ANDERSON STANDS UNIVERSAL REAR STAND - RED

• AS3001 powder coated
• AS3101 chrome.

These stands will fit a huge range of bikes. They are adjustable for width, so will fit bikes from 125cc to 1200cc. They can be used with L shaped or forked lifting attachments, so they can be used with or without pick-up knobs attached to the swingarm.

CAN YOU USE THE STAND BY YOURSELF?
At first you will need someone to hold the bike upright while you become familiar with the stand and set the width and height correctly. Once familiar with it you should be able to use the stand single handed. The difficult part is holding the bike upright with one hand while you position the stand with the other hand. Once it starts to take the weight it gets easier. If you are a 6 stone weakling with a Hyabusa, you'd probably better have an assistant.

TIP
If your bike doesn't have pick-up knobs, you can achieve the same effect by sticking a metal rod through the rear axle (if it is hollow) with about 50mm protruding each side. Then you can use the forked lifting attachments which come with the stand to lift on the rod. Of course, you wont be able to remove the rear wheel, but it makes most other jobs easier.

HEIGHT ADJUSTMENT - Why bother?
If you are going to make 1 stand fit all sorts of bikes, then the height of the stand has to be a compromise. Until we designed this latest Universal rear , we used to have 2 different heights of stand, but it was difficult to ensure that the right stand was supplied for the right bike. Most bikes have tyres with about the same rolling diameter, so the axles are all about the same height. The swingarms are also fairly similar on most bikes - the depth of section varies a bit, but not enough to matter. The problem is that some bikes have no pick up knobs - (so you have to use the L shaped attachments ), some have the knobs on the side of the swingarm (forked attachments), some have the knobs under the swingarm, and some have the knobs on projections way under the swingarm. (e.g. Suzuki GSXR, Kawasaki ZRX1100). 

SO WHAT?
If you have tried to use a normal stand to lift a GSXR 1000 from 2005 on, you would have found it very difficult. That's because the stand is a lever, and the mechanical advantage of the stand's handle is lost because of the extreme angle it is forced into at the start of the lift - caused by the pick-up knobs being lower down under the swingarm. When you do finally get the bike onto the stand, it lifts it ridiculously high - way higher than it needs to. Other manufacturers either ignore the problem or try to get around it by making the handle of the stand longer. That's fine, except for the trip hazard of the handle, the space needed behind the bike, and the ungainly size of the stand - and even then the lifting effort is still too difficult!

So, with our Universal rear, you can change the axle position of the wheels, which changes the height. This means there is now no need for compromise - you can have the stand set just right for maximum mechanical advantage. If you are only lifting the tyre clear of the ground by 20 or 30mm, the effort needed on the handle is minimised and so the stand can be made more compact. We have also arranged the adjustment holes so that the geometry of the stand is not compromised. Whichever hole is used, it still goes over centre by the same amount.

You would be amazed at how easy it is to lift a bike when the stand geometry is right - a child can do it!