This may be for just the wingers out there, but if your bike's bottom is strong enough, or if you make up an adapter, this could be a relatively cheap, but extremely useful thing to have for maintenance and just general detailing of your bike. It is for the do-it-yourselfers with pretty good fabricating skills, but a simple adaptation of a Power-Pac set would work well, too!
For those who don't have the garage space to dedicate to it like this guy, maybe a scissors-type platform could be used just as well.
Maybe some of you have already seen this, or actually done something similar, but I just thought it was interesting!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJmE0ZdZhyU
The cherry on top (A "banana" in this case!)
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Re: The cherry on top (A "banana" in this case!)
Too bad he doesn't respond back to requests for more info on how he built it or the cost involved. It would be great for me since I only have a one car garage to work in.
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I can't say exactly how he did his, but I can probably come close. After seeing this last night I have come up with several ways to do the same thing, probably cheaper and without having to chop into the garage floor like he did.
Basically you just need a good strong hydraulic cylinder with a ram strong enough to handle the weight of your bike. Almost all rams I have seen with 1-1/2" diameter would work fine. It also has to have enough travel for ow high you want to lift the bike. Northern Tool has quite a selection of hydraulic hardware. So does Surplus Supply. Both of them also have several power units to drive them.
From what I saw in the video that guy made a pit in his garage floor, then mounted his cylinder to some kind of framework that fits into that pit. A cover, probably made from a slab of concrete, has a hole in it for the ram. I also saw no hose from his power unit to the lift, so he probably made a channel across the floor, buried a tube, then covered it up to connect them. Looks pretty exotic to just lift a bike.
I've seen several really nice scissor lifts that would work just a well, and far easier and cheaper! With the proper castors added it could even make it easy to maneuver your bike around the garage to make more room for your car, or whatever!
Basically you just need a good strong hydraulic cylinder with a ram strong enough to handle the weight of your bike. Almost all rams I have seen with 1-1/2" diameter would work fine. It also has to have enough travel for ow high you want to lift the bike. Northern Tool has quite a selection of hydraulic hardware. So does Surplus Supply. Both of them also have several power units to drive them.
From what I saw in the video that guy made a pit in his garage floor, then mounted his cylinder to some kind of framework that fits into that pit. A cover, probably made from a slab of concrete, has a hole in it for the ram. I also saw no hose from his power unit to the lift, so he probably made a channel across the floor, buried a tube, then covered it up to connect them. Looks pretty exotic to just lift a bike.
I've seen several really nice scissor lifts that would work just a well, and far easier and cheaper! With the proper castors added it could even make it easy to maneuver your bike around the garage to make more room for your car, or whatever!