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Old Apr 4, 2010 | 10:23 AM
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Old Apr 4, 2010 | 10:27 AM
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very interesting but is it safe? what weight limits?
 
Old Apr 4, 2010 | 10:29 AM
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What lift is that??? is it listed as a M/C lift? Never seen it in the store...
 
Old Apr 4, 2010 | 10:35 AM
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Yeah, interesting... never seen this style lift sold by them before! I will have to check this one out... got to see what the lift capability is. I would think it would lift a bagger just fine.
 
Old Apr 4, 2010 | 10:36 AM
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it looks like this one...
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=99887

Says 1100#...I like how low the arms are. You should be able to jack up any bike that has 2.5 inches of ground clearance or more.
 
Old Apr 4, 2010 | 10:43 AM
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Thanks...that's actually pretty nice....Might be my next present for ????Chit...which holiday???? Oh! mEMORIAL Day present...
 
Old Apr 4, 2010 | 11:18 AM
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This one lifts higher than most, but I want the machinery underneath, not up the side.
 
Old Apr 4, 2010 | 11:28 AM
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1100 lbs.cap.comes with straps,supposed to tie down to lift legs,think i,m gonna put eyes on lower support legs that are on the ground and tie down after raising.seems it would be more stable to me.as it is it is as stable as the conventional floor lift i have,which has a little wobble when wrenching.i like it cause it's open on the bottom allowing access to softail shocks.
 
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This one lifts higher than most, but I want the machinery underneath, not up the side.

+1 I could see that getting in the way if you wanted to work on both sides of the bike,
 
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after installing the lowering kit i couldn't get the other lift under the bike without putting a 2x6 under the back tire.this one slides right under.that, access to the shocks,and height are all good points,however one side of the bike IS a lttle limited on access on some things but not real bad.it's like everything else,good points,bad points,nothing in this world is perfect......except the riding day i had yesterday
 



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