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    #16
    Got it in the workspace, took the crate apart, (except for the base), got the wheels on (impressed that the wheel hardware has flat washers for the lock washers to bite into), and rolled it off the base of the crate onto the crate top (over snow drift remnants), horsed it into the shop. Done for now, rest the back, and make a couple of burritos from last nights' restaurant doggy bags, add Long Trail Ale, it's all good!
    sigpicSome of the totally committed probably should be.
    '58 + '63 Vespa 150's' (London, GB/RI, US)
    '67 X6 T20 ('67 Long Beach, Ca.- misty-eyed)
    '71 Kaw. A1-ugh ('71 SF, CA- worked @ Kaw dlr)
    '66 Yam. YL1('72 SF-commuter beater)
    '73 Kaw. S2A-2Xugh ('73 SF-still parts slave)
    '78 GS 750C ('77 SF-old faithful-killed by son)
    '81 KZ 750E ('81 SF-back to Kaw. dlr)
    '81 GS 650G ('08 back to NE&ME- (project)
    '82 GS '82 (2) GS650GZ, L, Middlebury, G current

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      #17
      Originally posted by recycled64 View Post
      You mean, as in a lifted prayer, looking up and praying it doesn't topple over? I don't get it, and, uh, well, maybe, yet again, I do!
      I was thinking more along the lines of "make sure you don't poke the handlebars and mirrors through the ceiling".

      .
      sigpic
      mine: 2000 Honda GoldWing GL1500SE and 1980 GS850G'K' "Junior"
      hers: 1982 GS850GL - "Angel" and 1969 Suzuki T250 Scrambler
      #1 son: 1986 Yamaha Venture Royale 1300 and 1982 GS650GL "Rat Bagger"
      #2 son: 1980 GS1000G
      Family Portrait
      Siblings and Spouses
      Mom's first ride
      Want a copy of my valve adjust spreadsheet for your 2-valve per cylinder engine? Send me an e-mail request (not a PM)
      (Click on my username in the upper-left corner for e-mail info.)

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        #18
        If I'm doing anything that could possibly knock a bike over from the lift, I clip an old piece of climbing rope to center of the handlebars and an eye in the ceiling. It might tip a bit but it can't fall on me. When the work is done, I usually remember to undo it before I lower the lift.
        http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...tatesMap-1.jpg

        Life is too short to ride an L.

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          #19
          Originally posted by tkent02 View Post
          ... I usually remember to undo it before I lower the lift.
          This sounds like the voice of experience.

          .
          sigpic
          mine: 2000 Honda GoldWing GL1500SE and 1980 GS850G'K' "Junior"
          hers: 1982 GS850GL - "Angel" and 1969 Suzuki T250 Scrambler
          #1 son: 1986 Yamaha Venture Royale 1300 and 1982 GS650GL "Rat Bagger"
          #2 son: 1980 GS1000G
          Family Portrait
          Siblings and Spouses
          Mom's first ride
          Want a copy of my valve adjust spreadsheet for your 2-valve per cylinder engine? Send me an e-mail request (not a PM)
          (Click on my username in the upper-left corner for e-mail info.)

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            #20
            Get some of those self stick bath tub or steps grip strips that are like course sand paper and put on the deck where the wheels roll. Just a slight oily film and it can slide away from you as your going on or off...ask me how I know. Didnt drop the bike, but it was a tense moment!!!

            That or be sure to clean the snot out of the deck all the time.
            MY BIKES..1977 GS 750 B, 1978 GS 1000 C (X2)
            1978 GS 1000 E, 1979 GS 1000 S, 1973 Yamaha TX 750, 1977 Kawasaki KZ 650B1, 1975 Honda GL1000 Goldwing, 1983 CB 650SC Nighthawk, 1972 Honda CB 350K4, 74 Honda CB550

            NEVER SNEAK UP ON A SLEEPING DOG..NOT EVEN YOUR OWN.


            I would rather trust my bike to a "QUACK" that KNOWS how to fix it rather than a book worm that THINKS HE KNOWS how to fix it.

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              #21
              Good idea, Chuck, probably especially useful on the ramp, last time I used some of that tread material was on the seat of my rowing machine so my ass wouldn't keep sliding off
              sigpicSome of the totally committed probably should be.
              '58 + '63 Vespa 150's' (London, GB/RI, US)
              '67 X6 T20 ('67 Long Beach, Ca.- misty-eyed)
              '71 Kaw. A1-ugh ('71 SF, CA- worked @ Kaw dlr)
              '66 Yam. YL1('72 SF-commuter beater)
              '73 Kaw. S2A-2Xugh ('73 SF-still parts slave)
              '78 GS 750C ('77 SF-old faithful-killed by son)
              '81 KZ 750E ('81 SF-back to Kaw. dlr)
              '81 GS 650G ('08 back to NE&ME- (project)
              '82 GS '82 (2) GS650GZ, L, Middlebury, G current

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                #22
                Originally posted by Steve View Post
                I was thinking more along the lines of "make sure you don't poke the handlebars and mirrors through the ceiling".

                .
                Well, since it only lifts 2-1/2 feet, I'd have to have a REALLY cramped space!!
                sigpicSome of the totally committed probably should be.
                '58 + '63 Vespa 150's' (London, GB/RI, US)
                '67 X6 T20 ('67 Long Beach, Ca.- misty-eyed)
                '71 Kaw. A1-ugh ('71 SF, CA- worked @ Kaw dlr)
                '66 Yam. YL1('72 SF-commuter beater)
                '73 Kaw. S2A-2Xugh ('73 SF-still parts slave)
                '78 GS 750C ('77 SF-old faithful-killed by son)
                '81 KZ 750E ('81 SF-back to Kaw. dlr)
                '81 GS 650G ('08 back to NE&ME- (project)
                '82 GS '82 (2) GS650GZ, L, Middlebury, G current

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                  #23
                  I bought one a few years ago, and use it all the time. Best 300 bucks I ever spent, in fact, I bought one for a friend for his birthday this year.

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                    #24
                    Originally posted by tkent02 View Post
                    If I'm doing anything that could possibly knock a bike over from the lift, I clip an old piece of climbing rope to center of the handlebars and an eye in the ceiling. It might tip a bit but it can't fall on me. When the work is done, I usually remember to undo it before I lower the lift.
                    I would hope so, hanging a GS would be criminal
                    sigpicMrBill Been a GSR member on and off since April 2002
                    1980 GS 750E Bought new in Feb of 1980
                    2015 CAN AM RTS


                    Stuff I've done to my bike:dancing: 1100E front end with new Sonic springs, 1100E swing arm conversion with new Progressive shocks installed, 530 sprockets/chain conversion, new SS brake lines, new brake pads. New SS fasteners through out. Rebuilt carbs, new EBC clutch springs and horn installed. New paint. Motor runs strong.

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