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Bet if you throw in the cost of the welder it's more than 200$
| They need neither electric or air. The plans I have gotten look |
like
| they might work. I spent $170.00 on the steel. I'm welding it |
together
| next weekend. Hopefully it shouldn't cost over $200.00. It uses a |
jack
| to get up. 30"x92" work table, 24" hight.
On Thu, 09 Aug 2001 17:51:56 +0000 "Zerhackermann ." <chopp-@hotmail.com> writes:
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Hey whatever pleases you. You can do 90% of the work you need to with the bike on it's center stand and with a jack of some sort to lift |
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the
| | front. no big deal. BUT remember that the bike has the potential to fall |
|
over
| | if it is on such a small base. That's all Derek was saying.
'sides for many of those nice platform lifts all it takes is a |
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wad
| | of cash and an electric outlet (or compressor)
My old room mate picked one up and we had it in a garage not |
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much
| | bigger than a storage unit.
In my shop I built my own based on a chain hoist. and some saw horses. total cost was about $200. As I couldnt find one of those fancy lifts |
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like
| | derek has for that price, I'm pretty pleased with the cost and result. |
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And
| | working on a bench that sits 2.5 feet off the ground sure makes life |
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easier.
| |
| From: Paul Linn <paul_-@yahoo.com> Reply-To: Loopfram-@topica.com To: Loopfram-@topica.com Subject: RE: Motorcycle Lift Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2001 13:17:32 -0400
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Well Derek,
For us poor bastards who have to work on our bikes in a storage |
unit that
| has no power, this lift might be of some help compared to the |
|
|
nice
| | one you
| have that I assume uses air to lift it up. If I had a garage to |
work in I
| would definitely get one like yours as I have worked on these |
|
|
lifts
| | before
| and they are great. But alas the only garage I have available |
|
|
it my
| | storage
| unit. Luckily it's only across the road from me so I don't have |
|
|
far
| | to go.
| I think if I use 2 of these contraptions and mount them to a |
|
|
plate
| | spaced out
| the length of the frame it should be stable enough to use |
|
|
safely.
| | Don't
| know about you, but I have never had to put a 3 foot extension on a |
breaker bar
| and get something loose or apply any forces at any kind of |
|
|
tangent
| | to the
| bike. Guess I have just been lucky so far. You can see my bike |
|
|
on
| | Daves
| website, it was totally rebuilt in my storage unit.
Paul 69 Ambo .5 74 Eldo (Future custom project) Elvira Greensboro, NC
-----Original Message----- From: Derek Hamlet [mailto:derekh-@home.com] Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2001 12:28 PM To: Loopfram-@topica.com; Loopframe_guzzi Subject: Re: Motorcycle Lift
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My two cents worth. All these lifts that support the bike like this one are very |
unstable when
| you really want to yard on something. I used lots of them over |
|
|
the
| | years.
| Fine for simple things, but, the pits when you want to put a 3 |
|
|
foot
| | | extension on a breaker bar and get something loose or apply any |
forces at
| any kind of tangent to the bike. I still have two sitting in a corner which I use on occasion. I finally found a virtually new, but, used price on a proper |
|
|
lift
| | has a
| bike length platform supporting the wheels; removable plate for |
wheel etc.
| etc. My life changed after that. Wrenching became fun again as I could position the work area to |
exactly
| right height for sitting on a stool or whatever and work |
comfortable.
| Important stuff when you are a decrepit old bastard like me. At 11:08 AM 8/9/01 -0400, Paul Linn wrote:
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|
found in
| | | Walneck's. Derek Hamlet
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