Some of you have commented on my unorthodox jack set up that is in my sig and featured in my winter mod thread. Sooo I thought I'd share just how I make it work.

First I use my trusty floor jack under the front motor mount cross bar with the bike still on the stand (jiffy or jack depending on your lineage I guess). Then I jack it up as high as it I can and still be stable on the stand (this is actually pretty far BTW).



Then I slide one of my jack stands under the higher side right at the junction of the down tube and the frame under the motor. (these are stands with a pretty deep "U" shape to them). Then I stradle the bike and tilt it up onto that stand and off the floor jack and my son/daughter/wife/friend slides the other stand under the other side in the same spot and I set her down easy into it and check that it is stable and seated in the stands.



This gets the front end off the ground and is stable as a rock.



To lift the rear I can simply grab the struts on either side and lift the back end up and have son/daughter/wife/friend slide another stand under the frame right at the swing arm mounts. (I have done this myself with the floor jack as well)



I know that most of you are skeptical, but I can sit on the bike and wrench on it too with no problem whatsoever. I think it is more stable than a jack as the stands spread out the load and don't roll. Plus the frame is cradled in the front stands and not just sitting flat on a platform where they can slide a bit if shoved.

 

don't show us how you jack anything else, please.

 

Look who's talkin', the guy with a circle jerk of bikes in his sig pic LOL

 

hahahaha effen hilarious!! Good luck with your trees btw.

 

LMAO, you guys aint right and ya whats with that group there i see one's the pivot point another is blowing and a 3 bike circle dam i knew you Cali boys weren't right.

 

well this is how l do it and its nice and stable

 

 

and this is what l do when it comes to the winter teardown

 

heres what i knocked up quick, rubber in the 1/2 pipe bits under the peg mounts, and I throw a floor jack under the back to get whole bike off the deck. man my bike is filthy in this pic....

 

check out nightrider.com ,yes the place we get the Xied's, There is a 20$ bike lift anyone could make from local hardware parts!http://www.nightrider.com/biketech/bikelift.htm