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[Rock N Roll]

Check out "www.wheeldock.com".  You will find pictures, demonstration videos, prices, FAQ's, etc.

[darth davidson]

TY sir.    Time to start looking around unless Darth wants to part with his

NAH!!! Aint gonna happened!!!!

[mjb765]

NAH!!! Aint gonna happened!!!!

I don't get it....if you don't use it like you said, why wouldn't you want to sell it

[darth davidson]

I don't get it....if you don't use it like you said, why wouldn't you want to sell it

Why?
'cause

[Gank]

Why?
'cause

Its a chick magnet

[CVOThunder]

Thanks for bringing up this topic again. I just placed my order for the EXZ, the chock and the quick release bar for the trailer. I ordered it like 30 minutes ago and already have a tracking number. Pretty cool stuff and while it's not exactly like George Anderson in that you need to pay before shipment, I get the same kind of feeling from prompt friendly service. Kudos Rod!

[Pete7539]

I've had it for almost 5 years on my ultra. The way I put mine on is while I'm on the bike. I have a friend who does it from the side of his bike and it just looks more difficult to me. I was pretty confident with it right after I got it and never used the kickstand as a safety.....until one early morning when another friend and myself went out for a ride to the nautical mile. I pulled into an empty shopping plaza to hit the atm and he went to the gas station just past it. I went to put it on the stand and unbeknownst to me the parking lot sloped down to the left where my kickstand would've conveniently prevented what happened next. I placed my left foot on the bar and transferred all weight back and to the left. Time slowed down and before I realized it, the bike and I were slowly going over to the left. It got past the point of stopping it and all I could do was gently lower it to the ground. Got off feeling dumb as anything, looked around and there was nobody (to laugh). Once on the ground I straddled the bike and tried to just muscle it up like a dirt bike, that didn't work so good. Then in a panic I remembered a petite young lady at a motorcycle show demonstrating how to pick up a fallen cruiser. I did just that and it came off the ground with ease. Placed the kickstand down and with eyes squinted to soften the anticipated damage I gave it a once over and couldn't see anything. Then I really tried to find anything. All I could find was a minuscule mark on my highway peg. Walked to the atm, got cash, met my buddy at the gas station fueled up, and off we went. Over lunch I told him what happened and he didn't believe me until I fully explained it and showed him the peg. Knock on wood thats the only time I ever laid this bike down. After that day I always put the kickstand down first and then deploy the center stand.

On a separate note, make sure you do whatever mods to suspension, wheels, anything affecting ride height before getting one. I've gotten plenty of use out of mine, but just recently changed out rear suspension. That raised ride height by 1/2". Just enough so that its no longer rock solid while on the center stand. When I have the time I'm gonna bring it to a welder to have thicker shoes put on.

[Midnight Rider]

Our FLTRUSE's have 18" diameter wheels front and rear.  Most standard touring models have 17" front and 16" rear wheels.  The way I understand it, since the wheels are taller on our RG CVO's, but the frames are the same as stock bikes, the center point of the axle is higher off the ground than stock bikes therefore requiring a taller Wheeldock stand.  Not all CVO's have 18" wheels front and rear but our RG's do.  The increased height is also why our bikes lean so far left when using the stock kickstand.

Yep...it's just enough to make the CG a bit different than a regular RG, and when you've got a load on the bike it's a handful to get it off the kickstand, especially if you've got short legs.  I solved all those problems with Legends and a kickstand extention to let me get my toe on it easier when leaned over.

Centerstands make me nervous, probably because I'm so short.  I don't even like pushing the bike around without straddling it first.  With these big 'ol bikes you sometimes learn the hard way about slopes when you park.  Once they get past a certain point, you're not going to hold them up.

[Hotrod50]

I have had the Wheeldock centerstand on my 90 SERG for a long time.  Have always loved how easy it was and how well it worked.  Just put Progressive 940's on rear.  Now the stand doesn't reach the ground to be stable.

[CVOThunder]

I have had the Wheeldock centerstand on my 90 SERG for a long time.  Have always loved how easy it was and how well it worked.  Just put Progressive 940's on rear.  Now the stand doesn't reach the ground to be stable.

Uuhhh oh, that don't sound good mang. Might need to carry some extender pieces which would be a drag. I know he makes them for lowered bikes but going the other way is a different challenge. What is it about us guys where our junk just isn't long enough. So tired of the same ol' story. 

And here I was just thinking about making up some kind of a locking cable to the bike doesn't move off the stand by itself. Theft deterant...probably not much I guess.

[OBB]

I have had the Wheeldock centerstand on my 90 SERG for a long time.  Have always loved how easy it was and how well it worked.  Just put Progressive 940's on rear.  Now the stand doesn't reach the ground to be stable.

I wonder if a 1/2" piece of plywood small enough to carry in a the TP or SB would work for ya?

Question that just came to me. Do these in anyway interfere with being able to use a jack on the bike?

[Rock N Roll]

I wonder if a 1/2" piece of plywood small enough to carry in a the TP or SB would work for ya?

Question that just came to me. Do these in anyway interfere with being able to use a jack on the bike?

OBB - Great question and fortunately I have an answer!  Yes, I have run into this before when using a motorcycle jack.  There is one bolt that secures the Wheeldock to the frame.  The bolt is on the left side of the undercarriage.  The head of the bolt sticks down about about 1/4".  I polish my bike on a lift table.  When I use a scissor jack to lift the rear wheel, the bolt isn't a problem because of where the CG is.  I also use a motorcycle jack with a hydraulic foot pump to wash my bikes.  This jack has parallel supports about a foot apart.  With the Wheeldock, I put a small piece of wood on the opposite side of the Wheeldock to level out the frame on the jack.  Ride safe!

[mjb765]

I wonder if a 1/2" piece of plywood small enough to carry in a the TP or SB would work for ya?

Question that just came to me. Do these in anyway interfere with being able to use a jack on the bike?

I have the Pitbull lift and the bolt that secures the center stand sits right in the middle of the 2 pads on the rear arm of the jack. It also makes it very easy to position the jack in the same spot every time.

[grc]

I have had the Wheeldock centerstand on my 90 SERG for a long time.  Have always loved how easy it was and how well it worked.  Just put Progressive 940's on rear.  Now the stand doesn't reach the ground to be stable.

Therein lies the single biggest flaw in the EZ-up design IMHO.  By making the stand so it doesn't actually lift the tire off the ground, it makes it very easy to deploy but it also makes it very unforgiving of any changes to things like tire size or shocks.  For that matter, even the difference between a brand new tire and a worn tire can affect how it works.  And please, telling someone to haul around a 1X4 to stick under the stand is a bunch of hooey. 

I use a RIVCO adjustable stand (the legs are threaded so you can adjust the length) and have it set up so the tire is about an inch off the ground.  Sure, it takes more effort to put the bike on the stand than what you find with the EZ-up.  But I don't have to find a 1X4 to prop it up when I want to wash the wheel or inspect/adjust belt tension, and I don't have to worry about stability when I install a new tire or jack up the preload on the shocks.  And if I decide to change shocks to something shorter or longer, I don't have to buy a new stand.  Harley also sells an adjustable stand; I have no experience with it but I would assume it would work similar to the RIVCO.

I consider the EZ-up to be more similar to the old display stands that Harley used to sell, the ones that bolted on at the front of the frame to hold the bike upright instead of leaning to the left on the jiffy stand.  Easy to deploy, easy to ride off, but not meant to elevate the bike.  If that's the kind of functionality you are looking for, the EZ-up should fit the bill.  Personally, I'd prefer to spend an extra $50 for something that also lets me raise the rear of the bike off the ground without having to haul out the floor jack every time.


JMHO - Jerry

[OBB]

Therein lies the single biggest flaw in the EZ-up design IMHO.  By making the stand so it doesn't actually lift the tire off the ground, it makes it very easy to deploy but it also makes it very unforgiving of any changes to things like tire size or shocks.  For that matter, even the difference between a brand new tire and a worn tire can affect how it works.  And please, telling someone to haul around a 1X4 to stick under the stand is a bunch of hooey. 

I use a RIVCO adjustable stand (the legs are threaded so you can adjust the length) and have it set up so the tire is about an inch off the ground.  Sure, it takes more effort to put the bike on the stand than what you find with the EZ-up.  But I don't have to find a 1X4 to prop it up when I want to wash the wheel or inspect/adjust belt tension, and I don't have to worry about stability when I install a new tire or jack up the preload on the shocks.  And if I decide to change shocks to something shorter or longer, I don't have to buy a new stand.  Harley also sells an adjustable stand; I have no experience with it but I would assume it would work similar to the RIVCO.

I consider the EZ-up to be more similar to the old display stands that Harley used to sell, the ones that bolted on at the front of the frame to hold the bike upright instead of leaning to the left on the jiffy stand.  Easy to deploy, easy to ride off, but not meant to elevate the bike.  If that's the kind of functionality you are looking for, the EZ-up should fit the bill.  Personally, I'd prefer to spend an extra $50 for something that also lets me raise the rear of the bike off the ground without having to haul out the floor jack every time.


JMHO - Jerry

Great info there Jerry. Thank you.