I need to replace the front forks on my bike and need to lift the bike off the ground. Being the exhaust is under the bike, how can it be lifted. How do they honda shops do this??

 

i just used a jack and some jack stands to get her up....worked pretty well for me.

 

Or you can get a front stand that lifts from the lower triple clamp. With this kind you can pull out each fork leg out with ease. Pitbull makes a good one, which is what I have. It's got a rod that slides into theheadsethole in the middle of the lower triple.