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Mm128
| Posted on Thursday, September 20, 2007 - 10:36 am: |
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I am getting ready to REPLACE the forks on my X1... How/Where can I jack this bike up so that I can remove the ENTIRE front end... **KEEP in mind I am doing this in my garage WITHOUT the access of a bike lift. Thanks, Matt. |
Hootowl
| Posted on Thursday, September 20, 2007 - 11:35 am: |
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I put a steel rod through my rear axle and prop it up on jack stands, then put a floor jack under the front mount of the rear shock. The mount is bolted to the engine case. I attached a tab to the bolt that holds the shock to the bracket so that the jack contacts the tab, and not the shock, but you can get by without it. |
Glitch
| Posted on Thursday, September 20, 2007 - 11:36 am: |
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Hang it from the rafters |
Akbuell
| Posted on Thursday, September 20, 2007 - 11:39 am: |
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I used frame stands under the rider pegs, to stabilize the whole thing. Re-bar through the rear axle and frame stands can do the same job. Then built a frame over the bike using some 4X4s I had lying around, braced by the existing shelving in the garage. Removed the fuel tank, and lifted the front end w/ratchet straps around the upper frame rails. Not a 5 min job, but it was effective and stable. |
Natexlh1000
| Posted on Thursday, September 20, 2007 - 12:32 pm: |
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+1 on the rafters. Pop the gas tank out of the frame and pass a pair of straps through the frame. I say a pair so that you can adjust for angle once it's off of the ground. I use a come-along for the lifting and the straps for maneuvering. |
Natexlh1000
| Posted on Thursday, September 20, 2007 - 12:43 pm: |
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Also, you can use the Maple Method.
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Blackbelt
| Posted on Thursday, September 20, 2007 - 02:35 pm: |
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you are crazy... inventive but crazy... TEST YOUR TREE FIRST!!! |
Natexlh1000
| Posted on Thursday, September 20, 2007 - 02:43 pm: |
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My belt broke, Mike the signguy got me in his pickup. When we got home, we didn't have a ramp. oops. |
Mikef5000
| Posted on Thursday, September 20, 2007 - 03:48 pm: |
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Ramp:
hehehe |
Mm128
| Posted on Saturday, September 22, 2007 - 09:45 pm: |
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Thanks guys, Here is what i am getting ready for.... I am going to go ahead and do the 1250 kit... but at that same time I WILL send my frame to have it RE-POWDER coated... Will ALSO be polishing a swingarm and EVERY little bits and pieces on the rest of the bike..... I am trying to wait till the DEAD of WINTER... that way I will have another bike to ride.... This WILL NOT be a quick project as the bike WILL be repainted as well.... Should be fun... but I figure for about $4K I can do EVERYTHING and THEN SOME.... Matt. |
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