Lift adapter for Roadster

1olbull said:

Are these the correct mounting holes for making that jack adapter?

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1olbull said:

Are these the correct mounting holes for making that jack adapter?

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CanberraR3 said:

Excellent pics Steve.

Are you sure they're not doctored though? I'm sure I've read on here that it simply isn't possible to lean over that far with a motorcycle tyre fitted. Only bikes fitted with car tyres can do that; why else would people use them??? Certainly not because they're cheap.

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cr0ft said:

The bike still has one wheel or the other on the ground if you put a center stand (Becker, Flipmeister, what have you) on it. But the two holes are almost entirely at the center of balance, so I can lift the front wheel on mine off the ground with one hand easily when it's on the stand. If I want both off the ground, I can just put something under the front of the engine, a piece of wood, what have you.

With a lift that has two lifting surfaces, one goes in the rear near the lifting holes and the other one under the front of the engine and it still lifts almost entirely in balance. With a hydraulic lift the holes are only used to keep the bike in place on the stand, the lifting is done with the two lifting arms under the engine.

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jpool said:

So here's what I came up with:


A piece of thick steel plate with a couple of angle brackets welded to it that will bolt to the frame mounting holes. The bike is very stable on the lift in side-to-side direction, but flexes a bit too much to my liking front-to-back. I noticed that my cheap Big Red jack is actually causing a lot of the flexing, so I may need to find a better bike lift before the next tire change.

I've never had any concerns lifting my 620lb Harley with this jack, but the Rocket seems to be pretty finicky to balance well, and removing the rear wheel will throw off any balance you had to begin with.

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VABird said:

Hi, I'm a new member, and a Triumph fan since re-entering the world of riding in 2007. I was away about 17 years while my daughter was growing up.
The Rocket is a bit large for me. My T-Bird is nearly too big too, but wonderful on longer rides. The Legend TT dual sport fits great; a tad small. but lots of fun.
My reason for joining the R3 forum is to get a bit of info from the experts, and to gauge the need for a proper way to lift the R3. I developed the Jack-Be-Quick lifting system for T-Birds which has the same frame-less shortcoming as R3, and no safe & effective way to lift for maintenance. I also may have access to a 2005 R3 to develop a similar system for your bikes, but would like to find out if there have been relevant changes in frames, etc that may make the oldest model a poor choice to develop this system.
To learn more about it, you can go to Forum Posts (General-Accessories.) ans see what the T-Bird owners are saying, and visit the company website ( WWW.Jack-Be-Quick.com )
Hope you don't mind the redundancy, but I've posted this on another thread relevant to lifting as well. Thanks for allowing me to intrude, and I hope I can make R3 owners' lives easier too.

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