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Originally Posted by "A"
Cinder block or milk crate under the fork legs could easily support the front end when the wheels are off the bike.
Just have a mate hold the up the front end by the rear passenger handle before taking off the front wheel and placing a block under the fork legs.
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That works I guess, but I typically work alone.
I took a 1" spade bit, put a hole in a 4" section of 2x4, then put the bolt for the oil filter into the hole in the block of wood and jack it up with the emergency jack from a car we totaled. This method also works great for carefully supporting/lifting the engine back up when you take the mounts off for a valve job/other engine work, or when you want to carefully lift the front to measure your static sag while setting preload, or when you want to take the forks off the bike completely.