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Cruiser
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Spring Hill, Tennessee | Here's another one for you:
I have now seen many of your pictures posted where you have put your Visions up on motorcycle jacks in the garage. How did you determine where to position the jack so to not do any damage to the engine, oil pan, tranny, etc.??? |
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Iron Butt
Posts: 742
North Orange County CA | http://www.vision-riders.com/articles.asp?article=16671
Visit this article by Neil Foreman a Vision-Rider from the UK. He cobbled up a couple of wooden blocks to act as spacers on the jack and has pictures and procedures for most of his modifications.. |
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Visionary
Posts: 1436
| Your owners manual tells you where and how |
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Cruiser
Posts: 88
Billings, MT | I tried a bike jack first.
I will never use one again, bike wasn't stable!
I then ordered a table lift.
THE ONLY WAY TO GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I now use it for many other things also, way worth the money i spent.
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Tourer
Posts: 394
Tucson, AZ | I bought a bike jack from Harbor Freight. Holds up to 1500 pound bike. Use it all the time with no problems. |
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Iron Butt
Posts: 619
Southeast Iowa | I tried my bike jack a couple of times but the kickstand interferes with where it should be lifted. I finally said "enough screwing around" and decided to buy a real deal cycle lift. I'm buying a Direct Lift Pro Cycle XLT DT today from my dealer. (XLT is side extensions, DT adds a drop tail) He has several of these lifts in his shop and they work great! He has 1 new one left on the pallet that he will sell to me at his cost, no tax, and no shipping! It's a better deal than I can get from the Internet.
My wife thinks I'm nuts for spending this much money for something I don't really need, but she understands I'm a tool guy and a believer that "He who dies with the most tools wins!" I'm going to pick it up today and will be using it this afternoon! |
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Cruiser
Posts: 184
Allen Park, MI | I have used a Craftsman bike jack as well rated to 1500 lbs. It is fine for the things I do with the bike. It is a little tedious getting it up on the jack with just one person. If I could afford a table jack I think I would spring for it....just cant justify the expediture and garage space it would take up for the few times I need it....unlike some brands that are out there I tend to find myself actually riding my bike rather than working on it??
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Cruiser
Posts: 189
Baltimore, Md | JS Jacks (jsjacks.com) makes a very nice jack that works on the Vision and is very stable and a 1 man operation with no kick stand problem. Their video with a HD on one shows just how stable. I like for oil changes and tire pressure issues. Also works well for tight space movement and storage. I have photos of my Vision sitting on the jack. I had tried the Craftsman jack (the yellow premium one) and found it too wobbly.<br />
Edited by flint350 2009-10-02 7:37 PM
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Cruiser
Posts: 88
Billings, MT | Big Vic - 2009-10-02 4:20 AM I tried my bike jack a couple of times but the kickstand interferes with where it should be lifted. I finally said "enough screwing around" and decided to buy a real deal cycle lift. I'm buying a Direct Lift Pro Cycle XLT DT today from my dealer. (XLT is side extensions, DT adds a drop tail) He has several of these lifts in his shop and they work great! He has 1 new one left on the pallet that he will sell to me at his cost, no tax, and no shipping! It's a better deal than I can get from the Internet. My wife thinks I'm nuts for spending this much money for something I don't really need, but she understands I'm a tool guy and a believer that "He who dies with the most tools wins!" I'm going to pick it up today and will be using it this afternoon! Big Vic
Best dang money iI ever spent! That is the lift I bought.
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Puddle Jumper
Posts: 11
| Hi folks
I Have an 09 tp, lowered, with a Ness skid plate under the chassis, my clearance is 4 inches.
I have a craftsman lift, foot pump and bottle jack style, but it failed when the bike was slightly out of balance. I bought a motorcycle floor jack from freight harbor. did not work well. i returned it.
I bought the harbor freight scissor drive on lift. good price, but there is no way, i can load the bike on that lift, over 7 inches of rise and get off the bike and mount the front wheel in the vise by myself. I tried. Two of us struggled. I returned the unit to harbor freight.
Even pitbull does not recommend their lift without an adaptor. they have not made one yet.
so I visted the good folks at J and S supply in San Jpse, makers of the Fat Jack scissor lift that normally goes under a bike that is on a lift to get the wheels up in the air.
My bike balance points front and rear are not at a flat place under the bike. i don t want to put a jack under my oil filter or any other part that should not bear the load.
I also need the contact points further apart than a standard lift will supply.
I solved the problem by buying 2 fat jacks. Now I place them further apart and work them with a ratchet until I get the balance I need. I do this on the ground in the driveway or the garage.
The units are low profile, very strong and stable and now I feel like the bike is rock solid up in the air. if one day, I find a better lift unit, I can use these as great jack stands. Look them up J and S supply
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Cruiser
Posts: 117
Spring Hill, Tennessee | Ray,
J&S Jacks seems like exactly what I am looking for. Thanks for your post!
Is there anyway you could post some pics of your bike on the jack?
I see from the jsjacks.com website there lift is compatible with the Vision, but I don't see where you are supposed to position the jack underneath the bike?
Thanks for your help!
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Cruiser
Posts: 189
Baltimore, Md | Hi Gary,
Just saw this and also saw your PM. I sent you a link in the PM of photos of my Vision on the JS Jack. It's very nice IMO, much more stable than the Sears that I had for a while. The lift misses the sidestand, goes under the front gray dimple protrusions of the tipovers and the rear of the engine just in front of the oil filter. The rear of the engine has a silver bracket on the right side which I balanced out with an additional bit of padding the JS folks were kind enough to send me. Take a look at the photos and you'll understand. Or I can take more in closeup. |
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Puddle Jumper
Posts: 40
| Hi Ray,
Is there any way you could post a few pics here? I would be interested in seeing the jack in action with a Vision as well.
Thanks |
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Cruiser
Posts: 189
Baltimore, Md | Ok, I sent you the link, but I'll try to post them here and hope for success: 
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Tourer
Posts: 506
Woodland Hills, CA | I've been looking for a lift that would work on the Vision, but no one seems to have been able to make any recommendations that did not require some sort of modification to make work. But this one seems to be the ticket. Thanks for the web site and the pics. |
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