Topic: Built a lift for my FXDFSE2 (Read 2662 times)

walnutbear · « **on:** May 13, 2014, 05:33:36 AM »

Lots o work here,all bronze
bushings,shoulder bolts.

walnutbear · « **Reply #1 on:** May 13, 2014, 05:35:13 AM »

walnutbear · « **Reply #2 on:** May 13, 2014, 05:36:38 AM »

walnutbear · « **Reply #3 on:** May 13, 2014, 05:52:27 AM »

D-N-D · « **Reply #4 on:** May 13, 2014, 06:14:16 AM »

Looks Great, hows it working for you

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walnutbear · « **Reply #5 on:** May 14, 2014, 06:52:10 AM »

Thanx,works great, just painted it.
ill post more pics when I put it back
together.
Brian

2k · « **Reply #6 on:** May 14, 2014, 08:05:34 AM »

Looks like you are handy with a Hammer & Chisel. Great job!! Not counting your labor, would it have been cheaper to buy? I guess thats a moot point, I couldn't build something like that in my dreams.

walnutbear · « **Reply #7 on:** May 14, 2014, 09:02:07 AM »

Ahhh, probably a $2000 jack
with all the time spent.
Yes cheaper to buy for sure.

Its all self gradification.
Just built it because I could.
Im maintenance mechanic.

walnutbear · « **Reply #8 on:** May 14, 2014, 09:08:53 AM »

longlast · « **Reply #9 on:** May 14, 2014, 04:31:58 PM »

Quote from: walnutbear on May 14, 2014, 09:02:07 AM

Ahhh, probably a $2000 jack
with all the time spent.
Yes cheaper to buy for sure.

Its all self gradification.
Just built it because I could.
Im maintenance mechanic.

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I here ya there mate, Going too make one my self when I get the time. I've got most of the material already. I've also got plans for a table lift in the works.

Nice job looks good. One thing,.. ya need ta get your pic flipped of there side

walnutbear · « **Reply #10 on:** May 14, 2014, 07:44:15 PM »

Longlast,thanx.
Ill work on getting
better pics.

walnutbear · « **Reply #11 on:** May 15, 2014, 08:28:38 PM »

pics,painted.

walnutbear · « **Reply #12 on:** May 15, 2014, 08:52:56 PM »

walnutbear · « **Reply #13 on:** May 15, 2014, 09:06:20 PM »

walnutbear · « **Reply #14 on:** May 15, 2014, 09:08:13 PM »

another

walnutbear · « **Reply #15 on:** May 15, 2014, 09:10:30 PM »

skratch · « **Reply #16 on:** May 15, 2014, 10:07:22 PM »

showoff.................................

Aussie · « **Reply #17 on:** May 16, 2014, 07:51:50 AM »

Good job, don't forget to put some frame protectors on the saddles.
I built my own jack as well back in 1997, I don't think they were around back then.

Aussie · « **Reply #18 on:** May 16, 2014, 07:58:27 AM »

Raised position

walnutbear · « **Reply #19 on:** May 16, 2014, 08:22:01 AM »

8)Very nice Aussie

! Mine is definitely overkill, but steel was free.
Frame protectors are on the way.
I originally built this for a hard tail I used to own.
It only had about 4 1/2" clearance under it.

walnutbear · « **Reply #20 on:** May 16, 2014, 05:29:24 PM »

lowered is 3 1/2 inches
clearance.

walnutbear · « **Reply #21 on:** May 16, 2014, 05:34:15 PM »

another

Aussie · « **Reply #22 on:** May 17, 2014, 09:53:52 PM »

Back in 97 when I made my first bike lift it was some much easier to clean the rims and do the services.
I ended up making a batch of 15 and sold them within a few weeks.
Sold 10 in one day to a Yamaha dealer.
Lost count on how many I ended up making.

Found this picture of the last few I sold.

Be interesting to know if these bike jacks were made elsewhere before 1997
I think HD had them in the 1998 catalogue for the first time.

Dan_Lockwood · « **Reply #23 on:** May 19, 2014, 11:23:08 AM »

I remember going to a bike show at the Saginaw Civic Area back in '95 and the brand new Buell S1 Lightning had just come out for model year '96.

At that show they had bike lifts and I was impressed, but they wanted over $400 a piece for them. That was way more than I wanted to spend. I spent a Saturday afternoon at work and made one up for myself.

Mine is very similar to the ones you guys have shown.

I wasn't using mine for one winter and my neighbor borrowed it to pull his tractor apart. He figured he ad about 1500# on it while it was holding up his tractor front end while he removed the transmission.

I never did add my safety rod like you guys have, but I really never had a problem. I did have one jack that gave out on my and I used a 2x4 blocking the lift arm from falling slowly. If I think of it I'll post a picture of it, but it looks like crap after being used for the past 18 years or so.

I like the sliding outrigger legs walnutbear did with his for a bit more stability. Both jacks look awesome...

walnutbear · « **Reply #24 on:** May 21, 2014, 03:29:58 PM »

Aussie,thats impressive building quantity
like you did that long ago. I like what
you did.

Dan_Lockwood,thanx for the
compliment.

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