Supacheap have a special on a bike lift. Has anyone bought one ? Are they okay ?
It will lft up to 680 kgs apparently.
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Broke I've got one of the orange pro lifts, 680kgs also. Works a treat and easy to use by yourself. I have a F'Boy and have no worries getting it on and off. I think it came from Repco though.
Repco currently have them on sale for $129.00 (save $89.) until 10 Aug. It is the same as I have. Good deal.
Check the width and depth of the rubber rails. Get one that's too narrow and its a chore to line it up under the bike. A friend bought one for his vulcan and those little welded bits on the ends caused grief + the rails were too short. See the other thread on bike lifts. The blue one I got from Burson auto was slightly more expensive but built bigger. Cant beat the $130 price tag though.
Look here
http://www.hdforums.com.au/Default.aspx?tabid=71&forumid=37&tpage=2&view=Topic&postid=477885
They're probably all made in the same factory in china and painted whatever. If ya can't get one there give ebay or the net a go. I'm sure I paid 120 for my red one but picked it up near home. works good on dynas and sporties.
http://catalogues.repco.com.au/catalogue/repco-catalogue-enthusiasts-choice/4zdg7jhpt.html?pid=promotedCatalogue#pageNo=4
looks like the repco goes a little higher (115-418) as where the SCA only goes 118-368,, otherwise they look very similar ..cept for the price ... repco $129 vs SCA $189
Had one for years, looks very simular to the one in the picture and its great.
Mine has a safety ratchet (with more graduations and on both sides different to one in picture) which is handy because my jack very slowly creeps and I also don't trust a jack on its own with 300 kgs of bike on it. It might not fit under there if your bike is lowered, mine only just goes under when its on the sidestand and its not lowered. The rubber strips on it so paint on frame is not scratched, little metal ridges on the ends of the lifting flats are good to have so it doesn't slide off, cos the bike is on the sidestand when you slide it in and start lifting, the jack has to be able to roll freely on the floor as it gets jacked up. As someone else wrote check the lifting flats are long enough to span the frame rails. Also check the clearance and fit to the exhaust as it is jacked up, some might be lower than the frame rails, or you might have a performance enhancing, exhaust reverse pulse cancelling, reverberation power bump fitted for free, lol.
When you get a Harley, lifting the bike up and pushing a milk crate under it just doesn't work any more.
I got one and it lifts the Softail no worries although I woud'nt go hanging of spanners and giving things a good jerk if you get my drift,,,it would not lift the Mrs Yammy 650 the frame is to wide...
cheers Jimmy
Got the Repco Prolift today it was missing a couple of bolts other than that it looks pretty good and should do the job nicely.
I see Repco has the pro-lift on special again..http://catalogues.repco.com.au/catalogue/repco-catalogue-dad-of-the-year-specials/4znrkgo0y.html?pid=promotedCatalogue#pageNo=14&offerId=14086752074484
