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Has anyone else here ever added a suspending pin to their MC Enterprises Canyon Cages to ease front end maintenance?
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<blockquote data-quote="RossKean" data-source="post: 1465148" data-attributes="member: 19880"><p>You may be overthinking this. When I am doing maintenance on the front end, I place a car scissor jack under the header pipes with a piece of 2 x 4 to help distribute the weight and jack up the front (bike on centerstand). If I am taking the wheel off for new rubber, I'll lower it so the forks rest on a heavy plastic bucket. Not a lot of weight on the header pipes but if you want to reduce it you could put a bag of sand or something else heavy on the rear seat.</p><p></p><p>If you are doing something where the forks have to come off (fork oil, seals etc.) I might replace the jack with something more stable and that puts less stress on the headers.. The axle stands may be more stable overall, but a scissor jack has worked well enough for me.</p><p></p><p>For front or rear maintenance, some people have constructed a stand from cast iron pipe. Using ratchet straps to hoist the bike. Like the one in these photos from Fred W....</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]6795[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]6796[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RossKean, post: 1465148, member: 19880"] You may be overthinking this. When I am doing maintenance on the front end, I place a car scissor jack under the header pipes with a piece of 2 x 4 to help distribute the weight and jack up the front (bike on centerstand). If I am taking the wheel off for new rubber, I'll lower it so the forks rest on a heavy plastic bucket. Not a lot of weight on the header pipes but if you want to reduce it you could put a bag of sand or something else heavy on the rear seat. If you are doing something where the forks have to come off (fork oil, seals etc.) I might replace the jack with something more stable and that puts less stress on the headers.. The axle stands may be more stable overall, but a scissor jack has worked well enough for me. For front or rear maintenance, some people have constructed a stand from cast iron pipe. Using ratchet straps to hoist the bike. Like the one in these photos from Fred W.... [ATTACH type="full" alt="1712889625372.png"]6795[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full"]6796[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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Has anyone else here ever added a suspending pin to their MC Enterprises Canyon Cages to ease front end maintenance?
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