Howdy. I'm hoping to get my new front tire installed this weekend (I'd planned to do it LAST weekend, but SOMEBODY decided to have a hurricane instead).
I have an '09 650A, with a H&B center stand. Will I be able to use a Vortex front stand to lift the front end so I can remove the front wheel? Or do I need to have a paddock stand holding the rear wheel as well?
I've scanned through the forums, and discovered innumerable ingenious methods of raising and supporting both ends of the V-Strom, (Hang it from the ceiling! Strap it to the walls! Weld a tree together out of pipes! Use a floor jack!) but I need to perform this procedure in a condo parking lot, without the benefit of jacks or lifts or ladders or helicopters or burly assistants or magical elves. It's just me, the center stand, and the Vortex.
So: Is the center stand + Vortex front stand a safe and stable combination? Enough to leave it for a couple of hours while I get the new tire installed?
Earthquake-proof? (apparently, we have earthquakes now, too)
Thanks in advance for any advice.
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