Abstract: The bike stand is free-standing and separate from the bike. The stand includes a horizontal base or bottom portion, an about vertical middle portion, preferably conected to the front end of the bottom portion and an upper bike supporting portion connected to the middle portion. The upper portion includes a pair of laterally spaced rearwardly extending L-shaped arms connected at their upper ends by a cross-bar. The lower rungs of the arms support the bicycle or motorbike, for example, the tubular bottom portion of a motorbike frame.