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Old Aug 25, 2008 | 03:37 PM
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Does any body have one of Harbor Freights motorcycle jacks? Is it good value, or is it junk? Im looking at the yellow one for 99.99. thanks slick
 
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Old Aug 25, 2008 | 08:25 PM
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Does any body have one of Harbor Freights motorcycle jacks? Is it good value, or is it junk? Im looking at the yellow one for 99.99. thanks slick
I think this is the one I have but mine was on sale for $ 69.00. Works great for my custom and the wife's Virago 250. Might be a little light duty for a Big Twin or Bagger though. If you get it, buy a can of clear krylon at Walmart and clear coat it! Keeps it looking new even though the materials are cheap. It will pay for itself the very first time you use it.
 
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I got the craftsman motorcycle/atv jack from Sears for $120, and it works great! I haven't used the one from Harbor Freight, but I would look at the Craftsman to compare before you spend money.
 
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Handy lifts are nice!
 
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Handy lifts are nice!
Where did you get that?
 
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i like the roll-on lifts, but how do you drop a wheel with one of those?
 
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I got a lift from Murray's Auto parts. They are $69 and I got a $30 rebate. Works great on the sporty but I had to cut off the tie down bar on the jack to fit it under the bike, it hit the kick stand before it got to the other side of the frame.
 
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I have the HF jack and it works just fine. I just picked up a lift from Complete Hydraulics and it's awesome. But the HF jack is a good deal.
 
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I got this one from Sears for 151 bucks, it was on a 10% off sale, I just used it yesterday to remove lowering blocks I had on my bike, one of the lowering blocks came loose and made a clanging noise. I had carefully torqued them to 50 ft. lbs. with red LocTite and they still came loose.
 
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