I finally got the wife's permission to install a set of Street Cannon Slip-on's.

My question is where is the best lift point with a jack in order to safely lift with out interfering with the install?

I do have a standard bike lift, but don't think it will work on a trike.

Any suggestions would be appreciated!

 

I didn't need to lift mine when installing the Street Cannons. I just got comfortable on the floor and went to work lol. Yes it will be easier if you lift the trike a little and I didn't answer your lift question, but I just wanted to let you know it's not needed. The hardest part is those four bolts that secure the pipes to the frame. Not much room there. The clamps were easy.

 

This old man did the same.

 

If you have access to a set of car ramps. get them. Align the ramps with the back tires and drive up the ramps SLOWLY. Put a chock on the front tire or put a strap around the front brake lever to hold the motorcycle in place. Good amount of clearance under the rear of the machine.

 

If you don't have a motorcycle jack this is the safest way & easy.

 

Took me an hour total to remove the trunk/body and remove and install the new slip-ons and then reinstall the body. I did have my other half to help lift the body off and back on. No need to crawl around or fight those hard to reach bolts.

 

Thanks everyone....I am not afraid to tackle projects myself, although removing the trunk body sounds awful invasive just to change a set of slip-on's.

 

While it is a pain to work the bolts, they will come out & go back in with a little patients & one person job at that.
I use auto ramps for the rear (good height). They are on an area rug under the Tri . I just lay down on the rug & relax while I do the bolts. The rug under the ramps will keep them from sliding around while getting on & off the ramps.

 

Jacked up my Freewheeler to install rear shocks. I used my bike lift toward the fartherest point to the back underneath it could go. Jacked up the trike and then placed a jack under the cross bar below the trunk. It was very stable with those two points.

 

I lifted the left rear tire off the ground by jacking under the rearmost part of the frame (where it curves upward aft of the primary). Put a jackstand near the tie-down, removed the left wheel and did both mufflers that way.