Jack Stand to work on XP at home

[Taylor57]

I have ordered the little portable jackstands to use out on the road on my handlebars and I've seen pictures of guys that have converted milk crates and some wood and the guy down south that is a good wood worker and made his own stand, but does anyone have a line on a jackstand that will hold the XP so I can work on it in my garage and not break my back. I dont want to spend more that $150. Thanks in advance.

 

[Darceman]

Let's design an inexpensive work stand for the XP

This is my idea. Not to scale. The union on the pipe is to keep the bike from going all the way to the ground. Would have to work out the pipe height because of the angle the bike will sit with the front down. Need to keep the front wheel off the ground but the rear will be up and easy to work...

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Check this...see above...and scroll down that page...I made the stand from a umbrella stand..works great..

 

[Taylor57]

You know what? I ordered a heavy arse umbrella stand a couple of years ago only to find out my patio table would not support it. It has lived under the table now for years doing nothing. What do I need to buy to make it an XP jack stand. Here is a picture of my new jackstand base

with me in my office/ebike headquarters...

 

[Darceman]

You know what? I ordered a heavy arse umbrella stand a couple of years ago only to find out my patio table would not support it. It has lived under the table now for years doing nothing. What do I need to buy to make it an XP jack stand. Here is a picture of my new jackstand baseView attachment 59108 with me in my office/ebike headquarters...

Perfect.... It's a cast iron umbrella stand with a piece of pipe and the proverbial wooden dowel from a closet that fits perfectly inside. I put my bike on its side and then slide the dowel up inside the seat post tube then pick the whole unit up and sit it down ready to work. This stand is ultra-stable and I'm not worried about it falling over and scratching my high performance XP bike while I'm working on it...

 

[akjudge]

You might want to look at my homemade Lectric XP Workbench. I posted details with photos in the "Lets design an inexpensive work stand for the XP" post.

 

[Taylor57]

 

[Taylor57]

Well, I removed my battery for the 1st time. Pro tip. Make sure you remove the little rubber plug before you attempt to remove the battery. I huffed and puffed and skewered the XP a couple of feet off of the ground. Then when I looked down the seatpost opening, I quickly lifted the beast off and back onto the ground. I was afraid the closet dowell would damage the flexible seat post opening. Back to the drawing board. It was worth the trip to Home Depot, I have a nice stickball bat now!

 

[Darceman]

Well, I removed my battery for the 1st time. Pro tip. Make sure you remove the little rubber plug before you attempt to remove the battery. I huffed and puffed and skewered the XP a couple of feet off of the ground. Then when I looked down the seatpost opening, I quickly lifted the beast off and back onto the ground. I was afraid the closet dowell would damage the flexible seat post opening. Back to the drawing board. It was worth the trip to Home Depot, I have a nice stickball bat now!

Hi...why did you remove the seat post. That's what holds the dowel from going too far..why would the dowel damage anything? The seat post goes in the frame and doesn't damage anything.....Curious..

 

[Taylor57]

Hi...why did you remove the seat post. That's what holds the dowel from going too far..why would the dowel damage anything? The seat post goes in the frame and doesn't damage anything.....Curious..

Thats a great question. The answer is probably because I sell insurance and am not the sharpest tool in the shed!
I removed the battery, seatpost and Rockbros bag to remove weight so I could incredible hulk the XP beast up on the skewer. But now that you mention it, that's the ticket- leave the seatpost in and my dowell has a stopper. I bought a 36 inch dowell, but I may cut it down a few inches to cut down on my clean and jerk and also to make it more stable. I love teamwork!

 

[Darceman]

Thats a great question. The answer is probably because I sell insurance and am not the sharpest tool in the shed!
I removed the battery, seatpost and Rockbros bag to remove weight so I could incredible hulk the XP beast up on the skewer. But now that you mention it, that's the ticket- leave the seatpost in and my dowell has a stopper. I bought a 36 inch dowell, but I may cut it down a few inches to cut down on my clean and jerk and also to make it more stable. I love teamwork!

Don't lift the bike on to the post....you'll pop something. Lie the bike on its side and insert the post up the tube...then you just lift the bike upright on to the stand. You don't need to remove the battery either.

 

[Taylor57]

Don't lift the bike on to the post....you'll pop something. Lie the bike on its side and insert the post up the tube...then you just lift the bike upright on to the stand. You don't need to remove the battery either.

Pop something in my back or pop something in the seat tube? I tried laying it on its side but due to the size of the umbrella stand the angles didn't jive...

 

[Darceman]

Pop something in my back or pop something in the seat tube? I tried laying it on its side but due to the size of the umbrella stand the angles didn't jive...

Pop something on you ...lol
My base may be a bit smaller. You could still lay it on its side with the axle on a piece of wood or something and tilt it up the so you could slide it in. Might be easier than trying to lift the whole bike on to the pole..

 

[Taylor57]

With the battery out, it wasn't too tough. Leaving the seat post in will also now give me piece of mind. I would hate to damage that part of the frame. It seems very delicate there where the quick release attaches...

 

[Darceman]

With the battery out, it wasn't too tough. Leaving the seat post in will also now give me piece of mind. I would hate to damage that part of the frame. It seems very delicate there where the quick release attaches...

Pretty hard to damage the frame on these. There built like tanks..Both Kimbo and I have tested this...don't ask us why lol

 

[azraelnite]

Pretty hard to damage the frame on these. There built like tanks..Both Kimbo and I have tested this...don't ask us why lol

Do you know what size diameter dowel you bought? and about how much it cost you?

 

[Darceman]

Do you know what size diameter dowel you bought? and about how much it cost you?

1 5/16" I made mine completely from stuff I had lieing around..
Taylor57 just bought the closet dowel today. Maybe he could chime in..

 

[Taylor57]

1 5/16" I made mine completely from stuff I had lieing around..
Taylor57 just bought the closet dowel today. Maybe he could chime in..

Yep, 1"5/16" at Lowes. I paid 8bucks and change for a 36" dowel.