I agree it's difficult to do, but if we all give a little more effort and buy made in the USA, we will all be better from it!

B Bop

2012 FLHR (Road King) Ember Red Sunglo & Merlo
Cruise Control, ABS, Chrome Aluminum Profile Laced Spoke Tubeless Wheels, Security Package, Saddle Bag LED Lid Spoilers, and an array of accessories that enhances nostalgic appearance & blood curdling performance.

 

Bingo. Had to remove the front wheel of my bike recently because of a leaky bead to have it broken, cleaned and re-seated. Lifted up on a Craftsman jack. Thought it was pretty stable, but it slid forward on the jack and gave me a heart attack. The only thing that kept it on the jack is that it was strapped down. I ended up having to grab the bike with a hoist that's installed in my garage ceiling to get it back up on the jack and get the front tire back on. That bike will never get on that jack again.

 

, and this,

http://www.klsupply.com/SHOPLIFTEQUI...AULICLIFT.aspx

 

I have the J&S and like it however, the instructions say to lower it down to the nearest safety position hight which is good to keep the weight off the barrel jack so I do that. BUT, my barrel jack happened to not want to work after it was up in the air and in order to get it down you have to go up a little to release the safeties on each side.......Fortunately after releasing all the pressure on the barrel jack and letting it sit for a spell it was able to lift the bike up just enough to get it back down. I bought another from J&S for $35.00 and rebuilt the other so I have a spare.

 

If price is not an issue the Big Bliue Lift works very well, and lifts the bike 30" off the ground. I got lucky and found a good used one. http://bigbluemotorcyclelift.com/

 

Oh no, not this old thread rearing its head...(Dont mention the HF gray/silver bike jack whatever ya do) and to clarify a jack is a jack and a lift table is a lift table. I would think a jack leaves the tires hanging free to be removed.

 

I gotta do it.. what's wrong with the hf gray/silver jack?

 

I would say nothing, I own one and it lifts my bikes successfully. But it usually starts the battle between the rich and thrifty. I personally havent had bad experiences with any bikes falling nor have I heard of any bikes falling using the HF gray jack.

 

If you have the bike up on the jack with the safety hitches engaged in a slot and the bottle jack fails, you can remove and replace the jack with the bike in the air. It might suck because you can't ride with the bike on a jack but the point is you don't have to get the bike down to replace the jack. I just wanted to point that out for people that don't have a J&S and were concerned after reading your post.

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lol...i know. it's the same way over on the corvette forum...i find it amusing.