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Gyroman wrote:

motormike wrote:

Gyroman wrote:I also have a general question, which I searched for and didn't find, about how people are lifting their scooters to work on them.
I just rigged up a couple sturdy plastic shelves and use a piece of plywood to roll the Gyro up onto them.
The shelves stand 24 inches high. They are 36 inches long so I have to use two of them in line.
Each is rated to hold 200 pounds, so I should be good on that.
Prior to that I was using a platform jack on the rear and then lifting the front to place it on a milk crate.

vintagegarage wrote:Motormike,
I use the cheapest motorcycle lift that Harbor Freight sells. So far it has worked very well for me. There are two key things that aren't obvious in the first photo. First is the piece of 2x8 under the rear of the Gyro that has a v-notch cut into it to clear the swivel joint on the Gyro. The second is the piece of 2x4 that I use to keep the tiedown strap from bending the floor board. The tiedown strap goes around a bar in the lift, and by having the 2x4 exactly the right length, you can pull the strap very tight without damaging the Gyro. The strap should not touch the Gyro when the 2x4 is the correct length. The whole rig is easy to roll around while the Gryo is on it. Here is a photo of my Gyro on it:



After I finished restoring the Gyro, I painted the 2x4 red so I would remember not to cut it up for another project. When I got the Aero basket case, I found the 2x4 again to be the right length. This time, there is no board under the rear of the main frame of the Aero. I just put the back of the Areo frame directly on the rubber pad of one of the lift arms, just ahead of the kickstand. Just like the Gyro, the Aero is tail heavy, and for it, I put a couple of small pieces of 2x4 under the front of the Aero frame, and then tighten the strap over the red 2x4, again, so the strap doesn't tough the Aero. Here is a photo of how the Aero fits on it:



After I finished restoring the Aero, I found that the lift also works well on the Spree I just started working on. it calls for slightly different positioning of the blocks under the front of the Spree floor. Here is a photo of how the Spree fits on the lift:



At the rate I am going, I expect I will be in the double digits of 50 CC Honda scooters ownership by year end. I hold this forum completely responsible for giving me this horrible disease..

KillinSpree wrote:I stand corrected. Sat since 1986, which is 29 years. Runs like a champ now.

How about some pix ?
Let's see the new petcock, and how you access it.
What did it take to get it running ?