Lets see your motorcycle lifts!

Slackerzinc · Feb 25, 2013

I haven't seen a motorcycle only lift thread so lets start one.
Here's mine it's a Bestway Hydraulics lift, 48" rise with 1800 pound capacity.
Will rotate 360 degrees. USA made

daveroy · Feb 25, 2013

I have a Direct Lift pro. With sides etc. try to find pics later.

Realy like how little floor space yours takes... How is it with big bikes that aren't flat bottomed? How does it lift a sport bike?

tncatadjuster · Feb 25, 2013

STOP. Please put something, anything on the concrete floor to protect it. There are amazing coatings available on this board that could go a long way toward sealing that weird pour job. It would look cool and funky due to the uneven surface.

Very nice lift. :bowdown:

Slackerzinc · Feb 25, 2013

The floor was bull floated, it's being tiled in spring.
That base plate is for Harley's, that's all I work on so it's good for me. For sport bikes etc, you would have to get a different table style for it.

jsaw · Feb 25, 2013

Here is an old picture

marklandon · Feb 25, 2013

Here is mine its a 1700 lb lift in ground so I can park a car over it, I even us it to lift my Meyers Towd buggy

JasonJ · Feb 26, 2013

No table lift for me until we get into a new house and I can recess it in the garage floor. Until then I'm using a J&S Jack.

Beytill · Feb 26, 2013

Aaahhh, OK

rocket06 · Feb 26, 2013

Handy Lift. Made in USA.

fredybender · Feb 26, 2013

Got the same Handy lift here...

MTS940 · Feb 26, 2013

Handy for Me.

G2G · Feb 26, 2013

I have a Handy and also an aluminum table.

k-os · Feb 26, 2013

Harbor Freight Lift

JimVonBaden · Feb 26, 2013

HF, 5 years old and works perfectly. I paid $249 for it.

It has been used for countless bike jobs and has never had an issue. I guess I might should change the fluid on it one day!

Jim

TAMPAGT07 · Feb 26, 2013

Is that in your basement, JVB??? It doesn't look like garage..

Tre900 · Feb 26, 2013

Its offical - I hate every single one of you!

Now lets see some of those DIY jobs too...I'm sure there are some poor broke bastards out there (like me) that have done some creative lifts while saving for things like oil seals and transmission bearings...and push rod tubes...and...ect..ect...

hh76 · Feb 26, 2013

I love my lift. Great for working on the bike, a second workbench, an extension to my welding table for big work, loading a bike into the truck, getting a bike onto my stationary table, and just about anything else you could think of.

Here it is embedded in the floor of my old garage.

Here it is helping to lift a beam into place

And here it is just being used as a motorcycle lift

hh76 · Feb 26, 2013

Tre900 said:
Its offical - I hate every single one of you!

Now lets see some of those DIY jobs too...I'm sure there are some poor broke bastards out there (like me) that have done some creative lifts while saving for things like oil seals and transmission bearings...and push rod tubes...and...ect..ect...

Not mine, taken from another site.

JimVonBaden · Feb 26, 2013

TAMPAGT07 said:
Is that in your basement, JVB??? It doesn't look like garage..

That is my old house. It had a deep 1 car garage.

My current garage, and use of my lift recently.

It makes a nice welding table!

Lift on the right. I use it as a work table too.

Jim

HAY YOU · Feb 26, 2013

Got 3 Handy Lifts (2 air, 1 electric) best money I spent.

zmotorsports · Feb 26, 2013

I have two motorcycle lifts with the snowmobile/ATV attachment sides for them.

My long-term or project lift is a Handy.

My other one is a Cycle Pro. It has the side adapters as well but, sometimes I have them on sometimes not.

Side plates installed.

No sideplates.

My son refers to our Cycle Pro lift as the "express lane". This is because we generally try not to occupy it for long periods of time like our "project" lift.

The Handy is about fifteen years old and the Cylce Pro about ten or eleven. No problems with either but I like the Handy better.

Mike.

loveall13 · Feb 26, 2013

Slackerzinc said:
I haven't seen a motorcycle only lift thread so lets start one.
Here's mine it's a Bestway Hydraulics lift, 48" rise with 1800 pound capacity.
Will rotate 360 degrees. USA made

I finally fiqured out where the air line hooks up! Thats pretty cool, seems like it keeps the air line from being a trip hazard and keeps it up off the floor so you don't bump it.

Jeremy

ilovevocs · Feb 26, 2013

^ that lift is super cool.

robin1731 · Feb 26, 2013

Mine is a Titan, 1500 lb. It also has side extensions and an extension for the front if you have a really long bike. I've had my dragbike's on it and they fit. Barely, but they fit. Also had my dad's 1800 Goldwing Trike on it. With the side extension's.

I also have a wooden "operating" table that I use for long term stuff.

daveroy · Feb 26, 2013

I thought many times about sinking mine into the floor, I think it would be absolutely awesome, but it would drop the available height too much.

NitroShark · Feb 26, 2013

here's mine....

I made my own because of the application. I do have a store bought one.

Store bought below. works Ok

When you DIY its in your ball park of responsibility. I like that better.

Steevo · Feb 26, 2013

Slacker,

I looked up Bestway and found their lifts, but they have no pricing online.
Can you give me a ballpark idea what that in-ground unit costs?

Those are the same kind we had back in the late 1970's in a shop I worked in.

Slackerzinc · Feb 26, 2013

Steevo said:
Slacker,

I looked up Bestway and found their lifts, but they have no pricing online.
Can you give me a ballpark idea what that in-ground unit costs?

Those are the same kind we had back in the late 1970's in a shop I worked in.

The Carlson Company is who I bought mine from. http://www.thecarlsoncompany.com/
I had the extra 12" added to it around $250. With shipping to Maine, extra foot it was around $1800. I will look at my invoice tomarrow.

Steevo · Feb 26, 2013

Slackerzinc said:
The Carlson Company is who I bought mine from. http://www.thecarlsoncompany.com/
I had the extra 12" added to it around $250. With shipping to Maine, extra foot it was around $1800. I will look at my invoice tomarrow.

That's close enough. Thanks

burgie · Feb 26, 2013

Here is my Bishamon LX200 twin hydraulic cylinder lift I got from work...for FREE. They were actually going to scrap it...and it was brand new...

It has a table of 45.5" x 81" and a lift capacity of 4400 pounds. The self contained hydraulics are powered by a dual voltage 2 HP motor which I currently have wired for 240V...

jsaw · Feb 26, 2013

Tre900 said:
Its offical - I hate every single one of you!

Now lets see some of those DIY jobs too...I'm sure there are some poor broke bastards out there (like me) that have done some creative lifts while saving for things like oil seals and transmission bearings...and push rod tubes...and...ect..ect...

Mine is homemade,

littlebritishcar · Feb 27, 2013

It is a smaller size foot-pump lift but perfect for my scooter projects.

hh76 · Feb 27, 2013

daveroy said:
I thought many times about sinking mine into the floor, I think it would be absolutely awesome, but it would drop the available height too much.

For me, it wasn't a huge loss, as I usually don't work with the bike all the way up anyway, but a taller person may get annoyed. Another downside is you can't roll it around to use for other things. Great at saving space though.

E.Marquez · Feb 27, 2013

Direct Lift, about 4 years old now.... One of the best things I added to the garage.

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Only regret... I have not bought a second one yet

Richard D · Feb 27, 2013

Slackerzinc said:
Here's mine it's a Bestway Hydraulics lift, 48" rise with 1800 pound capacity.
Will rotate 360 degrees. USA made

What is the approx. cost on one of these?

superfish · Feb 27, 2013

I use a harbor freight type jack for the bikes. The Magna's exhaust pipes are below the frame so i made a jig to hold it.

I'm curious about most except the OP are using a table type lift. I find that most of the jobs I tackle require that the wheels come off; along with lots of other stuff as you can see.

BTW: NitroShark -- Nice Magna. Are you on the V4 board? (http://www.v4hondabbs.com/)

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JimVonBaden · Feb 27, 2013

Today, I pushed it right on and off.

Jim

NitroShark · Feb 28, 2013

superfish said:
BTW: NitroShark -- Nice Magna. Are you on the V4 board? (http://www.v4hondabbs.com/)

No, but i will check it out, I'm the original owner...1983 VF1100C

Shawn

PS sorry to hyjack the thread,,

Derrickwade · Feb 28, 2013

Awesome thread. Nice bikes guys, I'm lovin the supermoto bikes!

Jim, how did you get away with only paying 249.00 for the HF lift? I though they were 300.00, with a coupon. I hope to have one in a few months.

JimVonBaden · Feb 28, 2013

Derrickwade said:
Awesome thread. Nice bikes guys, I'm lovin the supermoto bikes!

Jim, how did you get away with only paying 249.00 for the HF lift? I though they were 300.00, with a coupon. I hope to have one in a few months.

5 years ago. Plus, it is the air over hydraulic lift they no longer offer!

Jim

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