BIKE LIFT/MOVER

woody1707

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Has anyone any experience of a 1 JAC www.1jac.com or Con stands bike lift or similar.

I want something that enables me to move the bike sideways into a tight space easily in the garage. I have looked at the simple bike movers that you put under the centre stand but these don't lift the front wheel off the ground so you cannot move the bike sideways easily.

Would appreciate anyone experience with these or other similar products.

Thanks
 
Constands look good, that's what I'm ordering.

1jac dont do a adapter kit for the lc GS

Bursig probably top of the range, but they ain't cheap!
 
Thanks, I would be interested to hear what you think of the Constands when you get it.

Shame 1 jac don't have an adapter kit for the GS LC as they are a British company would have nice to buy from them.
 
woody1707 said:
Thanks, I would be interested to hear what you think of the Constands when you get it.

Shame 1 jac don't have an adapter kit for the GS LC as they are a British company would have nice to buy from them.
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My thoughts exactly. I did email to ask if they would consider producing one but they said no! Seems odd not to cater for one of the UK's top selling bikes. Guess they just have enough business as it is!
 
The Abba Sky Lift works with the GS LC but it's a lot of money.

Garan.
 
The centre stand lifts do the job admirably, you just put the bike on the stand, slide the back end of the bike in place then, push down on the saddle to lift the front and slide that in....I've been using one for years.
 
They don't go very high do they?

To me, the Abba gets it because of the extra height and flexibility to tilt the bike which the others don't seem to offer.
 
Yes the Abba does have the benefit of really lifting the bike for maintenance but as you say much £££
 
Bike mover

You need a Clarke's MCD1 Motorcycle Dolly. It's currently £84 from Machine Mart. And that'll be less 20% when they do one of their frequent promotions.
The whole bike rolls onto the dolly and there's also a piece with castors, on which to put your side stand. Once on, the bike'll move easily in all directions. The only requirement is a reasonably smooth garage floor. When you're not using it you can flip it on its side and lean it against a garage wall. Takes up hardly any space. Wouldn't/couldn't be without mine.
 
Old.

Do you think that Clarke one you have will work on a tiled floor. My good lady has permitted parking in the conservatory! which is great but I wheel it in and it needs to spun to get it out again. I've looked at at small centre stand dollies and the longer Clarke one you have but wondered if will work. The tiles are smooth large floor tiles but I'm not sure the small wheels will not get stuck in the gaps. Cheers
 
Not sure the Clarke one will let you use center stand?

I use a smaller type that you mention and find it works well on a quite rough garage floor, though not used it with GS. Great for shuffling bikes into tight spaces.
 
Clarke bike mover

Yes, you can only use the side stand with the Clarke mover. But tiled floors will be fine. My little workshop has a slightly rippled concrete floor and whilst it would be better smooth, it does move about ok. Each castor has double plastic wheels which would be unlikely to mark tiles. But if you wanted to use the centre stand this wouldn't be any good. Hope that helps.
 
I have an Eazy Rizer bike stand. It's intended to sit flat on the floor but could just as easily sit on castors.
It's not low cost but is very tough and British made. BTW, a lifted bike is very awkward to steal.
The footrest and sump supports are ideal for maintenance work but they also have wheel carriers that quickly slip under the bike.


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oldenoughtoknowbetter said:
Yes, you can only use the side stand with the Clarke mover. But tiled floors will be fine. My little workshop has a slightly rippled concrete floor and whilst it would be better smooth, it does move about ok. Each castor has double plastic wheels which would be unlikely to mark tiles. But if you wanted to use the centre stand this wouldn't be any good. Hope that helps.
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Cheers Old. Thanks for the reply.
 
Gezaware, I use a similar one. As this dolly is about an inch off the ground, it is a struggle getting the bike on the stand. It is not about it moving around, but just that you have to literally stand on the centre stand to push it over. The side stand one will definitely be much easier by virtue of it only using the side stand. After reading this thread, planning to change over to a Clarke one. Have a lift from Clarke - good products so would not hesitate to get one.

Ride safe,
K




Gezaware said:
http://www.nippynormans.com/r1100s/wunderlich-easy-park-large-version

Anyone use one of these? are they any better than the Clarke side stand type mover. A few things I've read that it's quite tricky to get a GSA or similar sized bike up onto its centre stand without the dolly moving in the opposite direction.

Cheers in advance :beerjug:
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That's great K thanks for the gen. Exactly as I feared with the dolly. The side stand one it is then I think.

Many thanks again

Cheers Gez
 
I agree about getting the bike onto a dolly on the centre stand , I have a sealed garage floor so put a piece of 5 ply under the stand so I'd did not wreck the floor but it is a real effort to get the bike on the stand even with a half inch thickness of ply under it....maybe I need to eat more wheatabix.

I will have a look at the side stand dolly but do like the way the abba sky lift raises the bike for maintenance.

Thanks for all your suggestions comments.

Think it is the sky lift or the constand that are looking favourite.
 
If you want it for working on the bike then ABBA is the winner. Just for storage then constands. ABBA is great but it's bloody big and wide, also takes much longer to attach as needs to be done at both sides of the bike, constands is one side access and takes 5 seconds to fit and lift.
 
Nippy Normans supply Touratech, Wunderlich, Desert Fox and many other makes of accessories.
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