What lift are you guys using?

[jt5534]

I am looking at one of these http://www.ebay.com/itm/251202306664...=p5197.c0.m619
I want something that I can do tires easily and suspension when it comes time. Any ideas? Thanks in advance. JT

[boloson]

Too expensive. Triple tree front stands & jack stands does the trick for suspension removals

[jt5534]

Can you get the tire off with that stand? I set my bike up with a friends Standard front stand and it seems really unstable.

[OreoGaborio]

It's not advisable to use a front stand without a rearstand.

I use Woodcraft front (stem) & rear stands for all my maintenance needs. If I need to take off the triple trees I use jack stands under the engine cases. Rock steady, no issues.

[jt5534]

yes I use a pitbull rear stand but will check out the stem stand for sure

[aldend123]

Rear stand and a car jack :p

If you remove the belly plastic, is there a lift point? If so, throw it up on the stand and use the car jack to lift the front. Just don't lean on it.

[Falko]

I use craftsman MC jack

[csmutty]

I use the same as Pete (oreo) woodcraft front and rear.

[nhbubba]

Center stand and an a-frame ladder.



Actually I don't use the ladder much anymore... too in the way while working on the front end. Now I do this:

[RandyO]

I have an Eazy Rizer

[boloson]

Can you get the tire off with that stand? I set my bike up with a friends Standard front stand and it seems really unstable.

Yes. you're able to remove front tire & forks with the triple tree front stand. U can't remove forks with your friend's standard front stand, but u can remove the tire. Triple tree front stands are real sturdy. With The regular rear stand that lifts from a spool or swingarm you're able to remove rear wheel but not the shock. I use an automotive jack stand underneath the rearsets (fixed pegs only) to remove the rear shock. It's one of the cheapest ways to remove the shock. I'll try to find a pic for ya since I'm probably confusing u more then anything

[nhbubba]

I have an Eazy Rizer

I have to admit, that's pretty cool. Looks like ~$600. I see you posted on stromtroopers that you got yours for a deal. But for us pleabs, that's the price.

That's a bit too much cake for the occasional use I would need.

Another option is to DIY something. (I'm kicking around the idea myself.)

[jt5534]

Thanks everyone think I am going to do something similar to nhbubba with this http://www.discountramps.com/mcImage...-lift-gate.jpg

[RandyO]

I have to admit, that's pretty cool. Looks like ~$600. I see you posted on stromtroopers that you got yours for a deal. But for us pleabs, that's the price.

That's a bit too much cake for the occasional use I would need.

Another option is to DIY something. (I'm kicking around the idea myself.)

I got a smokin deal, lift + wheel hoops, superbike mounts, peg mounts, beam mounts, ducati mounts complete for $400, tried getting a group buy going but only one other person took advantage

I bought mine from Rokon in Rochester, they use Eazy Rizers as a manufacturing platform

compared to a table, it has equal stability, and you can get up closer than you can with a table, but ya don't have place to set tools & parts down

[nhbubba]

I've been trying to work out how to fit a table into my garage. Unfortunately space is tight. Storing the bike on a table for the off-season is perfectly viable, but during riding season I need easy roll in/out. Lifts like yours are far better for that.

Right now I think this is the best solution for me as it can be dismantled and stored flat during the riding season and only costs 2 sheets of ply.

But I'll probably just continue crawling around on the cold cement floor instead.

[JettaJayGLS]

Just get a couple guys to lift it.

[RandyO]

Center stand and an a-frame ladder.



Actually I don't use the ladder much anymore...

prolly a good thing in case you get more than half the weight loaded onto your 250lb rated ladder

[nhbubba]

Meh, it worked.

[carsick]

prolly a good thing in case you get more than half the weight loaded onto your 250lb rated ladder

Between engineering safety factor and the weight being low and centered, you could probably pull a small block with that setup! I'd worry about cheap straps before the ladder...

[RandyO]

Meh, it worked.

I posted you photo on another website as an example of how to lift a bike, someone of course notices the ladder's weight rating, and quite frankly surprised me, I have a similar ladder but different brand, and its rated at 375, cause my weight hovers right around 300, is something I pay attention to when I bought my ladders

[nhbubba]

I believe that the ladder is stronger when used in the A-frame config. I believe the lower rating is when extended flat like a traditional ladder with both legs fully extended. I believe the hinges are the weak point in that ladder when used in the flat config, not so much when used in the A-frame config.

Also remember I have a nominally lighter 650.

And I am way too lazy to bust out the trig right now, but I bet more than half the bikes weight was on the center stand when held like that.

I could be wrong. I could have endangered the very universe as we know it. I mean a V-Strom could have come crashing down in my garage!

But it didn't.

YMMV.. never use me as an example of what to do.

My ladder was purchased off the interwebz (woot) for cheap.

Where'd ya post my picture?

[RandyO]

I'm sure the weight rating of the ladder has more to do with its stability with a 250lb person standing on the 3rd to to rung than it has to do with its structural capability

just poking fun, and ingenious idea, my gorillia ladder is rated 375, I might try to use it to pull a car engine

[RandyO]

Where'd ya post my picture?

SVRider

someone posted they had the rear wheel off their bike and is slipped of the swingarm stand but didn't tip over and they wanted an ingenious way to lift it back onto the stand for a weakling

[nhbubba]

I feel like someone on this site told me to do it.

Like I said, the ladder gets in the way of almost everything you want to get at. I found it to be such a pain in the ass that I put heavy duty eyelet bolts into the big girder in the garage and hang the bike from there now. The bike sways, and one of these days I'm going to knock it off the center stand with both wheels off. But it is 500x easier to work on the front end.

[nhbubba]

Had a total brain fart this evening. For whatever reason I moved the jack stands over near the bike to get at something the other day and never put them back. Pulling into the garage tonight gave left me staring across the garage at the bike with the stands in front of it. Then I decided to do this.



Derp.