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Originally Posted by CZroe
The low-profile aluminum one works well with 10mm spools but not with the optional paddle adapters. It can only lift the rear tire with paddles if lifted from the very tip unless you flip them upside-down, which is pretty precarious (does not cradle the swingarm). Too bad Cycle Gear will try to charge you $25-35 for some 10mm spools. You can just use 10mm bolts from Ace Hardware if you just want to lift it. You might be able to find some cheap chrome spools at Harbor Freight, but they went on clearance a long time ago and you'd be pretty lucky.
The larger tubular swingarm stand that they sell with paddles works well except that there is no good place to put the paddles on a current-gen (paddles can block axle removal, spool mounts interfere with placing the paddles further back, stock muffler interferes with placing them even further back, etc. It *can* work easy enough, but the spools are a lot less frustrating. You might be able to find the front fork adapter to justify this but they went on clearance a long time ago and you'd be similarly lucky to find them.
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Excellent info. Thanks! I bot the Aluminum Haul Master tonight. Found that it didn't have the spool adapters with it at all! I'm going to have to return it to get a box that includes that.
Great idea on the bolts. Much less expensive. I already bought spools. I'm thinking that I may want to leave it on the stand all the time. Spools permanently on the bike would make it far easier to do that...