Not that one!!! :smilie_happy:
Every time I use my motorcycle lift with the bikes that have saddlebags installed, the back tire doesn't want to come of the ground, so I wind up like this:
Obviously, the higher I get, the worse it becomes and I would resort to using a jack stand to support the rear. Then once it got too high for the jack stand, I would use some type of a contraption to elevate the jack stand a little more just so the bike would be level.
Was it safe? :sensored: No!!!
This past January when my mother out-law's health took a turn for the worse and we knew she was never going to go back to her home, my wife made the decision to pack up her apartment and either sell, donate, or throw away the things that were there. Well, there were several walkers and canes on the garbage pile and I said that I wanted them because, well you just never know when you made need a sturdy tube.
Now fast forward to this month and I had the bike in the air again and I didn't like the balancing act I had going on with three paint cans, a bucket and a jack stand, so it was time to do something about it, and I knew exactly what I was going to do because it was staring me in the face...
These things are adjustable for those that are tall or for those that aren't so tall (I'm trying to be politically correct), but the handle is just too big, so I got the tube cutter and removed about a foot.
I just had to reassemble the "cane" and slip it under the trailer hitch.
Now when I lift the bike, I simply extend the support a few holes at a time and the bike stays level and solid when I am working on it.
Lowering the bike back to the ground is just the opposite. Lower the tail prop a few holes, lower the jack a bit, lower the tail prop, lower the jack, etc., etc...
Every time I use my motorcycle lift with the bikes that have saddlebags installed, the back tire doesn't want to come of the ground, so I wind up like this:
Obviously, the higher I get, the worse it becomes and I would resort to using a jack stand to support the rear. Then once it got too high for the jack stand, I would use some type of a contraption to elevate the jack stand a little more just so the bike would be level.
Was it safe? :sensored: No!!!
This past January when my mother out-law's health took a turn for the worse and we knew she was never going to go back to her home, my wife made the decision to pack up her apartment and either sell, donate, or throw away the things that were there. Well, there were several walkers and canes on the garbage pile and I said that I wanted them because, well you just never know when you made need a sturdy tube.
Now fast forward to this month and I had the bike in the air again and I didn't like the balancing act I had going on with three paint cans, a bucket and a jack stand, so it was time to do something about it, and I knew exactly what I was going to do because it was staring me in the face...
These things are adjustable for those that are tall or for those that aren't so tall (I'm trying to be politically correct), but the handle is just too big, so I got the tube cutter and removed about a foot.
I just had to reassemble the "cane" and slip it under the trailer hitch.
Now when I lift the bike, I simply extend the support a few holes at a time and the bike stays level and solid when I am working on it.
Lowering the bike back to the ground is just the opposite. Lower the tail prop a few holes, lower the jack a bit, lower the tail prop, lower the jack, etc., etc...