Triumphrat

alfacliff

I finaly put together the lift I bought at harbour freight last year. it went together fairly easily and all parts were there.
So finally I cleaned and lubed the chain on my bonnie. I also checked the spokes, all were tight, and checked the front brakes for drag. I shuld have done this last year since I have 7200 miles without lubing the chain. My old xs650 only got 300 or so miles per chain, but I used some cheap 15.00 chains from a hardware store. the stock chain didnt need any adjustment, and has no side flex, so it might get me through the year.
cliff

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2006 Bonnie Black
1980 Yamaha xs650

jimmyc

The lift is awesome! Makes cleaning/maintaining the bike so much easier. I had the bike almost two years before I got mine and I'm wondering how I lived without it.

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2006 Triumph Bonnie Black

Nothing says retro like inner tubes~

modre

the older you get, the further from the floor...

I made this lift 4-5 years ago for around $100 + a floor jack I had laying around...and it's been in use daily since.


I know guys rave about the ATV lift...wait until they find how much nicer these are. It relieves 80% of the drudgery when you can get the work up to your chair height...and have the tools spread out handy.

only problem is the space they take...which doesn't concern me because I use it as a fabrication/welding table...we even used it for my daughter's graduation party as a food table.

mine is wide enough for a garden tractor...the HF one is a bit narrow for that without a plywood top. I saw HF had them on sale one time for $199. If that ever comes around again you guys should snatch them up...don't even think.


useful?...yes yes yes.

alfacliff

the harbor freight is 59.95 when its not on sale.
cliff

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2006 Bonnie Black
1980 Yamaha xs650

danf_florida

I bought one the first month I had my TBA. It does everything I need it to do.

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2005 TBA, AI removed, debaffled pipes, added tach, leather saddle bags, backrest, and luggage rack, K&N Air Filter.

modre

Oh...I thought we were talking about a lift...nevermind.

a lift is a lift, a jack is a jack.
you can see why I was confused...

alfacliff

it is a lift, not a table, a table lift would not let the rear tire spin so you can clean and lube the chain. there are extensions available for the hf lift to do that.
cliff

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2006 Bonnie Black
1980 Yamaha xs650

CAPTDON

Gotta love em !!! They didnt have anything like them in the old days! Couldnt live w/o mine!
7200 mi & no chain lube??? Ouch!!!!!!!!

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innominate

i must confess 5k without lube. but now i have a harbor freight jack and have lubed twice

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uzidzit

HAS A DROPOUT, plate and you can turn the bike either way to remove wheels or change fork legs or whatever 100000% more stable than a jack and will fit under a pickup when down!
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=91764

This thing is great!

also with a block you can have both wheels off at the same time, done it for tire changes

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"Peter, It seems like you have been missing a lot of work recently, well Bob I wouldn't say that I've been missing it"
ENOUGH, go out and ride!