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Lion Full Member Offline Posts: 101 Budapest, Hungary Gender:	Rickko's inexpensive bike lift 05/04/06 at 00:37:27 I am planning to make Rickko's bike lift instead of buying an expensive one. You can find the details here http://www.geocities.com/reliopoulos/lift.html or here http://www.nightrider.com/biketech/bikelift.htm for example. Do you think the size of the wooden piece given by Rickko (4"*8") will be enough to lift a custom Savage?
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Reply #1 - 05/04/06 at 02:39:26

This is great, but has been posted many times.

Just look at it to get the idea, but it doesn't need to be exactly like it. I built mine entirely out of 2X4 including the handle. Just added a board after I put on new shocks. A wider resting area make it a bit more difficult to raise, but more stable once you get it up. You can use 3 boards if you get the height just right.

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Savage_Rob Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Mechanically Inclined Amateur Posts: 6972 Texas (Dallas area) Gender:	Re: Rickko's inexpensive bike lift Reply #2 - 05/04/06 at 08:27:49 This is already listed in the Tech Ref forum.
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Lion Full Member Offline Posts: 101 Budapest, Hungary Gender:	Re: Rickko's inexpensive bike lift Reply #3 - 05/04/06 at 12:05:13 Thank you for the answers. I ordered the wooden piece this day, they only have 2" x 4" so I will have to double the layers. I have checked the other lists but haven't seen if the original size of the lifter fits exactle under the Savage that's what I asked for that.
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Reply #4 - 05/04/06 at 12:12:09

I noted "I was unable to locate any 4x8's near me but I used two lengths of 2x8 pressure treated pine and lag-bolted them together. " in that topic.
However, if you increase the length of your shocks, you'll need to modify the lift accordingly. When I replaced my stock shocks with 12.5" Progressive Suspension shocks, I had to add a 2x4 to one end to compensate.

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Lion Full Member Offline Posts: 101 Budapest, Hungary Gender:	Re: Rickko's inexpensive bike lift Reply #5 - 05/07/06 at 23:35:34 I made it! It fits well under the bike and lifts it up well enough. I am proud of myself 8) It cost me only 5$ (I got the metal bar from a friend for free) and it took about 2 hours to make it. I had to fix together the two boards but that was no problem with 6 pcs of 4" bolts.
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Reply #6 - 05/08/06 at 07:31:06

Oh, what I would give to have pictures of my stepfather's bike lift! He fashioned it himself out of a construction-grade I-beam and a couple of hydraulic shocks. Very nice. Lifts the bike (even his C90T) up to chest-level. He uses standard ratcheting tie-downs to hold the bike upright. It's almost the same effect as the ones in the bike mechanic's shop.

If you have a plasma cutter and access to some steel I-beam, the shocks would be the only thing you'd have to spend money on. Granted, it depends on where you buy them as to how much money you'd have to spend.

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