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Whats the best way to lift a bike to perform fork work?

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Old 09-15-2009, 08:13 AM
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Originally Posted by reddog952
Looks like you made it work. Thats what counts. I hear you, I dont have a garage either and have to improvise sometimes. We cant all live at home & drive Daddylacs. I have a wife, kid & bills out the A##! Good Job Man!!
Yep. Same here. Wifes, cars, lots of bills and other stuff....Its a good solution. Just a pain to dissemble and moving it back and force... Also my neighbors already think there is something wrong with me. LOL
 
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Old 09-15-2009, 01:30 PM
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Nice work! I go the suspended route also, at least when I had some good rafters to use ... took me a bit to figure that wasn't a cherry picker LOL
 
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so its been awhile since ive owned my f3's but do they not have the same hole in the "goose neck" that allows you to use a front fork stand that is designed to lift so you can remove the forks
 
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Old 09-15-2009, 10:21 PM
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Originally Posted by intiractive
nice improvisation desperado. looks like everlast needs to look into the motorcycle market
Then the price will go up for no reason
 
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Originally Posted by desperado

Hellz yeah! That's how I do it! Except with an actual engine lift, many straps, and a a roof over my head lol. Good job man!
 

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Old 09-29-2010, 12:32 PM
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I just did this last night actually. I used a piece of webbing, a car jack, and a solid rafter in my garage. I just looped the webbing through the front of the frame and then over the rafter and the Jack which was on top of the rafter and up it went. I was pretty stoked when it actually worked, good to know I'm not the only one using... innovative methods.
 
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1 - ford explorer
1 - 50,000 lb stretch strap (the only one we had)
1 - tree with strong limbs...

we just wrapped the strap around the triple trees

this did look pretty redneck but it worked just fine
 
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Old 09-29-2010, 02:49 PM
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Put the bike on the centerstand, buy 50 cheeseburgers, find a fat chick and make her sit on the passengerseat. Keep feeding her cheeseburgers till youre done.
 
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Old 09-29-2010, 04:15 PM
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Originally Posted by DanishF3
Put the bike on the centerstand, buy 50 cheeseburgers, find a fat chick and make her sit on the passengerseat. Keep feeding her cheeseburgers till youre done.
always good to have a fat chick around. heat in the winter / shade in the summer.
 
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Originally Posted by kjohnson
Swingarm stand on the rear,jackstands under the engine cases
tried that once, and only once. bike ended up on the ground. thank goodness the tank wasn't on at the time.
 


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