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Lifts, Jacks and Wheel Chocks
Bike Lifts / Jacks
Jack Stands
Homemade Jack Stands:
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Homemade jack stands. 1) |
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Commercial Auto Jack Stands:
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Lift stands 2) | |
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Take the front or rear footpegs off and bolt them back upside down. Then placed two axle stands under them. |
Lifts
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Small Bike Jack 3) | Small Bike Jack under Bike 4) | The two hooks on this sport bike rear stand are designed to fit over special bobbins bolted to a modern sportbike swingarm and fit just perfect onto the bottom shock / footpeg mounts on the Sportster. 5) |
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Bike Jack 6) |
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Homemade Bike Lift
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Homemade hand lift made of old steel pipe 7) |
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Homemade locking hand lift made one out of scrap and it doesn't need tie-downs. This makes the bike stable enough to sit on, work on and even have both wheels off at the same time. 8) |
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Homemade lift from scrap 9) |
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Lift Riser / Adapter
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Drill two 1-1/4“ holes in a 2×4. Then cut it in half. Mount one to each side of the lift. 10) |
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Tie downs: bent 3/8” bar stock, cut to length, 'massaged' with a hammer in a vise to fit the sides of the mount and welded. Ears bent at 45°. The lowered height is 5.5“ to the top of the 1” square stock. 11) |
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Built from a combination of these two inspirational 'How To' pages: Sportster Adapter for Craftsman Lift by Crazy Steve and Hold Down Strap Modification for Craftsman Lift by Lew Shaw. |
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Craftsman lift modification 12) (The lowered height of the stock lift is reportedly too tall for a stock Hugger without modifications) |
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2×12 Jack Riser for Sporties 15) |
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Wheel Chocks
The Harbor Freight wheel chock can slide forward or backwards when rolling the bike in or out of it on a slick concrete or wooden floor.
This board will help keep the Harbor Freight wheel chock from sliding around
You won't have to screw any of it to the floor and it can all be easily picked up and tucked away when not in use.
- A long narrow scrap piece of plywood with some scrap blocks of wood screwed to it keep the chock from moving around. 16)
- The long plywood is important because by the time the front wheel hits the chock and starts to roll into it, the back tire is on the plywood.
- Then, the bike's weight keeps the wheel chock from sliding forward.
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Holding board for the Harbor Freight wheel chock 17) |
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Storage
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photos by Toejam503 of the XLFORUM http://xlforum.net/forums/showthread.php?p=5760229#post5760229
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photos by Erik of the XLFORUM http://xlforum.net/forums/showthread.php?t=320342&page=14
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photo by Bob F http://xlforum.net/forums/showthread.php?t=1696631&page=3
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photo by Loves Curves http://xlforum.net/forums/showthread.php?t=1696631&page=3
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photo by Hopper of the XLFORUM http://xlforum.net/forums/showthread.php?t=395586&page=4
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photos by Merritt http://xlforum.net/forums/showthread.php?t=329549&highlight=bike+jack
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Photos by Stairman of the XLFORUM http://xlforum.net/forums/showthread.php?threadid=2045308
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photos by will1250 of the XLFORUM http://xlforum.net/forums/showthread.php?threadid=2045308
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photo by Bluto of the XLFORUM http://xlforum.net/forums/showthread.php?postid=5642998#post5642998
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photo by decman of the XLFORUM http://xlforum.net/forums/showthread.php?t=1835251
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photos by Hellbent_4 of the XLFORUM http://xlforum.net/forums/showthread.php?t=2039687&page=3
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photos by Hellbent 4 of the XLFORUM http://xlforum.net/forums/showthread.php?p=5666762#post5666762
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photos by RcRacer of the XLFORUM http://xlforum.net/forums/showthread.php?t=1309448
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photo by Hippysmack
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photos by Hippysmack
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Huladog of the XLFORUM http://xlforum.net/forums/showthread.php?t=662859
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photos by Huladog of the XLFORUM http://xlforum.net/forums/showthread.php?t=662859
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photo by Counter Steer of the XLFORUM http://xlforum.net/forums/showthread.php?threadid=2026250