MotoMfg a BFD

Okay, I could not wait. I have been ex spearminting with the MotoMfg stand and I am much happy with the purchase.
First, I will say that wheeless is not so bad. Though I would recommend purchasing with the wheel option.
I was under tye wrong impression that the wheeless direction was only sans wheels and when it arrived I found out that it is also sans wheel reciver brackets. There was a post about the wheeless version had adjustable feet, this will need to be disregarded.
I have lifted the bike by sliding the bottum pin into the factory nut and hole in engine-swingarm bolt and it appeared to work just fine.
I did not purchase this stand for paddock use and do not have tyre warmers or do I intend to purchase and use tyre warmers. This purchase was to facilitate removal and installation of wheels for tyre replacements. I do not need quick, I need conveniant. Tgat said I will only replace the existing nut with the new supplied nut when I intend to use the stand. Pulling one nut and replacing it with another is a small price in tyme to pay for all the other conveniance of this stand.
I stll have not found a happy spot that will lift the front high enough with the adjustments to the lift that also let me leave the lift completely on the floor while installing it into place. Unless I am doing something wrong, and I hope that I am, the design relys on the upper puck to clear its fat end into the frame rail and that is where the need to leave the approach angle lower, forces the lift to raise the back end higher than the front.
I simply adjusted the lift adjustment assembly while tge bike was up and then lived with the fact the the jostling of the stand to remove upper puck is where I ended up.
It was so fun to lift it up for a quick front and rear wheel cleaning.
I even scooted it on my concrete shop floor without wheels and it moved quite easly.
I will not change a tyre with any of my existing stands again, but I may lift the back end for chain work with my antiquated piece of shit from tyme to tyme.
All said, I highly recommend this item and have not even the slightest feel of buyers remorse.

After reading your post I don't know what to expect,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,glad I got the wheels though ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

thanks for your observations.

I've been following the discussion for a bit, at first I was intrigued and interested, but I could not justify the expense as I already had an EZRizer in the garage. That unit is a bit more fiddly to set up, it takes me about 5 minutes to get the bike in the air, but it's stable and best of all paid for. Another benefit is that I can raise the bike high enough to have 30 inches of air under the tyres.

So far, in I've only been unable to lift one bike with this stand, everything else just needed a little time to figure out. I have one of the original, smaller rizers



my SD on the lift:

Eazyrizer looks the bomb. If I had that I would not be looking elsewhere.
Being able to put into words how to appoach something mechanical is not my forte.
A Sentence is a group of words put together to make a complete thought. When I try this on discription of mechanical ideas, it gets mangled. I am thinking that anyone that is ready and willing to buy a motorcycle lift has tge wherewithall to wrench with at least a rudementary knowledge and skill. That may not mean the have writing skills to match. That is at least what conclusions I have reached from the Aussie posts, just kidding.
My base settings are as follows. You will know what this means when You open up the box and start putting it together.
Bolt through mounting plate into hole # 6
Space from center to center on adjustment rod. 3 7/8"
34 PSI in both front and rear tyres
Your sag settings will vary, so you will need to compensate for your weight and riding style.
3.723 gallons of premium fuel
fifty eight degrees with relative humity in the 36% range.
Hope this helps.

Thanks again to everyone that has purchased a stand. With the proper adjustment the stand will lift your bike level. Here is a video showing how to insert the stand so that the upper bushing clears the frame.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VWYGbVHGnw

The video shows that with the adjustment correct the upper pin will look like it will not clear the frame. By pivoting the stand on the lower alignment pin it will allow the upper bushing to clear the frame and lift the bike level.


Thanks and let me know if you have any other questions.
Greg Sanders
http://www.motomfg.com
716-240-0800