assume they're shit and it works. Courtesy of people like you.
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Re: Paddock stands

Postby triway » Thu Mar 20, 2008 8:00 pm

MiG wrote:
triway wrote:You get what you pay for................

You are a business owners best friend. I know two guys who put their prices up so that customers don't assume they're shit and it works. Courtesy of people like you.
No, that's from the experience of buying cheap stands that sucked balls and then having the glory of using a well engineered, well constructed one that happened to cost more money. Everyone has their own opinion on products such as these, I dislike the Kaneg product, plenty of people love them, nobody is right or wrong when giving opinions.
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Re: Paddock stands

Postby dave#3 » Thu Mar 20, 2008 8:16 pm

triway wrote:You get what you pay for................


I agree ... sometimes. Where paddock stands are concerned, though, I'm not convinced. I've got a set of sharp racing stands and a set of Kaneg ones, and I guarantee the Kaneg ones are better and were significantly cheaper than the sharp ones, particularly the front head-lift stand.
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Re: Paddock stands

Postby red_dave » Thu Mar 20, 2008 8:27 pm

Go the Kaneg stands...

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Re: Paddock stands

Postby hoffy » Thu Mar 20, 2008 10:05 pm

Kaneg.com.au

I have one and love it, it's sturdy..
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Re: Paddock stands

Postby SoundGuy » Fri Mar 21, 2008 12:30 am

Kaneg +1
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Re: Paddock stands

Postby robracer » Fri Mar 21, 2008 4:27 am

dave#3 wrote:
triway wrote:You get what you pay for................


I agree ... sometimes. Where paddock stands are concerned, though, I'm not convinced. I've got a set of sharp racing stands and a set of Kaneg ones, and I guarantee the Kaneg ones are better and were significantly cheaper than the sharp ones, particularly the front head-lift stand.


would the reason be that Kaneg use a thicker tube than the others thats just 1 diference i have noticed
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