Hey Everyone.

My buddy got this for me for my bday not to long ago. He isn't a bike person nor does he own one and the gesture is really nice, but I'm not sure if it will work with my wife 600 F4i 2005, and my 900RR 1998.

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any thoughts if it will work well with it? i really don't want to tell him we need to take it back because he tired really hard to get it for me, but if it don't work it don't work.

Thanks

 

That is nice but the only way it would work is if you took your exhaust off and lifted it by the bottom of the motor.

 

Which is sketchy as hell IMO!

 

Hi! Looks ok to me and as long as you can lock down the lift so the castors are off the ground it should be fine. I have a bike lift from Machine Mart that takes the full length of the bike and is also hydraulic, but yours looks to be ok, providing it is stable when up in the air. Just be careful! I'd have a mate standing by just in case though! LOL! Great for chain oiling and getting at the tyre valves etc and will save your knees and back when crouched down near the floor! Generous friend I'd say.

 

While the gesture is indeed a nice one, I wouldn't use that on a sportbike. Get yourself a nice set of sportbike stands.

 

I agree the gesture is really nice, but I'm not wanting to take plastics off and exhaust to oil a chain.

 

I lube mine without stand. Less equipped has to do with what's available.

 

If ya want to do some long term job, these lifts are great! Yeah ya gotta pull the lowers, but the bottom of the motor (at least mine) has 'fingers' to rest the bike on that straddle the stock exhaust. If you are going to pull the front apart or swingarm or just working on the top end (no squat/bent over working with 16" of lift. Plus with the castors you can CAREFULLY move the bike around in a dis-assembled state.

Changing the oil or lubing a chain, no contest, I use a rear stand. When I'm doing the serious nasty with my baby, I put her up on the lift.

Ern

 

Very generous indeed. No doubt though, something like that will come in handy, wish I had one in my garage.
So many bikes these days don't have a center stand & I'm looking to update soon, its been one of my criteria. I have seen a couple of clever devices that don't require stands, especially for doing something basic like lubing your chain.


This one attaches to the swing arm

 

That wheel jokey thing looks pretty neat. How well does it work?