Bike lift

'tis the season when one has to think up Christmas presents so the
thoughts invariably turned into the direction of the workshop.
*Especially* given that I've got to finish two bikes in the next few
months in order to gain back some more space in the garage.

A quick google suggested the following URL:

http://www.worldofpower.co.uk/acatalog/Motorcycle_Hydraulic_Lift.html

and after a bit of thinking I've boiled it down to a choice between the
MC402 and the MC365. The latter is a proper workbench which does lift
higher but has the disadvantage of expecting the bike to have a centre
stand (which two of my bikes don't have, so I have to add a paddock
stand). The MC402 is probably better in that respect but I can't see
that working too well with single-downtube frames.

Can any of the grease monkeys add some comments from their experience?

 

Go on, I'll bite. First check the overall height of extended lift
plus bike and compare to internal height of garage.
Apart from that, I'm saying **** all.

 

I wasn't fishing...

That said, the garage is high enough so I could stick the GS on the
bench lift, raise it up fully and still sit on it. If I were daft
enough, obviously...

At the moment I'm leaning towards the quad-type lift (ie the non-bench
one) as it'll be more suited to dropping out wheels, forks and all
that...

 

I have the MC480 (lower weight capacity version of the MC402). I use it
for an XT600 which obviously has no centre stand.

Good Points:

Doesn't take up too much room when not in use
Easy to use


Bad Points:

Bike is not very stable when on the stand - I'm always a bit worried
it's going to end up on top of me if I get enthusiastic with the spanners.

Works fine, just need to be a bit careful.

Cheers,

Learner

 

have you seen this?
http://www.northerntooluk.com/product/default.asp?id=456

 

I clicked on the link fully expecting to see a range of sledge
hammers.

 

Not that particular one, but the specs are pretty close if not the same
as one of the two Sealeys I mentioned, only that it's more expensive.