not-so-handy lift
*consider this a public service announcement or something, i want some brownie points damnit*
Freddy was tearing into the Fatboy shortly before i came over to help him. This mechanical madness and associated activity is in preparation for the bikes first major rebuild since its birth in 1990. The bike is a bit overdue for some love and so…on the lift it goes, for total strip-down.
Bike is on the lift, he hears “POP” and look at what he found…
This could have been a disaster. For real.
Those of you out there who own Handy Lifts (and i know a bunch of you that read my drivel have lifts and work on your bikes) might want to pay attention to the welds and metallurgy of your unit. I have the older style lift, it has a different type locking mechanism and I dont think is susceptible, but this looks like a problem to my untrained eye. But then I am not a metallurgist, or a rocket scientist.
Be careful kids, really careful…
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- metal fatigue
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- poor design
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- problem
Posted: February 10th, 2009 under thoughts on this & that, Uncategorized.
Tags: handy lift, motorcycles, problem, shop
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