Single Post Motorcycle Lift
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Wow read a lot into that didn't you ? I was serious about the insurance bit, a neighbor did the lift thing at his place to store a Shelby cobra over another of his toys. He had to go through all kinda gyrations and permits before his insurance would commit to cover anything including his homeowners ins. Hope you find a solution ........
One more thing he had rip out his garage floor and have a 6" pad poured to meet the support and and anchoring requirements for one of those permits.
One more thing he had rip out his garage floor and have a 6" pad poured to meet the support and and anchoring requirements for one of those permits.
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Wow read a lot into that didn't you ? I was serious about the insurance bit, a neighbor did the lift thing at his place to store a Shelby cobra over another of his toys. He had to go through all kinda gyrations and permits before his insurance would commit to cover anything including his homeowners ins. Hope you find a solution ........
One more thing he had rip out his garage floor and have a 6" pad poured to meet the support and and anchoring requirements for one of those permits.
One more thing he had rip out his garage floor and have a 6" pad poured to meet the support and and anchoring requirements for one of those permits.
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My point was that I'm basically left with 2 choices. Sell the bike or get a lift. I imagine that these 2,000 lb capacity single post lifts that run on 110v household current don't have nearly the same requirements as the one that your neighbor got. I do appreciate the advice and will look into the insurance and footing aspects.
Do yourself a favor and do a test drill to find out how thick your floor slab is, you need a minimum of 4" to get a 1/2" or 5/8" anchor to hold and I'd epoxy them on top of it if you do install. If the floor has larger cracks or any signs of the slabs bowing or uneven rethink this.
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I saw that lift and we installed 2 of them with a bit different arm configuration for a line side operation, had to use 5/8"x 6" anchors. Lift itself is sturdy enough but the platform does wiggle a bit when up, nothing drastic but noticeable, aside from the ugly *** color not bad for the money.The floor would be the only issue as generally garage floors are crappy concrete between 3" to maybe 4" thick depending on the age of the house.
Do yourself a favor and do a test drill to find out how thick your floor slab is, you need a minimum of 4" to get a 1/2" or 5/8" anchor to hold and I'd epoxy them on top of it if you do install. If the floor has larger cracks or any signs of the slabs bowing or uneven rethink this.
Do yourself a favor and do a test drill to find out how thick your floor slab is, you need a minimum of 4" to get a 1/2" or 5/8" anchor to hold and I'd epoxy them on top of it if you do install. If the floor has larger cracks or any signs of the slabs bowing or uneven rethink this.
http://advantagelifts.us/single-post-lifts/ML-2000-Single-Post-Lift
https://aclifts.com/products-2/parking-lifts-2/motorcycle-parking-lift-sp-1500-sp-2200-2/
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Not bad for <$2k all in. It required modifications as it didn't work for me "out of the box". Unless your bike was featured in Easy Rider, the plate holding the vice is way too long and places your rear wheel on the center removable section when your front tire is in the vice. I therefore had to have about 9" cut out of it and then welded back together. Additionally, the vice mounts too close to the lift side and my bars are wide etc... so, I had to move it over towards the center which necessitated having to drill 2 extra holes. Other than that, either spend the $ for a good hammer drill or rent or borrow one for drilling out the slab. Thankfully, my slab was 4.5".
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