ctfjr
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My wife has always gotten me interesting things for my birthday from a climbing belt (for my old amateur radio tower climbing) to my First Gear jacket and now this. It was a surprise - sort of - she had it delivered to where I work. I had to make arrangements with one of the drivers to bring it out to the house & help me get it inside my basement garage.
The crate inside:
Of course, after the driver left, I realized it was upside down. As it weighs almost 500 lbs I had to improvise:
Now right side up & out of the crate:
It is air operated to had to put a quick connect onto the foot control (not included) - put the blue pipe dope on the threads, the stuff that never comes off your skin:
The basic lift hooked up to air & tested - goes up!
Put in the rear wheel drop out panel to make easy removal of the wheel:
The drive on ramp (the down height of the table is about 7 inches). This ramp is actually too steep for the fjr. I ended up putting a 1x12 'extension' under it, about 2 feet long:
The ramp mounted (hooks on with 2 bent pieces of steel rod):
The front wheel clamp components:
The clamp mounted:
another view:
And the finished product:
The lift brand is Complete Hydraulic sales & Service (https://www.completehydraulic.com/tcmlw.html) and it comes with a jack to fit under the bike while on the table. The only problem is my wifey didn't get the side extensions. I made the completely stupid mistake of riding the fjr up onto the lift. When I flipped the kickstand down it was dangling in air. . . I managed to get the front wheet into the wheel vise & dismount but the bike would fall over if I let go. I was able (with the wife's help) to back the bike down without dropping it. I have to get those extensions on order! All in all a pretty nice bday present from the Misses!
The crate inside:
Of course, after the driver left, I realized it was upside down. As it weighs almost 500 lbs I had to improvise:
Now right side up & out of the crate:
It is air operated to had to put a quick connect onto the foot control (not included) - put the blue pipe dope on the threads, the stuff that never comes off your skin:
The basic lift hooked up to air & tested - goes up!
Put in the rear wheel drop out panel to make easy removal of the wheel:
The drive on ramp (the down height of the table is about 7 inches). This ramp is actually too steep for the fjr. I ended up putting a 1x12 'extension' under it, about 2 feet long:
The ramp mounted (hooks on with 2 bent pieces of steel rod):
The front wheel clamp components:
The clamp mounted:
another view:
And the finished product:
The lift brand is Complete Hydraulic sales & Service (https://www.completehydraulic.com/tcmlw.html) and it comes with a jack to fit under the bike while on the table. The only problem is my wifey didn't get the side extensions. I made the completely stupid mistake of riding the fjr up onto the lift. When I flipped the kickstand down it was dangling in air. . . I managed to get the front wheet into the wheel vise & dismount but the bike would fall over if I let go. I was able (with the wife's help) to back the bike down without dropping it. I have to get those extensions on order! All in all a pretty nice bday present from the Misses!
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