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I have a rear SSS pitbull stand that is awesome. it works flawlessly, build quality is great. beefy tubular design and beautiful welds.

Then I decided i should really get a triple stand. and since the combo on a front + DSS rear was cheap. I picked it up. (actually i got it as a gift from eric on NYMCC as a favor helping him swap out the front of his bike for a S2R1000 front, and needed the front stand to finish the swap!)

anyway, the thing works. its half the price of the pitbull stands, but man...if you can afford a pitbull go for it. The holes are all misaligned and require some elbow grease to put together. Also, you need bolts to attach the 2 legs to the arm. The metal is a lot thinner in comparision (this is based on weight alone) and you just cant beat pitbulls quality.

Thats all folks. But if your on a budget this thing is a steal once you get it all sorted out.

pics?

I bought some cheap ass dual sided stand for my 99 750 when I first got it.

Several years later, it still make the beast with two backsing works fine and is sturdy as hell.

Last year I got some cheap under fork stands for both my bikes. They were like 35$ a piece from Iron Pony.

With about 5$ in parts from the hardware store, it is rock solid.

For the price, trex is hard to beat. Theyve got a good warranty too. I didnt have any problems with bolts lining up, etc. I wouldnt use them every day as in track use, but for what they are, they do ok

i thought i was bordering retardation for a momment. then i looked all over the internet and found the SBTG review for pitbull stands.

the pin has to be 100% flush with the hole in the triple.

which means they sent the wrong one.  [bang]. which also means i wasted 30 mins trying to figure out how to use it.

I sent them an email. I hope they dont expect me to mail the thing back to them, cause im wasting shipping money thats probably 1/2 the cost of the item.

Oh and one of the pins for the triple adapter 100% stuck in there until i find a drift that fits in that hole and drift it out. the hole is just way to small.

yea.....im not buying anything from Trex again. ill snap pics when i get back to the garage. Its too make the beast with two backsing cold in there right now.

ok props to trex warranty. they are sending the correct pin free of charge.

Id still go with the pitbull one though.

I know I don't have the same cred as He Man on the boards, but my T-Rex stands arrived super fast and were perfectly aligned and all of that.  I've never seen the pitbull stands, so I don't have something to compare it to, but mine are more than sturdy enough for the bike and struck me as being quite well built.

I told them what kind of bike it was going on and the triple pin they sent is exactly the right one.  My bike is sitting on them in storage now, so I guess I'll have to wait until I get back from Iraq to give the full story, but for the months before I left they were great for every day use.

The same cred as He Man,  [bang] "WOW"  ;) ;)

 [coffee]

i have an under-the-triple stand from t-rex. when i ordered, they were very precise about what bikes i would be using it on, and made sure to give me all the pins i needed. the first was free, the other one was like $8 or something... they have great customer service.

i had my S2R sitting on the SS rear stand, and a front FORK stand for a week without even a worry.

i will say however that i did bust one of the snap rings that holds one of the wheel axles in place on my race stand for the gixxer, but i think it may have been from me trying to use it on my own, and cranking the bike from an angle. easy fix though, just need to find the right ring.

I just ordered a SSS rear stand from T-Rex, a long with frame and front axel sliders.  Very good quality and everything fits.  The stand seems to be a little more "reinforeced" with the way it's built, compared to the Pitbull.  Also it has a few more bell and whiste, like the wheel stop and that you can lift the wheel from the front and back.  I felt I got more for the money.

just a note, that wheel stop isn't strong enough to try and take off your rear nut.... bent it lol.

I have the TRex SSS stand for my 996 and I'm very happy with it. although I have never had a pitbull to compare it with, the value and quality of the TREX stand is unbeatable, in my opinion. i also have their frame sliders on my monster and am very happy with those as well for the same reasons.

maybe i got a lemon. :-\ seems like everyone is giving trex a thumbs up which is why i went with them.

Im not going to send it back eitherway, i fixed it with a hammer mostly. ;D  im just waiting my new pin now so i can use it.

Its just you.  You're on the universe's shitlist

I will keep that in mind.  Thanks for the heads up.   [thumbsup]

so kind of a thread jack, but I have a T-Rex rear and it has been more than fine.

My bike is away for the winter and has been up on the stand for about a month (rear but not front).  Is there any reason i should not do this?  The Bike is more stable this way and I have it tucked away in the back pf my garage.

Just curious?

no problem at all, as long as you move it a little for the front tire so it doesn't get a flatspot.

+1

or just buy a cheap front stand.

As stated, I bought some POS cheap one from Iron Pony and with 5$ of new parts, it is rock solid.

I changed out my starter on this stand and entering my second winter with it stored on this stand with no issues.

Thank god, I thought I was the only one that did that! :P

Thanks.  Every once and a while i spin the front wheel a quarter turn...very scientific.

yup, that's all you need, but i would not do it 1/4th turn as you'll end up putting it on the same spot, just turn it 3-4 inches each time with a little fudge factor (where's the "anal" emoticon?)

i turn mine about 8,000 times a day.  :P

street parking in NYC is a pregnant dog.

The threadjack continues!


Has anyone had front fork seals go bad from having the bike up on a rear stand only for an extended period? I know that there are a lot of people who say not to load the front shock for an extended period during shipping and wonder if you can end up with the same result on a rear stand only if it is up on it for months at a time.

The reason I ask: Either one of my front oil seals gave out on my 06 S2R around the same time the bike was up on its stand due to my broken foot, or it happened as a result of being up on the stand.

Ideas?

 i have a garage.

i meant i just ride my bike everyday. so far the lowest actual temp ive taken it to is 15 degrees. average 20. waiting for that day its single digit outside (not feels like) so i can try my gear.

ugh.

i would not want to ride when the ground is frozen considering the shit that gets dumped on the streets there.  you hit ice, it could be anything.. water, trash, sewage..

yea, i ride pretty slow in the winter. but if you stay in them middle lane, your pretty safe though. on the FDR, trucks arent allowed, and most cars dont leak anything that will freeze on the road. so its not any different. on the city streets though, you have to be careful, but its not that big of a deal.

remmeber, i have no car, and i aint paying $2.25 to go 50 blocks. and i dont take hte train enough to justify an unlimited so whatever.

and, based on this friday, I'll either not need that pin or not because the other claims adjuster for the other guy is going to make a decision to approve or deny my claim. So either ill be forking over some cha ching for a pitbull SBK front stand....and sell this one.... [evil] the monster is 100% going, ive decided the bike is bad juju. it needs to go.

Since we are talking Pitbull vs. other stands, I thought I would throw this in.  I have 3 Pitbull stands, one SSS for my S2R, one standard rear for my other bike, and a front triple stand that works on both bikes with different pins. I am a big fan of the Pitbulls, they are solid as a rock and I use them constantly. On the front stand however, I noticed that it was NOT wide enough to use with my front axel sliders unless I made a modification to it.  Pictures below:

Stock as it comes from Pitbull (notice the bolt/bracket orientation):

(http://arb.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/20090219-front-stand-mod/IMG5414/477046911_Na7v6-M.jpg)

As modified:
(http://arb.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/20090219-front-stand-mod/IMG5421/477046877_A4pLL-M.jpg)

thats the new front stand that is triple tree only right? it seems cool, but the one that works with the forks and triple adapter seems to be the best value. Although if you were swapping forks, it doenst allow enough room to remove the front pinch bolts, but i guess yo ucan do that before you lift the bike.

I have pit bull stands for all my bikes and have never had any trouble with them.  When compared with the price of a bike, the stands are relatively inexpensive IMHO.

i just got the set of trex rear font with tripple adapter for the m1100 and for the price cant be beat.
is it pitbul = NO
but the trex is a little more versatil.
i think if you were gonna do 100 track days a year the trex would be fine, 101 and id get the pitbull  ;D