Oh, I know - I only keed. A pair of jackstands w/ a bar thru the hollow swingarm pivot + a block under the header-tubes works OK too. But in my experience still more hassle & less secure than suspending, as long as the mounts/lifting-devices are up to par.

You can't just jack up a sports bike. My VFR has it's pipes at the bottom and my ER-6N has it's muffler underneath.


You could use a swingarm stand but that's just more of a risk of the bike tumping over. I'd rather it just tump at ground height than 4ft or more in the air.

He probably didn't loop the strap correctly or didn't have enough rachet turns and it came loose.

I'm not sure why you would hang your bike from the ceiling. Rear stand and a front that lifts via the forks or the lower triple tree should be good enough.

Changing the triple clamps for example....

Removing the engine

Swapping out shocks.

JC

Doing anything that requires bending over to work on the bottom of the bike

It's a different story with a VFR. My way worked just fine. I'll stick with it next time.

Easy there.