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Campaman I made one similar to that, mainly to keep the bike upright in the garage and take up less room. I added a bit of carpet on the top to protect the frame. It works fine. I lay it flat and push it back until it touches the rear wheel - you may have to ease the bike a bit upright at this stage to slide it under the frame - then pull up. I can easily get it on and off by myself. You may need to adjust the handle length so that it clears the side stand. I just noticed that I have my handle vertical when bike on stand - this may be why it is easier to control on way down, the handle moves forward Good luck

Almost any extra lights on a XVS650 will flatten the battery, even when running - so do check the loads.

According to my profile I have no posts and joined on Monday !!!!!! Not much else there. Accept you have to move on but not at all sure I like the new set up - too much 'white space' - on a PC anyway.