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Originally Posted by DannoXYZ
Problem with those is front-fork support doesn't rotate when stand is rotated to lift bike. Those fingers ends up sliding backwards on fork-tips, scary. Designs that allow fingers to rotate relative to stand stays in same place on fork as you deploy stand.
Actual danger occurs when you lift bike from ground onto stand (and off). Once it's up, it's much more stable. Getting it there is difference between so-so stands versus excellent ones.
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I bought one of those front stands that lift the front end up using the forks, and yup those things are scary. I rarely use and use triple tree pin instead.
When I first started working on my bike, the front forks slipped off of the stand while my tires were off. I ended up calling a friend to help me lift the front end back up and slip the stand back in. I went and bought a triple tree stand after that.
Not sure if this is correct, but when I need access to the wheels with the front end up, I'll:
Put bike on rear stand
Lift the front end up temporarily with bottle jack underneath oil bolt
Put jackstand under exhaust pipe in middle
Take bottle jack out
Bike is now resting on 3 points - rear stand (2) and jack stand (1)