Jacking up a rocket

[Nat67]

Any chance you could post a 'schematic' of your uprated copy mate?

No worries , will get them up in the morning when I can get you more pics !

 

[Nat67]

The weight of the bike is still on the jack in the orientation it would be without the JBQ. it just focuses SOME of the weight to be born by the frame so that the engine isn't forced to bear it all. But the balance upon the jack is not affected. If anything it may be BETTER balanced with the JBQ bracket. You can't knock this until you've actually seen it work.

Certainly not knocking it in the slightest , I fabricated a copy of the jbq and found it best suited to a scissor lift on a table . It was only unstable on the Atv lift coz the centre stand holes in the frame are pob for the bike and therefore need to be over the middle of the Atv lift for the lift itself to be stable !

 

[Nat67]

No worries , will get them up in the morning when I can get you more pics !

Finally got my **** together to get this to you . I apologise for my bad draughtsmanship in advance . The cut out on the left hand perpendicular fits around the rear engine mount bolt and prevents the bike from rocking backwards and the grey strip is rubber just to prevent damage to rear of sump but not really necessary . If removing entire rear end of the bike I place an axel stand and block of wood under front of the sump to keep things solid . Hope this helps !

 

[Bedifferent]

The JBQ looks like a nice idea and I like the permanent mounting feature. Even though I made a pretty nice lift plate with support arms for the floorboard rails, I think I'm going to order one JBQ's because of the permanent mounting feature. I'll incorporate the arms that I currently use to assist in lifting on the floorboard rails into a removable piece that sits on my front lift arm. My craftsman aluminum lift has a couple of locating holes in each support arm for some higher lift plates they included with it. It should be a piece of cake to adapt my own lift support arm plate to fit in those holes.

 

[Nat67]

The JBQ looks like a nice idea and I like the permanent mounting feature. Even though I made a pretty nice lift plate with support arms for the floorboard rails, I think I'm going to order one JBQ's because of the permanent mounting feature. I'll incorporate the arms that I currently use to assist in lifting on the floorboard rails into a removable piece that sits on my front lift arm. My craftsman aluminum lift has a couple of locating holes in each support arm for some higher lift plates they included with it. It should be a piece of cake to adapt my own lift support arm plate to fit in those holes.

Sorry I missed your earlier post . That's a fine piece of work mate and those adjustable struts would certainly help stabilise the weight !

 

[rocketjohn]

As for draftsmanship, it's better than mine by a mighty long way. About 23 years ago when I was working in water treatment we had need of a compressed gas bottle lifting rack. We had been just hooking the lids with the chain fall and hoisting them up. The OSHA man though there had to be a better way. So I was tasked with coming up with a plan, and I drew what I thought we needed on paper. It looked raggedy with erasures, scribbles, and wobbly lines. I took it down to the public works shop and gave it to the machinist there, and he said he would make it. Well, the finished product, which could hold two bottles, looked as raggedy as my drawing, but it was strong and it did the job! Now back to our thread on jacks!

 

[Ishrub]

As for draftsmanship, it's better than mine by a mighty long way. About 23 years ago when I was working in water treatment we had need of a compressed gas bottle lifting rack. We had been just hooking the lids with the chain fall and hoisting them up. The OSHA man though there had to be a better way. So I was tasked with coming up with a plan, and I drew what I thought we needed on paper. It looked raggedy with erasures, scribbles, and wobbly lines. I took it down to the public works shop and gave it to the machinist there, and he said he would make it. Well, the finished product, which could hold two bottles, looked as raggedy as my drawing, but it was strong and it did the job! Now back to our thread on jacks!

Off topic too but I picked up a tall welder's gas bottle lifting cage years ago as part of a job lot at an auction. It is exactly the same design as an old gibbet with a hinged door. They used to hang criminals up in gibbets, the lucky ones were dead already and the less fortunate were suspended in a public place to die of thirst or exposure.

I'll have to get shop display manikin some day and mount it at my driveway entrance to my property some day as a hint for miscreants thinking of paying a visit.

 

[Nat67]

Off topic too but I picked up a tall welder's gas bottle lifting cage years ago as part of a job lot at an auction. It is exactly the same design as an old gibbet with a hinged door. They used to hang criminals up in gibbets, the lucky ones were dead already and the less fortunate were suspended in a public place to die of thirst or exposure.

I'll have to get shop display manikin some day and mount it at my driveway entrance to my property some day as a hint for miscreants thinking of paying a visit.

That is so cool ! Right up my street .
I wonder how long you could get away with that before some bleeding heart liberal complained ? Bring em back I say !

 

[Ishrub]

That is so cool ! Right up my street .
I wonder how long you could get away with that before some bleeding heart liberal complained ? Bring em back I say !

I could just claim it is a Business sign for an S&M club.

 

[Itse saatana]

I have this: Triumph Rocket 3-Lifter d 8mm - Becker-Technik for basic maintenance including washing the bike. The plate with the bigger jack is for bigger jobs. Works pretty well this way.