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Posted by CDNRatMan
- December 30, 2012, 20:39:38 PMdon't forget in your grandfather's pj's
Posted by Drift1
- December 30, 2012, 20:27:36 PMMy man,doing things on your own to make things happen isn't "old school" that's what we call "self sufficient".....walking to the shed bare footed...up hill...both ways.... in a snow storm with an ice cold glass of freshly brewed potatoe moonshine to get the jack.....now that's "old school",let's not get the two confused,bud...lmao
Posted by CDNRatMan
- December 30, 2012, 19:34:26 PMQuoteI said ....I'll let you know the final weight once I am done.......and I have to carry it into the house too, and I am a lot older then you.....That being said I really dont want to add more weight to the jack being I would have to carry it down a slight hill to one of the side doors or down 12 steps on the other side door
QuoteRich not much you can say I am older then you, and I still have to move it from the shed to the house and that means carrying it, so I am not sure what you can say. But then i am old School and I understand if I want it doen I need to do it myself because I can not rely on others to do my work for me.there's so much I could say to this,but you've been working so hard,I'm not going to draw my weapon,my man
Posted by Drift1
- December 30, 2012, 18:52:00 PMI appreciate it ,bud.
Quote from: CDNRatMan on December 30, 2012, 17:42:24 PMI'll let you know the final weight once I am done.......and I have to carry it into the house too, and I am a lot older then you.....
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there's so much I could say to this,but you've been working so hard,I'm not going to draw my weapon,my man
Posted by CDNRatMan
- December 30, 2012, 17:42:24 PMI'll let you know the final weight once I am done.......and I have to carry it into the house too, and I am a lot older then you.....
Posted by Drift1
- December 30, 2012, 17:13:08 PMI've seen you've been pretty busy there,good fella.Thanks for the much needed info,RATMAN.See I have the same problem as you as far as manuvering the bike and jack by myself goes.See ,my garage has no heat so I bring the bikes inside to the man cave,were It's warm and I can tinker with them without freezing my buns off.That being said I really dont want to add more weight to the jack being I would have to carry it down a slight hill to one of the side doors or down 12 steps on the other side door.Think I'm going to have to order the smaller jack for the winter months and leave the modified jack in the garage for riding season use.If your confused by all this,don't feel bad,cause I am myself 
.....I have the miss's in one ear & my son in the other as I'm trying to write....... 
Posted by CDNRatMan
- December 30, 2012, 14:59:34 PMNow all said and done the reason I was missing a lot was I needed help in getting the lift to clear the frame and tabs but how.....a chunk of 2x6x6 to lift it to slightly off level but yet balanced on the side stand and sturdynow I can move around and manoeuvre the lift into place around the mono shock.....then add the spacers for the front and bingo it is up and safe, this lift also has a safety feature of a lock to keep it from going down over time....really nice feature to have. The front wooden peices of course need to be cut to the correct size to make them secure, and the weight of the bike will hold them in place.
Tomorrow I'll go and get it welded up and see if it works then....fingers crossed...thanks 49.....
Posted by CDNRatMan
- December 30, 2012, 14:53:23 PMas you can see the mono shock hangs lower then the tabs on either side that is the reason for the 1" spacers. the only issue now is that the front is in a down angle due to the tabs, but this will be solved bu using a couple of wooden spacers and you can use a couple of diffrent thicknesses to get the lift you want to get the front tire to clear or to just take the weight off the front tire
Posted by CDNRatMan
- December 30, 2012, 14:44:53 PMpart of the issue is that the mono shock is really low and gets in the way...
Posted by CDNRatMan
- December 30, 2012, 14:42:50 PMDrifter1 here we go, the whole jack is heavy and unweilding to move around if you are alone and in a tight space. But I finally think I have it figured out.
Jack height compressed with the required spacers is 5.5"
tab on the low side is 5.25
frame on low side is 6"
grease nipple on the mono shock is 4.75"
tab on high side is 7.75"
frame is 8" on high side.
found some flat stock to allow the lift to match the frame original arms were 12" extended them out to 15", then had to cut a section out for the mono shock nipple.
I then added some square stock that was 17x2x1" to make it lift the frame.
Posted by CDNRatMan
- December 30, 2012, 13:33:03 PM 
ok back to it and I was almost done with this and ready to put it on the backburner, and just go and spent the funds on a jack like Troll's. Till I thought of something I had read about driving up on a 2x4 or something. My issue is most of the time I want to tweek, tinker, do work on the bike I am alone and safety is paramount in my mind for both me and the bike. I can not move that heavy floor jack about and hold the bike upright to get it under there. Again depending on how bad my arthritis is affecting me at that time I cannot bend over or kneel down to move the jack about either. Then in the smae problem I can not move fast enough if the bike is falling, so I have to think this out and I am sure I might have it now, so off to try it.....
Posted by CDNRatMan
- December 25, 2012, 18:31:06 PMpants on the jack? why?
Posted by Troll
- December 25, 2012, 16:47:07 PMPut yer pants on first.....
Posted by CDNRatMan
- December 25, 2012, 15:33:31 PMok well after a couple of attemps I came very close to admiting defeat on this project. The driving to my buddies garage to use his plasma cutter and welding tools, about an hour drive one way was getting to be a bit much to make little adjustments and then finding they were off. So today I was sitting there thinking about it and I tried something and it seems to be working, I can lift the rear of the bike and take some weight off the front wheel but not enough to do a tire change. But then after more thinking I might have that solved just have to wait till stores are open so I can get a bit of metal to try something. Never admit defeat......I can thnak Chilli for that last thought.....
PC the 800 has 2 tabs that hang down and those gave me a start on the idea....thanks
49 the tabs will be the focal point of my lift. Thansk for that idea to...lol......community idea it was......
off to go and clean the driveway and such till I can find some scrap metal.....
Posted by CDNRatMan
- December 13, 2012, 21:03:28 PM ok stuff happened and I never got the pic's up, but anyway the 2x2's did not work as I wanted them to the mono shock is in the way. So today I went to a buddy's shop and he lent me a hand, we cut some flat stock and some 2x2x2" lifts. Now this weekend I'll be working on it, I have a Santa gig Friday night for a Sqn Family party.....36 kids to deal with for about an hour.
So the plan is the flat stock will take the palce of the 2x2x14's. I'll take pic's Sat as I tweek it, it is at present cut and tacked into palce and this allows me to move parts and get them lined up correctly. Ok later.