Wheel Chock for a Wideglide
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+ 1 on the Condor set up, what HF wheel cluck do you have? is it like the one CADguy has in his signature? if so an easy thing to do is put 2 hiker hooks at the end of the lift, then you can get handle bar tie down straps that go around your grips, bring loaded straps. this way when you get off, just putt it up to each bar and your done, will hold it nice and tight... I also know a guy that will just run one strap from the one side of the chuck, behind the neck of the bike (between the tank and trees) to the other side of the chuck and lip that in, this does well to put force on the bike pulling it into the lift and locking it down.
If you have the other style, like i have pictured below you also have some options. what i did was run some hose around the edge of the chuck, then wrapped that up in some tape. it was just simple garden hose i slided down the middle, and put on there, then taped it up. main reason i did this was to protect powder coated rotors when on the lift, but it ended up working really really well to hold the bike in as well... here are some pics of a wide glide in the chuck so you can get an idea of how your bike would sit in it. Granted i never have a bike unstrapped in the chuck, but this makes it easy to roll the bike up into it, and strap the bike down on your own rather than needing another person there to hold the bike while you strap it in... (this is a harbor freight Chuck only i powder coated it to match the lift)
19" wheel in there
bit closer of a look
here you can see why i do this, rotors like on this Z1000, would touch the metal if not protected
If you have the other style, like i have pictured below you also have some options. what i did was run some hose around the edge of the chuck, then wrapped that up in some tape. it was just simple garden hose i slided down the middle, and put on there, then taped it up. main reason i did this was to protect powder coated rotors when on the lift, but it ended up working really really well to hold the bike in as well... here are some pics of a wide glide in the chuck so you can get an idea of how your bike would sit in it. Granted i never have a bike unstrapped in the chuck, but this makes it easy to roll the bike up into it, and strap the bike down on your own rather than needing another person there to hold the bike while you strap it in... (this is a harbor freight Chuck only i powder coated it to match the lift)
19" wheel in there
bit closer of a look
here you can see why i do this, rotors like on this Z1000, would touch the metal if not protected
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+ 1 on the Condor set up, what HF wheel cluck do you have? is it like the one CADguy has in his signature? if so an easy thing to do is put 2 hiker hooks at the end of the lift, then you can get handle bar tie down straps that go around your grips, bring loaded straps. this way when you get off, just putt it up to each bar and your done, will hold it nice and tight... I also know a guy that will just run one strap from the one side of the chuck, behind the neck of the bike (between the tank and trees) to the other side of the chuck and lip that in, this does well to put force on the bike pulling it into the lift and locking it down.
If you have the other style, like i have pictured below you also have some options. what i did was run some hose around the edge of the chuck, then wrapped that up in some tape. it was just simple garden hose i slided down the middle, and put on there, then taped it up. main reason i did this was to protect powder coated rotors when on the lift, but it ended up working really really well to hold the bike in as well... here are some pics of a wide glide in the chuck so you can get an idea of how your bike would sit in it. Granted i never have a bike unstrapped in the chuck, but this makes it easy to roll the bike up into it, and strap the bike down on your own rather than needing another person there to hold the bike while you strap it in... (this is a harbor freight Chuck only i powder coated it to match the lift)
19" wheel in there
bit closer of a look
here you can see why i do this, rotors like on this Z1000, would touch the metal if not protected
If you have the other style, like i have pictured below you also have some options. what i did was run some hose around the edge of the chuck, then wrapped that up in some tape. it was just simple garden hose i slided down the middle, and put on there, then taped it up. main reason i did this was to protect powder coated rotors when on the lift, but it ended up working really really well to hold the bike in as well... here are some pics of a wide glide in the chuck so you can get an idea of how your bike would sit in it. Granted i never have a bike unstrapped in the chuck, but this makes it easy to roll the bike up into it, and strap the bike down on your own rather than needing another person there to hold the bike while you strap it in... (this is a harbor freight Chuck only i powder coated it to match the lift)
19" wheel in there
bit closer of a look
here you can see why i do this, rotors like on this Z1000, would touch the metal if not protected
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Yes sir, those are Kevin's (forum member on here)... CADguy i really dig the Condor dock!Mouth that is what i would recommend you check into as well. I personally do not own one but a friend/customer of mine has 6 bikes, has all of them in a detached 1 car garage parked side by side using the Condor chucks. Not only are they very solid, but they look sick all lined up like that. I however, have never used or even so much as put a bike in or out of one, just seen them. Other than that most of my friends rock the harbor freight one, but they run at least a 120 series tire, not a 90/21 (most are sport bikes or sport touring) they seem very solid, but i just am way to paranoid to leave a bike parked like that with no straps. i have had a bike fall off a lift, never again, i strap everything! I would like to fab up a way to do the center stand mod like the bagger guys do, i dont see why not as our frames are so much alike with a touring frame. i do not see a reason why that could not be retro fitted... my sport touring has a center stand and i use it all the time. love it
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Yes sir, those are Kevin's (forum member on here)... CADguy i really dig the Condor dock!Mouth that is what i would recommend you check into as well. I personally do not own one but a friend/customer of mine has 6 bikes, has all of them in a detached 1 car garage parked side by side using the Condor chucks. Not only are they very solid, but they look sick all lined up like that. I however, have never used or even so much as put a bike in or out of one, just seen them. Other than that most of my friends rock the harbor freight one, but they run at least a 120 series tire, not a 90/21 (most are sport bikes or sport touring) they seem very solid, but i just am way to paranoid to leave a bike parked like that with no straps. i have had a bike fall off a lift, never again, i strap everything! I would like to fab up a way to do the center stand mod like the bagger guys do, i dont see why not as our frames are so much alike with a touring frame. i do not see a reason why that could not be retro fitted... my sport touring has a center stand and i use it all the time. love it