| Author | Message | ||
     Boney95 |
I'm going to be using motorcycle jack soon here so I can rip off my forks and triple trees for powder coating. Whats the best way to strap down the bike? The handle bars will be off, and with no trees to strap to, whats another option? Also for the rear, I'm taking off the sub-frame rails for PC also. What will be a good strap point for the rear? Rider pegs will also be off. (Message edited by boney95 on November 05, 2009) | ||
| Mbo54 |
I like to use ratchet straps with the motorcycle jack. There are plenty of things to loop around on the bike. Remove the seat and you'll probably find more places to attach to. I would just make sure you secure each of the 4 corners of the bike. | ||
| Greg_e |
Isn't there an overhead lift point back near the shock? Even an engine hoist should be able to handle the weight of the bike at that point. I think all you need to remove is the seat to hit that spot though it might have been under the airbox, but I'm not entirely certain it was designed for this duty. I remember an engine mount with a piece of about 1/2 inch steel cable on it that looked like you could stick a hook in for support. Hopefully someone that is more familiar with these machines can lend some info. | ||
| Froggy |
Use a pit bull rear stand and the jack. The pit bull should prevent it from tipping, but a ratchet strap around the frame to the jack should be a good safety. | ||
| Boney95 |
Greg e, I know what strap you're talking about. Me personally wouldn't use it as an overhead lift point. Froggy, Ive got a rear stand. But I've got to jack the front end up high enough to pull the forks out. The rear stand won't be high enough to allow for that. | ||
| Skinstains |
Oh yes it will, as soon as you remove the front wheel. | ||
| Rkutzner |
I took some scrap steel and welded up a cradle for the exhaust with two flat pieces off it that use the bolt points on the exhaust to prohibit it from moving at all left to right. So if you have a welder and some scrap steel....it's a cheap solution. And I bet you could make it out of wood, too. But it has to be thin enough so you still can use your motorcycle jack. | ||
| Greg_e |
I pulled my front wheel off without a rear stand, and just a jack stand under the front of the engine case where the front exhaust hanger bolts (exhaust removed). Put a block of wood under the side stand and two blocks of wood under the front wheel. Put the jack stand in to support the weight and pulled the boards under the front wheels out. Worked great and was stable enough that I wasn't very worried. Once the front end is off there will be little weight forward of the jackstand so there is less worry of it falling off the stand. Get or build a small tripod stand and wrap a strap around the frame up near the headstock to take the weight if you are concerned. Then a rear stand would be good to make sure it doesn't tip over. A rear stand and a jack would do the deed pretty well too. Or rear stand and a jack stand. And yes the cheapo tubular stand from Harbor Freight works, I have one for my 9R. The low profile aluminum stand will not fit between the swingarm unless you are using the spools, and even then it may not fit. That and it is a cheap POS (yes I do own one of these too). | ||
| Boney95 |
Skin, are you saying that when I remove the front tire the weight will transfer back and onto the rear stand when I jack the bike up higher? So the bike will look like its doing a wheelie? If that's the case, only the rear arm of the jack will be supporting the bike, the front arm won't even be in contact with the bike. I've never done this, I'm just thinking of the senerio... The whole reason for the jack is so that I can take my forks and trees off. | ||
| Ourdee |
If you remove the wheel from the forks, there will be a lot of room from the bottoms of the forks to the ground and no wheel to stop them from traveling to the ground. | ||
| Ourdee |
I would tie it to the rafters in my garage. | ||
| Boney95 |
If you remove the wheel from the forks, there will be a lot of room from the bottoms of the forks to the ground and no wheel to stop them from traveling to the ground. That's what I want, but the bike is going to have to be jacked up a foot + or so. Skin was saying to use the rear stand in conjunction. The rear stand wont even be close to touching the bike. I guess I have to just get out there and do it. | ||
| Greg_e |
Rear stand and jack stand. Remove front tire gives you a good 8 inches of clearance on the ground. Remove triples from frame, slide off the entire front end, separate the triples now that you have your entire workbench worth of room to deal with them. |
