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Started by Firehawk068, August 12, 2016, 01:38:29 AM

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pdxfj

I've had the Harbor Freight motorcycle lift for years and it's a great buy.  I didn't like the front wheel clamp it came with so I bought a wheel vise.

Have a new drill bit handy for drilling holes for a wheel vise.  They make the lifts out of some hard steel.

The lifts go on sale for less than $400 quite regularly. 

jagcofj


rlucas

Quote from: pdxfj on August 16, 2016, 10:49:44 AM
I've had the Harbor Freight motorcycle lift for years and it's a great buy.  I didn't like the front wheel clamp it came with so I bought a wheel vise.

Have a new drill bit handy for drilling holes for a wheel vise.  They make the lifts out of some hard steel.

The lifts go on sale for less than $400 quite regularly. 



HF Parking Lot Sale this weekend, 19th through the 20th. The lift goes on sale for $289.99



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Country Joe

Look for a 10 or 20% off coupon as well. I bought my lift during their Thanksgiving day sale for $239.99. I can't believe that I went so long without one.
1993 FJ 1200

X-Ray

Nice work as always Alan.

I've tried a couple of different ways to support the front of the bike. First I used bags of cement on the seat to rock the bike back on the centrestand, lol. After that I used ratchet straps hooked to the floor of my  lift table like this --



Then made a little wooden support that works well. Can't remember who on this forum did it originally, great idea though--



You can see the bag of cement wrapped in a sheet to tilt the bike back while I put the stand in place. A helper here usually make it easier :)  
'94 FJ1200 Wet Pale Brown
'93 FJ1200 Dark Violet/Silver
'84 FJ1100 Red/White

'91 FJ1200 Dark Violet/Silver ( Now Sold)
'92 FJ1200 Project/Resto Dark Violet/Silver (Now Sold)






For photos of my rear wheel swap, heres the link  https://www.flickr.com/gp/150032671@N02/62k3KZ

ribbert

Quote from: X-Ray on August 26, 2016, 08:44:44 AM





Geez Ray, your lift table is even cleaner than your bike! (please don't tell me you polish it)

Noel
"Tell a wise man something he doesn't know and he'll thank you, tell a fool something he doesn't know and he'll abuse you"

X-Ray

Hahaha trust you to pick up on that  :lol:   It's not that clean anymore I can assure you. ( the lift table that is )
'94 FJ1200 Wet Pale Brown
'93 FJ1200 Dark Violet/Silver
'84 FJ1100 Red/White

'91 FJ1200 Dark Violet/Silver ( Now Sold)
'92 FJ1200 Project/Resto Dark Violet/Silver (Now Sold)






For photos of my rear wheel swap, heres the link  https://www.flickr.com/gp/150032671@N02/62k3KZ