I’ve procratinated long enough on learning how to wrench on my Eldorado. If this marriage is going to last I've got to go to school. First thing I have to figure out is how to lift this girl off the ground. I don't have space for a full size bike lift and my jacks don't get the rear end off the ground. Anyone have any tricks?
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Lifting the Eldo
- Thread starter Tonyblaze
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I use a manual screw-type scissor jack that has a flat platform that’s about 12”x16”. I place 1x4 wood pieces between the jack surface and the bike frame tubes so I don’t crush any wiring or drain plugs. I don’t lift the entire bike at once…I place it under the bike towards the rear to raise the rear wheel off the ground and towards the front to lift only the front wheel. I place jack stands under the bike for stability while working on it. I’ll add a photo when I return home from traveling.
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Check out the Eazyrizer Jack from Quasar Products here on-bike.com
I have the smaller Red one and have had my old Cali, 1100 Breva and V9 Roamer all on it.
You will need to do a bit of finagling but I lifted them all safely.
I have the smaller Red one and have had my old Cali, 1100 Breva and V9 Roamer all on it.
You will need to do a bit of finagling but I lifted them all safely.
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I made up a wooden cradle to bolt to a jack and there are other ideas have a look at the thread...
DIY cradle for California 1400 jack and roller: try or bail?
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Hi,
I built a cradle, bought a wheel chock and put two anchors in the wall.
Drive it into the chock, attach the bike to the anchors with ratchet straps Then lift the bike.
NO falling over please
I looked at a bunch of those little scissor jacks online and some are good ( I guess ) others are @#$&%$*=@ Crap !
I was NOT willing to take the risk to find out which was which, so I use the 1.5 Ton floor Jack with the cradle.
( there is a picture of the setup here some where )
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I built a cradle, bought a wheel chock and put two anchors in the wall.
Drive it into the chock, attach the bike to the anchors with ratchet straps Then lift the bike.
NO falling over please
I looked at a bunch of those little scissor jacks online and some are good ( I guess ) others are @#$&%$*=@ Crap !
I was NOT willing to take the risk to find out which was which, so I use the 1.5 Ton floor Jack with the cradle.
( there is a picture of the setup here some where )
Pit Bull V7 stand
Bought one, it's a gorgeous, stout, thing. Was going to use it to install new exhaust system. It will not fit with the stock exhaust installed on a 2012 Racer. Hits the cat conv. Very minor detail as that is going away anyway. Just a PSA. (Realized I didn't search. Please forgive me if this...
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I use this on my Cali but I lift it with the front tire secured to the chock which is secured to my lift or chock in my trailer. I haven't gotten around to putting a couple of anchor bolts in my shop floor being I have two different hoists available to steady the bike. Those two cradles steady the bike real nice on the frame and they just fit under my Cali
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