Motorcycle Lift
Cruiser
Joined: Jun 2012
Posts: 224
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From: S.E. Missouri
I've got the HF lift and love it. It took a little while to get the positioning right. I have to have a short piece of 2x4 on the front arm to lift my bike up level. I did switch out the bolts for grade 8 pieces just for my own peace off mind and used washers to take up some of the slack in it. I was a little leery of it the first couple of times I used it but after seeing how solid my bike sits on it, I don't worry about it now. I really like being able to sit on a stool to work on the bike.
Steve
Road Master
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 777
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From: West Virginia
Check with your local dealership. A buddy of mine just bought a bought one from his local for $300.oo. Supposedly the dealerships replace their lifts every year or two and sell of the used ones.
I don't have the available floor space for a full size table lift so I bought a like new Kendon Lift off craigslist for $350. It's pneumatic over hydraulic, I use it when I need it and the rest of the time it spends standing up against the wall. I'm really pleased with it.
I don't have the available floor space for a full size table lift so I bought a like new Kendon Lift off craigslist for $350. It's pneumatic over hydraulic, I use it when I need it and the rest of the time it spends standing up against the wall. I'm really pleased with it.
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Joined: May 2014
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From: Fort Worth, TX
You push the bike on and off the lift. If you are not strong enough to do so you can start the bike put it in gear and walk it using a bit of clutch to help drive it up on the lift...
Cruiser
Joined: Jun 2015
Posts: 164
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From: NoVA
When I was working in the motorcycle shop, we only RODE our own bikes onto the lifts, and even that was rare. You just push them up ... It was only the biggest and heaviest that got the clutch assistance. With large and/or awkward bikes, we would often help each other strap them and sometimes either give a little extra push from the rear or just be there to 'spot' each other. Mostly, though, you handled everything that went on to or off of your own lift ...
^this.
When I was working in the motorcycle shop, we only RODE our own bikes onto the lifts, and even that was rare. You just push them up ... It was only the biggest and heaviest that got the clutch assistance. With large and/or awkward bikes, we would often help each other strap them and sometimes either give a little extra push from the rear or just be there to 'spot' each other. Mostly, though, you handled everything that went on to or off of your own lift ...
When I was working in the motorcycle shop, we only RODE our own bikes onto the lifts, and even that was rare. You just push them up ... It was only the biggest and heaviest that got the clutch assistance. With large and/or awkward bikes, we would often help each other strap them and sometimes either give a little extra push from the rear or just be there to 'spot' each other. Mostly, though, you handled everything that went on to or off of your own lift ...
Steve
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Joined: Oct 2014
Posts: 864
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From: U.s.
I'm considering the weaver lift. For those who have it. Is it hard to move it around in the garage/reposition it? I'd like to be able to move it further to the side of the garage in the winter months so my GF can park her car in the garage.
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