Anybody using a 4-post lift to work on a motorcycle?

Just wondering if anybody had fabbed anything up to be able to do this. I have a BendPak HD-9 4-post lift with an HD45 scissor jack and I find myself now needing to work on a 2004 Honda Goldwing trike and a 2001 Suzuki Katana (crotch rocket). Of course, I can just work on these on the floor, but I'm sure others have already figured out a way to do this.

If you been able to safely work on your bike on a four post lift, or have some ideas, please share them with me.

Thanks

By the way, the Goldwing weights roughly 1,000 pounds (with the typical rear axle trike conversion kit) and the crotch rocket about 500.

The BendPak can safely lift 9k. I also have a QuickJack but would really like to take advantage of the 4 posts lifting height.

I've been doing it out of necessity with my HD-7W - I have no room for a motorcycle-specific lift until I get around to building a new workshop in the back yard. Until then, my 20x20 garage has to pull double duty for both cars and bikes. I found with the lift on it's lower locking points, it's not too bad to step over the crossbar to get to the other side. At higher heights, it's a bit of a pain to duck under the runway or raise it to get to the other side, but it still beats working on the bike at ground level. I was originally using a Baxley sport chock to hold the bike up, and it's rock solid:





But for longer term storage, I was worried about it not being solidly attached to the lift. So I bought a Harbor Freight wheel chock and did this:





The chock already has holes drilled for the crossbar mounting bolts, so I just needed 2 matching holes in the yellow tire stop. Best of all, I didn't have to drill into the runway, and it's quickly removable when I need to put a car up:







Don't mind the yard waste bag - I'll be attaching rubber strips to the bottom of the chock to prevent it from scratching off all the anti-slip. And yes, for long term storage I will be using tie downs for extra safety.

YIKES no tiedown straps..

even with a lift table you use tiedown straps as once it starts to move down the bike falls

Haha, I knew someone would point out the lack tie downs, even though I mentioned it.

By the way, here's how stable the Baxley is, if you haven't used one:

Baxley, Condor and even some of the cheap roll in chocks are very stable. On my HF table, with a mounted cheap HF roll in chock, I use a rear stand and never use tie downs. I roll the tables around with bikes on them all the time without any problems or fears of the bike coming off the table. When I need to do front end work, I use a fork or triple tree lift and then remove the roll in chock. Roll bikes on the tables around all the time when they are like this too, although I do pin the front stand down to the table to make sure a bike won't move front to back on the table.

My only worry rolling bikes around on lift tables is when I turn the table while rolling them around while the table is in the maximum lifted position that if the wheels catch on something the entire table might topple over (high center of gravity). As my floor is smooth and entirely crack free though, I've never had a hint that this might happen.