Lifting the R3T

Dont go getting all crazy with the met. Patience young grasshopper.
Im sure youl will find a suitable solution. Look hard. you obviously have the space to take the rear tire off so.............Take your time the solution will come to you

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Someone posted elsewhere about removing the seat and the side covers and then strapping the bike to the lift. That seems like it might work.

I could really use one of the center stand brackets I've seen others use. That and the strap down over the seat might be just enough.

Anyway, I'm going to ride the bike down to the shop Friday with the c/t strapped on the back. I'll pay them $50 to pull the wheel and change the tire.

I just use 2 machinery slings and lift the whole bike in the air. Makes it really easy to clean the filth from the bottom......via my overhead hoist that is.

Sidecar Flip said:

I just use 2 machinery slings and lift the whole bike in the air. Makes it really easy to clean the filth from the bottom......via my overhead hoist that is.

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..hey flipster..was wondering if ya could lift it with one a these..

- Harbor Freight Tools - Quality Tools at the Lowest Prices

budman said:

..hey flipster..was wondering if ya could lift it with one a these..

- Harbor Freight Tools - Quality Tools at the Lowest Prices

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Absolutely. You'll need 2 nylon web machinery slings/chokers as well. That will equate to the same thing I'm using but I use an Ingersol Rand 1 Ton air operated hoist. I bet Hardon freight sells machinery slings as well. I bought mine at Enco, which is a division of MSC. www.use-enco.com Type in model number 327-6044. That is 4 foot long and costs 16 bucks. You'll need 2. Absolute minimum rating on a single ply is 1600 pounds, about twice the weight of the Rocket. I used a shop crane just like that one last time I put in a vertical mill. I used it to set the head on the base casting. I don't own one, I 'borrowed' one for the job.

Actually, that will make it extremely easy to change the oil and do tire work. I sling my Classic under the lower triple clamp and the rear carrier (right at the attachment points) no problem.

Nice thing about that is you'll be able to move the bike around with it suspended (the gantry has casters) on a concrete floor. My overhead crane only moves north and south. The bridge is fixed.

..I'm gonna give it a shot..already got a couple of slings..I've been meaning to get one anyhow to pull a motor out of an old 67 el camino..

The only problem with that lift is that there is still no way to keep the bike up without the wheels touching. I tried to lift mine with one of the smaller lifts that slide under the bike but am afraid to put all the weight on the engine case. I am going to check out the site listed above and see what they have done. Would make my life a lot easier as I wouldn't have to travel 300 miles round trip for a new tire. The bike needs a hydrolic center stand.

i got an easy way out, but wont work well for all. i work at a car dealership right across the street from the triumph shop. park in a two post stall and kick a leg under each of the frame eyelets at the rear (use rags as protectors no doubt). and use a strap from each fork tube (as close to the top as possible) to the hoist. great lateral stability.