HF motorcycle lift

[dwerbil]

http://www.harborfreight.com/1500-lb-Ca ... 011_c3314a

Anyone use one of these? I like the compact size.

[bbelk]

I have one you can try. My R90 fell off the damn thing while I was eating lunch. They work great for things like dropping small truck transmissions.

[Gryphon]

I have one. I used it on the /2 conversion. I did secure the bike to the lift with ratchet straps so I could move it around without it falling. Use the locks. Don't trust the jack to stay up, but you shouldn't with any hydraulic jack. It's a decent jack for the price.

[melville]

I tried to buy that exact thing a couple weeks ago, but she wouldn't sell me the display model.

[Major Softie]

I have the Craftsman one, and it works great. Very similar in design, and cost me about the same amount on a big sale. Mine has mechanical safeties so that you aren't depending on the ram to keep the bike up. Does that one have that feature?

I tried to buy that exact thing a couple weeks ago, but she wouldn't sell me the display model.

Yes, that is corporate policy at Harbor Freight; they never sell anything that has been assembled by their employees (liability). Since they have zero training established for that, and since the point of assembly in the store is only to create a visual prop, not necessarily a correctly assembled working tool, you can see how it's a sound policy for them, even if irritating for a buyer looking right at the item he wants and being told he can't have it.

[melville]

I have the Craftsman one, and it works great. Very similar in design, and cost me about the same amount on a big sale. Mine has mechanical safeties so that you aren't depending on the ram to keep the bike up. Does that one have that feature?

I tried to buy that exact thing a couple weeks ago, but she wouldn't sell me the display model.

Yes, that is corporate policy at Harbor Freight; they never sell anything that has been assembled by their employees (liability). Since they have zero training established for that, and since the point of assembly in the store is only to create a visual prop, not necessarily a correctly assembled working tool, you can see how it's a sound policy for them, even if irritating for a buyer looking right at the item he wants and being told he can't have it.

But I disassemble and rebuild nearly everything, anyway. I barely trust the major manufacturers (VW, BMW, etc) so for darn sure that lift was coming apart.

I'll watch for the sale over to Sears.

[wookie]

I have a Pit Bull lift of the same design. I too like the compact size but I find that the structural parts present some inconvenience when working on my machine. You must take care in tying the bike to the lift so that it cant shift or fall over.
Locating the center of gravity can also present a problem until one has used the lift a few times.

Wookie