Motorcycle Lift?

[papanorm]

Just an update on the Big Blue lift, I used it yesterday to lift up my Indian Challenger with ease. I removed the rear wheel and put a new tire on. Everything went smoothly and I highly recommend the lift.

 

[Journeyman]

Seeing the discussion of The Blue Lift had me curious, so I looked it up, but $825 to raise your bike? Not knocking anyone who can afford this, and maybe if I had the disposable income I'd have one too, but even so I'm just not clear on what it does that an inexpensive ATV jack won't do just as well. Just asking the question.
I do see that it raises it higher, which could be nice.

Triumph Rocket 3/3R/GT Lift – Jack | Motorcycle Lift | EazyRizer Big Blue USA | Motorcycle Jacks

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[Journeyman]

Backup support rigged from above.

Jacked with one small block of wood to even it out (to catch on the rear left). Both wheels lift together from this position.

 

[papanorm]

I have the J&S jack which raises the bikes to about half as high as the Big Blue lift. The J&S uses a tedious foot pump which has already needed replacement.
The Big Blue uses an electric drill or I can use a 22mm wrench for fine height adjustments , such as settling a tire into is axle position. To me the $825 was well spent since I use it for three bikes.

 

[CrzystghndKC]

I had been looking at J&S Jacks in WI a couple of years ago thinking about getting a good motorcycle jack for my current bike and then forgot about it for a while. Now I'm at it again however the company does no longer exist. There are around 60 complaints with the BBB about being charged and never receiving the product with no response and disconnected phones. They were supposed to be top notch quality but lots of folks are now short around $900. Some say that HF lifts are good but then I hear about welds popping so I think I'll pass on that. I could fabricate an adapter that matches the Rocket 3's 4 lift points but need a good reliable simple and minimal motorcycle lift so I don't have to take the whole bike in for tire changes etc..
What do you guys use that is not a table?

Big Blue lifts are on sale now Triumph Rocket 3/3R/GT Lift – Jack | Motorcycle Lift | EazyRizer Big Blue USA | Motorcycle Jacks

 

[Protonhound]

Big Blue lifts are on sale now Triumph Rocket 3/3R/GT Lift – Jack | Motorcycle Lift | EazyRizer Big Blue USA | Motorcycle Jacks

That's an investment I plan on making later this fall, they might have some kind of end of year/holiday sale.

 

[papanorm]

That's an investment I plan on making later this fall, they might have some kind of end of year/holiday sale.

I believe they may have a black friday sale. You can check them out on Facebook.

 

[Protonhound]

Seeing the discussion of The Blue Lift had me curious, so I looked it up, but $825 to raise your bike? Not knocking anyone who can afford this, and maybe if I had the disposable income I'd have one too, but even so I'm just not clear on what it does that an inexpensive ATV jack won't do just as well. Just asking the question.
I do see that it raises it higher, which could be nice.

Triumph Rocket 3/3R/GT Lift – Jack | Motorcycle Lift | EazyRizer Big Blue USA | Motorcycle Jacks

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Yes it's pricey but they also come with bike specific lift arm configurations which is a huge plus in addition to all the other benefits such as being stable and reliable. I'm buying myself one for Christmas.

 

[Mongler07]

Do you have room for a 2 post lift? If you do and you could pull a car in some times it would be worth the 800 to find a used screw type lift. You can lift a motorcycle easily as it's not dependant on a equal load. I love mine. All the other under the engine lifts are junk especially for the rocket and it's 3 drain plugs

 

[Journeyman]

Do you have room for a 2 post lift? If you do and you could pull a car in some times it would be worth the 800 to find a used screw type lift. You can lift a motorcycle easily as it's not dependant on a equal load. I love mine. All the other under the engine lifts are junk especially for the rocket and it's 3 drain plugs

Nice setup you're describing. My junk has lifted a Roadster and 3R for about six years now. The drain plugs are completely and easily accessible, works for (among many other things)- rebuilding the Roadster, pulling the wheels to do my own tire changes, pulling the final drive to lube the splines, and the recent full 30K service on the 3R where it was up for quite some time.

My 3R is one of the few finer things in my life. For other people that list just happens to run longer. I just want to make sure here that some new Rocket owner out there who might read this knows that you can get the job done, easily, without a huge investment and when the tires are back down on the ground no one is going to know the difference. But, if that Rocket owner wants to spend close to a grand lifting his bike, then more power to him.