I thank everyone again for weighing in on this with very helpful comments. I have been away from motorcycles about 16 years. At one time, I had my garage filled with 4 bikes simultaneously---a Honda XL500, a T250, a Suzuki GS 650G, and a GS 1100E. Was very happy with all of them. Then one day, no more than 50 yards away from my driveway, a drunken teenager ran straight into me. The injuries were nothing more than bruises, but the memory stayed with me, and within a short time I sold all of my bikes. The only one that I really, really miss was my trials bike, and that thing was a locomotive. I even managed to get it street legal. So now getting back into it again after all these years, there is a lot to catch up on. As to running on the stand in gear, do you think it would be safe to do as a 2-man job? One to hold the bike steady on the stand while the other sprays the chain?