homemade bike lift

[katoranger]

The easyrider lift is nice, but it costs more than my bike.

Allen

[nastyjones]

Any word on coming up with plans for the DIY? I, for one would be willing to part with some money for such an ingenious lift.

Paul

[mtalneck78]

I do have some mechanical drafting experience(many years ago), & might try to put something together. There is no way I can try to do a CAD drawing & send it by Email. I am in the middle of starting up a gear rebuilding service for newspaper inserting machines,& am kind of busy right now. Would this cause a problem with the company in England that produces the Easyrizer lift?

[Planecrazy]

I highly doubt that a set of DIY plans is going to bother them, especially since this thread is proof that you knew nothing of their product when you designed and built your own, let alone considering to share it's design with others who might want to build one of their own.

Just my .02, but talk to a lawyer if you want to be certain.

Regards,

[mixongw]

I tried making the lift as universal as possible because I have a variety of bikes. The base has a T slot like on a milling machine table so I could use different mounts for different situations. The bike shown in the pictures has the exhaust removed because of FOUR!! snapped off head pipe bolts. I could probably mount any bike to the lift after a little planning & mount plate fabrication.

The lead screw is an Acme pitch, 3ft long threaded rod that was bought from a metal supply company in New York.

Thanks, Dan C.

Could you use a simple and cheaper threaded rod?

[mtalneck78]

No, that is a big mistake. I used a cheap hardware grade leadscrew the first time & it locked up & stripped on me. There is just too much load on the screw. Find yourself a heavy duty piece off of some large machinery, out of a junkyard, like other members have suggested.

[Ghostgs1]

For that type of use an acme thread is advised versus a standard 2B straight thread. They are the type of thread that has a flat edge versus a knife edge. Ray