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Jerseyguy
Posted on Friday, December 12, 2003 - 12:39 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I picked up this jack on Monday at a local car parts store (Pep Boys) for $59.99. Good quality -made in China of course.
Stevejack
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Kcfirebolt
Posted on Friday, December 12, 2003 - 12:45 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Did it come with the crescent shaped supports that cradle the muffler?
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Kcfirebolt
Posted on Friday, December 12, 2003 - 12:50 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Just went to Pep Boys site. Lists for $119. You must have found it for 50% off.
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Jerseyguy
Posted on Friday, December 12, 2003 - 01:29 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

KC,
The ad in the paper said Reg $79.99, on sale for $59.99. I made the support blocks myself. They are made from 3" thick PVC, CNC machined to a 8" radius with a 1/8" thick layer of neoprene glued in the curve.
Steve
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Dasxb9s
Posted on Friday, December 12, 2003 - 02:00 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Jerseyguy...

what would a guy have to do to get you to send them a set of those blocks? I have an Easy Riser bike lift... and am still waiting for the XB kit they are developing. I also have a sears version of the jack you posted.

PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Dsouth
Posted on Friday, December 12, 2003 - 02:20 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Jerseyguy...

Same request as Dasxb9s -- If you are at all interested in manufacturing the blocks, I'd be willing to buy a set from you as well.
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Buelluk
Posted on Friday, December 12, 2003 - 02:22 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Me too,those blocks would be great.

I already have one of those lifts, they were selling them in Costco a year ago for 69.95.

I have thought about using the lift on my S, but i was concerned the weight might deform the pipe

PS Jersey, I live in the Tristate area, so I would even come and pick them up
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Joojoo
Posted on Friday, December 12, 2003 - 02:26 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Nice,

It looks like the bike is being lifted by the exhaust pipe....I was wondering how to lift them...

Jack
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Kcfirebolt
Posted on Friday, December 12, 2003 - 02:29 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

There are two marked lift points on the bottom of the exhaust. Real handy. Took me a while to figure that one out.
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Nevco1
Posted on Friday, December 12, 2003 - 02:47 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Looks quite similar to the jack I got from Harbor Freight for my Wide Glide only mine is yellow. Is currently on sale for $59.95.

You just gave me an idea for making mounts for my X1. If it works, I am off for another jack. Ugh, I hate winter storage.
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Jerseyguy
Posted on Friday, December 12, 2003 - 02:57 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I've got to check on the material cost for the PVC. I got those pieces out of my leftover stock. I'll get back to you on it.
Steve
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Wyckedflesh
Posted on Friday, December 12, 2003 - 03:58 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

might as well put me down for a set also...in case you decide how much material you need.
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Buellicious
Posted on Friday, December 12, 2003 - 09:39 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I'll take a set also.
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Roadrunr
Posted on Friday, December 12, 2003 - 11:22 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

As A wise bad weber once said to me when I bought a stand like that. "How are you going to change your muffler, or tranny fluid with that under yer bike" 2 words, "Handy stands" Check em out. $99 front and rear. A few more bucks but alot more practical and user friendly for a buell.
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Bads1
Posted on Friday, December 12, 2003 - 11:41 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

And you'll have to modify the Handy Stands to because the left fork tube is longer then the right by about a 1/2 inch.I had to cut the end off and add a section then put the end back on.Thats on XB forks the stands work fine for tubers.
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Wyckedflesh
Posted on Saturday, December 13, 2003 - 12:31 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Gorilla stand and a ramp? Thats what I used to change oil in my bikes...It's set at desk height.
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Dcmortalcoil
Posted on Saturday, December 13, 2003 - 01:56 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I purchased a similar jack from Sears for $89 on sale. Unfortunately, my XB9SL is too low. The muffler is about 1-2" lower than the jack support.
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Jerseyguy
Posted on Saturday, December 13, 2003 - 02:20 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

DC,
Get a couple of 2x6 pieces and push the bike up on them. Then the jack might fit.
Steve
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Dsouth
Posted on Saturday, December 13, 2003 - 08:37 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I looked at the handy stands, but they've added a warning to rear stand the order page directed at XB bikes:

http://www.handyindustries.com/urws.asp

Otherwise, $100 for the pair is a good deal...
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Bykergeek
Posted on Sunday, December 14, 2003 - 11:36 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I have a L-P rear stand (paddle type). It has worked very well for over a year. I want to get a Pit Bull for the front.
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Fuzz331
Posted on Sunday, December 28, 2003 - 11:52 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Steve,thanks for the idea. I made these out of aluminum. Have since cut them down a half inch on top and bottom. I am trying to locate a lift that will yield better clearances.
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