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Roguetek

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I got tired of busting my ass, and rolling around on the ground when working on bikes, so I -finally- broke down and bought a motorcycle lift. one of the 350$ ones from harbor freight.

I got it home, but then discovered I could not get it from the van, to the shop. How was I ever going to get this thing moved... my eye landed on my pig, a 1980 HD FXE1200... and an idea formed..


And some rope, and I was off to the races!

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And away I went, towing my new lift, crate and all, behind me!

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Getting it into the shop, however, posed a problem.... we needed to figure out a way to move the lift -into- the shop....

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A winch, a genset with a 12VDC leg, and some sheetrock screws.

resulted in this....

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Which, FINALLY! gave me this...

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Looks good. Like the way it came together. How do you like it BTW?
 
Frankly, by the time I was done getting it in, and set up, I was done for the day. it seems nice, but I wont be able to give a good report until I've actually used it. which will be tomorrow.
 
That reminds me...I have a coupon for one of those that expires pretty soon. Guess I need to head down to HF pretty soon. I have a 3/4 ton pickup...I hope that'll be enough truck. :)
 
It Lifted Me!

Roguetek,

The only downside to a lift is that it just spoils the hell out of you. I've got MBD (Multiple Bike Disease), and sometimes don't want to take a bike OFF to put another one ON the ONE lift I have if it's just for a smaller, quick job. It takes me about two days to recover my full body movement after crunching up on the concrete floor. OUCH!

I may need two lifts. . .maybe three. . .

You'll never go back, and your back will thank you. For those out there pondering such a purchase: Go for it. Life-altering event.

Love those old Lincolns. You don't lack for projects, eh?

Walking Eagle
 
hahaha that was good. i love my new HF lift also. had to rent a truck from home depot, the guy at HF loaded the box with a fork lift, but when i got back to the house i had to man-handle that SOB off the truck myself. slid it out part-way, tipped it up on its end, jumped off the truck and did a sort of reverse deadlift to gently lower the other end to the ground. fortunately i was right outside my garage.

best tool-related purchase i have made in a long time.
 
Just picked up the Harbor Freight 1000 lb. lift for $299. Found a coupon in one of the motorcycle mags. I already have a very nice Handy 1,000 pound air lift, but like someone stated above, I have a couple of projects going on so I needed to have two lifts. For $299, it's pretty hard to beat.
 
For $299, it's pretty hard to beat.

Considering that I paid $35.00 for a sheet of 1/4" steel 2' x 4' that weighed 60 lbs @ $.55 lb. from the steel warehouse scrap bin, Having a fully fabricated and working lift for that price is a good deal!
 
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