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Originally Posted by
uberthumper
Go to Halfords/etc and look for sockets to fit car gearbox drain plugs.
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Halfords do front wheel spindle drives now, saw them last week, but didn't have a good look so not sure of the quality.
Whenever I buy tools, I buy wise, that is, not cheap. It's worth it in the long run.
OK, getting your wheel up;
The back, put the bike on the sidestand, pull it over (on the side stand) and shove a rock/box/pannier under the other side to keep it there. It helps if you have four arms and two of them are 6 feet long, or ask the missis/dad/mam/son/daughter/dog to help. Or an axel stand under the swing arm.
The front isn't as easy, use the same principle as the rear, but you are going to need to put weight on the back of the bike.
If you have a decent pannier, you can shove this under the engine guard and pretty much do either wheel, just by moving the pannier backwards (for the back wheel) or forwards (for the front).
But there are many ways to skin a cat, as they say.
PS - I have the Clarke version (from Machine Mart) of the liftmaster that UT mentions above. Another worthy investment, with you allways and can lift far more than just a motorcycle... (outboards, trailers, cars, RSJ's !)