[Kong]

If you look at that picture of the yellow jack I'll tell you where the red one is better. See the single yellow lifting arms that come from the bottom of the jack to the rails that the frame rests on? There is one on each side of the yellow jack but the red jack has two on each side that are parallel. Having two rather than one give the jack much more rigidity - the red ones don't flex as much. The other thing that makes the red jacks much more stable than the yellow ones is that the red ones have large bolts on each side that act as 'stabs' which can be lowered to the floor which greatly increases stability by acting as a second set of fixed legs adjusted precisely to your floor, not resting on the jack's caster wheels. This is a very important feature. The next thing is that handel sticking up. The red one has a detachable handle that generally isn't needed, so you leave it off and its not in the way. Also notice that on the yellow one you have to used the handel to raise and lower the bike. With the red jack there are two foot pedals, one to raise it and one to lower it. So with the red one you can actually jack the bike up while you are sitting on it. There is this too; before I bought mine I did a search and found and read many opnions about motorcycle lifts. Frequently owners of the yellow Sears lift complained about the jack dropping the bike far far too fast, sometimes almost uncontrollably. That is not the case with the red one. The red ones drops the bike slowly and evenly. Both jacks are rated for 1500 pounds. I know the red jack comes with tie-down ratchet straps, I'm not sure about the yellow one. The yellow jack sells for around $160 and goes on sale now and then for around $150; the red one cost me about $85 as I recall.