• Hi everyone,

    As you all know, Coffee (Dean) passed away a couple of years ago. I am Dean's ex-wife's husband and happen to have spent my career in tech. Over the years, I occasionally helped Dean with various tech issues.

    When he passed, I worked with his kids to gather the necessary credentials to keep this site running. Since then (and for however long they worked with Coffee), Woodschick and Dirtdame have been maintaining the site and covering the costs. Without their hard work and financial support, CafeHusky would have been lost.

    Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been working to migrate the site to a free cloud compute instance so that Woodschick and Dirtdame no longer have to fund it. At the same time, I’ve updated the site to a current version of XenForo (the discussion software it runs on). The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.

    Unfortunately, the new software version doesn’t support importing the old site’s styles, so for now, you’ll see the XenForo default style. This may change over time.

    Coffee didn’t document the work he did on the site, so I’ve been digging through the old setup to understand how everything was running. There may still be things I’ve missed. One known issue is that email functionality is not yet working on the new site, but I hope to resolve this over time.

    Thanks for your patience and support!

Bike Stands and Jacks

M

mikebru

Husqvarna
AA Class
What kind of stands and jacks does everybody use in their garage/shop?

I have a typical aluminum stand for my TE449. I'd like to get some kind of lifting stand/jack so I don't have to muscle the bike up onto the stand anymore.

I was looking at the Harbor Freight one for $30. http://www.harborfreight.com/automo...s/350-lb-motocross-dirt-bike-stand-66552.html

But then I read some of the reviews and it is probably garbage.

I also looked at this one from them: http://www.harborfreight.com/1500-lb-capacity-atv-motorcycle-lift-2792.html. Doesn't look too bad for $90.

Thanks,
Mike
 
I use the harbor freight hydraulic stand, but I modified it to lift taller. Has a handy place to put tools/parts now and lifts the rear tire over a foot off the ground.

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I have the $30 Harbor Freight one. I've had it for probably over 2 years now. So long as you put the safety pin in once the bike is up, it's fine. Mine sits on that stand every day. I even ran the stand over in a field with my 3/4 ton diesel truck, and had to dig the stand out of the ground and straighten it with a vice and cheater bar. It does have its limitations, but it's certainly not junk. Just use common sense (use the safety pin) and you'll be fine. Heck, my bike is sitting on that stand in my avatar pic to the left!! :)
 
I use the OGIO hoop style because it allows the bike to cradle between the cross rails instead of rocking on a flat surface. Can easily pull both wheels with no fear of tipover.

I DO NOT recommend using the clever roll on/roll off feature as it requires quite a bit of space to do and is tricky to execute, may require adding some traction help on front of frame.....

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mikebru said:
Thanks Tinken, looks good.

Where did you get those rear turn signals again?
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These are what I used for the front:
http://www.cyclegear.com/eng/product/LED_Arrows_Short/web1006857

The rears are also led flush mount stick on, but I drilled a 8/32" hole through the center and bolted them on. They came from CycleGear as well.

You will need a new flash unit if you run all led's like the one I installed here:
http://www.cafehusky.com/threads/2012-te511-license-plate-solution.25485/#post-253125

I found a 65 watt headlight too that only draws 35 watts, haven't had a chance to pick one up and test it yet though.
http://www.cafehusky.com/threads/replacement-bulb-449.29240/
 
oregonsage said:
I use the OGIO hoop style because it allows the bike to cradle between the cross rails instead of rocking on a flat surface. Can easily pull both wheels with no fear of tipover.

I DO NOT recommend using the clever roll on/roll off feature as it requires quite a bit of space to do and is tricky to execute, may require adding some traction help on front of frame.....

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FWIW, that stand does not clear the 630 headers when using the roll-on feature.
 
i have an old beat up one similar to the harbor frieght hydraulic unit... my fav two things about it are:
Not having to muscle the bike onto a stand
Being able to move the bike around the shop while elevated, with the wheels off..
 
I use a DRC HC2 when the Husky is parked. I use a Harbor Freight Motorcycle Lift Table for working on all the bikes. Much nicer than just a stand when working on a bike. I'd love to upgrade to a Handy Lift but the HF Lift Table works fine at half the cost of a used Handy. I would recommend changing the wheel vise with a Handy or other heavy duty one. I haven't but keep saying I will build or buy one.
 
Tinken said:
They still make the scissor jacks for pretty cheap, how stable is it though?
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Ive never had any problems as long as I secure the pegs to the base with the hooks.. Really like it for working on the bike and it allows easier access to many locations on the bike without getting yourself so contorted that you can move the next day.
 
NephronRacing said:
I use a DRC HC2 when the Husky is parked. I use a Harbor Freight Motorcycle Lift Table for working on all the bikes. Much nicer than just a stand when working on a bike. I'd love to upgrade to a Handy Lift but the HF Lift Table works fine at half the cost of a used Handy. I would recommend changing the wheel vise with a Handy or other heavy duty one. I haven't but keep saying I will build or buy one.
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My brother has a Harbor Freight unit which works, unless you breath too hard on the lever....seems the detent position on his is a bit weak.
 
oregonsage said:
My brother has a Harbor Freight unit which works, unless you breath too hard on the lever....seems the detent position on his is a bit weak.
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Can't say that mine is weak but then again, I always use the bar and lower it. The hydraulics aren't the best so I'd rather let the load rest on steel.
 
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Seems like each type has it's advantage, but the black and red roll around is very versitle for most things except oil changes. I have two of the table lifts that probably get used the most and also can be used as a parking space or rolled under the bench to make more floor space. The lever action lift/stands are great too and can be used on the table lifts for the best of both worlds.
 
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