Ok so I decided to get one of these stands, cos for the price I figured it would be worth checking out! 
I noticed on receiving the (bashed up - thx courier) box that as we all might have guessed it's made in 'China' and actually re-badged 'Tech7' on the unit and box. No instructions were inside the box so I've pretty much put it together from looking at the picture on Ebay, and there are a few bolts (plastic handles on them) left over (no idea where they go...?) so perhaps those who have the expensive German model can enlighten me on some items please. ;D
One interesting thing is the price, on Busters Ebay they list it for £129.99 delivered (what I paid inc BMW fitting kit), however the invoice lists it as £179.99 + £20 for the fitting kit and then they put a discount on it to reach the Ebay price - sweet!
So unpacking the box revels the below:
Some close ups of the unit, the welding looks to be up to the job and the powercoat finish seems ok too.
The castors were better then I expected, as I'd assumed they would just be plastic, but they actually have rubber tyres and two of them have brakes fitted.
Some pictures of the actual mechanism, everything is loosely fitted and you need to adjust it up to the relevant bike setup when you first use it. The mechanism has a safety pin on a spring, which clicks into place in the raised position, and it's all greased up and works as smoothly as you'd expect.
Next up you have the fitting kit for the BMW, nothing special, just a plate and a cup that fits into the frame on an engine mount as seen further down.
So one the kit it fitted (how it seems to go anyway) it looks like the below picture.
This cup is then screwed into the frame on the excess engine bolt thread. There is a cut out in the cup which lines up with the pin on the lift, almost like you would use a large bodyclip for extra safety, however I had nothing in the packets to back this up so not sure why else the cut out maybe there.
However, I'm not so sure how strong this will be, as mine only had a few threads sticking out with which to screw onto as seen below, perhaps someone with the german model can advise how far theirs screws on?
Now unfortunately as much as I'd like to show you it in action.....I can't currently my bike is supported by a car jack and has no forks in it, this stops me getting the Spider stand in place to use it *doh*! Once I can get the bike on it, I'll update this thread with how I get on!
cheers
I noticed on receiving the (bashed up - thx courier) box that as we all might have guessed it's made in 'China' and actually re-badged 'Tech7' on the unit and box. No instructions were inside the box so I've pretty much put it together from looking at the picture on Ebay, and there are a few bolts (plastic handles on them) left over (no idea where they go...?) so perhaps those who have the expensive German model can enlighten me on some items please. ;D
One interesting thing is the price, on Busters Ebay they list it for £129.99 delivered (what I paid inc BMW fitting kit), however the invoice lists it as £179.99 + £20 for the fitting kit and then they put a discount on it to reach the Ebay price - sweet!
So unpacking the box revels the below:
Some close ups of the unit, the welding looks to be up to the job and the powercoat finish seems ok too.
The castors were better then I expected, as I'd assumed they would just be plastic, but they actually have rubber tyres and two of them have brakes fitted.
Some pictures of the actual mechanism, everything is loosely fitted and you need to adjust it up to the relevant bike setup when you first use it. The mechanism has a safety pin on a spring, which clicks into place in the raised position, and it's all greased up and works as smoothly as you'd expect.
Next up you have the fitting kit for the BMW, nothing special, just a plate and a cup that fits into the frame on an engine mount as seen further down.
So one the kit it fitted (how it seems to go anyway) it looks like the below picture.
This cup is then screwed into the frame on the excess engine bolt thread. There is a cut out in the cup which lines up with the pin on the lift, almost like you would use a large bodyclip for extra safety, however I had nothing in the packets to back this up so not sure why else the cut out maybe there.
However, I'm not so sure how strong this will be, as mine only had a few threads sticking out with which to screw onto as seen below, perhaps someone with the german model can advise how far theirs screws on?
Now unfortunately as much as I'd like to show you it in action.....I can't
currently my bike is supported by a car jack and has no forks in it, this stops me getting the Spider stand in place to use it *doh*! Once I can get the bike on it, I'll update this thread with how I get on!cheers
