bike bench

[ronan]

has anyone got any plans for a bench for motorcycles ? the sort that can be raised and lowered by a trolley jack ? i happen to have a spare jack and wouldn't mind buying a few lengths of box section if i could get a decent drawing.
thanks.

 

[Paul.]

Have a look through this thread here, clicky, and this one clickme,
They are pretty easy to make,

 

[TheJoker]

I bulit one, but it's not a "table" it just lifts the bike from underneath. It's quite complicated to get the bike up, but once it's up, the lift isn't in the way.

The full "pictorial" is here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/the.joxor/MotorbikeLift
There's still a few pics that I've not uploaded, but it's pretty much in its final state there.

One thing I learnt was that the key stress points are where the trolley jack lifts and pushes up. I thought I could have just had the trolley jack on the floor, but if I would have done that, it would have lifted the lift, not the bike, so I kept modifying the lift to have more reinforcements around the trolley jack and lifting mechanism. If I'd start again, I'd start to build a strong cage around the trolley jack.

Good luck!

 

[para562]

Bike Bench Plans.

Hi. I have some plans, e mail your address at pete.coker@btinternet.comand will let you have a copy.