[Taurusx2]

I would absolutely feel comfortable pulling the rear wheel off of the bike. The reason for creating it was for two purposes. One was for easy lubrication of the chain and the other to remove the wheel without anything in my way. A scissors jack is geared preventing the the base or the lifting head from teetering. The plate is finger tightened to the frame and bolted permanently to the jack. The plate is made from a wheel mount off of the rear of a high wheel mower and I believe the jack may have originally resided in a Ford Ranger! I may get the plate welded to the jack. I did think of widening the base a little but it seems to be fine when pusing the bike side to side. I just won't get carried away! It does a heck of a better job then trying to balance the bike on a hydraulic jack. Not bad for three bucks and some spare metal lying around!