Becker-Technik Rocket 3 stand

[cr0ft]

Maybe they could offer a solution to use this with the R3 stand.http://www.becker-technik.de/Rangier-As_XL/body_rangier-as_xl.html

Should work just by taking the castors off the stand, or replacing them with something that didn't spin. There's a thought, no lifting function (as in lifting half a meter) but it would allow for moving it sideways... but no, I think it is probably wiser to get a lift with wheels integrated. With my luck I'd push the bike off the stand and watch it crash to the ground.

 

[barbagris]

Should work just by taking the castors off the stand, or replacing them with something that didn't spin. There's a thought, no lifting function (as in lifting half a meter) but it would allow for moving it sideways... but no, I think it is probably wiser to get a lift with wheels integrated. With my luck I'd push the bike off the stand and watch it crash to the ground.

I have a lift with castors too - and it's WAY LESS stable THAN the Becker. Maybe Becker could make that trolley with hinge blocks to replace the stand castors. They have all the jigs after all.

 

[Henry Porter]

A quickie, been reading with interest the above posts and to get the Becker in the UK is a fairly cheap option. Was thinking of that or the 'Strong Arm' (which would lift by being directly onto the engine block). Would I be able to get the back wheel off using the Becker?
There doesn't seem to be too much clearance once off the ground? Cheers.
PS I'm new here (last night I registered) so haven't had the chance to put a photo up but will asap.

 

[cr0ft]

Would I be able to get the back wheel off using the Becker?

Think of the Becker as a center stand for the bike that just isn't permanently attached. So no, it's great for standing the bike upright for cleaning or for winter storage to get the bike off the tires so they don't flatten, but for more serious mechanical work where you have to detach wheels etc this is not it.

Which is why I complemented mine with a hydraulic lift. But since I like to overdo when I could merely do, I spent over 100 euros on an adapter plate from another German outfit, Kern-Stabi. Impressive design, it's incredibly thick and heavy, like they carved off the side of a Battleship and bent it into shape... this creates a perfectly flat lifting surface under the Rocket when attached to the two holes in the frame. On that surface you then lift with a normal hydraulic bike lift. They can be had for about 100 euros too if you go bargain basement from places like http://www.mandp.com for instance, they have central hydraulic lifters for that kind of money that lift 1500 lbs. Lots of people have them and they do the job.

http://www.mandp.co.uk/productinfo/567180/Workshop/Bike-Lifts-and-Jacks/Big-Red-Jacks for instance, no experience with it but to illustrate the point.

I bought a Bahco BH1M1000 after seeing it at the local bike show. It's a cross between a garage jack and a bike lifter, and tops out at one metric ton. The ****ed thing weighs some 67 kilos of grade A steel, it's a beast. Feel very confident in its capacity to hold the Rocket... but the sum total for the expensive (but extremely solid) adapter plus the jack shot past 600 euros.

DYI:ing some adapters for the Rocket and getting a more modest lift and you can get the bike in the air for a little over a 100. Then you just have to find a way to prop the front up if you take the rear off, the shift in weight without a rear wheel would no doubt drop the bike off the stand otherwise. Straps, hooks in the ceiling, what have you.

 

[Henry Porter]

Think of the Becker as a center stand for the bike that just isn't permanently attached. So no, it's great for standing the bike upright for cleaning or for winter storage to get the bike off the tires so they don't flatten, but for more serious mechanical work where you have to detach wheels etc this is not it.

Which is why I complemented mine with a hydraulic lift. But since I like to overdo when I could merely do, I spent over 100 euros on an adapter plate from another German outfit, Kern-Stabi. Impressive design, it's incredibly thick and heavy, like they carved off the side of a Battleship and bent it into shape... this creates a perfectly flat lifting surface under the Rocket when attached to the two holes in the frame. On that surface you then lift with a normal hydraulic bike lift. They can be had for about 100 euros too if you go bargain basement from places like http://www.mandp.com for instance, they have central hydraulic lifters for that kind of money that lift 1500 lbs. Lots of people have them and they do the job.

I bought a Bahco BH1M1000 after seeing it at the local bike show. It's a cross between a garage jack and a bike lifter, and tops out at one metric ton. The ****ed thing weighs some 67 kilos of grade A steel, it's a beast. Feel very confident in its capacity to hold the Rocket... but the sum total for the expensive (but extremely solid) adapter plus the jack shot past 600 euros.

DYI:ing some adapters for the Rocket and getting a more modest lift and you can get the bike in the air for a little over a 100. Then you just have to find a way to prop the front up if you take the rear off, the shift in weight without a rear wheel would no doubt drop the bike off the stand otherwise. Straps, hooks in the ceiling, what have you.

 

[Henry Porter]

Thanks for that CrOft. I'll start looking again tonight. Want wheels off to polish etc plus new tyres at end of year.

 

[cr0ft]

Yep, I just bought some polishing balls on a stick from Flitz to polish the wheels in place, it's impossible to get at the by hand or very nearly. A drill, some buffing balls and some polish and I should get the wheels into some sort of shape without dismounting them. But getting the bike up half a meter in the air is great for that too, no more crawling around on the floor to get at the wheel.

 

[Henry Porter]

Yep, I just bought some polishing balls on a stick from Flitz to polish the wheels in place, it's impossible to get at the by hand or very nearly. A drill, some buffing balls and some polish and I should get the wheels into some sort of shape without dismounting them. But getting the bike up half a meter in the air is great for that too, no more crawling around on the floor to get at the wheel.

Yes, almost impossible by hand. My pal who has a Thunderbird removed his wheels then used an alloy wheel cleaning kit (via drill gun) from www.metalpolishingsupplies.co.uk. He got the bike up, as you suggest, via scissor jack and straps across a beam in his garage to support the bike front or back..

 

[ScottishR3T]

http://www.sealey.co.uk/PLPageBuild...tmicrogroup=&analysiscode=&requiredresults=16

If you shop around you can get this for just over 100 quid in the UK.

It's what I use to lift the rocket. A section of wood on the rear pad balances the bike nicely for lifting. Once it's up I strap the bike with ratchet straps to each corner of the lift. You could run and jump at the bike and not knock it off.

Loads of clearance for pulling the rear wheel and allows you to get the rear diff off to do your splines etc

 

[Henry Porter]

http://www.sealey.co.uk/PLPageBuild...tmicrogroup=&analysiscode=&requiredresults=16

If you shop around you can get this for just over 100 quid in the UK.

It's what I use to lift the rocket. A section of wood on the rear pad balances the bike nicely for lifting. Once it's up I strap the bike with ratchet straps to each corner of the lift. You could run and jump at the bike and not knock it off.

Loads of clearance for pulling the rear wheel and allows you to get the rear diff off to do your splines etc

Funnily enough just ordered the new Sealey catalogue and looked at this online. I guess if you are careful it's ok to lift on engine block (triumph dealer said it 'a ok and what they do in the workshop). I guess it 'a a case of shopping around. Thanks for the reply. I'm off to the rugby first thing tmrw with Irish pal. Two nights in Edinburgh! It's all good!!