Jacking V Strom 1000

[Joy Strom]

Hi all

Just looking ahead to the time when I need to remove the wheels from the bike.  Rear is okay with my trusty old paddock stand.  However, I don't have a front stand.  On other bikes, I've used an old BMW car jack from the eighties to lift the front enough to remove the front wheel.  While there is just enough room to the rear of the sump nut to locate my jack, I was wondering if the strength of what I guess to be the sump, is man enough to take the weight of the bike along with a rear paddock stand.

Thanks in advance.

[porter]

I wouldn't do it not on a paddock stand. I do use a car jack and a wee block of wood under the sump but on the centre stand, the weight will be much more on a paddock stand. Remember the strom has vertically split crank cases so any damage here will wreck the motor. Buy a centre stand or front wheel stand.

[Gert]

There are many ideas of lifting the front of the bike enough, to take wheel off. It would depend location where you are working on your bike, indoors or outdoors. Tips from hanging the front end with the aid of straps from the garage / workshop beams, to paddock stands under the forks, to paddock neck stands under the steering neck, to DIY type stands. A typical example of a DIY stand http://www.vstrom.info/vsri-gallery/gallery/MM/CHASSIS/Fork+Seal+lift.jpg.html (See youtube.com/watch?v=3zLXrq8pIpw for this stand).

[Bobmc]

Tying straps to the roof with the centre stand works for me every time

[Mep]

I'd recommend a front headstock stand. Plenty to choose from.

[rus998]

Buy a paddock stand, do the job right and safe 

[Brockett]

Getting any bike from a side stand onto a paddock stand is a task on it's own and it is so easy to lose balance and have the bike on the deck before you can say "fudge".  I found getting the bike off the stand was the trickiest.  I have bought an "ABBA stand" to get the Z9rs front wheel off the ground and a pin kit was all I needed to use it on the SV.  I found the Abba stand is much easier to use than my paddock stand. It may well be cheaper than a centre stand and with the specific pin kit, is transferable to future/other bikes.

[Joy Strom]

Thanks to all for your input.  I agree a fork stand or head stand will be the way I go.

[Joy Strom]

Just been looking a bit more into this.  I'm thinking a triple tree stand would be the better buy and give more options for maintenance.  However, it's my thought that most are made for super or sports bikes and of course these bikes have a lower triple tree to couple to than adventure bikes.  I suppose a couple of suitably thick bits of wood under the castors could get over the height issue.  Has anyone else had any experience of this?

I've found a stand (see link) that is listed as being suitable for the V Strom 1000.  I'm assuming the coupling pin is correct and hence why it is listed as suitable for the V Strom 1000... but it doesn't go into detail about how much elevation can be attained. 

https://www.motea.com/en/front-head-lift-paddock-stand-v5-Suzuki-v-strom-1000-xt-17-20-black-580516-0

[Gert]

If you do go that route, remember to post a pix or two showing the stand in operation. Lift the rear wheel with the paddock stand first before the front forks, for better stability. The reverse order to lower ie front first then rear.