AllanB Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 Building a new small workshop, so I can spend another 3-4 years tinkering with my old bike, but in air-conditioned comfort. I was thinking about using a hoist and simple table for the bike, to save building a complicated lifting table. I can put a double (ladder type) ridge bar in the roof to handle 200kg load and can make up a simple pulley, or even a cheapo block and tackle. Just wondered if anyone had seen this done before, a bike hoist and did it work, any problems? Also what is the best height for a bike table? I have quite a bit of experience in lifting equipment, so safety won't be an issue, we have been making equipment for lifting horses and cows since '85. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papa al Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 (edited) ya, come-a-long to beam/log lashed up in trees no table no air con. Edited November 25, 2017 by papa al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OmegaRacer Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 A proper lifting table is about 20k Baht. I would get one if I had more space (or less bikes). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papa al Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 6 hours ago, OmegaRacer said: A proper lifting table is about 20k Baht. I would get one if I had more space (or less bikes). how many? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canthai55 Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 "we have been making equipment for lifting horses and cows since '85." So no problem lifting Kawasaki's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VocalNeal Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 (edited) OR http://eurospares.com/bikestnd.htm NB. The heights for bike stands are for working standing up? I would prefer sitting down on a stool. Edited November 26, 2017 by VocalNeal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllanB Posted November 26, 2017 Author Share Posted November 26, 2017 This shed of mine is not that big so a big table would be a problem for me too. I currently have too chairs one with sawn off legs, trouble is I have trouble getting up after 20 minutes. It is not necessarily a disabled workshop, but a half way house. I can't see my arthritis getting much better, hopefully not much worse, so this will give me an opportunity to keep tinkering for some years. The Shadow is a 35 year old Jap bike, so the tinkering will be ongoing and when the faults are all sorted I plan on doing some frame mods, which will be easier with A/C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VocalNeal Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 http://advrider.com/index.php?threads/diy-motorcycle-lift.701077/ http://twtmotorcycleparts.blogspot.com/2012/11/wooden-lift-table.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papa al Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 You don't need a table if you hang it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllanB Posted November 27, 2017 Author Share Posted November 27, 2017 Yes, never thought of that, a wooden table, with screw on legs would work. I could reemploy half of the timber as a bike ramp for my truck. The other one I made was too short and the timber was appropriated as shuttering during the shed build. The hoist would need to work from a single rope, so would still need a table, hard getting a spanner on a swinging/revolving bike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMKiwi Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 On 11/26/2017 at 6:35 AM, canthai55 said: "we have been making equipment for lifting horses and cows since '85." So no problem lifting Kawasaki's And if you practise lifting pigs then Harleys would fit right in..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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