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  • 850GT_Rider
    • Jan 2026

    #1

    Show us your workstand

    How do you support your bike for work? Got a lift, homemade or otherwise? Ramps? Worktable?

    Post some pics - let's see how creative this collective really is!

  • Buffalo Bill
    Forum Guru
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    • Jun 2008
    • 6004
    • New Buffalo, Michigan 49117

    #2
    Humble, home made?

    I've done quite a lot of bike work on this platform…

    Tilts down for loading, but for any bike over 450 lb, you better have a friend help you push it up.
    Last edited by Buffalo Bill; 09-25-2010, 11:48 AM. Reason: Hot dogs are ready!
    1982 GS1100G-
    1990 GSX750/1127
    1987 Honda CBR600F Hurricane
    1985 Kawasaki GPz750

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    • JEEPRUSTY

      #3
      Originally posted by Buffalo Bill
      I've done quite a lot of bike work on this platform?

      Tilts down for loading, but for any bike over 450 lb, you better have a friend help you push it up.
      how do you keep yhe canoes balanced on the mirrors?
      that is a nice lift you made it send us the dimensions

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      • Joe Nardy
        Forum Guru
        GSResource Superstar
        Past Site Supporter
        • Jul 2003
        • 5849
        • East Tennessee

        #4
        I use this lift from Complete Hydraulic. Worth every penny if you do a lot of work on bikes.



        Thanks,
        Joe
        IBA# 24077
        '15 BMW R1200GS Adventure
        '07 Triumph Tiger 1050 ABS
        '08 Yamaha WR250R

        "Krusty's inner circle is a completely unorganized group of grumpy individuals uninterested in niceties like factual information. Our main purpose, in an unorganized fashion, is to do little more than engage in anecdotal stories and idle chit-chat while providing little or no actual useful information. And, of course, ride a lot and have tons of fun.....in a Krusty manner."

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        • jwhelan65

          #5
          That's a beauty Joe! I would sleep on that thing if I had one..

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          • Agemax
            Forum Guru
            • Apr 2008
            • 8371
            • plymouth uk

            #6
            trusted old paddock stands for me, and a nice warm living room!

            1978 GS1085.

            Just remember, an opinion without 3.14 is just an onion!

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            • makenzie71

              #7
              Originally posted by Agemax
              trusted old paddock stands for me, and a nice warm living room!

              I'm gonna jack the hell out of this thread and ask why you went with just one rotor on the front?

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              • Agemax
                Forum Guru
                • Apr 2008
                • 8371
                • plymouth uk

                #8
                Originally posted by makenzie71
                I'm gonna jack the hell out of this thread and ask why you went with just one rotor on the front?
                less unsprung weight. still good enough for stoppies!
                1978 GS1085.

                Just remember, an opinion without 3.14 is just an onion!

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                • gs road racer

                  #9
                  I make custom stands bicycle trailers and stuff here's what I use for my GS...
                  Attached Files

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                  • madjack57754

                    #10
                    Handylift. Purchased from a vo-tec for $200 when they upgraded to
                    Snap-on lifts about 15 years ago

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                    • ozman

                      #11
                      All i can say is it was cheap !!

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                      • 81ZUKI75
                        Forum Mentor
                        • Jun 2008
                        • 364
                        • TN

                        #12
                        Lift?

                        I use this and the centerstand for anything on he front end .



                        I had to mark it with a Sharpee "M/C Lift - DO NOT REMOVE" so one of my boys wouldn't use it or my wife wouldn't toss it

                        And I use the centerstand alone for anything on the backend. Still hell on the knees though.
                        sigpic
                        1981 Suzuki GS750E (one owner), 1982 Suzuki GS750T (my "tinker" toy), Previous (First) Bike: 1979 GS425 (long gone)
                        2002 Suzuki Bandit 1200S (new to me in 11/2011)

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                        • twr1776
                          Forum Sage
                          • Jul 2005
                          • 1826
                          • NORTHWEST INDIANA - AKA THE REGION

                          #13
                          I have this lift, my garage is not as busy or as organized as Joes but as he mentioned a good lift is worth every penny IMHO.



                          82 GS850L - The Original http://s224.photobucket.com/albums/d...ePics067-1.jpg
                          81 GS1000L - Brown County Hooligan http://s224.photobucket.com/albums/d...ivePics071.jpg
                          83 GS1100L - Super Slab Machine http://s224.photobucket.com/albums/d...t=DCP_1887.jpg
                          06 KLR650 - "The Clown Bike" :eek: http://s224.photobucket.com/albums/d...nt=SERally.jpg
                          AKA "Mr Awesome" ;)

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                          • SNOWBLIND78

                            #14
                            Agemax that white GS is smokin!!

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                            • chuck hahn
                              Forum LongTimer
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                              • May 2009
                              • 25918
                              • Norman, Oklahoma

                              #15
                              Here the one I framed up and built in a day. Folks theorized and the "engineers" here took their pot shots at it but its a solid as any out there and has lifted dozens of bikes without a hick up.

                              Best use of free lumber I can think of.

                              MY BIKES..1977 GS 750 B, 1978 GS 1000 C (X2)
                              1978 GS 1000 E, 1979 GS 1000 S, 1973 Yamaha TX 750, 1977 Kawasaki KZ 650B1, 1975 Honda GL1000 Goldwing, 1983 CB 650SC Nighthawk, 1972 Honda CB 350K4, 74 Honda CB550

                              NEVER SNEAK UP ON A SLEEPING DOG..NOT EVEN YOUR OWN.


                              I would rather trust my bike to a "QUACK" that KNOWS how to fix it rather than a book worm that THINKS HE KNOWS how to fix it.

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