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[walnutbear]

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[skratch]

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[Aussie]

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]

Raised position

[walnutbear]

 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]

lowered is 3 1/2 inches
clearance.

[walnutbear]

another

[Aussie]

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]

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]

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

Dan_Lockwood,thanx for the
compliment.