I'm wondering what you guys are using to get your mini bikes up off the ground to work on/restore them. I've been putting them up on sawhorses but it's not all that stable and with a motor on the bike, it's rough on my back. So what do you guys do? Is there something I can build or buy (without spending a bunch of money). Thanks!
Sometimes you can find a hydraulic handicap lift ( They're chromed).
I don't have a picture of the one I let a friend borrow & destroy.
I find them for around $30.00 at Swapmeets.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aib_EZFaM_I
See the lift at about 1:47 minutes into the video(Why is THIS a hyperlink???)
I don't have a picture of the one I let a friend borrow & destroy.
I find them for around $30.00 at Swapmeets.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aib_EZFaM_I
See the lift at about 1:47 minutes into the video(Why is THIS a hyperlink???)
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I also need to find a lift if I am going to continue to build and maintain our bikes. I can't work down near the ground or even bent over for more than a few minutes without more pain than I can ignore.
I checked out all the lifts from Harbor Freight and several other sources online and for me none would lift a bike high enough that I could work upright. When I built the frame for Mr Goat I made up some sawhorses topped with a piece of 5/16th plate that gave me a bench 44 inches high. That was good for most of the fabrication work but now I need something to lift a completed bike up to a comfortable working height.
Does anyone have a good plan for a simple lift with a range from 6 to 50 inches?
I checked out all the lifts from Harbor Freight and several other sources online and for me none would lift a bike high enough that I could work upright. When I built the frame for Mr Goat I made up some sawhorses topped with a piece of 5/16th plate that gave me a bench 44 inches high. That was good for most of the fabrication work but now I need something to lift a completed bike up to a comfortable working height.
Does anyone have a good plan for a simple lift with a range from 6 to 50 inches?
Well, I have thought about your situation for several years now. I wanted to build a lift that would go almost flat to the ground and crank up and down so I could put about 3 or four of my minis on a shelf unit. I never built it. Sorry. I do use three milk crates screwed together with a plywood top. I still have to lift the bikes up, and that would not work for you. Please post what you come up with.
That is mine, built in 2009. Trouble is, bikes should be on their wheels when worked on so you can R&R the motor.
So, I built this one and it is still my main minibike work lift. These are still at HF I believe.
I added the following and this thing works perfectly! I use 2 tie-downs from the handlebars to the edge of the table, just as you would tie down in a truck or trailer. You can see one tie-down in the last picture.
Not a lift, but it gets the bikes of the ground and secured so you can work on them at a good level. I included a motor plate from a snowblower so you can test/tune motors as well.
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I built a work table that I either lift or ramp the bikes onto, it has wheels so that if you tip it the thing will roll around. Took an edger base and welded it on one corner for engine testing and repair but also have a board that fits over the studs that I use as a work surface, I also clamped a small vise on it and plan a tool caddy for tools often used to be close by at all times.
