Homemade stand??

[motoxjustin]

Anyone ever made a stand at home out of wood or anything?  If you have and it worked good could you share the plans?

[Timbowe]

What like a workbench type of stand? Or an under engine cradle jack type?

[Johnniespeed]

I made an adapter that fits on my floor jack that fits the bottom of my KX500 perfectly. I can jack up the bike to work on it and it balances great.
  Is that the type of stand you are talking about?

[motoxjustin]

I think I'm going to go with the floor jack idea, I'll look at what I got and try to make something work.  Just trying to save a couple bucks. A stand is like almost a hundred bucks new and this sport is already expensive, I'ld rather spend the money on the motor but that five gallon bucket with a board screwed to the top ain't getting it, too unstable. Thanks for the idea.

[Spider]

Check this out
http://www.dirtrider.net/justkdx/
click on tech tips, then on foot stand. It shows you how to build one, but it does require a welder. I also use a cheap mechanic's stool from harbor freight $15 with a 2X6 on the top. It comes in handy in my shed because you can roll the bike sideways

hope it helps
Dale

by the way
sw la wouldn't mean Lake Charles?

[KXcam22]

What ever happened to using milk crates for free?  If you find the right kind you can nicely cut the top 1/3 and ty strap it onto of another to make the right height.  There may be some pics in my gallery. Those alumimum stands are very very nice, but I haven't used anything but milkcrates since the '70's. Cam.

[Spider]

What does your milk co. think of that idea?

[motoxjustin]

This web site rocks, thanks for all the ideas people. Keep 'em coming. Does anyone know if T-shirts are available still.

Thank you Thank you Thank you

[eprovenzano]

I use a cheap plastic milk create (which I purchased) and added a 2x6 on the top, and a 1x6 down the sides for strength.  (My sons YZ 125 sits a little higher than my KX 250 so I had to add an addition 1x6 in the top, so we can use it for both bikes.) I left the handles open so its easy to grab and move around.  It works great, and was cheap...

[Joe_Dirt]

I made a stand just like the one from Just KDX's site. Works awesome.

[eprovenzano]

I made my 1st stand out of a "borrowed" milk crate.  I added a 1x6 to the sides, and 2 - 2x6s across the top to get the desired height.  Of course my son soon "acquired" this stand as his...  so I built another one out of some scrap wood I had lying around.  It works great, and the price was right.....  FREE  

[Saner]

Here's one for $41.95 shipped.  http://www.pitposse.com/aluminum.html

[Johnniespeed]

WWW.teamhawgracing.com  Has a real nice work stand,with hydralic lift and wheels.  At $320 perhaps my homemade floor jack adapter will still be acceptable.

[KXcam22]

Nice to have a stand that you can comfortably leave in the back of your truck with no worries.  The aluminum ones are super cool but I still like the cheap and ugly variety. I asked a friend at the milk company about crates and he just laughed.  He says they used to worry but now they make tons of crates (.11 each) so that once the public has what they want then the rest stays put Cam.  You can buy them too for a few bucks. Cam.

[kaos]

I've built a few, all riffs on the idea of:
- 4 2x2's, one at each vertical corner
- 4 1/2" thick plywood sides, screwed to the 2x2s
- 1x10 top, recessed, many screws (adds a lot of strength)
- over that, a replaceable top, usually use a 1x10 piece of hardwood, but melamine works as well
- 1x2 with rounded edges across the narrow direction, near the bottom, as a handle

Works ok, doubles as a step for loading, triples as a block in front of the front wheel when hauling multiple bikes.

But if I could recommend one, I'd say get the roll around hydraulic jack from Sears.  Hoisting the KX up onto a stand is easy enough, but I about busted a gut trying that with the dual sport bike.  The bike jack was on sale for $80, which seemed like a lot at the time - but has seen 5+ years of use and is really handy.  Pep Boys sometimes has a verion on sale for $60, but take a look at it and see if it has metal parts sticking up above the rubber feet.

FYI.kaos