Bike Lift 2
 

OK, so I finally found the time to get down to visit these guys, and to cut a long story short I bought one. Fitted it up on Saturday, and in short it's an amazing bit of kit.

Ultimately it can never be as stable as a dedicated bike bench, however if takes up a whole lot less room, and you can get the wheels, forks etc out without having to resort to paddock stands etc on a bench.

For the 916 series, you can either lift the bike by the wheels, or use the dedicated Ducati lifting kit. This clamps onto the rear footrests and has a second "swan neck" support that slides under the barrel of the front cylinder.

I have taken some pics to show just how well it fits. Took me about half and hour to set all the parts in the right place, but from now on it will be a two minute job to fit the bike to the lift.

The company recommend a B&Q electric drill to lift the bike, but my 18volt cordless whizzed it up there in no time, even the 9v would do it albeit slightly slower.

The best bit is I have persuaded Dave (the owner of the company) to give DSC members a 10% discount.

Enjoy the pics


Yeti (who no longer has sore knee's!) :sing:

Following 4 pics show my bike aparantly suspended in mid air!

pic 2

3

pic 4

10% off what starting price Yeti?

C:)

This one shows how the rear support clamps to the footrests

This one shows the swan neck support under the front cylinder

A more detailed pic showing how the front support fits. Note the thick rubber tube (supplied) to protect the cylinder

[Edited on 9-5-2005 by yeti]

I just bought a couple of their 'bike-grab's' cos i thought they looked good for transporting bikes in a trailer, and could use them at the track when i got there.
First thing I saw at the weekend is someone else with a bike on one in the paddock, and it promptly fell over onto another of his bikes !

The moral is ... this kind of 'clever' stuff only works on level ground !!!
Forewarned is for-armed (or something) ;)

Basic price of the bike lift is £325 including the bike specific fitting kit. If you want the wheel lifts as well, they are around £40 extra.

Don't quote me, but I reckon if you said you were from DSC and had been sent along by myslef, he would probably chuck in the wheel lift set in lieu of your discount.

Nice, Looks good but I was hoping it was going to be more like £250
£325 is not far of a work bench is it ?

The lift is excellent (I have one).

Why anyone would use it on uneven ground is beyond me.

No sore knee's here either:sing:

The point about uneven ground is related to the lift being much smaller than a bench, so easier to transport to a race meeting, where there is usually a fair bit uneven ground in the paddock :D

My bench cost about 250 by the way - you dont have to buy the expensive ones ! (But they all take up the same space in your workshop when you're not using them :saint:)

The reason I went for this rather than a dedicated bench was simply one of space. To use a work bench, you need at least a metre all round plus the length of the bench plus the space to get the bike lined up to shove onto said bench. In my case, it was making things very tight in the workshop.

With the bike lift, all you need is the length of the bike plus your metre all round, and when it's not being used, the whole thing hangs on the wall.

From the stability point of view, they do a slightly bigger version called "Big Blue" which I seem to remember is a tripod arrangment, that would work much better on uneven ground I imagine.

Just a thought, how much negative thrust can the footpegs take? Am I being stupid here....I just wouldn't like to suspend my bike from the footpegs!

Yeti thats the biggest centre stand I`ve ever seen!

Hancym

Can you do your avtar as a scratch and sniff?

I picked up a lift and 2 grabs on the way up to Cadwell the other weekend. (Thanks for the detour Mutters!)

Having taken the SS apart on top of a Workmate I didn't like the idea of reassembling it the same way. Far too unstable. Now I've mounted the engine to the lift I can attach the frame and then the suspension. It's a really nice bit of kit.

At the moment I have one Grab set up for the Triumph so it takes up less space in the garage than on its side stand. The other is for the SS since it won't have a side stand at all! Having two means I can easily bung both Ducs in the back of a van for track days :)

It's good to see a small British company doing so well and exporting in numbers to the States. Nice fella too.

Yeti any contact details ?

Ta TP

TP beat me to it Jon, but I tell you they can't be more than a couple of miles from you.

jon , they are on lichfield road industrial estate , round the corner from our workshop

yeti , if id have known u were in town id have made you a brew .
see you at cadwell in june !

V2 pete