ctfjr
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Even though it was a very nice day yesterday, I decided I really wanted to change my oil (I am semi-anal about it)
I pulled the FJR into the basement garage & had to make 2 runs at the motorcycle lift (the grass was wet & didn't get a good enough start to make it all the way the 1st time). So I get it in the front chock & the 1st thing I notice is that the front wheel isn't really seated all the way forward - strange, I thought it fit pretty snugly in the past. So I go upstairs to get the new oil drain pan (Walmart special) and come back down to find it doesn't fit under the bike, wtf. I know I measured everthing before I bought it a few weeks ago. . . Then I see it, WTF The rear wheel removable panel on the lift table (about 15" wide X 20" long) came out when I rode onto the lift and is now wedged between the bike & the lift, the rear tire is now several inches below the table height of the lift. . . in the hole left by the now vacated panel. The wheel is right against the front of the opening - that's why the front wheel can't go all the way forward into the chock and with the pressure the rear wheel is pushing against that edge it is trying to move the bike back - out of the chock. . . [/FONT]
So. . . 1st thing I get a ratcheting strap around the chock & through the front wheel so it can't move back & out of the chock. For 2 hours I'm using the floor jack I have, the jack that came with the lift, an assortment of various sized pieces of 2X3's & 2X4's as well as raising & lowering the lift small amounts until I was able to get the floor jack completely under the rear tire. I raised the the bike enough to get the small jack under the bike, on the lift. Then I was able to lower the floor jack, replace the panel where it belonged and then lower the other jack so the bike was finally back to the way it should be on the lift. By that time I'm so exhausted / wiped out I didn't even want to think about changing the oil or riding. At least the ******* didn't fall over!
I pulled the FJR into the basement garage & had to make 2 runs at the motorcycle lift (the grass was wet & didn't get a good enough start to make it all the way the 1st time). So I get it in the front chock & the 1st thing I notice is that the front wheel isn't really seated all the way forward - strange, I thought it fit pretty snugly in the past. So I go upstairs to get the new oil drain pan (Walmart special) and come back down to find it doesn't fit under the bike, wtf. I know I measured everthing before I bought it a few weeks ago. . . Then I see it, WTF The rear wheel removable panel on the lift table (about 15" wide X 20" long) came out when I rode onto the lift and is now wedged between the bike & the lift, the rear tire is now several inches below the table height of the lift. . . in the hole left by the now vacated panel. The wheel is right against the front of the opening - that's why the front wheel can't go all the way forward into the chock and with the pressure the rear wheel is pushing against that edge it is trying to move the bike back - out of the chock. . . [/FONT]
So. . . 1st thing I get a ratcheting strap around the chock & through the front wheel so it can't move back & out of the chock. For 2 hours I'm using the floor jack I have, the jack that came with the lift, an assortment of various sized pieces of 2X3's & 2X4's as well as raising & lowering the lift small amounts until I was able to get the floor jack completely under the rear tire. I raised the the bike enough to get the small jack under the bike, on the lift. Then I was able to lower the floor jack, replace the panel where it belonged and then lower the other jack so the bike was finally back to the way it should be on the lift. By that time I'm so exhausted / wiped out I didn't even want to think about changing the oil or riding. At least the ******* didn't fall over!
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