... and have never had that high of a pucker factor in my life.

To see her just hanging in the air like that for the first time thinking that I KNOW that I've forgotten something ....

Sweating bullets!

 

The straps are your friend!
I put one diagonal from one corner to the opposite corner under the seat through and across the engine/trany.
What ever works man, but do use some strapage,,

 

Yep. Hard to see in the picture but I've got one running across the top right behind the fork lock. Later I ran another around the seat and snugged it up.

Once I had calmed down a little I got brave and decided to roll her around the garage on that thing. Once I got used to the fact that the jack and straps were doing what they were supposed to do, I was finally able to get in there and start working on it.

 

When ever I use my jack. I raise it so the wheels are just barely off the ground. Then I shake it a little to make sure it's stable.

 

Just make sure your stand is strong enough to hold what your putting on it.

 

I know what you mean. Even though I have been using mine for the last year and a half I still have a hand on the saddle bag guard when the wheels touch the ground when I'm letting it down and it eases over to the kickstand. My daughter was watching me the other day and I told her I didn't know why I did that because if it was going over, there would be no way I could stop it with two or three fingers

 

Had a close call last Saturday using my stand. Had bike up with wheels just off the floor doing some caliper cleaning. Had been on the stand for a couple hours. The top slats of the stand are bare metal, so I bought some rubberized plates with glue backing to cover the slats to grip the bottom of the bike frame to keep it from sliding. Well, the glue backing was not as secure as I thought. I had gone inside for a couple minutes & came out & noticed the rubberized plates had slid on the metal top slats bringing the frame of the bike dangerously close to the "fall over" point at the end of the metals slats! WOW! Quickly lowered the bike, pulled off the rubber plates & lifted the bike back up to position. Usually use a couple straps but with it so close to the ground didn't do it that time. Thank the Lord I noticed the slide!! Straps from now on!!

 

Get a J&S Jack and stop worrying!
Sam

 

Fun huh?

Now that you've had all that excitement get a real motorcycle lift; I can do anything to this motorcycle, no straps and she's rock solid. Zero fear, she's not going over...

Edited to add: Yea, that's a J&S...

 

I always put a block of wood between the scissor part of the lift and the bottom. I had the hydraulics on one fail, and the lock also did not work. The stand lowered all the way to the ground. With the block of wood, if the hydraulics fail the wheels will still be off the ground.