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Hey Lane...
I don't "ride on" at all preferring to walk the bike up from the side, but that'll take a better wheel clamp than the HF table comes with: (12" x 3" 13-gauge) -- Stole the idea to "borrow" the acme screw from a trailer tongue jack.The stop plate is just a bit of 0.25 scrap (an airbag mount, actually, with a little bend in it)...
Wish that I had cut the other end off the crank handle (you don't need the crank length, but having it kinda "fold" when you whack your knee/arm against it would be really NICE (lesson learned & shared) -- shortening the crank-arm will help you 'spin' it tight more quickly and you totally do NOT wanna have the clamping force that the long crank would get you - no need. The stop plate is just a bit of 0.25 scrap (an airbag mount, actually, with a little bend in it)... the neighbor's kid thinks it looks like a metal ninja or one of the ghosts from PacMan
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Also ths shows a 6" table extension (like 11-gauge?) with some 1/2" x 1" tubing underneath scabbed into the table's existing structure. the extension really doesn't see weight ; tire contact is about where the center mounting bolt is located...Of course the extension in broke 90* for additional stiffness and to match the table (about, 1/2" IIRC) -- the 6" extension sets the 1500's rear wheel just forward of the center of the dropout (below) to allow for easy tire-dropping...
From other posts, I seem to remember there needing to be a 12" or 14" allowance at the front of the table to address centerstand use.
I will not use a center stand on these HF tables (OPINION) - decking is thin for concetrated weight, the center stand gets in the way of other operations, and the wobel has been mentioned (of course, you will strap the bike down for working or lifting, but strapping down would add to the point-pressures on the center stand) ... Also, I just never did use a centerstand on a table... so I'm not used to it. If you plan to run the centerstand then you will need more extension length to accomodate the back-travel from the stand and a standard wheel vise will need to address the same over travel or be of little/no use to you.
I prefer a table-jack (service jack) for the versatility and selection of lift point (not to mention stability and distributon of load into/onto the table) kinda like this...
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FWIW: The deck is painted with a slip-stop additivein aRustoleum-type paint. For me, the deck was not only slippery, but RED is a horrible color to work with. Maybe just my eyes, but tough to see dropped stuff and it kinda 'sucks-up' light -- lighter gray feels kinder to my eyes and not so dark.. Slippery is good for cleaning, but crappy for other stuff... since the deck is already diamond plate - squeegee-cleaning was already "off-the-list" 7 thickness of teh paint job over the traction stuff still allows for shop-rag cleanups.
... just some thoughts ...
