Motorcycle lift table

[goldie lox]

Getting ready to recess 2 scissor lift tables in the floor and wondering how much room I should keep between them, side to side. Right now I'm at 60" and it seems ok but before I pour the floor want some more input

 

[Leaflessshadetree]

That depends on how you will be using them. Just 1 person or will multiple people be using them at the same time. I using tool/parts carts you will want enough room for them
Displaying bikes or to get a good look at them while detailing or designing. Allow enough room to stand back (I'm guessing 10 ft minimum).
When using my table I put it in the middle of a 30x40 shed. Probably use about 4 ft all around it while working.

 

[goldie lox]

Just myself working on them

 

[cantupshift]

I'd put two bikes next to each other that would be the same distance apart on the two lifts and see how comfortable I am feeling working on one.

Roll a cart, welder, anything else you would use between them and see how it feels.

 

[bwringer]

I only have one lift table, but three bikes.

One bike is usually parked on the lift, and one right next to the lift so I have to move it to work on the lift.

The remaining bike is usually parked nearby. I've never had to move it in order to work on the lift, and it's never interfered with the work I'm doing on the lift.

Anyway, I just went out and measured and this distance is 5-1/2 feet from the edge of the lift to the other bike.

So I'd say 5 feet would be perfectly fine. Maybe give it another six inches or a foot if it's convenient and you're not going to squeeze the other side. A little distance might make things easier if you ever need to work on a three or four wheeler, or a lawn tractor or something like that.

 

[Robert Haas]

Rule of thumb in setting up a service bay at a MC dealership is 10 foot per bay so if you deduct the lift that still puts them over 8 feet apart.

Sound reasoning for this is there are jobs that will tie up a lift for extended periods and the bay can still be used by parking a bike next to the lift and work off the floor for minor work and service.

I have 3 lifts side by side in my MC race shop and the distance between them is right at 6 foot edge of lift to edge of lift.

 

[driftpin]

I have a single lift, a Handy-Lift. I agree w/those who say something in the 5 to 6 ft separation should work well. Five ft. if you're tight on space, six ft. if you can spare it. For a permanent installation, I would go to the maximum if you can.

 

[StreetGLi]

I have mine set up as a scissor lift for a car. The left one has a removable wheel chalk and the right I use as a tool tray while wrenching. I only work on one bike at a time but I also wrench on my car so I needed something multifunction for my limited space. I think they were set to be 80 inches from the outside edges of the platform.. so I think I have about 4.5 feet between them?.

It works fine for my needs.

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[Ray916MN]

I have 4 lift tables. As it is only me working at a given time, sometimes I will have a pair as close as 36" between tables or as far as ~132".

Basically the spacing I use is 36" to each side of the lift table and 30" of work bench space for each table (I have Pit Pal aluminum tables which typically get set up next to each table for work bench space). When the work benches are set to the outside of the space for both tables, the aisle between the tables can be shared so the spacing can be 36". When the work benches are placed between the tables the aisles can't be shared, so the spacing becomes ~102" if a single work bench is placed between the lifts or ~132" if two work benches are placed back to back between the lifts.

In my experience you need to figure out how you're going to provide work space for each lift table in order to figure out your spacing. As most work done to a motorcycle is done to one or the other side of the motorcycle, it pays to plan for work benches to the side of each lift table.