i have been looking for a motorycle jack (cruiser). i want a center jack for use with fluid changes, maintence, and probably winter storage.

i looked at some of the hydralic jacks, like models from sears, but they seem too cumbersome, and storage when not in use would be a p.i.t.a..

i found one scissor jack, i think on the dennis kirk site, but it was 240.00, and i cant see how a simple scissor jack should cost half that much. a scissor jack is what i would prefer as it has a much smaller footprint, and storage of the jack would be a breeze.

we seem to have a good number of bikers on this site so i figured i'd check here to see what others are using, and if they were happy with what they had. any insight would be appreciated.

 

I've got the one from Sears. It sucks.

 

i've got one too, they suck. used it once in 5 years to hold a 4 wheeler. storage and moving are a serious P I T A. get a swing arm stand instead.

 

waking this thread up from the deep instead of posting a new one.

(hoping to catch northernorm's attention as i think he was away when i first posted this thread)

 

...zap!

 

http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/w...=none&zoom=yes



...zap!

 

thanks for the link, and especially the can with stuff in it.

will poke around on that page, i like the idea of that working off of air power. that might work out as long as it has safety catches on it to prevent it from slowly lowering itself over time. i will have to give them a call.

thanks for the info.

 

The ones I have seen and used like this use the air to hold it up with a shutoff valve. Unless the shutoff valve leaks it will stay up. You still have to have a area to store it though when not in use. I used removable eye bolts that I anchored to the garage floor and then strapped the bike to those eyebolts and used a floor jack with a padded cup on the frame to lift my VTX1800 up to do oil changes, still had to get on the ground but I felt it was much safer this way than using one of the hydraulic jacks. just my .02