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Dave
| Posted on Tuesday, October 25, 2005 - 01:07 pm: |
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I see there are two jack points on the muffler. Anyone try it yet? I'm going to make a wooden cradle rather than jack directly on the muffler. My Pit Bull bike jack for my S3 is a bit shy of working on the XB12X swingarm. DAve |
Chadhargis
| Posted on Tuesday, October 25, 2005 - 01:40 pm: |
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Someone made a template for a wooden cradle, but I can't remember where I saw it. |
Brotherbuell
| Posted on Tuesday, October 25, 2005 - 01:47 pm: |
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Tank_buller did it. I think it was on the XB board. Just search on his posts. It was in the last month or so. |
Dave
| Posted on Tuesday, October 25, 2005 - 03:07 pm: |
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Thanks, I found the stand tank_bueller made. http://www.badweatherbikers.com/buell/messages/32777/150337.html?1128977158#POST 523524 Really nice. I was curios as to the actual jacking points. If they'd raise the bike level or not, safe, secure, etc. I jacked mine up with the kickstand down. It didn't appear to be very solid. I'm not sure if I'd trust it in pulling the wheel, bumping it to check static timing, etc. DAve |
Lovematt
| Posted on Wednesday, October 26, 2005 - 09:52 am: |
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Depends upon how you jack it up and secure it. I use a rear stand as well as a Craftsman ATV jack to get the bike level. The rear stand provides stability and the jack lifts up the front. The key to making a template is to make sure the radius/curve is very close to the muffler shape and to use a grippy type material where contact is made. I used wet-suit material used for scuba diving on the wood parts which does a good job but I also tie it down once lifted. A pic of what this looks like is at the link below (scroll all the way down) ... http://www.badweatherbikers.com/buell/messages/32777/61082.html#POST272197 |
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