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<blockquote data-quote="Magnetoman" data-source="post: 63375" data-attributes="member: 2806"><p>I realized I have two more items that might count as Vincent "special tools." I have an hydraulic lift that is very handy for maintaining my bikes that are already running, but I don't want to tie it up for months (years, decades, ...) on a restoration. Instead, I made wood rolling benches that also have the advantage of taking up a lot less space. It's easy to lift a bike onto one of these benches with my customized engine hoist (discussed below), and then to lift the restored bike off again the same way when it's done. I have stands for each of the three bikes I'm pretending to be actively restoring. The photograph shows one of these rolling stands (it's 25" high and 2x6 ft.) onto which I was lifting my Vincent at the time:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]13046[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>This photograph also shows my customized Harbor Freight 1 Ton engine hoist. I increased its height by 15" using 1/8" wall steel pipe (<u>not</u> water pipe) and its lifting capacity to a full 1 T with the boom fully extended. The 1" square tubing and aircraft cable at the base were temporary stabilizers to allow experimenting with different heights, however I was happy with 15" and subsequently welded brackets to it. I used this modified hoist with the boom fully extended to lift my ~1800-lb. milling machine on and off a trailer when I bought it, and again when I moved to my current house, without it showing any sign of distress so I don't have any concern using it with 400-lb. motorcycles.</p><p></p><p>As can be seen from this photo the height and configuration of this modified hoist make it easy to lift bikes on and off these stands. The reason I customized a 1 T hoist rather than just using a standard 2 T version is because my modifications give me one that is both taller and takes up quite a bit less floor space when in its folded configuration than the 2 T, while providing the same lifting capacity. Ideally the arm of such a hoist would be nearly horizontal when used so the load would be lifted straight up (and dropped straight down) for precise positioning and with the 15" increased height it comes close to that ideal.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Magnetoman, post: 63375, member: 2806"] I realized I have two more items that might count as Vincent "special tools." I have an hydraulic lift that is very handy for maintaining my bikes that are already running, but I don't want to tie it up for months (years, decades, ...) on a restoration. Instead, I made wood rolling benches that also have the advantage of taking up a lot less space. It's easy to lift a bike onto one of these benches with my customized engine hoist (discussed below), and then to lift the restored bike off again the same way when it's done. I have stands for each of the three bikes I'm pretending to be actively restoring. The photograph shows one of these rolling stands (it's 25" high and 2x6 ft.) onto which I was lifting my Vincent at the time: [ATTACH=full]13046[/ATTACH] This photograph also shows my customized Harbor Freight 1 Ton engine hoist. I increased its height by 15" using 1/8" wall steel pipe ([U]not[/U] water pipe) and its lifting capacity to a full 1 T with the boom fully extended. The 1" square tubing and aircraft cable at the base were temporary stabilizers to allow experimenting with different heights, however I was happy with 15" and subsequently welded brackets to it. I used this modified hoist with the boom fully extended to lift my ~1800-lb. milling machine on and off a trailer when I bought it, and again when I moved to my current house, without it showing any sign of distress so I don't have any concern using it with 400-lb. motorcycles. As can be seen from this photo the height and configuration of this modified hoist make it easy to lift bikes on and off these stands. The reason I customized a 1 T hoist rather than just using a standard 2 T version is because my modifications give me one that is both taller and takes up quite a bit less floor space when in its folded configuration than the 2 T, while providing the same lifting capacity. Ideally the arm of such a hoist would be nearly horizontal when used so the load would be lifted straight up (and dropped straight down) for precise positioning and with the 15" increased height it comes close to that ideal. [/QUOTE]
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