[rsamsel]

It seems that many people have never tied a motorcycle down in a pickup. You have to place the tie downs ABOVE where the front suspension does its work! Pull down on the handle bars...triple trees...large fairing mounts...anything strong but HIGHER UP. It then pulls down on the suspension and that is where the strength is for holding the bike solid. I use mine 3-4 times / day and never have issues even with the stock clamp. (i run a motorcycle rental business). Learn how to tie bikes down!

Rob

 

[EzyMount]

I bought a harbor freight lift, online thru a sale, for my lawn tractor, several years ago. The hydraulic cylinder failed after 2nd use ! Harbor Freight refused to acknowledge my issue and never attempted to fix my problem or offer refund or credit for return. Telling me by phone someone would call me back, but no contact !

The lift sits in my barn, absolutely useless..

Ask me how many times I have bought from them since ????
8 / 8

 

[Dann323]

I ended up buying this one from a place called Princess Auto (Similar to harbor freight but in Canada)





Very stable and compact. (The base is the same size as a full table lift)
Takes very little space once it's folded. It can be used with a compressor or manually.


The hydraulic cylinder started leaking after my second use. After contacting Princess Auto, they exchanged the lift for a new one. They even sent a truck to pickup the defective lift.
Great customer service.






Since it's narrow, I made a removable support plate in order to be able to put the bike on the center stand when needed (Which is most of the time)

 

[realshelby]

I have had the Harbor Freight lift for over 10 years. If you want something wider know that there are compromises to that. Getting to the motorcycle when working on it! This width is about right in my opinion. I have never felt this lift was unstable. I do tie down the bike when working on it. Never had a single problem with it. I did change the front tire clamp as others have done. You can get parts for Harbor Freight stuff, so no worries there.

I store mine under the back of a car crossways behind the rear tires.

 

[jeffdean]

I had a Harbor Freight. Worked o.k. for my slash-2 motorcycles, but an R1200RT on it made me nervous. I gave it away and bought a Handy.

 

[oldfartrr]

have one of these units for over 10yrs. never a problem with it except it is a bit on the narrow side so added some out-riggers for my big feet. they also serve as parts or tool shelfs if needed but can be removed. just welded some 1 1/2 square tube to the bottom and some 1 1/4 square screwed to some 1x12 inch ply that was from an old project. now works for my ATV stuff too, as my old knees hate concrete n back doesnt like bending over for hours at a time ( ya a bit slow working at times ) .. when not in use it gets set on its side out of the way .. also make sure to use the safety anti lowering bar makes for a much more stable unit. here is one pic of it in use, have others but in process of reloading pc files ...

 

[mfreeland]

I can imagine rigging a pully system or electric winch that you could attach to the wall and then run to the front of the lift to deal with both lifting and lowering it, Just a thought. Would need to anchor it well into at least 2 wall studs. The elsewhere mentioned idea of creating a recess in the garage floor for a Handy lift is genius! If I wasn't selling my house in a few years, I'd consider that for my Handy. If I was building new, I would definitely design that into my garage floor.

 

[mfreeland]

You lift that thing up on your own? I tried that and almost blew a gasket it was so heavy... :surprise:

It lives outside now...

I can imagine rigging a pully system or electric winch that you could attach to the wall and then run to the front of the lift to deal with both lifting and lowering it, Just a thought. Would need to anchor it well into at least 2 wall studs. The elsewhere mentioned idea of creating a recess in the garage floor for a Handy lift is genius! If I wasn't selling my house in a few years, I'd consider that for my Handy. If I was building new, I would definitely design that into my garage floor.