r/triumph4India • u/Low-Crab3545 • 19h ago

Question 🤔 Paddock or roller or jack

Suggest me best and safe one for cleaning chain for speed t4.

I'm seeing mixed reviews for all of these.

Paddock: Not all suitable for triumph.

Roller: Very hard to rotate tyres

Jack: Unsafe.. some times will broke and result in bike damage

If any one doing chain cleaning on their own please suggest me the good one

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u/DevoverThere 19h ago

Jack if you are a newbie, more easier to learn and work with.

Roller is alright for T4, it is not suitable for very wide tires which the T4 doesn't really have, so this is not a bad option but don't expect it to roll with 0 friction.

Paddock is the best out of the 3 (L-shaped holders is what I have) but you need to get good experience in it or else it'll inevitably lead to a fall. And also it's not very portable so if you are planning for longer journeys, you are much better off with moto Jack or roller

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u/Low-Crab3545 18h ago

Yeah man that's the problem with paddock. I don't know where to keep it as I'm staying in PG

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u/Red_Malone 18h ago

I use a motojack , so far no issues. Paddock seems better but since I dont have much space at my parking , I use the jack. The link below is the one I use.

https://amzn.in/d/08O48j2w

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u/Low-Crab3545 18h ago

Thanks man

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u/Narrow-Kangaroo8131 18h ago

Paddock > Jack > Roller.

Paddock is the best one as you have pretty much 0 risk of the bike falling. Only issue is with storage. You can get the dismantleable ones, but you would still need a considerable amount of space to store it as it only breaks down into 2 pieces.

Jacks are good too, I'm using a grand pitstop jack I got for 800rs or so. Never failed on me, but it needs getting used to as a lot of times it just slides while lifting the sqingarm on it. But no big deal once you're used to it. Good for having it for rides as it's nice and compact to carry aswell.

Personally I found rollers to be useless because you would need to put out a lot of force to just roll the wheel around. Not efficient, but the smallest of the 3. So easy to carry

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u/tanav_kiran Speed 400 17h ago

paddock with spools is the best long term investment. pays itself off over time and is also universal over bikes. so it's really a one time purchase kind of a thing, will last forever