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I can't believe the pricethey sell those for on the other side of the water. I have one just like the one listed for 200+ Euros. Is that a real price? Saw one just like it at a car parts store yesterday on sale for $49. For the most part all these jacks come from China or Tiawan and they can't cost that much more to ship.

 

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1984GL1200A wrote:

Ted, does that lift keep the bikes fairly stable while lifting? I was looking at one just like that yestreday at Harbor freight. It was $7x.xx. Only thing different was the color. They appear to be very good lifts. I just wondered about the stability of the bike while on the lift.

I have a Harbor Freight and one that looks exactly like the Sealey that EnglishTed posted. The red one is a little better because the lift arms are a little longer and wider. It is a little more stable because of that. One other thing about the HF lift is that mine comes down quite fast when you hit the lower pedal. I've used both for lifting the 1200 and 1500, since the 1800 is a bit lighter it should handle it. The Harbor freight comes on sale once in awhile, I bought mine last year for $50. The Sealy looking lift was on sale around here for $65. I made up a little wooden stand to slip under the rear or front wheel (depending on what I was doing on the bike) and wedge a piece of wood between the stand and the tire. That way if I yank or tug too hard on the bike it sits a lot more solid, also I don't have to worry about the balance when I remove a wheel or something heavy.

 

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03Silver wrote:

Paul, get one with the wides wheel base you can find. With heavy bikes like our Wings, taking off a wheel can unbalance the whole thing so a wide base is better.

Both the jacks I have are fairly stable, I've tried putting my weight on the front and rear while the bike is on the jack and find it will support a lot of additional unbalance, I use the wood stand mainly to keep it from moving at all, really don't need it. It balances very well in the 1500 with the jack centered on the rider pegs. I have aconcrete floor in my shop so it's solid underneath. I know a guy who's been storing his Goldwing on a bike lift for years, he loads it on and slides it into an alcove in his garage that it could only go into sideways. He's never had a problem, never came close to disaster.

 

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Ruaidh wrote:

I felt left out so I had to reply...

Sadly, when you're queen-sized like me (6'0" and 20 stone) getting up and down off the ground while trying to crawl around underneath the bike gets old and I'm slow.

Ruaidh

The lift is a pain saver for me, arthritis in the knees. I can amuse people by just getting up off the floor, it's pathetic, but it's better than dead. With the lift I can use my roll around stool to work on the bike and it sure makes life better for me.

 

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I had a problem with my red jack, the hydraulic jack leaked out it's fluid from the release button under the release pedal. I appreciate the Chinese copying each other so well, I was able to put the jack from the HF jack on to red one. Of course now the red one lowers too fast, I'll take a look at the red jack and fix what ever is causing the leak.

 

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Sure beats working on the floor, No?

 

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SilverDave wrote:

My '57 Chevy restoring friend has a really expensive Red Hydraulic Auto jack.. but he always uses 4 cheap sturdy squat jack stands before he crawls under his cars..

Anyone who goes under a car without stands is a fool. All jacks can fail. That said, the equivalent of the jack stand is the safety lock on all the bike jacks I've seen. In fact when I raise my bike on the jack, I bleed off the jack until the lock is firmly engaged. That requires me to give it a pump or two before I can lower it, but it does make things more secure. As for the bolts shearing off, c'mon folks, supported on both ends a short 1/2" bolt could support several Goldwings. So far I haven't seen near as many items in the papers about people being hurt with collapsing bike jacks as I have hurt from riding bikes.