DIY bike lift in shed.

[Ribenapigeon]

Anybody evet build their own bike lift table?

Im thinking of doing it or bracing the frame of my shed and making something like a winch lift.

[Petemate]

A few years ago when I first got my bike, this worked for me. It is capable of lifting the complete bike (mind you, it is only a 250, same weight as the Honda CM125C....)

https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/30725963_1668543723252522_6722483455944294400_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=368f9552bf98ee8b6fc0a42a9c5e842e&oe=5B6E62AF
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[pompousporcup...]

i have looked into it and made a start on one using a bike jack cut in half and then extended with a 20mm ply sheet and then 3mm sheet steel on top of that

https://www.machinemart.co.uk/p/clarke-cml5-hydraulic-motorcycle-and-atv-lift/?da=1&TC=GS-020110194&gclid=CjwKCAjw2dvWBRBvEiwADllhn-c6pC3cfbWmBeS3fp5D_yiACaJOl3wSejUM2EVga0R6CIDb8x55xxoClhAQAvD_BwE

In theory it was going to be great but it quickly became apparant that it would half be about a foot or so higher than the floor.. not really worth the hassle imo. I looked at extending it higher but then stability would have been more of an issue.

If you're handy with your hands.. building a high wooden table would be the next best thing aside from buying a proper ramp

[linuxyeti]

THere are also example of making one using a hospital bed, a couple of examples..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEY-AQI650Q

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ab-XAWu_VCg
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[grr666]

There's a hospital bed DIY version on ebay at the moment going for 19 quid currently.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Motorcycle-lift-Ramp/292525357198?hash=item441bdeb88e:g:36EAAOSwZ8Za08C3

Personally I'd be happy to spend the cost of a decent lid on a purpose made ramp rather than have my lovely
shiny bike wobbling around on some kind of home made bodge job, I'm looking at turntable solutions as I'm building my
all new Grr-cave this year and it must have the means to easily turn a bike around on the spot. Mainly because
it will be built on the bit of my back yard I turn my bike around on now. Similar thing, I could build some kind of dodgy
thing on castors myself which would do the job at a pinch. But balls to that I want a turntable, recessed to floor level
preferably and with a brake. My other half has just had 20ks worth of pole studio or glittery she-cave. Now it's my turn
to blow through some funds.
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[BTTD]

By the time you buy the necessary materials you might not be far off the cost of getting a second hand lift.

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[Ribenapigeon]

Or I could dig a hole to stand in.

Given the shed is only 6ftX5ft my feeling was with a bit of re-enforceing the frame it would be good and rigid. Then use a winch to lift then a couple of slot in beams to put in at the right height then lower the bike onto them rather than have the bike swinging about.

[BTTD]

I don't have the space for a full size table lift, so I waited and waited until an easyrizer came up on ebay for half the new cost. It does the job for maintenance and I can pull it out of the garage and lift the bike up when I wash it (admittedly only twice a year).

I have mounted it onto a bigger base frame with caster wheels which means I can push the bike around while it's in the air to work on one side and then back to get more space on the other etc.

[Ribenapigeon]

[Powderhead]

This sounds like an accident waiting to happen
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