06-02-2016, 03:39 AM
(05-31-2016, 10:39 PM)Frulk_imp Wrote: Quail, prob not telling you anything you don't know but on the web there's a whole cottage industry that's sprung up surrounding the HB Lift. All kinds of home made mods to make it more user friendly and safe. I ride and push bikes on the lift fairly frequently with no issue and have no problem staying in contact with the lift when riding a bike on it. For me the bigger issue is I'd like the see the platform a little wider for dismounting. How tall are you? That could be part of it. There's no getting around the fact that at close to 550 pounds getting the CB up on a lift is somewhat of a hazardous proposition either way. That being the case it's best to have your mother in law do it if that's an option. If not then try one of the mods.It's bad enough when a bike falls over at ground level. It's much worse if it falls from an elevated stand. If I am understanding the OP, he is concerned because there is a brief moment in time where, if something went awry, he and the bike would topple some distance. That "uneasiness" is your brain telling you something.
I take it the main reason for wanting the bike up high is to avoid bending the back and knees, and I for sure get that. Old injuries, stuff just hurts where it didn't used to hurt. I'm a small critter and use two race stands on all my bikes for maintenance. I crawl around on the garage floor but it works out all right and seems to help keep me in shape.
I dropped a bike a year ago, the first time in over thirty years, putting it on the mainstand. I got in a little bit of a hurry, figured I'd done it lotsa times, no problem.
Big problem, two grand worth of damage to my car. Bike came out of it fine, though.
When we get to be sixtiesh things just don't work quite the same, even our minds are not as sharp as when we were young; we gotta be sharp enough to find a better way to do stuff with less risk.
Get those spotters or assist ramps, says I.