If you have seen it done in the tyre shop and you think it will work, go for it, twenty quid saved.

Mine really is "belt and braces" overkill and some would just jack it up and remove the wheels.

Thinking about it some more, I would certainly still do a strap to prevent the centre stand from folding back on you but then you could remove rear and then jack up front just enough to remove the front wheel spindle. Just be aware the bike may become imbalanced when the front is removed so support the swingarm to prevent the bike tipping backwards.

Make sure it is secure and go get new knobblies. I guess for the short time it will be like this it would be fine.

I think my mind is set on doing things to "doubly" make sure nothing falls on top of me when working on my bikes. Brainwashed by working in aircraft engineering!!

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